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  2. List of spacecraft deployed from the International Space Station

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    Satellite name Operator Transport to the ISS Outcome 31 January 2019 TechEdSat-8 [84] SJSU, UIdaho, NASA: SpaceX CRS-16: Failure 17 June 2019 Raavana 1: Sri Lankan scientists Cygnus NG-11: Success First Sri Lankan satellite [85] [86] 17 June 2019 NepaliSat-1: Nepalese scientists Cygnus NG-11: Success First Nepali satellite launched into space ...

  3. Interplanetary spaceflight - Wikipedia

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    It is intended for integration and checkout at the International Space Station (ISS), and would be suitable for deep-space missions from the ISS to and beyond the Moon, including Earth/Moon L1, Sun/Earth L2, near-Earth asteroidal, and Mars orbital destinations. It incorporates a reduced-g centrifuge providing artificial gravity for crew health ...

  4. Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite - Wikipedia

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    On 15 April 2019, TESS' first discovery of an earth-sized planet was reported. HD 21749 c is a planet described as "likely rocky", with about 89% of Earth's diameter and orbits the K-type main sequence star HD 21749 in about 8 days. The planet's surface temperature is estimated to be as high as 427 °C.

  5. International Space Station - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 January 2025. Inhabited space station in low Earth orbit (1998–present) "ISS" redirects here. For other uses, see ISS (disambiguation). International Space Station (ISS) Oblique underside view in November 2021 International Space Station programme emblem with flags of the original signatory states ...

  6. List of Mars orbiters - Wikipedia

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    Artist's rendition of Mars Express as seen by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor Image of Mars Express in orbit at Mars. 2001 Mars Odyssey was launched April 7, 2001 on a Delta II rocket and currently holds the record for the longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth at 23 years, 2 months and 26 days.

  7. Satellites of Mars - Wikipedia

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    The satellites of Mars include : Non functional but (probably) orbiting: Viking 1 & 2 orbiter; Mariner 9; Mars Global Surveyor; Mars 2, 3, 5; Phobos 2;

  8. Orbital pass - Wikipedia

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    Visible pass of the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Atlantis over Tampa, Florida, on mission STS-132, May 18, 2010 (five-minute exposure). An orbital pass (or simply pass) is the period in which a spacecraft is above the local horizon, and thus available for line-of-sight communication with a given ground station, receiver, or relay satellite, or for visual sighting.

  9. Laser Communications Relay Demonstration - Wikipedia

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    After the data arrives on Earth, it will be delivered to mission operation centers and mission scientists. The ILLUMA-T payload was sent to the ISS on SpaceX CRS-29 on 10 November 2023. [16] The terminal achieved first light, on 5 December, 2023. [17]