Mars 1M No.1 designated Mars 1960A by NASA analysts and dubbed Marsnik 1 by the Western media was the first spacecraft launched as part of the Soviet Union’s Mars programme. […]
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Navid (satellite)
Navid (Persian: نوید) or Navid-e Elm-o San’at (Persian: نوید علم و صنعت Gospel of Science and Technology) was an experimental Iranian Earth observation satellite. The satellite carried a camera for […]
TechEdSat
TechEdSat is a 1U CubeSat built by San Jose State University students in partnership with Ames Research Center and ÅAC Microtec. Its mission is to evaluate Space Plug-and-play Avionics (SPA) […]
Suomi NPP
The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership or Suomi NPP previously known as the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPP) and NPP-Bridge is a weather satellite operated by the […]
Progress 3
Progress 3 was an unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union in 1978 to resupply the Salyut 6 space station. It used the Progress 7K-TG configuration and was […]
Kosmos 2176
Kosmos 2176 (Russian: Космос 2176 meaning Cosmos 2176) was a Russian US-K early warning satellite which was launched in 1992 as part of the Russian Space Forces’ Oko programme. The […]
Progress M-14M
Progress M-14M (Russian: Прогресс М-14М) identified by NASA as Progress 46 or 46P is a Progress spacecraft which was used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station during 2012. […]
Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment
Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment (CSSWE) was the sixth National Science Foundation sponsored CubeSat mission. It was built by students at the University of Colorado at Boulder with advising from […]
DODGE (satellite)
DODGE (Department of Defense Gravity Experiment) was a satellite whose primary purpose was to conduct experiments in gravity-gradient stabilization at near-geosynchronous altitudes. Its secondary objectives included measuring the Earth’s magnetic […]
USA-233
USA-233 or WGS-4 is an American military communications satellite which was launched in 2012. The fourth Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft it is the first WGS Block II satellite to be […]