The Solar Maximum Mission satellite (or SolarMax) was designed to investigate Solar phenomena particularly solar flares. It was launched on February 14 1980.
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Explorer 7
Explorer 7 was launched October 13 1959 at 10:36 a.m. Eastern Time by a Juno II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to an orbit of 573 km by […]
TIMED
The TIMED (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics) is an orbiter mission dedicated to study the dynamics of the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere (MLT) portion of the Earth’s atmosphere. The […]
STS-61-H
STS-61-H was a United States Space Shuttle mission planned to launch on June 24 1986 using Columbia. However it was cancelled after the Challenger disaster.
Explorer 11
Explorer 11 (also known as S15) was an American Earth-orbital satellite that carried the first space-borne gamma-ray telescope. This was the earliest beginning of space gamma-ray astronomy. Launched on April […]
Landsat 6
Landsat 6 equipped with upgraded versions of the instruments on its predecessor was designed to continue the Landsat program. It was launched on October 5 1993 using a Titan II […]
Venera 7
The Venera 7 (Russian: Венера-7 meaning Venus 7) (manufacturer’s designation: 3V (V-70)) was a Soviet spacecraft part of the Venera series of probes to Venus. When it landed on the […]
Kosmos 212
Kosmos 212 (Russian: Космос 212 meaning Cosmos 212) was one of a series of Soviet Soyuz programme test spacecraft whose purpose was to further test and develop the passenger version. […]
Kosmos 140
Kosmos 140 (Russian: Космос 140 meaning Cosmos 140) was an unmanned flight of the Soyuz spacecraft. It was the third attempted test flight of the Soyuz 7K-OK model after orbital […]
Raiko
Raiko (Japanese: 雷鼓 literally thunder drum) is a Japanese satellite which was built and operated by Tohoku and Wakayama Universities. A two-unit CubeSat Raiko was deployed from the International Space […]