langs: 27 декабря [ru] / december 27 [en] / 27. dezember [de] / 27 décembre [fr] / 27 dicembre [it] / 27 de diciembre [es]
days: december 24 / december 25 / december 26 / december 27 / december 28 / december 29 / december 30
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Vladimir Shatalov
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov ( Russian : Владимир Александрович Шаталов ; December 8, 1927 – June 15, 2021) [2] was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme : Soyuz 4 , Soyuz 8 , and Soyuz 10 . [1] Soviet cosmonaut (1927–2021) Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sh
- ... to Heroes of the Soviet Union) (April 30, 1971) (January 15, 1976) Order of the October Revolution ( december 27, 1982) Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" 3rd class (February 22, 1 ...
#2 Oleg Kotov
Oleg Valeriyevich Kotov ( Russian : Олег Валериевич Котов ) was born on 27 October 1965 in Simferopol , Crimean oblast in the Ukrainian SSR . After a career as a physician assigned to the Soviet space program, he joined the Russian cosmonaut corps. He has flown three long duration spaceflights on th
- ... ky. [11] The cosmonauts completed work that could not be finished up during their last spacewalk on december 27. After exiting the Pirs docking compartment, the two cosmonauts arrived at the outside of the Zvezda ...
- ... otov and Ryazansky remove the high resolution camera they installed earlier during the spacewalk on 27 december 2013. On 27 December 2013, Kotov and Ryazansky were outside of the ISS to perform a spacewalk. The ...
- ... move the high resolution camera they installed earlier during the spacewalk on 27 December 2013. On 27 december 2013, Kotov and Ryazansky were outside of the ISS to perform a spacewalk. The cosmonauts attached t ...
#3 Michael Strahan
Michael T. Strahan ( / ˈ s t r eɪ h æ n / STRAY -han ; born November 21, 1971) [1] is an American television personality, journalist, and former professional American football player. He played his entire 15-year professional career as a defensive end for the New York Giants of the National Football
- ... tarred as Michael Trainor in the television sitcom Brothers , which ran on Fox from September 25 to december 27, 2009. Strahan stars in award-winning [31] commercial series for Vaseline Men [32] Strahan, along wi ...
#4 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
- ... ecovery The Apollo 8 spacecraft splashed down in darkness at 10:51:42 UTC (05:51:42 EST) on Friday, december 27. [87] Borman had argued for this; a daylight landing would have required orbiting the Moon at least ...
#5 Leonid Ivanov (test pilot)
Leonid Grigoriyevich Ivanov (June 25, 1950 – October 24, 1980) was a member of Soviet Air Force Cosmonaut Training Group 6. He graduated from Higher Air Force School, Kachinsk, in 1971. [1] [2] This article is about the Soviet cosmonaut. For the Soviet World War II pilot with a similar name, see Leo
- ... cialist Republic . [1] [2] REFERENCE "Ivanov" . www.astronautix.com . Archived from the original on december 27, 2016 . Retrieved July 25, 2020 . "Biographies of USSR / Russian Cosmonauts: Leonid Grigoriyevich Iv ...
#6 Scott Kelly (astronaut)
Scott Joseph Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American engineer , retired astronaut , and naval aviator . A veteran of four space flights, Kelly commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on Expeditions 26 , 45 , and 46 . American engineer, retired astronaut, and retired U.S. Navy captain F
- ... bit with a reading by Curt Brown. After 119 orbits, Discovery landed at the Kennedy Space Center on december 27, 1999. [19] : 214–230 [4] STS-118 Main article: STS-118 The crew of STS-118. (2007) After comple ...
#7 Sergey Ryazansky
Sergey Nikolayevich Ryazansky ( Russian : Серге́й Николаевич Рязанский ; born November 13, 1974) is a Russian cosmonaut . He was selected as commander of the IMBP-6 cosmonaut group in 2003, but later transferred to the TsPK Cosmonaut Group. [2] Ryazansky made his first spaceflight aboard the Soyuz T
- ... ov. [13] The cosmonauts completed work that could not be finished up during their last spacewalk on december 27. After exiting the Pirs docking compartment, the two cosmonauts arrived at the outside of the Zvezda ...
- ... he spacewalkers noticed some issues with its alignment. The spacewalk lasted 5 hours 50 minutes. On 27 december 2013, Ryazansky and Kotov were again outside of the ISS to perform a spacewalk. The cosmonauts atta ...
#8 Sultan bin Salman Al Saud
Sultan bin Salman Al Saud ( Arabic : سلطان بن سلمان آل سعود ; Sulṭān bin Salmān Āl Suʿūd ; born 27 June 1956) is a Saudi prince and former Royal Saudi Air Force pilot who flew aboard the American STS-51-G Space Shuttle mission as a payload specialist . He is the first member of a royal family to fly
- ... ace, [1] as well as (at 28 years old) the youngest person ever to fly on the Space Shuttle . [1] On 27 december 2018, he was appointed as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Space Commission at the r ...
#9 Oleg Grigoriyevich Kononenko
Oleg Grigoriyevich Kononenko (August 16, 1938 – September 8, 1980) was a member of Soviet cosmonaut group LII-1. He was born in the village of Samarskoye, in Rostov , Russia , then part of the Soviet Union. [1] He graduated from Zhukovsky Air Force Institute in 1975. [2] [3] On July 12, 1977, he was
- ... the Buran space shuttle . He survived an aircraft ejection on the Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk on december 27, 1979. [4] Kononenko was married three times and had four children. [4] He was killed on September 8 ...
#10 William Anders
William Alison Anders (born October 17, 1933) is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) major general , former electrical engineer , nuclear engineer , NASA astronaut , and businessman. In December 1968, he was a member of the crew of Apollo 8 , the first three people to leave low Earth orbit and
- ... ndle with considerable care. [29] The Apollo 8 command module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on 27 december after a flight lasting 147 hours and 42 seconds and a voyage of 933,419 kilometres (504,006 nmi) . ...
#11 Phạm Tuân
Phạm Tuân ( [faːm˧ˀ˨ʔ twɜn˨˩] born 14 February 1947) is a retired Vietnam Air Force aviator and cosmonaut . He became the first Vietnamese citizen and the first person from an Asian country to fly in space when he launched aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Interkosmos Research Cosmonaut. [1] [2] He
- ... General Pham Tuan recounting his successful engagement against the B-52D Stratofortress on night of december 27, 1972 [9] [10] Tuân said that because the B-52 was equipped with a large number of infrared decoys, ...
- ... egiment from 1969–70, finally with the 921st Fighter Regiment from 1970–73. [3] On the nights of 18- 27 december 1972, during Operation Linebacker II (also referred to as the Christmas Bombings ), then-Major Phạm ...
#12 Fyodor Yurchikhin
Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin ( Russian : Фёдор Николаевич Юрчихин, Greek : Θεόδωρος Γιουρτσίχιν του Νικόλαου; born 3 January 1959 ) is a Russian cosmonaut of Greek descent, engineer and RSC Energia test-pilot who has flown on five spaceflights . His first spaceflight was a 10-day Space Shuttle mis
- ... auts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazansky when they performed an eight hours, seven minutes spacewalk on 27 december 2013. Fyodor Yurchikhin (left) waves a Russian flag at the end of the spacewalk on 22 August 2013. ...
#13 Jim Lovell
James Arthur Lovell Jr. ( / ˈ l ʌ v əl / ; born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut , naval aviator , test pilot and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8 , he became, with Frank Borman and William Anders , one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbi
- ... IMU had been turned off to conserve energy. [81] The spacecraft splashed down safely before dawn on december 27 after 147 hours of flight, 4.8 kilometers (2.6 nmi) from the recovery ship, the aircraft carrier USS ...
#14 Jack Swigert
John Leonard Swigert Jr. (August 30, 1931 – December 27, 1982) was an American NASA astronaut , test pilot , mechanical engineer , aerospace engineer , United States Air Force pilot , and politician . In April 1970, as command module pilot of Apollo 13 , he became one of twenty-four astronauts who f
- John Leonard Swigert Jr. (August 30, 1931 – december 27, 1982) was an American NASA astronaut , test pilot , mechanical engineer , aerospace engineer , Unit ...
- ... details Born John Leonard Swigert Jr. ( 1931-08-30 ) August 30, 1931 Denver , Colorado , U.S. Died december 27, 1982 (1982-12-27) (aged 51) Washington D.C. , U.S. Resting place Mount Olivet Cemetery Political pa ...
- ... ersity Hospital in Washington, D.C. He died of respiratory failure at its Lombardi Cancer Center on december 27, seven days before the beginning of his congressional term, aged 51. [27] [28] [29] He was the last ...
#15 Naoko Yamazaki
Naoko Yamazaki ( 山崎 直子 , Yamazaki Naoko , born December 27, 1970) is a Japanese engineer and former astronaut at JAXA . She was the second Japanese woman to fly in space. [2] [3] [4] The first was Chiaki Mukai . [3] Not to be confused with Naoki Yamazaki . Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki Born ( 19
- Naoko Yamazaki ( 山崎 直子 , Yamazaki Naoko , born december 27, 1970) is a Japanese engineer and former astronaut at JAXA . She was the second Japanese woman to fl ...
- ... [3] Not to be confused with Naoki Yamazaki . Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki Born ( 1970-12-27 ) december 27, 1970 (age 51) Matsudo, Chiba , Japan Status Retired Nationality Japanese Occupation Engineer , Rese ...
#16 Scott D. Tingle
Scott David Tingle (born July 19, 1965) is a NASA astronaut . [1] He was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20 , qualifying in 2011. Serving as a flight engineer as part of Expedition 54 and 55 , Tingle launched into space on board Soyuz MS-07 in December 2017, and returne
- ... the ISS in just six hours, although due to NASA wanting the launch to be advanced by ten days from december 27 the spacecraft was reverted to the older two-day rendezvous scheme. The three safely arrived aboard ...
Museum / Museum
#1 USS Midway (CV-41)
USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) is an aircraft carrier , formerly of the United States Navy , the lead ship of her class . Commissioned 8 days after the end of World War II, Midway was the largest ship in the world until 1955, as well as the first U.S. aircraft carrier too big to transit the Panama Canal
- ... ] On 1 October, the ship was redesignated CVA-41 . Midway in 1965 after SCB-110 Midway left Norfolk 27 december 1954 for a world cruise, sailing via the Cape of Good Hope for Taiwan , where she became the first ...
#2 Gillespie Field
Gillespie Field ( IATA : SEE , ICAO : KSEE , FAA LID : SEE ) is a county-owned public towered airport 11.5 miles (10.0 nmi ; 18.5 km ) northeast of downtown San Diego , in El Cajon , San Diego County , California , United States . [1] For other uses, see Gillespie Field (disambiguation) . Airpor
- ... p Gun movie sequel . 32.828421°N 116.966146°W / 32.828421; -116.966146 ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS On december 27, 2021, a Learjet 35 aircraft on a repositioning flight from John Wayne Airport crashed into a neighb ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Astra 2F
Astra 2F is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES S.A. , launched in September 2012 to the Astra 28.2°E orbital position. [2] The satellite provides free-to-air and encrypted direct-to-home (DTH) digital television and satellite broadband services for Europe and Africa
- ... tra 2E , was launched in 2013, [4] and the third, Astra 2G , was launched in 2014, [5] (launched on 27 december 2014, [6] ). Some parts of the construction of Astra 2F by Astrium (now Airbus Defence and Space ) ...
#2 BOR-5
The BOR-5 ( Russian : БОР-5, «Беспилотный Орбитальный Ракетоплан 5» , romanized : Bespilotnyi Orbital'nyi Raketoplan 5 , lit. ' Unpiloted Orbital Rocketplane 5 ' ) is a 1:8 sized test flight vehicle, used to study the main aerodynamic, thermal, acoustic and stability characteristics of the Buran
- ... Six flights were made: [1] [2] 4 July 1984 - aborted 5 June 1984 - No. 501 17 April 1985 - No. 502 27 december 1986 - No. 503 27 August 1984 - No. 504 22 June 1988 - No. 505 CURRENT LOCATIONS Two survivors of t ...
#3 Cerise (satellite)
Cerise (French for "cherry") was a French military reconnaissance satellite . Its main purpose was to intercept HF radio signals for French intelligence services. [1] With a mass of 50 kg, it was launched by an Ariane rocket from Kourou in French Guiana at 17:23 UT, 7 July 1995. [1] Cerise's initi
- ... 81 km (361 mi) Apogee altitude 589 km (366 mi) Inclination 98.2413° Mean motion 14.94 rev/day Epoch 27 december 2016 12:15:03 UTC On 24 July 1996 it was hit by a catalogued space debris object from an Ariane roc ...
#4 Kosmos 880
Kosmos 880 ( Russian : Космос 880 meaning Cosmos 880 ) was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons . It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1976 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, [1] and used as a target for Kosmos 886 , as part of the Istrebitel Spu
- ... orbital period of 96.3 minutes. [1] It was successfully intercepted and destroyed by Kosmos 886 on 27 december . [2] The last catalogued piece of debris decayed from orbit on 9 December 2001. [5] Kosmos 880 was ...
#5 Clémentine (satellite)
Clémentine is a small satellite built by Alcatel Space (now Thales) for the French DGA , ostensibly "to study the Earth's radio-electrical environment from space." [1] French military satellite This article is about the French satellite. For the American Lunar probe, see Clementine (spacecraft) . Cl
- ... 73 km (356 mi) Apogee altitude 586 km (364 mi) Inclination 98.2500° Mean motion 14.96 rev/day Epoch 27 december 2016, 12:25:58 UTC It is a successor to the Cerise satellite. [2]
#6 Astra 2E
Astra 2E is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES S.A. , launched to the Astra 28.2°E orbital position on 30 September 2013 [2] after a 10-week delay caused by launcher problems. The satellite provides free-to-air and encrypted direct-to-home (DTH) digital television a
- ... 2001. [7] The first, Astra 2F , was launched in 2012, [8] and the third, Astra 2G , was launched on 27 december 2014. [9] ) Unlike other SES/Astra satellites, the launch order of Astra 2E and Astra 2F is not ref ...
#7 Astra 2G
Astra 2G is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES , launched to the Astra 28.2°E orbital position on 27 December 2014, at 21:37:49 UTC from Baikonur Cosmodrome . [2] Astra 2G Names Eutelsat 28G Mission type Communications Operator SES COSPAR ID 2014-089A SATCAT no. 403
- ... munications satellites owned and operated by SES , launched to the Astra 28.2°E orbital position on 27 december 2014, at 21:37:49 UTC from Baikonur Cosmodrome . [2] Astra 2G Names Eutelsat 28G Mission type Commu ...
- ... trium (now Airbus Defence and Space ) Launch mass 6,020 kg (13,270 lb) Start of mission Launch date 27 december 2014, 21:37:49 UTC Rocket Proton-M / Briz-M Launch site Baikonur , Site 200/39 Contractor Khruniche ...
- ... ired replacement of the aircraft's engine and a two-day delay. [6] Finally launched successfully on 27 december 2014, at 21:37:49 UTC, [7] the satellite was initially positioned at 21.0° East for three months an ...
#8 Long March 4C
The Long March 4C , also known as the Chang Zheng 4C , CZ-4C and LM-4C , previously designated Long March 4B-II , is a Chinese orbital launch vehicle . It is launched from the Jiuquan , Taiyuan , and Xichang Satellite Launch Centers , and consists of 3 stages. Long March 4C vehicles have been used t
- ... A-9 Gaofen 10(R) SSO Success 28 Y24 27 November 2019 23:52 TSLC , LA-9 Gaofen 12 SSO Success 29 Y35 27 december 2020 15:44 JSLC , SLS-2 Yaogan 33(R) SSO Success 30 Y31 29 January 2021 04:47 JSLC , SLS-2 Yaogan 3 ...
#9 Apollo 8
Apollo 8 (December 21–27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon . The crew orbited the Moon ten times without landing, and then departed safely back to Earth . [1] [2] [3] These three astronauts — Frank Borman , James Lovell
- ... urn V SA-503 [n 1] Launch site Kennedy LC-39A End of mission Recovered by USS Yorktown Landing date december 27, 1968, 15:51:42 ( 1968-12-27UTC15:51:43Z ) UTC [9] Landing site North Pacific Ocean 8°8′N 165°1′W [9 ...
- ... anding a man on the Moon before the end of the decade. The Apollo 8 astronauts returned to Earth on december 27, 1968, when their spacecraft splashed down in the northern Pacific Ocean. The crew members were name ...
- ... odule's IMU had to be turned off to conserve energy. [82] CRUISE BACK TO EARTH AND REENTRY Reentry, december 27, 1968, photographed from a KC-135 Stratotanker at 40,000 feet The cruise back to Earth was mostly a ...
- ... cially reported as 8°8′N 165°1′W in the North Pacific Ocean, southwest of Hawaii at 15:51:42 UTC on december 27, 1968. [9] Command module on the deck of USS Yorktown When the spacecraft hit the water, the parachu ...
#10 Explorer 8
Explorer 8 was a NASA research satellite launched on 3 November 1960. [2] It was intended to study the temporal and spatial distribution of the electron density , the electron temperature , the ion concentration , the ion mass, the micrometeorite distribution, and the micrometeorite mass in the iono
- ... ontractor Army Ballistic Missile Agency Entered service 3 November 1960 End of mission Last contact 27 december 1960 Decay date 28 March 2012 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [1] Regime Mediu ...
- ... es as Explorer 8 has an expected orbital lifetime of 80 years. [10] MISSION Battery power failed on 27 december 1960. Considerable difficulty was encountered with decommutating the telemetered data to make machi ...
#11 CoRoT
CoRoT (French: Co nvection, Ro tation et T ransits planétaires ; English: Co nvection, Ro tation and planetary T ransits) was a space telescope mission which operated from 2006 to 2013. The mission's two objectives were to search for extrasolar planets with short orbital periods, particularly those
- ... s 300 kg (660 lb) Dimensions 2 m × 4 m (6.6 ft × 13.1 ft) Power ≈380 W Start of mission Launch date 27 december 2006, 14:24 ( 2006-12-27UTC14:24 ) UTC Rocket Soyuz 2.1b Fregat Launch site Baikonur LC-31/6 Contra ...
- ... xoplanet shown to have a rock or metal-dominated composition. CoRoT was launched at 14:28:00 UTC on 27 december 2006, atop a Soyuz 2.1b rocket, [4] [5] [6] reporting first light on 18 January 2007. [7] Subsequen ...
- ... ved targets have dropped to half after the loss of Data Processing Unit No. 1. The mission began on 27 december 2006 when a Russian Soyuz 2-1b rocket lifted the satellite into a circular polar orbit with an alti ...
#12 UBAKUSAT
UBAKUSAT was a Turkish nanosatellite that was developed by Istanbul Technical University . It was launched into space on board a Falcon-9 rocket in April 2018 and was deployed into its orbit from the International Space Station in May 2018. It was built as a technology demonstration and earth observ
- ... e Kennedy LC-39A Contractor SpaceX Entered service 11 May 2018, 08:51 UTC End of mission Decay date 27 december 2020 [3] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Semi-major axis 6,778.8 km ...
#13 Mariner 2
Mariner 2 ( Mariner-Venus 1962 ), an American space probe to Venus , was the first robotic space probe to conduct a successful planetary encounter. The first successful spacecraft in the NASA Mariner program , it was a simplified version of the Block I spacecraft of the Ranger program and an exact c
- ... ce system Heliocentric Perihelion altitude 105,464,560 kilometers (56,946,310 nautical miles) Epoch december 27, 1962 Flyby of Venus Closest approach December 14, 1962 Distance 34,773 kilometers (18,776 nautical ...
- ... 4, 1962. [3] POST ENCOUNTER After encounter, cruise mode resumed. Spacecraft perihelion occurred on december 27 at a distance of 105,464,560 kilometers (65,532,640 mi) . The last transmission from Mariner 2 was r ...
#14 Kosmos 136
Kosmos 136 ( Russian : Космос 136 meaning Cosmos 136 ) or Zenit-2 No.47 was a Soviet , first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 136 was the forty-fourth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched [4] [5] and had a
- ... 09 Launch site Plesetsk , Site 41/1 Contractor OKB-1 End of mission Disposal Recovered Landing date 27 december 1966 06:00 GMT [2] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric [3] Regime Low Earth Perigee alti ...
- ... smos 136 was deorbited, with its return capsule descending under parachute, landing at 06:00 GMT on 27 december 1966, and recovered by Soviet force. [2]
#15 Mars 2MV-3 No.1
Mars 2MV-3 No.1 [1] [2] also known as Sputnik 24 in the West, was a Soviet spacecraft, which was launched in 1962 as part of the Mars program , and was intended to land on the surface of Mars . [3] [4] Due to a problem with the rocket which launched it, it did not depart low Earth orbit , [5] and it
- ... ts parking orbit . It decayed from orbit the next day. However, some debris remained in orbit until 27 december , and the upper stage ullage motor platform remained in orbit until 19 January 1963. [7] DESIGNATION ...
#16 OneWeb satellite constellation
The OneWeb satellite constellation is a planned initial 648- satellite internet constellation which is in the process of being completed in 2022, [2] with a goal to provide global broadband internet services to people everywhere by the end of 2023. [3] The constellation is being deployed by OneWeb ,
- ... Success 11 14 October 2021 [76] Vostochny Cosmodrome , Site 1S Soyuz 2.1b / Fregat-M 36 Success 12 27 december 2021 Baikonur Cosmodrome , Site 31 Soyuz 2.1b / Fregat-M 36 Success 13 10 February 2022 Kourou , EL ...
#17 AMOS-2 (satellite)
AMOS-2 is an Israeli commercial second generation communication satellite , part of the AMOS series of satellites . The satellite was positioned at 4° West longitude in the geostationary orbit . Transmission and communication services given by this satellite include: direct distribution of televisio
- ... t 9 in × 7 ft 10 in) Span: 11.03 m (36.2 ft) on orbit Power 1900 watts Start of mission Launch date 27 december 2003, 21:30:00 UTC [1] Rocket Soyuz-FG / Fregat (s/n D15000-008) Launch site Baikonur , Site 31/6 C ...
- ... tly owned by Arianespace. [4] It was therefore transferred on Soyuz-Fregat . AMOS-2 was launched on 27 december 2003, at 21:30:00 UTC from Baikonur Cosmodrome , Kazakhstan and it serves clients in three service ...
#18 Progress 39
Progress 39 ( Russian : Прогресс 39 ) was a Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in December 1988 to resupply the Mir EO-4 expedition aboard the Mir space station. Progress 39 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1988-114A SATCAT no. 19728 [1] Spac
- ... 88.8 minutes [3] Epoch 25 December 1988 Docking with Mir Docking port Kvant-1 aft [3] Docking date 27 december 1988, 05:35:10 UTC Undocking date 7 February 1989, 06:45:34 UTC Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress 38 ...
- ... yuz-U2 rocket. [2] [4] DOCKING Progress 39 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 27 december 1988 at 05:35:10 UTC, and was undocked on 7 February 1989 at 06:45:34 UTC. [3] [5] DECAY It remaine ...
#19 BOR-4
The BOR-4 ( БОР-4 Russian : Беспилотный Орбитальный Ракетоплан 4 , Bespilotnyi Orbital'nyi Raketoplan 4 , "Unpiloted Orbital Rocketplane 4") flight vehicle is a scaled (1:2) prototype of the Soviet Spiral VTHL (vertical takeoff, horizontal landing) spaceplane . An uncrewed, subscale spacecraft , its
- ... 5 – 15 March 1983 – BOR4 nº403 – orbital flight, splashed down into the Indian Ocean. Cosmos-1517 – 27 december 1983 – BOR4 nº405 – orbital flight, splashed down into the Black Sea. Cosmos-1614 – 19 December 198 ...
#20 Kosmos 2368
Kosmos 2368 ( Russian : Космос 2368 meaning Cosmos 2368 ) was a Russian US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1999 as part of the Russian Space Forces ' Oko programme. The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2] Rus
- ... es Spacecraft type US-K [2] Launch mass 1,900 kilograms (4,200 lb) [3] Start of mission Launch date 27 december 1999, 19:12 ( 1999-12-27UTC19:12Z ) UTC Rocket Molniya-M / 2BL [2] Launch site Plesetsk Cosmodrome ...
- ... rier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 19:12 UTC on 27 december 1999. [3] The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit . It subsequently recei ...