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24 April 1962: Decayed from orbit on 17 October 1962. Ariel 1: United Kingdom: 26 April 1962: NASA-SERC: Ionospheric studies; decayed from orbit on 24 May 1976. Kosmos 5: Soviet Union: 28 May 1962: Kosmos 8: Soviet Union: 18 August 1968: Micrometeoroid detection; discovered meteoroid flux Alouette 1: Canada: 29 September 1962: DRDC: Ionospheric ...
First television image of Earth from space and first weather satellite picture. [22] August 18, 1960 CORONA "First space-based Earth observation system"; [23] its first successful mission was Discoverer 14 on 19 August 1960 with the recovery of photographic film from an orbiting satellite. [23] [24]
Amazônia-1 is the first Earth observation satellite developed by Brazil, helped by Argentina's INVAP, who provided the main computer, attitude controls and sensors, and the training of Brazilian engineers,[8] and launched at 04:54:00 UTC (10:24:00 IST) on 28 February 2021.
Kosmos 1, also known as Sputnik 11, was launched on 16 March 1962 at 12:00:00 GMT. Orbital mass 285 kg. It was the first satellite of the Soviet Earth Satellite series. [4] Employed radio instruments in order to study the structure of the ionosphere.
Kosmos 7 (Russian: Космос 7 meaning Cosmos 7), also known as Zenit-2 No.4 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 17 was a Soviet reconnaissance satellite launched in 1962. It was the seventh satellite to be designated under the Kosmos system, and the second successful launch of a Soviet reconnaissance satellite.
Timelapse satellite video taken from space shows the rapid expansion of the California wildfires, offering a harrowing look at how quickly the blazes exploded over the last two days amid powerful ...
Relay 1 (COSPAR satellite ID: Relay 1 1962-Beta-Upsilon 1 (62BU1)) was launched atop a Delta B rocket (355/D-15) on December 13, 1962, from LC-17A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. [5] Its payload included radiation experiments designed to map the Earth's radiation belts. The spin-stabilized satellite had an initial spin rate of 167.3
1962 in spaceflight; The launch of Ariel 1, the first satellite not to be operated by the Soviet Union or United States. Orbital launches; First: 13 January: Last: 22 ...