Ekspress AM4 was a communications satellite placed into the wrong orbit from a faulty Briz-M rocket stage. This satellite was to be part of the Ekspress series of geostationary communications […]
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Cygnus Orb-D1
Cygnus Orb-D1 also known as Cygnus 1 and Orbital Sciences COTS Demo Flight was the first flight of the Cygnus unmanned resupply spacecraft developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation. It was […]
SES-3
SES-3 is a communications satellite operated by SES World Skies. It was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation and based on the STAR-2 platform. It was launched on 15 July 2011 […]
SES-2
SES-2 is a communications satellite operated by SES World Skies. It was launched on 21 September 2011 on an Ariane 5 ECA vehicle alongside the Arabsat-5C satellite. It entered into […]
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 (Hangul: 광명성 3호; hanja: 光明星3號; English: Bright Star-3 or Lode Star-3) was a North Korean Earth observation satellite which according to the DPRK was for weather forecast purposes and […]
Thaicom 6
Thaicom 6 is a Thai television satellite of the Thaicom series to be operated by Thaicom Public Company Limited (formerly Shin Satellite Public Company Limited) a subsidiary of Shin Corporation […]
ATS-1
ATS-1 was a communications satellite intended to test geostationary orbit techniques at 23000 mi (37000 km) above Earth initially in orbit over Ecuador. It transmitted weather images and data to […]
Goliat
Goliat is the first artificial satellite developed in Romania.
ARSAT-1
ARSAT-1 is a geostationary communications satellite which is to be operated by AR-SAT that was built by the argentinean company INVAP. Its launch is scheduled between 15 August and 15 […]
Mars 1M No.2
Mars 1M No.2 designated Mars 1960B by NASA analysts and dubbed Marsnik 2 by the Western media was a spacecraft launched as part of the Soviet Union’s Mars programme which […]