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Operated for 2 years as a communications satellite. Was deactivated in 1969. ... ETRSS-1, first Ethiopian satellite; launched on China's Long March 4B rocket. [22] 2020s
The list for the year 2025 and for its subsequent years may contain planned launches, but the statistics will only include past launches. For the purpose of these lists, a spaceflight is defined as any flight that crosses the Kármán line , the FAI -recognized edge of space, which is 100 kilometres (62 miles) above mean sea level (AMSL) . [ 1 ]
Italy with the first successful launch from the San Marco platform of its satellite San Marco 2 on 26 April 1967 by US Scout B (the first Italian satellite is San Marco 1 launched by another Scout from Wallops, USA on 15 December 1964). The last orbital launch from San Marco was on 25 March 1988 by US Scout G-1 and there are no further launches ...
First Rocket Lab Electron launch, first launch from outside the United States (New Zealand), and first launch procured under NRO's Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) program. Flew on Rocket Lab's "Birds of a Feather" mission. L-162 [147] (RASR-3) USA-334 13 July 2022 06:30 Mahia, LC-1A: Electron: Entered service, presumed active RASR-3.
A day after launch an amateur astronomer in the Netherlands was one of the first to publish a video showing the satellites flying across the sky as a "train" of bright lights. [31] By five weeks post launch, 57 of the 60 satellites had been "healthy" while 3 were non-operational and derelict, but deorbited due to atmospheric drag. [32]
The company also supplies satellite components including star trackers, reaction wheels, solar cells and arrays, satellite radios, separation systems, as well as flight and ground software. [112] The expendable [113] Electron rocket [114] first launched in May 2017. [115] In August 2020, the company launched its first Photon satellite. [116]
First satellite designed and constructed by a country other than the USA or USSR (the British satellite Ariel 1, launched five months earlier, was designed and constructed by the USA). [62] Canada 29 September 1962 Venus: Mariner 2: First planetary flyby with communication contact. Distance of 34,762 kilometres (21,600 mi). USA 14 December 1962 ...
Joint satellite between the Italian Space Agency and the Vatican Dicastery for Communication Oman: AMAN-1 ETCO SatRev: Falcon 9: Vandenberg SLC-4E: 11 November 2023 Launched on the same rocket as the first Djiboutian satellite Djibouti: Djibouti-1A University of Djibouti: University of Montpellier: Launched on the same rocket as the first Omani ...