List of articles in "Satellite" category - Page 126

Landsat 2 is the second satellite of the Landsat program. The spacecraft originally carried a designation of ERTS-B (Earth Resource Technology Satellite B) but was renamed Landsat 2 prior to […]

ESSA-8 was a weather satellite launched by NASA on December 15 1968. It operated for 2644 days until it was deactivated on March 12 1976. ESSA-8 was launched from Vandenberg […]

The Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SCRE or more commonly SRE or SRE-1) is an Indian experimental spacecraft which was launched at 03:53 GMT on January 10 2007 from Sriharikota by […]

EgyptSat 1 or MisrSat-1 is Egypt’s first Earth remote sensing satellite. This satellite was jointly built by Egypt’s National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences together with the Yuzhnoye […]

Expedition 17 was the 17th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS).The first two crew members Sergey Volkov and Oleg Kononenko were launched on 8 April 2008 aboard the Soyuz […]

OREX (Orbital Re-Entry EXperiment) was a NASDA reentry demonstrator prototype which was launched in 1994 on the H-II launcher. It was a precursor for the Japanese space Shuttle Hope.OREX tested […]

NEXTSat or Next Generation Satellite and Commodities Spacecraft (NEXTSat/CSC) is an American technology demonstration satellite which was operated as part of the Orbital Express programme. It was used as a […]

AMOS-2 is an Israeli commercial communication satellite part of the AMOS series of satellites. The satellite was positioned at 4° W longitude in the geo-stationary orbit.it was launched at December […]

Intelsat 24 previously Amos-1 is a commercial communication satellite which is operated by Intelsat. It was previously operated by Spacecom as Amos-1 and formed part of the AMOS series of […]

Autonomous Space Transport Robotic Operations (ASTRO) is an American technology demonstration satellite which was operated as part of the Orbital Express programme. It was used to demonstrate autonomous servicing and […]