langs: 5 марта [ru] / march 5 [en] / 5. märz [de] / 5 mars [fr] / 5 marzo [it] / 5 de marzo [es]
days: march 2 / march 3 / march 4 / march 5 / march 6 / march 7 / march 8
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Valery Korzun
Valery Grigoryevich Korzun ( Russian : Валерий Григорьевич Корзун , born 5 March 1953) is a Russian cosmonaut . He has been in space twice totalling 381 days. He has also conducted four career spacewalks. Russian cosmonaut Valery Grigoryevich Korzun Валерий Григорьевич Корзун Born ( 1953-03-05 ) 5 M
- Valery Grigoryevich Korzun ( Russian : Валерий Григорьевич Корзун , born 5 march 1953) is a Russian cosmonaut . He has been in space twice totalling 381 days. He has also conducted ...
- ... ewalks. Russian cosmonaut Valery Grigoryevich Korzun Валерий Григорьевич Корзун Born ( 1953-03-05 ) 5 march 1953 (age 69) Krasny Sulin , Rostov Oblast , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union Nationality Russian Occupa ...
- ... s a Russian Air Force Colonel and cosmonaut of Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center , was born on 5 march 1953 in Krasny Sulin . Korzun and his wife Elana have one son, Nikita. His father is Korzun Grigori ...
#2 Yuri Glazkov
Yury Nikolayevich Glazkov ( Russian : Ю́рий Никола́евич Глазко́в ; 2 October 1939 – 9 December 2008) [1] [2] was a Soviet Air Force officer and a cosmonaut . Glazkov held the rank of major general in the Russian Air Force . Yuri Nikolayevich Glazkov Born ( 1939-10-02 ) October 2, 1939 Moscow , USSR
- ... kov was survived by his wife Lyubov, and two children. HONOURS AND AWARDS Hero of the Soviet Union ( 5 march 1977) Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR Order of Merit for the Fatherland ; 3rd class (2 March 2000) - a ...
- ... ice to the state in the development of manned space flight 4th class (9 April 1996) Order of Lenin ( 5 march 1977) Order of the Red Star (21 February 1985) Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border ...
#3 Ronald Evans (astronaut)
Ronald Ellwin Evans Jr. (November 10, 1933 – April 7, 1990) was an American electrical engineer , aeronautical engineer , officer and aviator in the United States Navy , and NASA astronaut . As Command Module Pilot on Apollo 17 he was one of the 24 astronauts to have flown to the Moon, and one of
- ... at the Rice Hotel . His temporary duty assignment only covered the tests, but BUPERS extended it to march 5, and then turned down his squadron commander's request for a replacement officer. As it happened, Ev ...
#4 Eileen Collins
Eileen Marie Collins (born November 19, 1956) is a retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force (USAF) colonel . A former flight instructor and test pilot , Collins was the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and the first to command a Space Shuttle mission. American astronaut and pilot (bo
- ... t was made by the First Lady , Hillary Rodham Clinton , in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on march 5, 1998, [62] With President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton on October 29, 1998. J ...
#5 Robert Curbeam
Robert Lee Curbeam, Jr. (born March 5, 1962) is a former NASA astronaut and captain in the United States Navy . [1] He currently holds the record for the most spacewalks during a single spaceflight, accomplished during the STS-116 mission, when Curbeam completed four spacewalks. [1] American astrona
- Robert Lee Curbeam, Jr. (born march 5, 1962) is a former NASA astronaut and captain in the United States Navy . [1] He currently holds the ...
- ... stronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. Curbeam in January 2001 Born Robert Lee Curbeam, Jr. ( 1962-03-05 ) march 5, 1962 (age 60) Baltimore, Maryland , U.S. Status Retired Nationality American Alma mater USNA , B.S. ...
#6 Hamish Harding
Hamish Harding is a UAE-based British businessman , aviator , explorer , and space tourist . He is the founder of Action Group and chairman of Action Aviation, an international aircraft brokerage company with headquarters in Dubai , United Arab Emirates . [3] [4] [5] Hamish Harding currently holds t
- ... ld Record for the fastest circumnavigation of the earth via both poles in 46h, 40min, and 22sec. On march 5, 2021, Hamish Harding & Victor Vescovo dove to the deepest point of the Mariana Trench, the Challeng ...
#7 Neil Armstrong
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer , and the first person to walk on the Moon . He was also a naval aviator , test pilot , and university professor. American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012) For other uses, see Neil A
- ... rea for a total of 121 hours in the air, a third of them in January 1952, with the final mission on march 5, 1952. Of 492 U.S. Navy personnel killed in the Korean War, 27 of them were from Essex on this war c ...
#8 Philip K. Chapman
Philip Kenyon Chapman (5 March 1935 – 5 April 2021) was the first Australian-born American astronaut , serving for about five years in NASA Astronaut Group 6 (1967). American astronaut (1935–2021) This article needs additional citations for verification . ( April 2021 ) Philip Kenyon Chapman Chapman
- Philip Kenyon Chapman ( 5 march 1935 – 5 April 2021) was the first Australian-born American astronaut , serving for about five year ...
- ... tations for verification . ( April 2021 ) Philip Kenyon Chapman Chapman in 1971 Born ( 1935-03-05 ) 5 march 1935 Melbourne , Victoria , Australia Died 5 April 2021 (2021-04-05) (aged 86) Arizona, U.S. Nation ...
#9 Soichi Noguchi
Soichi Noguchi ( 野口 聡一 , Noguchi Sōichi , born 15 April 1965) is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and former JAXA astronaut . His first spaceflight was as a Mission Specialist aboard STS-114 on 26 July 2005 for NASA 's first "return to flight" Space Shuttle mission after the Columbia disaster . He w
- ... 9] During his third stay in space, he conducted his fourth career spacewalk with Kathleen Rubins on march 5, 2021, spending almost 7 hours outside the ISS. [40] He currently holds the world record of the long ...
Museum / Museum
#1 South African Airways Museum Society
The South African Airways Museum Society is an aviation museum based at Rand Airport in Germiston , Gauteng, South Africa. The museum was founded in 1986 and houses a collection of South African Airways memorabilia such as photos and aircraft scale models. The museum also has a collection of static
- ... lable. [4] Two 747s were donated to the museum by SAA, a Boeing 747-244 and a Boeing 747SP . [5] On 5 march 2004, the 747-244, registered ZS-SAN and named 'Lebombo', was delivered to the SAA Museum from SAA ...
#2 Stafford Air & Space Museum
The Stafford Air & Space Museum is located in Weatherford , Oklahoma , United States . The museum, named for NASA astronaut and Weatherford native Thomas P. Stafford , became a Smithsonian Affiliate in June 2010. The museum features exhibits about aviation , space exploration , and rocketry , and a
- ... . Also on display is a TP-82 Cosmonaut survival pistol which was given to Stafford by Leonov. As of march 5, 2018, the museum has acquired a Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II , also known as the "Warthog ...
#3 Floyd Bennett Field
Floyd Bennett Field is an airfield in the Marine Park neighborhood of southeast Brooklyn in New York City , along the shore of Jamaica Bay . The airport originally hosted commercial and general aviation traffic before being used as a naval air station . Bennett Field is currently part of the Gateway
- ... avy was offloading property, including Bennett Field, to pay for the war's expenses. [170] [154] On march 5, 1970, the federal government announced that the Navy would start vacating the airport. Upon the ann ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 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
- ... ocking with ISS Docking port Zvezda (planned) Docking date 26 August 2011, 14:40 UTC Undocking date 5 march 2012 Time docked 192 days Cargo Mass 2670 kg Pressurised 1204 kg (dry cargo) Fuel 996 kg Gaseous 50 ...
- ... t over two days after launch. [1] It would have remained docked for six months, before undocking on 5 march 2012. [2] CARGO Progress M-12M was carrying 2,670 kilograms (5,890 lb) of cargo to the Internationa ...
#2 Intelsat V F-4
Intelsat V F-4 , then named Intelsat 504 , was a communications satellite operated by COMSAT . Launched in 1982, it was the fourth of fifteen Intelsat V satellites to be launched. The Intelsat V series was constructed by Ford Aerospace , based on the Intelsat V satellite bus . Intelsat V F-4 was par
- ... Dry mass 1012 kg Dimensions 1.66 x 2.1 x 1.77 metres Power 1800 watts Start of mission Launch date 5 march 1982, 00:23:00 UTC [2] Rocket Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR (AC-58) Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-36A ...
- ... e 34.5° West (1982-1993) 40.5° West (1993-1994) 31.5° West (1994-1995) 29.4° West (1995-1995) Epoch 5 march 1982 Transponders Band 21 C-band 4 Ku-band Intelsat V ← Intelsat V F-3 Intelsat V F-5 → SATELLITE T ...
- ... lite was deactivated in November 1995. LAUNCH The satellite was successfully launched into space on 5 march 1982 at 00:23:00 UTC, by means of an Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1AR vehicle from the Cape Canaveral Air ...
#3 STS-133
STS-133 ( ISS assembly flight ULF5 ) [6] was the 133rd mission in NASA 's Space Shuttle program ; during the mission, Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station . It was Discovery ' s 39th and final mission. The mission launched on 24 February 2011, and landed on 9 March 201
- ... news conference was also conducted via satellite, after which the crew received more off-duty time. 5 march (FLIGHT DAY 10) This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . ( May 2011 ) The inte ...
#4 Venera 14
Venera 14 ( Russian : Венера-14 meaning Venus 14) was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus . 1982 Soviet space probe which successfully landed on Venus Venera 14 Venera 14 postage stamp Mission type Venus flyby / lander Operator Soviet Academy of Sciences COSPAR ID 1981-
- ... stance 26,050 km (16,190 mi) Venus lander Spacecraft component Venera 14 descent craft Landing date march 5, 1982, 07:00:10 UTC Landing site 13.25°S 310°E / -13.25; 310 ( Venera 14 ) (east of Phoebe Regio ...
- ... , 05:31:00 UTC Rocket Proton-K /D-1 Launch site Baikonur 200/39 End of mission Last contact lander: 5 march 1982 / carrier: 9 April 1983 [1] Orbital parameters Reference system Heliocentric Eccentricity 0.17 ...
- ... se to Venus, the descent vehicle separated from the bus and plunged into the Venusian atmosphere on 5 march 1982. A parachute deployed after the lander entered the atmosphere. The parachute released once the ...
#5 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
- ... 7 Fengyun 3A SSO Success 4 Y4 15 December 2009 02:31 TSLC , LA-9 Yaogan 8 Xiwang 1 SSO Success 5 Y5 5 march 2010 04:55 JSLC , SLS-2 Yaogan 9A Yaogan 9B Yaogan 9C LEO Success 6 Y6 9 August 2010 22:49 TSLC , L ...
#6 Apollo 9
Apollo 9 (March 3 – 13, 1969) was the third human spaceflight in NASA 's Apollo program . Flown in low Earth orbit , it was the second crewed Apollo mission that the United States launched via a Saturn V rocket, and was the first flight of the full Apollo spacecraft : the command and service module
- ... km) Apogee altitude 268 nautical miles (497 km) Inclination 33.8 degrees Period 91.55 minutes Epoch march 5, 1969 [5] Docking with LM Docking date March 3, 1969, 19:01:59 UTC Undocking date March 7, 1969, 12: ...
#7 Solar Mesosphere Explorer
The Solar Mesosphere Explorer (also known as Explorer 64 ) was a NASA spacecraft to investigate the processes that create and destroy ozone in Earth's upper of the atmosphere of Earth . The mesosphere is a layer of the atmosphere extending from the top of the stratosphere to an altitude of about 80
- ... ice 6 October 1981 End of mission Deactivated 31 December 1988 Last contact 4 April 1989 Decay date 5 march 1991 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit Regime Low Earth orbit Perigee altitude 5 ...
- ... urned data until 4 April 1989. [1] ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY The spacecraft reentered Earth's atmosphere on 5 march 1991. [1] SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal Explorer program
#8 Clementine (spacecraft)
Clementine (officially called the Deep Space Program Science Experiment ( DSPSE )) was a joint space project between the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (previously the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization ) and NASA , launched on January 25, 1994. Its objective was to test sensors and s
- ... ers were able to briefly regain contact between 20 February and 10 May 1995." [1] NASA announced on march 5, 1998, that data obtained from Clementine indicated that there is enough water in polar craters of t ...
#9 Tianhe core module
Tianhe ( Chinese : 天和 ; pinyin : Tiānhé ; lit. 'Harmony of the Heavens' ), [8] [9] officially the Tianhe core module ( Chinese : 天和核心舱 ), is the first module to launch of the Tiangong space station . It was launched into orbit on 29 April 2021, [1] as the first launch of the final phase of Tiangong
- ... OSPAR ID 2021-035A Part of Tiangong Launch date 29 April 2021, 03:23:15 UTC [1] Launch vehicle Long march 5b (Y2) Mass 22,600 kg (49,800 lb) [2] [3] [4] [5] Length 16.6 m (54 ft) [6] Width 4.2 m (14 ft) [6] P ...
- ... er and propulsion elements. [25] [26] Tianhe launched on 29 April 2021, at 03:23:15 UTC atop a Long march 5b launch vehicle from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site . [6] After the core module was put into or ...
- ... Docking/berthing port Duration [lower-alpha 1] 29 April 2021, 03:23:15 [35] — — Success Tianhe Long march 5b Wenchang LC-1 CASC N/A 29 May 2021, 12:55:29 [36] 29 May 2021, 21:01 [37] 27 March 2022, 07:59 Tian ...
- ... July 2022, 06:22:32 [49] [50] 24 July 2022, 19:13 [51] 30 September 2022, 04:44 [52] — Wentian Long march 5b Wenchang LC-1 CASC Tianhe starboard [lower-alpha 4] October 2022 [50] TBD — Planned Mengtian Long M ...
- ... B Wenchang LC-1 CASC Tianhe starboard [lower-alpha 4] October 2022 [50] TBD — Planned Mengtian Long march 5b Wenchang LC-1 CASC Tianhe starboard 6 November 2022 [53] [54] TBD TBD Tianzhou 5 Long March 7 Wench ...
#10 STS-109
STS-109 (SM3B) was a Space Shuttle mission that launched from the Kennedy Space Center on 1 March 2002. It was the 108th mission of the Space Shuttle program , [1] the 27th flight of the orbiter Columbia [1] and the fourth servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope . [2] It was also the last successful
- ... – UTC Duration 1 Grunsfeld Linnehan 4 March 2002, 06:37 4 March 2002, 13:38 7:01 2 Newman Massimino 5 march 2002, 06:40 5 March 2002, 13:56 7:16 3 Grunsfeld Linnehan 6 March 2002, 08:28 6 March 2002, 15:16 6 ...
- ... nsfeld Linnehan 4 March 2002, 06:37 4 March 2002, 13:38 7:01 2 Newman Massimino 5 March 2002, 06:40 5 march 2002, 13:56 7:16 3 Grunsfeld Linnehan 6 March 2002, 08:28 6 March 2002, 15:16 6:48 4 Newman Massimi ...
#11 Progress 28
Progress 28 ( Russian : Прогресс 28 ) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in March 1987 to resupply the Mir space station. Progress 28 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 1987-023A SATCAT no. 17564 [1] Spacecraft properties Spacecraft Progr
- ... 9 minutes [3] Epoch 3 March 1987 Docking with Mir Docking port Mir Core Module aft [3] Docking date 5 march 1987, 12:42:36 UTC Undocking date 26 March 1987, 05:06:48 UTC Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress 27 P ...
- ... d a Soyuz-U2 rocket. [2] [4] DOCKING Progress 28 docked with the aft port of the Mir Core Module on 5 march 1987 at 12:42:36 UTC, and was undocked on 26 March 1987 at 05:06:48 UTC. [3] [5] DECAY It remained ...
#12 Landsat 3
Landsat 3 is the third satellite of the Landsat program . It was launched on March 5, 1978, with the primary goal of providing a global archive of satellite imagery. Unlike later Landsat satellites, Landsat 3 was managed solely by NASA . Landsat 3 decommissioned on September 7, 1983, beyond its desi
- Landsat 3 is the third satellite of the Landsat program . It was launched on march 5, 1978, with the primary goal of providing a global archive of satellite imagery. Unlike later Landsa ...
- ... bus Manufacturer GE Aerospace Launch mass 960.0 kilograms (2,116.4 lb) Start of mission Launch date march 5, 1978 ( 1978-03-05 ) Rocket Delta 2910 Launch site Vandenberg AFB SLC-2W End of mission Deactivated ...
- ... The 960 kilograms (2,120 lb) Landsat 3 was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base , California on march 5, 1978. [12] [13] It was placed into a sun-synchronous, near polar orbit at an inclination of 99.1 de ...
#13 BLITS
BLITS (Ball Lens In The Space) is a Russian satellite launched on September 17, 2009, as a secondary payload on a Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat , from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The satellite is totally passive and spherical, and is tracked using satellite laser ranging (SLR) by the International La
- ... 007 Chinese anti-satellite missile test . [11] Last science data was returned from the satellite on 5 march 2013. [12] A scheme illustrating how the BLITS retroreflector works. NEW VERSION An improved versio ...
#14 Kosmos 257
Kosmos 257 ( Russian : Космос 257 meaning Cosmos 257 ), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.17 , was a Soviet satellite which was used as a radar calibration target for tests of anti-ballistic missiles . It was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau , and launched in 1968 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk S
- ... -12-03UTC14:52:21Z ) UTC Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM Launch site Plesetsk 133/1 End of mission Decay date 5 march 1969 ( 1969-03-06 ) Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Perigee altitud ...
- ... iod of 91.10 minutes. [1] [4] It remained in orbit until it decayed and reentered the atmosphere on 5 march 1969. [4] It was the seventeenth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched, [1] and the si ...
#15 SOLRAD 9
Solrad 9 , also known Explorer 37 and Explorer SE-B , was one of the SOLRAD (Solar Radiation) program that began in 1960 to provide continuous coverage of solar radiation with a set of standard photometers. Solrad 9 Solrad 9. Mission type Solar science Operator NASA COSPAR ID 1968-017A [1] SATCAT no
- ... ers ← Explorer 36 Explorer 38 → Solrad ← Solrad 8 Solrad 10 → LAUNCH AND OPERATIONS Was launched on march 5, 1968 from Wallops Flight Facility , Virginia , United States , with Scout launch vehicle. [5] Solra ...
- ... ufacturer Naval Research Laboratory Launch mass 198 kilograms (437 lb) Start of mission Launch date 5 march 1968, 18:28 ( 1968-03-05UTC18:28Z ) UTC [2] [3] Rocket Scout B-1 S160C Launch site Wallops LA-3A [3 ...
- ... meters (278 mi) Apogee altitude 638 kilometers (396 mi) Inclination 59.4° Period 95.5 minutes Epoch 5 march 1968 [1] Instruments 14 Photometers ( UV and X-ray ) Explorers ← Explorer 36 Explorer 38 → Solrad ← ...
#16 Voyager 1
Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System and interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere . Launched 16 days after its twin Voyager 2 , Voyager 1 has been operating for 45 years and 1 month as of October 5
- ... Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 41 End of mission Last contact TBD Flyby of Jupiter Closest approach march 5, 1979 Distance 349,000 km (217,000 mi) Flyby of Saturn Closest approach November 12, 1980 Distance 1 ...
- ... ystem Voyager 1 began photographing Jupiter in January 1979. Its closest approach to Jupiter was on march 5, 1979, at a distance of about 349,000 kilometers (217,000 miles) from the planet's center. [34] Beca ...
#17 Kosmos 204
Kosmos 204 ( Russian : Космос 204 meaning Cosmos 204 ), also known as DS-P1-I No.3 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1968 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. [3] and had a mass of 400 kilograms (880
- ... s Spacecraft type DS-P1-I Manufacturer Yuzhnoye Launch mass 400 kg [1] Start of mission Launch date 5 march 1968, 18:28:00 GMT Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM Launch site Plesetsk Site 133/3 Contractor Yuzhnoye End of ...
- ... ow Earth Perigee altitude 204 km Apogee altitude 844 km Inclination 70.0° Period 95.9 minutes Epoch 5 march 1968 It was launched aboard a Kosmos-2I 63SM rocket, [4] from Site 133/1 at Plesetsk . The launch o ...
- ... d a Kosmos-2I 63SM rocket, [4] from Site 133/1 at Plesetsk . The launch occurred at 18:28:00 GMT on 5 march 1968. [5] Kosmos 204 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 204 kilometres (127 mi) , ...
#18 Long March 6
The Long March 6 ( Chinese : 长征六号运载火箭 ) or Chang Zheng 6 as in pinyin , abbreviated LM 6 for export or CZ 6 within China, is a Chinese liquid-fuelled launch vehicle of the Long March family , which was developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) [7] and the Shanghai Ac
- ... as designed to be a light capacity, "high-speed response" rocket, complementing the heavy lift Long march 5 and the mid-heavy lift Long March 7 rocket families. It is capable of placing at least 1,000 kg (2,2 ...
- ... e first stage of the Long March 6 was derived from the booster rockets being developed for the Long march 5 rocket. It is powered by a YF-100 engine, which generates 1,340 kN (300,000 lb f ) of thrust from bu ...
#19 Explorer 2
Explorer 2 was an American unmanned space mission within the Explorer program . Intended to be a repetition of the previous Explorer 1 mission, which placed a satellite into medium Earth orbit , the spacecraft was unable to reach orbit due to a failure in the launch vehicle during launch. 1958 Ameri
- ... ensions 203 cm (80 in) length 15.2 cm (6.0 in) diameter Power 60 watts Start of mission Launch date 5 march 1958, 18:27:57 GMT [1] Rocket Juno I (RS-26) Launch site Atlantic Missile Range , LC-26A Contractor ...
- ... d from Cape Canaveral Missile Test Center of the Atlantic Missile Range (AMR), LC-26A in Florida on 5 march 1958 at 18:27:57 GMT by a Juno I launch vehicle. [3] The Juno I had its origins in the United State ...
- ... unched from the Cape Canaveral Missile Test Center of the Atlantic Missile Range (AMR), pad 26A, on 5 march 1958 at 18:27:57 GMT. [1] The flight was nominal through third stage ignition. The fourth stage fai ...
#20 OSCAR 8
OSCAR 8 (also called AO-08 , Phase 2D or Amsat P2D ) is an American amateur radio satellite . It was developed and built by radio amateurs of the AMSAT and launched on March 5, 1978 as a secondary payload together with the earth observation satellite Landsat 3 from Vandenberg Air Force Base , Califo
- ... amateur radio satellite . It was developed and built by radio amateurs of the AMSAT and launched on march 5, 1978 as a secondary payload together with the earth observation satellite Landsat 3 from Vandenberg ...
- ... b) Dimensions 38 cm × 38 cm × 33 cm (15 in × 15 in × 13 in) Power 15 W Start of mission Launch date 5 march 1978, 17:54 UTC Rocket Delta-2910 139 Launch site Vandenberg SLC-2W End of mission Last contact 24 ...