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India's earth observation capabilities are set to get a boost with the launch of indigenously-developed RISAT-1 early next year. The satellite will be launched in the first half of the next year, ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan said today while delivering the IGNOU silver jubilee lecture here, add...
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Aqua satellite
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Aqua (EOS PM-1) is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth, studying the precipitation, evaporation, and cycling of water. It is the second major component of the Earth Observing System (EOS) preceded by Terra (launched 1999) and followed by Aura (launched...
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Beidou 2-M3 and 2-M4
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A Chang Zheng-3B rocket with two Beidou "Compass" (2-M3 and 2-M4) navigation satellites is scheduled to launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 20:50 UT, 29th April, 2012.
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Yahsat 1B satellite
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An ILS Proton rocket with a Breeze-M upper stage carrying the Yahsat 1B satellite successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, at 22:18 GMT, 23rd April, 2012.
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APSTAR7 satellite
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A Chang Zheng (Long March) 3B/E rocket with the APSTAR7 telecommunications satellite was successfully launched from the Xichang satellite launch center at 10:27 GMT, 31st March, 2012. The satellite will operate at the geostationary orbital slot at 76.5 degrees East Longitude.
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Kosmos 4 satellite
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Kosmos 4, also known as Zenit-2 #2 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 14 was the first Soviet reconnaissance satellite to successfully reach orbit. It was the fourth satellite to be designated under the Kosmos system, and the second Soviet attempt to launch a reconnaissance satellite, the pre...
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Transit 5BN-3 Satellite
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Transit 5BN-3 was a US military satellite, which was to be used to test a new submarine navigation system. Launch of the Thor Able Star rocket, with the Transit 5BN-3 and Transit 5E-4 satellites, was from the Vandenberg Air Force base on the 21st April, 1964 at 18:50 GMT, but the rocket failed to achie...
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OHB-SSTL satellite
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Galileo payload milestone reached Another important milestone has been reached in the development of Europe's Galileo satellite-navigation system. The British manufacturer SSTL has completed the first of 22 spacecraft payloads for the orbiting network. Read more
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Glonass-K2 Satellite
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Tests of second advanced navigation satellite Glonass-K to begin in 2013 A second advanced navigation satellite Glonass-K will begin to be tested in 2013, Deputy Director-General of the Russian Space Systems company, Grigory Stupak, said at the 4th International Satellite Navigation Forum o...
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CLEO
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Title: Investigating operation of the Internet in orbit: Five years of collaboration around CLEO Authors: Lloyd Wood, Will Ivancic, Wes Eddy, Dave Stewart, James Northam, Chris Jackson The Cisco router in Low Earth Orbit (CLEO) was launched into space as an experimental secondary payload onboa...
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Kwangmyongsong-3
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DPRK to launch satellite next month The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is to launch in mid-April a working satellite, Kwangmyongsong-3 (Bright Star 3), manufactured by itself with indigenous technology to mark the 100th birth anniversary of President Kim Il-sung, the official ne...
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Sputnik 2
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The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 re-entered the Earths atmosphere in 1958, after a 162 day mission.
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Westar 1 satellite
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Westar 1 was America's first domestic and commercially-launched geostationary communications satellite, launched by Western Union and NASA on April 13, 1974. It was built by Hughes for Western Union, using the HS-333 platform of spin-stabilised satellites. Read more
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Transit 1B satellite
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The Transit 1B satellite was successfully launched April 13, 1960, by a Thor-Ablestar rocket. The TRANSIT system, also known as NAVSAT (for Navy Navigation Satellite System), was the first satellite navigation system to be used operationally. Read more
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AsiaSat 1 Satellite
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1990 AsiaSat 1 Relaunch after Space Shuttle retrieval AsiaSat 1 was originally launched in 1984 on Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-41B as Westar 6. It was stranded in orbit, was retrieved by Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-51...
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