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The Solar Maximum Mission satellite (or SolarMax) was designed to investigate Solar phenomena, particularly solar flares.It was launched on February 14, 1980. The SMM was the first satellite based on the Multimission Modular Spacecraft bus manufactured by Fairchild Industries, a platform which was later used for Landsat 4 and Landsat 5 [1] as well as the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite.
NASA Low Earth Solar: 2 December 1989: Successful Spacecraft's attitude control system malfunctioned ten months after launch, subsequently repaired by Space Shuttle Challenger during STS-41-C in April 1984 17 February 00:40 Mu-3S: Kagoshima LA-M: ISAS: Tansei-4: ISAS Low Earth Technology: 12 May 1983: Successful Maiden flight of Mu-3S 20 ...
The first satellite to carry a living animal, a dog named Laika. 508 kg (1,118 lb) December 6 US: Vanguard 1A: Vanguard TV-3: Failure: The first stage engine was improperly started, causing the vehicle to fall back to the launch pad immediately after launch and explode. [1] 1.36 kg (2.99 lb) 1958 February 1 US: Explorer 1: Juno I: Success
The High Energy Astronomy Observatory Program was a NASA program of the late 1970s and early 1980s that included ... The satellite re-entered the Earth's atmosphere ...
After almost 40 years circling Earth, a retired NASA science satellite plunged harmlessly through the atmosphere off the coast of Alaska, NASA reported Monday. The Defense Department confirmed ...
After the success of TIROS-1 and ATS-3, NASA in conjunction with United States Geological Survey (USGS), progressed forward in Earth observation through a series of Landsat satellites launched throughout the 1970s and 1980s. The Nimbus 5 satellite launched in 1972 used passive microwave imaging; a highly successful method to observe changes in ...
Most of the STADAN stations were phased out in the early 1980s, as the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRS), took over most of the work of tracking satellites in low Earth orbit. [3] Another network, the Deep Space Network (DSN), interacted with crewed craft higher than 10,000 miles from Earth, such as the Apollo missions, in ...
Satellite propulsion or avionics system failed 16 February 11:10 Soyuz-U Plesetsk Site 41/1 Kosmos 1338 (Zenit-6U/Argon #53) GRU Low Earth Reconnaissance: 2 March: Successful 17 February 21:56 [1] Kosmos-3M Plesetsk Site 132/2 [1] Kosmos 1339 (Tsikada #9) Low Earth Navigation: In orbit: Successful 19 February 01:42 Vostok-2M: Plesetsk Site 16/2