Tele-X was the first communications satellite serving the Nordic countries. It was launched with an Ariane 2 rocket from Kourou French Guyana on April 2 1989. On January 16 1998 […]
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SumbandilaSat
SumbandilaSat (formerly ZASAT-002 AMSAT designation SO-67) is a South African micro earth observation satellite launched 2009-09-17 on a Soyuz-2 launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The first part of the […]
Expedition 15
Expedition 15 was the 15th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). Four crew members participated in the expedition although for most of the expedition’s duration only three were on […]
Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer
The Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer (FAST) was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on board a Pegasus XL rocket on August 21 1996. One in the series of NASA’s Small […]
Soyuz TMA-12
Soyuz TMA-12 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was launched by a Soyuz FG rocket at 11:16 UTC on 8 April 2008. It docked to […]
USA-165
USA-165 or XSS-11 (Experimental Satellite System-11) is a small washing-machine-sized low-cost spacecraft developed by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate to test technology for proximity operations. In […]
Brasilsat B1
Brasilsat B1 is a Brazilian communications satellite launched on August 10 1994 by an Ariane rocket model 44L at Kourou in French Guiana.
Badr-4
Badr-4 (aka Arabsat 4B) is an EADS Astrium-built communications satellite operated by Arabsat launched November 8 2006 on a Proton-M/Briz-M rocket.It provides fixed satellite communications services in C- and Ku-bands […]
STS-132
STS-132 (ISS assembly flight ULF4) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission during which Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station on 16 May 2010. STS-132 was launched from […]
STS-131
STS-131 (ISS assembly flight 19A) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Space Shuttle Discovery launched on 5 April 2010 at 6:21 am from Kennedy […]