List of articles in "Satellite" category - Page 118

PROBA2 is the second satellite in the European Space Agency’s series of PROBA low-cost satellites that are being used to validate new spacecraft technologies while also carrying scientific instruments. PROBA2 […]

MetNet is an atmospheric science mission to Mars initiated and defined by the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). The mission includes deploying at least 16 MetNet impact landers on the Martian […]

EL/M-2070 TecSAR also known as TechSAR Polaris and Ofek-8 is an Israeli reconnaissance satellite equipped with synthetic aperture radar developed by Elta Systems. It was successfully launched at 03:45 GMT […]

The Space Flyer Unit (宇宙実験・観測フリーフライヤ Uchū Jikken-Kansoku Free Flyer) was a spacecraft which was launched by Japan on Mar. 18 1995.

Landsat 8 is an American Earth observation satellite launched on February 11 2013. It is the eighth satellite in the Landsat program; the seventh to reach orbit successfully. Originally called […]

ROBUSTA (Radiation on Bipolar Test for University Satellite Application) is a nano-satellite scientific experiment developed by University of Montpellier II as part of a National Center for Space Studies (CNES) […]

Horizons-2 is a Ku band communications satellite owned by Horizons Satellite LLC a joint venture between JSAT and Intelsat. Its orbital slot is located at 74° west longitude.

The last of NASA’s three High Energy Astronomy Observatories HEAO 3 was launched 20 September 1979 on an Atlas-Centaur launch vehicle into a nearly circular 43.6 degree inclination low-Earth orbit […]

CAPE-1 (Cajun Advanced Picosatellite Experiment) is an amateur miniaturized satellite developed by students at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The CubeSat was launched successfully into orbit at the Baikonur […]

SERT-1 (Space Electric Rocket Test) was a NASA probe used to test electrostatic ion thruster design and was built by NASA’s Lewis Research Center (now NASA Glenn). SERT-1 was the […]