List of articles in "Satellite" category - Page 143

STS-61-M was a proposed Space Shuttle mission planned for July 1986 but canceled following the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (STS-51-L).Payload was to have been one of the TDRS satellites.

Landsat 3 is the third satellite of the Landsat program. It was launched on March 5 1978 with the primary goal of providing a global archive of satellite imagery (satellite […]

Landsat 4 is the fourth satellite of the Landsat program. It was launched on July 16 1982 with the primary goal of providing a global archive of satellite imagery. Although […]

Landsat 5 was a low Earth orbit satellite launched on March 1 1984 to collect imagery of the surface of Earth. A continuation of the Landsat Program Landsat 5 was […]

Einstein Observatory (HEAO-2) was the first fully imaging X-ray telescope put into space and the second of NASA’s three High Energy Astrophysical Observatories. Named HEAO B before launch the observatory’s […]

Kosmos 419 (Russian: Космос 419 meaning Cosmos 419) also known as 3MS No.170 was a failed Soviet spacecraft intended to visit Mars. The spacecraft was launched on May 10 1971 […]

Ōsumi (or Ohsumi) is the name of the first Japanese satellite put into orbit named after the Ōsumi Province in the southern islands of Japan. It was launched on February […]

WRESAT (abbreviation for: Weapons Research Establishment Satellite) was the name of the first Australian satellite. It was named after its designer.WRESAT was launched on 29 November 1967 using a modified […]

The Transit Research and Attitude Control (TRAAC) satellite was launched by the U. S. Navy from Cape Canaveral along with Transit 4B on November 15 1961.

Expedition 11 (2005) was the 11th expedition to the International Space Station using the Soyuz TMA-6 which stayed during the expedition for emergency evacuation.European Space Agency Italian Astronaut Roberto Vittori […]