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Five Years of Stereo Imaging for NASA's TWINS On June 15, 2008, a new set of instruments began stereoscopic imaging of this mysterious region. Called Two Wide-angle Imaging Neutral-atom Spectrometers or TWINS, these satellites orbit in widely separated planes to provide the first and only stere...
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GRAB satellite
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The GRAB satellite was launched into space on 22 June 1960 A U.S. Navy electronic intelligence (ELINT) satellite system became operational in July 1960 and was operated until August 1962. The heretofore classified mission was to obtain information on Soviet air defense radars that could not be ob...
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Solrad 1
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The SOLar RADiation satellite program (SOLRAD) was conceived in the late 1950s to study the Sun's effects on Earth, particularly during periods of heightened solar activity. Solrad 1 is launched on June 22, 1960, aboard a Thor Able from Cape Canaveral at 1:54 a.m. EDT. As the world's first orbiting...
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SES-6 satellite
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The SES-6 satellite is scheduled for launch in 2013 to replace NSS-806 and provide significant capacity expansion. The satellites expanded Ku-band payload will support DTH platforms, VSAT services and government digital inclusion programmes throughout Latin America. The C-band payload wil...
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Zhongxing-10
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China will launch a new communication satellite, Zhongxing-10, in the next few days at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China. Sources with the centre said Sunday that a Long March-3B rocket carrier will carry the satellite into space. [url=http://www.gov.cn/english/2011-06...
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SIGNE 3
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SIGNE 3 was launched on 17 June 1977. It weighed just 103 kg. It was put into an orbit with apogee 519 km, perogee 459 km, and inclination 50.66 degrees. The orbital period was 94.4 minutes. The spin stabilized satellite was a cylinder 0.7 m in diameter and 0.8 m high, with 4 attached solar panels. Attitu...
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Kosmos-2251
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Kosmos-2251, (Russian: Cosmos 2251), was a Russian Strela-2M communications satellite. It was launched into Low Earth orbit from Site 132/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 04:17 UTC on 16 June 1993, by a Kosmos-3M carrier rocket. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos-2251]Read more[/ur...
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Iran has launched an orbital test rocket on the 15th, June, 2011 (Ed ~ This is as yet Unconfirmed).X
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Picard satellite
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Title: Picard satellite for solar astrometry Authors: Costantino Sigismondi The Picard solar satellite has been launched on June 15, 2010. This mission is dedicated to the measurement of the solar diameter with an expected accuracy of milliarcseconds of arc. The radiometer onboard is to measur...
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Explorer 49 satellite
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Explorer 49 (also called RAE-B) was a 328 kilogram satellite launched on June 10, 1973 for longwave radio astronomy research. It had four 230-meter long X-shaped antenna elements, which made it one of the largest spacecraft ever built. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorer_49]Read mo...
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STARSHINE-1 satellite
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STARSHINE-1 was launched June 5, 1999 from the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-96. STARSHINE-1 was a spherical satellite that was fitted with almost nine hundred small mirrors polished by students from around the world. Once launched, a network of over 20,000 students from eighteen countries tra...
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Molniya-1 No.2
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Molniya-1 No.2, was the first Soviet communications satellite to be launched. It was a 1,600-kilogram (3,500 lb) Molniya-1 spacecraft, however it failed to achieve orbit due to a malfunction of the rocket which was carrying it. Molniya-1 No.2 was launched at 05:00 UTC on 4 June 1964, atop a Molniya...
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Ariel 6 satellite
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Ariel 6, also known as Ariel VI and UK-6, was a British satellite launched in 1979 as part of the Ariel programme. Ariel 6 was used for astronomical research, and operated until February 1982. It was the last Ariel satellite to be launched. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_6]Read more[/...
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Laser Relativity Satellite
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BRIght-star Target Explorer
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CanX-3, also known as BRIght-star Target Explorer (BRITE), is a mission planned to make photometric observations of some of the brightest starts in the sky in order to examine these stars for variability. The observations will have a precision at least 10 times better than achievable using ground...
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