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Shenzhou spacecraft |
Shenzhou (Chinese: 神舟; pinyin: Shén Zhōu) is a spacecraft developed and operated by the People's Republic of China to support its manned spaceflight program. The name is variously translated as "Divine Craft," "Divine Vessel of the Gods," "Magic...
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Luna 7 (E-6 series) was an unmanned space mission of the Soviet Luna program, also called Lunik 7. The Luna 7 spacecraft was intended to achieve a soft landing on the Moon. However, due to premature retrofire and cutoff of the retrorockets, the...
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Luna 8 (E-6 series) was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program. Also called Lunik 8, Luna 8 was launched with the probable mission of achieving a soft landing on the Moon. However, the retrofire was late, and the spacecraft impacted the lunar...
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Luna 10 (E-6S series) was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 10. The Luna 10 spacecraft was launched towards the Moon from an Earth orbiting platform on March 31, 1966. It was the first artificial satellite of the Moon ...
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| Sinah-1 |
Sina-1 is the first Iranian artificial satellite, launched at 6:52 UTC October 28, 2005 on board a Cosmos-3M Russian launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The rocket was also carrying a Russian military Mozhayets-5 satellite, a Chinese China...
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BADR4 (aka Arabsat 4B) is a SUPARCO-built communications satellite operated by Arabsat, launched November 8, 2006 on a Proton Breeze M rocket. Badr-4 was developed and designed by the Pakistan's Space agency SUPARCO. The satellite program was sole...
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The HL-20 Personnel Launch System was a NASA concept studied by NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, based on an enhanced lifting body candidate for manned orbital missions. The concept was designed for low operations cost, improved...
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Kosmos 111 (Russian: Космос 111 meaning Cosmos 111) (E-6S series) was the first Soviet attempt to orbit a spacecraft around the Moon. The design was probably similar to the later successful Luna 10 spacecraft. It was launched on March 1, 1966. The...
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Paksat-1 was originally known as Palapa. It was launched by Hughes Space and Communications Company for Indonesia. Later Indonesia declared the satellite unusable after an electric power anomaly. The insurance claims were paid and the title was...
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| Cosmos 1867 |
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Kosmos 1867 (Russian: Космос 1867 meaning Cosmos 1867) is a radar ocean reconnaissance satellite (RORSAT) that was launched by the Soviet Union July 10, 1987. It was put into a high orbit about 800 km (500 mi) from the Earth's surface. Its mission...
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| Paksat1R |
PAKSAT-1R or PAKSAT-1Replacement is a communication satellite will be launched in 2011 for the replacement of PAKSAT 1 which is currently in a geostationary orbit at 38 degrees east. The contract has been signed with China to launch the satellite...
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| Studsat Satellite |
StudSat is a student satellite conceptualized and currently being designed by undergraduate students across India. It is a picosatellite and first of its kind in India. If realized successfully this will be the smallest satellite ever launched by...
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| Ariel 4 |
Ariel 4, also known as UK 4, was a British ionospheric research satellite, which was operated by the Science and Engineering Research Council. It was built by the British Aircraft Corporation, and had a mass at launch of 100 kilograms (220 lb). It...
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Ariel 2, also known as UK-C, was a British radio astronomy satellite, which was operated by the Science and Engineering Research Council as part of the Ariel programme. It was built in America by Westinghouse Electric, and had a mass at launch of 68...
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| Nimiq 5 |
Nimiq 5 is a Canadian communications satellite, which will be operated by Telesat Canada as part of its Nimiq fleet of satellites. It will be positioned in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 72.7° West of the Greenwich Meridian. EchoStar...
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| Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite |
The Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite (PRSS) or Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite System (PRSSS) is a Pakistan's first and indigenously developed remote sensing satellite. The satellite is planned to be launched in late 2011. The PRSS satellite is...
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| UK-DMC |
The UK-DMC satellite is one of a number of satellites in the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC). It was built by Surrey Satellite Technology, who operate it via DMC International Imaging on behalf of the British National Space Centre. It was...
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