List of articles in "Satellite" category - Page 132

Explorer 8 was a U.S. research satellite launched on November 3 1960. It confirmed the existence of a helium layer in the upper atmosphere. Explorer 8 decayed from orbit on […]

TerraSAR-X a radar Earth observation satellite is a joint venture being carried out under a public-private-partnership between the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and EADS Astrium. The exclusive commercial exploitation rights […]

Eutelsat 16B formerly known as Hot Bird 4 Atlantic Bird 4 Nilesat 103 and Eurobird 16 is a communications satellite owned and operated by Eutelsat. The satellite is currently operational […]

Nilesat 101 was an Egyptian owned geosynchronous communications satellite.Launched by an Ariane 4 rocket from Kourou French Guiana on 28 April 1998 at 22:53:00 UTC by Arianespace it was manufactured […]

Nilesat 102 is an Egyptian owned geosynchronous communications satellite that was launched by an Ariane 44LP rocket from Kourou French Guiana on August 17 2000 at 23:16 UTC by the […]

Mars 2M No.521 also known as Mars M-69 No.521 and sometimes identified by NASA as Mars 1969A was a Soviet spacecraft which was lost in a launch failure in 1969. […]

Mars 2M No.522 also known as Mars M-69 No.522 and sometimes identified by NASA as Mars 1969B was a Soviet spacecraft which was lost in a launch failure in 1969. […]

Explorer 5 was a United States satellite with a mass of 17.24 kg.It launched atop a Juno I rocket on August 24 1958 from Launch Complex 5 but failed when […]

Eutelsat 16C (formerly SESAT 1) is a satellite operated by Eutelsat originally the first of a series of SESAT (Siberia – Europe SATellite) satellites. It provides a wide range of […]

STS-126 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. The purpose of the mission referred to as ULF2 by the ISS program […]