langs: 24 августа [ru] / august 24 [en] / 24. august [de] / 24 août [fr] / 24 agosto [it] / 24 de agosto [es]
days: august 21 / august 22 / august 23 / august 24 / august 25 / august 26 / august 27
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Roger B. Chaffee
Roger Bruce Chaffee ( / ˈ tʃ æ f iː / ; February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was an American naval officer , aviator and aeronautical engineer who was a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program . American astronaut, naval aviator and aeronautical engineer Roger B. Chaffee Chaffee in 1964 Born Roger Bru
- ... , and he proposed to her on October 12, 1956. They married in Oklahoma City , Martha's hometown, on august 24, 1957. [11] Martha was a homemaker. [13] The couple had two children, Sheryl Lyn (born in 1958) and ...
#2 Salizhan Sharipov
Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov ( Russian : Салижан Шакирович Шарипов ) (born 24 August 1964) is a Kyrgyzstani cosmonaut of Tajik and Uzbek descent. [1] Sharipov is a co-author and investigator for the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity project. He has been to space twice (launched from th
- Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov ( Russian : Салижан Шакирович Шарипов ) (born 24 august 1964) is a Kyrgyzstani cosmonaut of Tajik and Uzbek descent. [1] Sharipov is a co-author and invest ...
- ... July 2008. [2] Kyrgyzstani cosmonaut (born 1964) Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov Born ( 1964-08-24 ) 24 august 1964 (age 58) Osh oblast , Kyrgyz SSR , Soviet Union (now Kyrgyzstan ) Status Retired Nationality T ...
#3 Leroy Chiao
Leroy Chiao (born August 28, 1960) is an American chemical engineer , retired NASA astronaut , entrepreneur, motivational speaker , and engineering consultant. [1] [3] Chiao flew on three Space Shuttle flights, and was the commander of Expedition 10 , where he lived on board the International Space
- ... nclusion of the United States space shuttle program, and a failure of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft on 24 august 2011. [20] From 2011–2016, Chiao served Epiphan Video as VP Aerospace. He currently serves as an ad ...
#4 Anna Lee Fisher
Anna Lee Fisher ( née Sims ; born August 24, 1949) is an American chemist , emergency physician and a former NASA astronaut . Formerly married to fellow astronaut Bill Fisher , and the mother of two children, in 1984 she became the first mother in space. During her career at NASA, she was involved w
- Anna Lee Fisher ( née Sims ; born august 24, 1949) is an American chemist , emergency physician and a former NASA astronaut . Formerly married t ...
- ... . American astronaut and physician Anna Lee Fisher Fisher in 2002 Born Anna Lee Sims ( 1949-08-24 ) august 24, 1949 (age 73) New York City, U.S. Status Retired Alma mater UCLA ( BSc (1971), MD (1976), MS (1987) ...
- ... retirement from NASA in April 2017. EARLY LIFE Anna Lee Sims was born in Albany, New York , [1] on august 24, 1949. [2] Her mother Elfriede had been born in Germany in 1918 but had emigrated to the United Stat ...
#5 James van Hoften
James Dougal Adrianus "Ox" van Hoften (born June 11, 1944 [2] ) is an American civil and hydraulic engineer , retired U.S. Navy officer and aviator , and a former astronaut for NASA . James D. A. van Hoften Born ( 1944-06-11 ) June 11, 1944 (age 78) Fresno , California , U.S. Status Retired Nation
- ... Davis of Pasadena , with three children: Jennifer Lyn (born October 31, 1971), Jamie Juliana (born august 24, 1977), and Victoria Jane (born March 17, 1981). He enjoys skiing , playing handball and racquetball ...
#6 Mary Ellen Weber
Mary Ellen Weber (born August 24, 1962) is an American executive, scientist, aviator, and a former NASA astronaut . American astronaut "Mary Weber" redirects here. For the New Jersey politician, see Mary Virginia Weber . Mary Ellen Weber Born ( 1962-08-24 ) August 24, 1962 (age 59) Cleveland, Ohio
- Mary Ellen Weber (born august 24, 1962) is an American executive, scientist, aviator, and a former NASA astronaut . American astronau ...
- ... here. For the New Jersey politician, see Mary Virginia Weber . Mary Ellen Weber Born ( 1962-08-24 ) august 24, 1962 (age 59) Cleveland, Ohio , U.S. Status Retired Occupation Scientist Space career NASA Astronau ...
#7 Frank Borman
Frank Frederick Borman II (born March 14, 1928) is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) colonel , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , businessman, and NASA astronaut . He was the commander of Apollo 8 , the first mission to fly around the Moon, and together with crewmates Jim Lovell and William
- ... on Episode 655 of the radio program This American Life titled "The Not-So-Great Unknown", airing on august 24, 2018; his interview with David Kestenbaum in Act One of the episode titled "So Over the Moon" cente ...
#8 Frank L. Culbertson Jr.
Frank Lee Culbertson Jr. (born May 15, 1949) ( Capt , USN , Ret.) is an American former naval officer and aviator , test pilot , aerospace engineer , NASA astronaut , graduate of the US Naval Academy , and member of the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame . He served as the Commander of the Interna
- ... minutes [1] Missions STS-38 , STS-51 , STS-105 , Expedition 3 , STS-108 Mission insignia Retirement august 24, 2002 Culbertson retired as President of the Space Systems Group at Northrop Grumman Innovation Syst ...
#9 Boris Volynov
Boris Valentinovich Volynov ( Russian : Бори́с Валенти́нович Волы́нов ; born 18 December 1934) is a Soviet cosmonaut who flew two space missions of the Soyuz programme : Soyuz 5 , and Soyuz 21 . Following the death of Alexei Leonov in October 2019, he is the last surviving member of the original gro
- ... n was made to return the crew at the earliest available opportunity and they boarded their Soyuz on august 24. However, as Volynov tried to undock from Salyut, the latch failed to release properly. As he fired ...
#10 Gregory Jarvis
Gregory Bruce Jarvis (August 24, 1944 – January 28, 1986) was an American engineer and astronaut who died during the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L , where he was serving as payload specialist for Hughes Aircraft . American engineer and astronaut (1944–1986) "Greg Ja
- Gregory Bruce Jarvis ( august 24, 1944 – January 28, 1986) was an American engineer and astronaut who died during the destruction of ...
- ... ere. For the musician and composer, see Greg Jarvis (musician) . Gregory Jarvis Born ( 1944-08-24 ) august 24, 1944 Detroit, Michigan , U.S. Died January 28, 1986 (1986-01-28) (aged 41) North Atlantic Ocean Oth ...
#11 Jeffrey Williams (astronaut)
Jeffrey Nels Williams (born January 18, 1958) is a retired United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of four space flights and formerly held the American record for most days spent in space, which was surpassed in April 2017 by his colleague Peggy Whitson . [1] He still holds
- ... of God's Creation from Space , where he shares personal narrative and vivid photos of the Earth. On august 24, 2006, a taped message made by him to be played at an official NASA press conference was accidentall ...
#12 Victor Vescovo
Victor Lance Vescovo (born 1966) is an American private equity investor, retired naval officer, space tourist and undersea explorer. He is a co-founder and managing partner of private equity company Insight Equity Holdings. [1] Vescovo achieved the Explorers Grand Slam by reaching the North and Sout
- ... bed by the expedition as "completely pristine". [16] Vescovo completed the Five Deeps Expedition on 24 august 2019 when he reached a depth of 5,550 m (18,210 ft) at the bottom of the Molloy Deep in the Arctic ...
#13 Vitaly Zholobov
Vitaly Mikhaylovich Zholobov ( Russian: Виталий Михайлович Жолобов ; born 18 June 1937) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew on Soyuz 21 space flight as the flight engineer. Vitaly Mikhaylovich Zholobov Boris Volynov (left) and Vitaly Zholobov on a 1976 Soviet stamp Born ( 1937-06-18 ) 18 June 193
- ... rch and technology programs were already successfully finished. He was in orbit from 6 June 1976 to 24 august 1976. [1] Although he never flew again, Zholobov stayed in the space programme until 1981 when he r ...
#14 Richard N. Richards
Richard Noel "Dick" Richards (born August 24, 1946), ( Capt , USN , Ret.), is a retired American naval officer and aviator , test pilot , chemical engineer , and a former NASA astronaut . He flew aboard four Space Shuttle missions in the 1980s and 1990s. This biography of a living person needs addit
- Richard Noel "Dick" Richards (born august 24, 1946), ( Capt , USN , Ret.), is a retired American naval officer and aviator , test pilot , chemica ...
- ... eeds additional citations for verification . ( March 2010 ) Richard N. Richards Born ( 1946-08-24 ) august 24, 1946 (age 76) Key West , Florida , U.S. Status Retired Nationality American Other names Richard Noe ...
- ... 41 , STS-50 , STS-64 Mission insignia Retirement April 1995 EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION He was born on august 24, 1946, in Key West, Florida , but considers Houston, Texas to be his hometown. He is married to the ...
#15 Steven Lindsey
Steven Wayne Lindsey (born August 24, 1960) is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and NASA astronaut . Lindsey served as Chief of the NASA Astronaut Office from September 2006 until October 2009. [2] American astronaut This article is about the American astronaut. For the Maine politician, see Stephen
- Steven Wayne Lindsey (born august 24, 1960) is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and NASA astronaut . Lindsey served as Chief of the NASA ...
- ... ions for verification . ( January 2016 ) Steven W. Lindsey Born Steven Wayne Lindsey ( 1960-08-24 ) august 24, 1960 (age 62) Temple City, California , U.S. Status Retired Nationality American Alma mater USAFA , ...
- ... f a living person does not include any references or sources . ( January 2016 ) Lindsey was born on august 24, 1960, in Arcadia , California . He graduated from Temple City High School in 1978. Lindsey is an Ea ...
#16 Franz Viehböck
Franz Artur Viehböck (born 24 August 1960 in Vienna ) is an Austrian electrical engineer and cosmonaut , who became the first Austrian to fly in space. He visited the Mir space station in 1991 aboard Soyuz TM-13, returning aboard Soyuz TM-12 after spending just over a week in space. Austrian astrona
- Franz Artur Viehböck (born 24 august 1960 in Vienna ) is an Austrian electrical engineer and cosmonaut , who became the first Austrian t ...
- ... t For the Austrian footballer, see Franz Viehböck (footballer) . Franz Viehböck Born ( 1960-08-24 ) 24 august 1960 (age 61) Vienna , Austria Nationality Austrian Occupation Electrical engineer Space career ASA ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Jet Age Museum
The Jet Age Museum is the trading name of the Gloucestershire Aviation Collection, an all-volunteer, charitable organisation dedicated to the preservation of Gloucestershire's aviation heritage. The aviation museum is located on the north side of Gloucestershire Airport , between Gloucester and Chel
- ... ched for a 45 year lease of the land the building sits on. [8] The museum opened provisionally from 24 august 2013 and officially in May 2014. [9] [10] A Gloster Meteor was added in 2013 and a Gloster Javelin ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Reimei
Reimei ('Dawn') is the in-flight name for a small Japanese satellite known during development as INDEX ( INnovative-technology Demonstration Experiment ), developed in-house at JAXA both to serve as a demonstration of small-satellite technologies (particularly high-performance and high-accuracy atti
- ... properties Launch mass 72 kg (159 lb) Dimensions 72 cm × 62 cm × 62 cm Start of mission Launch date 24 august 2005 ( 2005-08-24 ) Rocket Dnepr Launch site Baikonur Pad 109/95 [1] Orbital parameters Reference s ...
- ... tion budget was $4 million. The satellite was launched into a near- sun-synchronous 630 km orbit on 24 august 2005 as a piggyback on the OICETS launch on the Dnepr launch vehicle. [3] [4]
#2 Progress M-12M
Progress M-12M ( Russian : Прогресс М-12М ), identified by NASA as Progress 44P , was an uncrewed Progress spacecraft that was lost in a launch failure on 24 August 2011, at the start of a mission to resupply the International Space Station . It was the twelfth modernised Progress-M spacecraft to be
- ... by NASA as Progress 44P , was an uncrewed Progress spacecraft that was lost in a launch failure on 24 august 2011, at the start of a mission to resupply the International Space Station . It was the twelfth mo ...
- ... properties Spacecraft type Progress-M s/n 412 Manufacturer RKK Energia Start of mission Launch date 24 august 2011, 13:00:11 UTC Rocket Soyuz-U Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 Orbital parameters Reference syst ...
- ... l parameters Reference system Geocentric (Failed to orbit) Regime Low Earth Inclination 51.6° Epoch 24 august 2011 Docking with ISS Docking port Zvezda (planned) Docking date 26 August 2011, 14:40 UTC Undockin ...
- ... rrier rocket, flying from Area 1/5 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome . Liftoff occurred at 13:00:11 UTC on 24 august 2011. [4] Approximately 325 seconds into flight, a malfunction was detected in the RD-0110 engine p ...
#3 Soyuz MS-13
Soyuz MS-13 , also designated ISS flight 59S , was a crewed Soyuz mission launched on 20 July 2019 – the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing – [2] carrying three members of the Expedition 60 crew to the International Space Station : a Russian commander, an American and a European flight engin
- ... Zvezda , after a faulty signal amplifier on Poisk caused MS-14's first docking attempt to abort on 24 august 2019. [8] The last time a Soyuz spacecraft was relocated was in August 2015 during the Soyuz TMA-16 ...
#4 Skylab 3
Skylab 3 (also SL-3 and SLM-2 [2] ) was the second crewed mission to the first American space station, Skylab . The mission began on July 28, 1973, with the launch of NASA astronauts Alan Bean , Owen Garriott , and Jack Lousma in the Apollo command and service module on the Saturn IB rocket, and las
- ... 30 UTC End : August 7, 00:01 UTC Duration : 6 hours, 31 minutes Garriott and Lousma – EVA 2 Start : august 24, 1973, 16:24 UTC End : August 24, 20:55 UTC Duration : 4 hours, 31 minutes Bean and Garriott – EVA 3 ...
- ... Duration : 6 hours, 31 minutes Garriott and Lousma – EVA 2 Start : August 24, 1973, 16:24 UTC End : august 24, 20:55 UTC Duration : 4 hours, 31 minutes Bean and Garriott – EVA 3 Start : September 22, 1973, 11:1 ...
#5 STS-68
STS-68 was a human spaceflight mission using Space Shuttle Endeavour that launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida on 30 September 1994. 1994 American crewed spaceflight STS-68 SIR-C in Endeavour ' s payload bay Names Space Transportation System -65 Mission type Radar imaging Operator NASA COSPA
- ... aunch and to require a complete engine reinspection. A rollback of Endeavour to the VAB was done on 24 august 1994. Afterwards, Endeavour' s SSMEs were removed and inspected. Three flight certified SSMEs (remo ...
#6 SOLRAD 2
SOLRAD (SOLar RADiation) 2 was the public designation for a combination surveillance and solar X-rays and ultraviolet scientific satellite, the second in the SOLRAD program developed by the United States Navy 's Naval Research Laboratory . The SOLRAD scientific package aboard the satellite provided
- ... e name "Tattletale". [2] : 364 President Eisenhower approved full development of the program on 24 august 1959. [3] : 4 After a news leak by The New York Times , Eisenhower cancelled the project. The p ...
#7 Luna 11
Luna 11 (E-6LF series) was an uncrewed space mission of the Soviet Union 's Luna program . It was also called Lunik 11 . Luna 11 was launched towards the Moon from an Earth-orbiting platform and entered lunar orbit on 27 August 1966. Luna 11 stamp Mission type Lunar orbiter Operator GSMZ Lavochkin C
- ... E-6LF Manufacturer GSMZ Lavochkin Launch mass 1640 kg Dry mass 1136 kg Start of mission Launch date 24 august 1966, 08:03:21 GMT Rocket Molniya-M 8K78M Launch site Baikonur , Site 31/6 Contractor TsSKB-Progres ...
- ... ric Periselene altitude 1898 km Aposelene altitude 2931 km Inclination 27° Period 178 minutes Epoch 24 august 1966 [1] Lunar orbiter Orbital insertion 27 August 1966, 21:49 GMT Orbits 277 Instruments Imaging s ...
#8 Soyuz TMA-22
Soyuz TMA-22 was a crewed spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS). TMA-22 was the 111th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft , and transported three members of the Expedition 29 crew to the ISS. The spacecraft docked to the ISS on 16 November 2011, [3] and remained docked to serve as an emergen
- ... as delayed until 14 November following the launch failure of the Progress M-12M resupply vehicle on 24 august 2011. [6] Soyuz TMA-22 was the first crewed mission to dock with the ISS since the Retirement of th ...
- ... er 2011 to 14 November, due to the failed launch of the uncrewed Progress M-12M cargo spacecraft on 24 august 2011. [8] The incident was caused by a blocked fuel line leading to the gas generator of the third- ...
#9 Shenzhou 2
Shenzhou 2 ( Chinese : 神舟二号 ) launched on January 9, 2001, was the second unmanned launch of the Shenzhou spacecraft . Inside the reentry capsule were a monkey , a dog and a rabbit in a test of the spaceship's life support systems. The reentry module separated from the rest of the spacecraft after j
- ... n of the orbital module continued until it was commanded to fire its rockets to initiate reentry on august 24. It reentered over the western Pacific Ocean between Easter Island and Chile . MISSION PARAMETERS Ma ...
#10 WARP-01
WARP-01 , nicknamed Nichirin , was a 1U-sized CubeSat developed and operated by Warpspace , a newspace company based in Tsukuba, Japan . It was launched on 20 February 2021 on board a Cygnus cargo spacecraft, and deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on 14 March 2021. [1] [2] WARP-01 w
- ... te. The company signed a contract to deploy a satellite from the ISS's Kibo Module with Space BD on 24 august 2018. [4] Inside the satellite were several wedding memorial plaques, which were sent to space as p ...
#11 Kounotori 5
Kounotori 5 , also known as HTV-5 , was the fifth flight of the H-II Transfer Vehicle , an uncrewed cargo spacecraft launched to resupply the International Space Station . It was launched on 19 August 2015. 2015 Japanese resupply spaceflight to the ISS Kounotori 5 A view of the docked Kounotori 5 sp
- ... bit [1] Regime Low Earth orbit Inclination 51.66° Berthing at ISS Berthing port Harmony RMS capture 24 august 2015, 10:28 UTC Berthing date 24 August 2015, 17:28 UTC Unberthing date 28 September 2015, 11:12 UT ...
- ... on 51.66° Berthing at ISS Berthing port Harmony RMS capture 24 August 2015, 10:28 UTC Berthing date 24 august 2015, 17:28 UTC Unberthing date 28 September 2015, 11:12 UTC RMS release 28 September 2015, 16:53 U ...
- ... 015. [17] The second and third Height Adjustment Manoeuvre were performed by 03:07 and 06:12 UTC on 24 august 2015, respectively. [18] [19] The ISS's robotic arm SSRMS grappled Kounotori 5 at 10:29 UTC on 24 A ...
- ... gust 2015, respectively. [18] [19] The ISS's robotic arm SSRMS grappled Kounotori 5 at 10:29 UTC on 24 august 2015, and fastened it to the ISS's Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) at 14:58 UTC on 24 August 2015. ...
- ... UTC on 24 August 2015, and fastened it to the ISS's Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) at 14:58 UTC on 24 august 2015. All berthing operations were completed at 17:28 UTC on 24 August 2015. [20] OPERATION WHILE B ...
- ... hanism (CBM) at 14:58 UTC on 24 August 2015. All berthing operations were completed at 17:28 UTC on 24 august 2015. [20] OPERATION WHILE BERTHED TO ISS From 02:27 UTC on 25 August 2015, the Exposed Pallet (EP) ...
#12 STS-51-I
STS-51-I was the 20th mission of NASA 's Space Shuttle program and the sixth flight of Space Shuttle Discovery . During the mission, Discovery deployed three communications satellites into orbit. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida , on August 27, 1985, and landed at Edwards Air
- ... SUMMARY Discovery launched at 6:58 a.m. EDT on August 27, 1985. Two earlier launch attempts, one on august 24 and another on August 25, were scrubbed – the first because of poor weather, and the second because ...
#13 Soyuz TMA-21
Soyuz TMA-21 ( "Gagarin" ) was a Soyuz flight to the International Space Station (ISS). It transported three members of the Expedition 27 crew to the ISS, and docked at the station on April 6, 2011. TMA-21 is the 109th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, the first of which launched in 1967. The Soyuz rema
- ... ue to come back on September 8 but its return was delayed due to the crash of the Progress M-12M on august 24. The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station on September 16, 2011 at ...
#14 GOES 14
GOES-14 , known as GOES-O prior to reaching its operational orbit, is an American weather satellite , which is part of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system. The spacecraft was built by Boeing and is based on t
- ... [5] GOES-14 was brought out of storage and began one-minute rapid scans of Tropical Storm Isaac on 24 august 2012. On 24 September 2012, it temporarily assumed the role of GOES-East after GOES-13 experienced ...
#15 Formosat-5
Formosat-5 ( Formosa Satellite 5 ; Chinese : 福爾摩沙衛星五號 ) is the first Earth observation satellite manufactured and operated solely by the National Space Organization . The satellite was launched from a Falcon 9 rocket on 24 August 2017, and placed into a Sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of about
- ... ed solely by the National Space Organization . The satellite was launched from a Falcon 9 rocket on 24 august 2017, and placed into a Sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of about 720 km. Formosat-5 can captur ...
- ... h mass 475 kg (1,047 lb) [1] Dimensions 1.6 × 2.8 m (5.2 × 9.2 ft) [1] Start of mission Launch date 24 august 2017, 18:51 ( 2017-08-24UTC18:51 ) UTC [2] Rocket Falcon 9 FT Launch site Vandenberg SLC-4E Contrac ...
- ... sport aircraft, and arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base on 26 July. [10] [11] Launch took place on 24 august 2017 at 18:51 UTC from Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 4 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. [2] In September ...
#16 Salyut 5
Salyut 5 ( Russian : Салют-5 meaning Salute 5 ), also known as OPS-3 , was a Soviet space station . Launched in 1976 as part of the Salyut programme , it was the third and last Almaz space station to be launched for the Soviet military. Two Soyuz missions visited the station, each manned by two cosm
- ... nce with school pupils. Cosmonauts Boris Volynov and Vitali Zholobov remained aboard Salyut 5 until 24 august , when they returned to Earth landing 200 km southwest of Kokchetav . The mission had been expected ...
#17 SOLRAD 8
The SOLRAD 8 , Explorer 30 or SE-A satellite was one of the NASA SOLRAD (Solar Radiation) program that began in 1960 to provide continuous coverage of solar radiation with a set of standard photometers . SOLRAD 8 was a spin-stabilized satellite oriented with its spin axis perpendicular to the sun-sa
- ... IG telemetry channels. The experiment provided good data for all detectors from 27 November 1965 to 24 august 1967, with the following exceptions: (1) the Lyman-alpha detector and the UV detectors were saturat ...
#18 Kosmos 173
Kosmos 173 ( Russian : Космос 173 meaning Cosmos 173 ), also known as DS-P1-Yu No.8 was a Soviet satellite which was used as a radar calibration target for tests of anti-ballistic missiles . It was a 325 kilograms (717 lb) spacecraft, [1] was built by the Yuzhnoye , and launched in 1967 as part of
- ... Spacecraft type DS-P1-Yu Manufacturer Yuzhnoye Launch mass 325 kg [1] Start of mission Launch date 24 august 1967, 04:59:49 GMT Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM Launch site Plesetsk , 133/1 Contractor Yuzhnoye End of mi ...
- ... ow Earth Perigee altitude 277 km Apogee altitude 480 km Inclination 71.0° Period 92.3 minutes Epoch 24 august 1967 A Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket was used to launch Kosmos 173 from Site 133/1 at Plesetsk Cosm ...
- ... unch Kosmos 173 from Site 133/1 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome . [4] The launch occurred at 04:59:49 GMT on 24 august 1967, and resulted in Kosmos 173's successful deployment into low Earth orbit . [5] Kosmos 173 was ...
#19 Intelsat 36
Intelsat 36 , also known as IS-36 , is a geostationary communications satellite operated by Intelsat and designed and manufactured by Space Systems/Loral on the SSL 1300 satellite bus . [2] [3] It covers Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia from the 68.5° East longitude , providing media and content di
- ... Dimensions 5.2 m × 3.1 m × 3.4 m (17 ft × 10 ft × 11 ft) Power 15.8 kW Start of mission Launch date 24 august 2016, 22:16:01 UTC Rocket Ariane 5 ECA (VA-232) Launch site Centre Spatial Guyanais , ELA-3 Contrac ...
- ... uld join Intelsat 36, for integration on the Ariane 5 ECA launcher, which was expected to launch on 24 august 2016. [10] On 26 July 2016, Space Systems/Loral announced the arrival that same day of Intelsat 36 ...
- ... 12] On 4 August 2016, Program Manager Brian Sing died and the flight was dedicated in his honor. On 24 august 2016, at 22:16:01 UTC , after a slight delay due to a rocket issue, the Ariane 5 ECA VA-232 flight ...
#20 Kosmos 2379
Kosmos 2379 ( Russian : Космос 2379 meaning Cosmos 2379 ) is a Russian US-KMO missile early warning satellite which was launched in 2001 as part of the Russian Space Forces ' Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using infrared telescopes . [2] Kosmos 2379 Mission typ
- ... Manufacturer Lavochkin [1] Launch mass 2,600 kilograms (5,700 lb) [1] Start of mission Launch date 24 august 2001, 20:39:00 ( 2001-08-24UTC20:39Z ) UTC [2] Rocket Proton-K / DM-2 Launch site Baikonur 81/24 En ...
- ... ier rocket with a DM-2 upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 20:39 UTC on 24 august 2001. [2] The launch successfully placed the satellite into geostationary orbit . It subsequently r ...