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Artificial satellites and space probes in the 1960s Year Launch date Origin Name Launch vehicle Target Status Description 1960 March 11 US: Pioneer 5: Thor-Able: Sun Success: Solar monitor. Measured magnetic field phenomena, solar flare particles, and ionization in the interplanetary region [3] May 15 Soviet Union: Korabl-Sputnik 1: Vostok-L ...
First launch of operational Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base, and first launch into a high-inclination, non-SSO orbit. Musk stated that the operational satellites were version 1.5 and featured "laser inter-satellite links, which are needed for high latitudes and mid-ocean coverage". [68] 31 Group 4-1 v1.5 2021-104
This is a list of conventional orbital launch systems. This is composed of launch vehicles , and other conventional systems, used to place satellites into orbit . Argentina
This is a list of satellites and spacecraft which have been given USA designations by the United States Air Force. These designations have been applied to most United States military satellites since 1984, and replaced the earlier OPS designation. As of June 2022, USA designations have been assigned to 462 space satellites.
First Galileo launch on a Falcon 9 and overall twelfth launch of Galileo satellites, carrying satellites Patrick and Julina. Originally planned to launch on Soyuz ST-B, but scrapped due to geopolitical factors. Then moved to Ariane 6, which was also scrapped due to delays. Europe contracted SpaceX to launch the two pairs aboard Falcon 9.
Launch of uncrewed satellites into Earth orbit via converted SLBM missile Shtil from the Barents Sea. Denmark: MLP Sputnik: 2010– 4 1,630 kg 8.2 km Mobile satellite launch platform operated by Copenhagen Suborbitals.
Comparison of NASA Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle spacecraft with their launch vehicles. This is a list of NASA missions, both crewed and robotic, since the establishment of NASA in 1957. There are over 80 currently active science missions. [1]
Tanegashima Space Center Yoshinobu Launch Complex: 24 September 2019: Decay from orbit 27 April 2022 Sudan: Sudan Remote Sensing Satellite 1 : Sudan: ISRA: Long March 4B: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre LC-9: 3 November 2019 Ethiopia: Ethiopian Remote Sensing Satellite 1 : Ethiopia Ethiopia Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute