Kosmos 613 (Russian: Космос 613 meaning Cosmos 613) was a long-duration orbital storage test of the Soyuz Ferry in preparation for long stays attached to a space station.
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Kosmos 434
Kosmos 434 (Russian: Космос 434; meaning Cosmos 434) was the final unmanned test flight of the Soviet LK Lander. It performed the longest burn of the four unmanned LK Lander […]
Kosmos 379
Kosmos 379 (Russian: Космос 379 meaning Cosmos 379) was a test of the LK Lander (the Soviet version of the Apollo LEM).
Solar Dynamics Observatory
The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a NASA mission which will observe the Sun for over five years. Launched on February 11 2010 the observatory is part of the Living […]
PROBA
PROBA (Project for On-Board Autonomy) is a satellite launched by ISRO in 2001 as part of the ESA’s MicroSat program. This small (40×60×80 cm; 95 kg) boxlike system with solar […]
Telkom-2
Telkom-2 is a C-band geosynchronous communications satellite built by Orbital for Indonesia’s state-owned telecommunications company PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (PT Telkom).
Astra 1D
Astra 1D is a geostationary communications satellite launched in 1994 by the Société Européenne des Satellites (SES). As of August 2012 the craft remains in service for occasional use.Astra 1D […]
Astra 1C
Astra 1C was a geostationary communications satellites launched in 1993 by the Société Européenne des Satellites (SES) now SES Astra. The commsat remained in service until 2011 and is now […]
QuikSCAT
The NASA QuikSCAT (Quick Scatterometer) is an Earth observation satellite carrying the SeaWinds scatterometer. Its primary mission is to measure the surface wind speed and direction over the ice-free global […]
STS-51-L
STS-51L was the 25th flight of the American Space Shuttle program using the Space Shuttle Challenger which lifted-off from Launch Complex 39-B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on […]