List of articles in "Satellite" category - Page 9

Kosmos 15 (Russian: Космос 15 meaning Cosmos 15) or Zenit-2 No.8 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1963. A Zenit-2 spacecraft Kosmos 15 was the […]

Kosmos 13 (Russian: Космос 13 meaning Cosmos 13) or Zenit-2 No.9 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1963. A Zenit-2 spacecraft Kosmos 13 was the eighth of […]

Kosmos 12 (Russian: Космос 12 meaning Cosmos 12) or Zenit-2 No.6 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1962. A Zenit-2 spacecraft Kosmos 12 was the seventh of […]

Kosmos 1792 was a Soviet reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1986. A Yantar-4K2 satellite it operated for almost two months before being deorbited and recovered.Launched at 10:59 UTC on […]

Kounotori 5 also known as HTV-5 will be the fifth flight of the H-II Transfer Vehicle an unmanned cargo spacecraft launched to resupply the International Space Station. This cargo spacecraft […]

STS-61-G was a United States Space Shuttle mission planned to launch on May 20 1986 using Atlantis. The main objective of this mission was to launch the Galileo spacecraft towards […]

Cygnus CRS Orb-4 also known as Orbital Sciences CRS Flight 4 is the fifth planned flight of the Orbital Sciences’ unmanned resupply spacecraft Cygnus its fifth flight to the International […]

GEOS-3 or Geodynamics Experimental Ocean Satellite 3 or GEOS-C was the third and final satellite as part of NASA’s Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite/Geodynamics Experimental Ocean Satellite program (NGSP) to better […]

Yutu (Chinese: 玉兔; pinyin: Yùtù; literally Jade Rabbit) is an unmanned lunar rover that forms part of the Chinese Chang’e 3 mission to the Moon. It was launched at 17:30 […]

USA-247 also known as NRO Launch 39 or NROL-39 is an American reconnaissance satellite operated by the National Reconnaissance Office. The USA-247 launch received a relatively high level of press […]