langs: 26 ноября [ru] / november 26 [en] / 26. november [de] / 26 novembre [fr] / 26 novembre [it] / 26 de noviembre [es]
days: november 23 / november 24 / november 25 / november 26 / november 27 / november 28 / november 29
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Douglas H. Wheelock
Douglas Harry "Wheels" Wheelock (born May 5, 1960) is an American engineer and astronaut . He has flown in space twice, logging 178 days on the Space Shuttle , International Space Station , and Russian Soyuz . On July 12, 2011, Wheelock announced that he would be returning to active duty with the Un
- ... pace agency, enabling them to explore the universe and discover Earth. [19] He returned to Earth on november 26, 2010 aboard the Soyuz. AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Master Army Astronaut Badge Master Space Operations B ...
#2 Boris Yegorov
Boris Borisovich Yegorov ( Russian : Борис Борисович Егоров ; 26 November 1937 – 12 September 1994) was a Soviet physician - cosmonaut who became the first physician to make a space flight. This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn ho
- Boris Borisovich Yegorov ( Russian : Борис Борисович Егоров ; 26 november 1937 – 12 September 1994) was a Soviet physician - cosmonaut who became the first physician to make ...
- ... not cite any sources . ( November 2013 ) Boris Yegorov Born Boris Borisovich Yegorov ( 1937-11-26 ) 26 november 1937 Moscow , Soviet Union Died 12 September 1994 (1994-09-12) (aged 56) Moscow, Russia Nationality ...
#3 Jean-Loup Chrétien
Jean-Loup Jacques Marie Chrétien (born 20 August 1938) is a French retired Général de Brigade (brigadier general) in the Armée de l'Air (French air force), and a former CNES spationaut . He flew on two Franco-Soviet space missions and a NASA Space Shuttle mission. Chrétien was the first Frenchman an
- ... rétien made his second space flight as a Research Cosmonaut on board Soyuz TM-7 , which launched on 26 november 1988. Together with Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov and Sergei Krikalev , he linked up with Mir and ...
#4 Jerry L. Ross
Jerry Lynn Ross (born January 20, 1948, Crown Point, Indiana ) is a retired United States Air Force officer, engineer and a former NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of seven Space Shuttle missions, making him the joint record holder for most spaceflights (a record he shares with Franklin Chang-Diaz )
- ... EXPERIENCE STS-61-B Atlantis was launched at night from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida, on november 26, 1985. During the mission, the crew deployed the MORELOS-B , AUSSAT-2 , and SATCOM Ku-2 communicatio ...
#5 Sherwood C. Spring
Sherwood Clark Spring (born September 3, 1944) is a retired United States Army colonel and former NASA astronaut . Spring is married with two children. He is the father of United States Olympian Justin Spring . Sherwood Spring has logged 165 hours in space, 12 of which were spent conducting spacewal
- ... truction, EVA maintenance, and design. Spring served as a mission specialist on STS-61-B which flew november 26, 1985, through December 3, 1985. During that mission, he was responsible for launching three communi ...
#6 Ye Guangfu
Ye Guangfu ( Chinese : 叶光富 ; pinyin : Yè Guāngfù ; born September 1980) [2] is a Chinese fighter pilot and People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program . Chinese astronaut (born 1980) In this Chinese name , the family name is Ye . Ye Guangfu 叶光富
- ... henzhou 12 , [7] and has been selected to fly on Shenzhou 13 to the Tiangong space station . [8] On 26 november 2021, Ye and Shenzhou 13 commander Zhai Zhigang carried out the second EVA of the mission, marking ...
#7 Shannon Walker
Shannon Walker (born June 4, 1965) is an American physicist and a NASA astronaut selected in 2004. She launched on her first mission into space on June 25, 2010, onboard Soyuz TMA-19 and spent over 163 days in space. [1] American scientist and NASA astronaut For the rugby union and rugby league play
- ... e part of Expedition 25. They were soon joined by the three crew members onboard Soyuz TMA-01M . On november 26, 2010, Walker, Wheelock and Yurchikin departed the ISS onboard Soyuz TMA-19 and began their return h ...
- ... e ISS onboard Soyuz TMA-19 and began their return home. The three returned to Earth at 04:46 UTC on november 26, 2010, 78 kilometers from Arkalyk , Kazakhstan . [9] EXPEDITION 64/65 Walker pictured during Expedit ...
#8 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
- ... uring a linkup with the Mission Control Center outside Moscow . [9] Yurchikhin returned to Earth on 26 november 2010 after spending 163 days aboard the ISS. Soyuz TMA-19 carrying the trio of Yurchikhin, Wheelock ...
#9 André Kuipers
André Kuipers ( Dutch: [ˈɑndreː ˈkœy̯pərs] ( listen ) ; born 5 October 1958) is a Dutch physician and ESA astronaut . He became the second Dutch citizen, third Dutch-born and fifth Dutch -speaking astronaut upon launch of Soyuz TMA-4 on 19 April 2004. Kuipers returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-3 1
- ... nting with a water drop in weightlessness in 2012 Main articles: Expedition 30 and Expedition 31 On 26 november 2008, Dutch minister of economic affairs Maria van der Hoeven pushed for a second, six-month missio ...
#10 Richard R. Arnold
Richard Robert "Ricky" Arnold II (born November 26, 1963, in Cheverly , Maryland ) is an American educator and a NASA astronaut . He flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-119 , which launched March 15, 2009, and delivered the final set of solar arrays to the International Space Station . [1] He launched
- Richard Robert "Ricky" Arnold II (born november 26, 1963, in Cheverly , Maryland ) is an American educator and a NASA astronaut . He flew on Space Shut ...
- ... onboard Soyuz MS-08 . American educator and NASA astronaut Richard R. Arnold II Born ( 1963-11-26 ) november 26, 1963 (age 58) Cheverly , Maryland , U.S. Status Active Nationality American Occupation Teacher ( Hi ...
#11 Mary L. Cleave
Mary Louise Cleave (born February 5, 1947) is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut . She also served from 2004 to 2007 as NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate . American engineer and former NASA astronaut Mary Louise Cleave Born ( 1947-02-05 ) February 5, 1947
- ... ited the Earth 172 times and traveled 3.94 million miles. She was a mission specialist on STS-61-B ( november 26 to December 3, 1985) and STS-30 (May 4–8, 1989). Cleave in 2006 Cleave left JSC in May 1991 to join ...
#12 Brewster H. Shaw
Brewster Hopkinson Shaw Jr. (born May 16, 1945) is a retired NASA astronaut , U.S. Air Force colonel , and former executive at Boeing . Shaw was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on May 6, 2006. [1] Retired NASA astronaut and US Air Force colonel Brewster H. Shaw Jr. Born ( 1945-05-16 )
- ... r Shaw first served as shuttle commander on STS-61B Atlantis . [3] The mission launched at night on november 26 and returned on December 3, 1985. The crew included spacecraft commander Brewster Shaw; pilot, Bryan ...
#13 Rodolfo Neri Vela
Rodolfo Neri Vela (born 19 February 1952) is a Mexican scientist and astronaut who flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission in the year 1985. [1] He is the second Latin American to have traveled to space. Mexican scientist and astronaut Rodolfo Neri Vela Born ( 1952-02-19 ) February 19, 1952 (age
- ... echnology in Mexico City. Neri was a Payload Specialist aboard the STS-61-B Atlantis mission, from ( november 26 to December 3, 1985). [1] STS-61B launched at night from Kennedy Space Center , Florida , and return ...
#14 Sergei Krikalev
Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev ( Russian : Сергей Константинович Крикалёв , also transliterated as Sergei Krikalyov ; born 27 August 1958) is a Russian mechanical engineer and former cosmonaut . As a prominent rocket scientist , he is a veteran of six space flights and ranks third to Gennady Padalk
- ... euvering Unit (MMU), and the second joint Soviet-French science mission. Soyuz TM-7 was launched on 26 november 1988, with Krikalev as flight engineer, Commander Aleksandr Volkov , and French astronaut Jean-Loup ...
- ... nion, which occurred as the real-life Krikalev was aboard Mir . [11] MISSIONS Soyuz TM-7 : Launched 26 november 1988 Soyuz TM-12 : Launched 19 May 1991 STS-60 Space Shuttle Discovery : Launched 3 February 1994 S ...
#15 Bryan D. O'Connor
Bryan Daniel O'Connor (born September 6, 1946) is a retired United States Marine Corps Colonel and former NASA astronaut . [1] He was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2008. [2] For other people with the same name, see Brian O'Connor (disambiguation) . This article has multip
- ... ance until August 31, 2011, retiring from the agency. [4] SPACEFLIGHT EXPERIENCE STS-61-B Atlantis ( november 26, to December 3, 1985). STS-61-B was the 22nd Shuttle flight and was the second-ever night shuttle la ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Parafield Airport
Parafield Airport ( ICAO : YPPF ) is on the edge of the residential suburb of Parafield , South Australia , 18 km (11 mi) north of the Adelaide city centre and adjacent to the Mawson Lakes campus of the University of South Australia . It is Adelaide 's second airport and the third busiest airpor
- ... st to land on the Parafield site, ground preparation was completed on the 17th and flights began on 26 november by the Aero Club of South Australia. The site was officially opened as an airport in August 1929 by ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 USA-66
USA-66 , also known as GPS IIA-1 , GPS II-10 and GPS SVN-23 , was an American navigation satellite which formed part of the Global Positioning System . It was the first of nineteen Block IIA GPS satellites to be launched, and was the oldest GPS satellite still in operation until its decommissioning
- ... ass 840 kg (1,850 lb) Dimensions 5.3 m (17 ft) of long Power 710 watts Start of mission Launch date 26 november 1990, 21:39:01 UTC Rocket Delta II 7925-9.5 (Delta D201) [3] Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-17A Co ...
- ... nels deployed and had a design life of 7.5 years. [1] LAUNCH USA-66 was launched at 21:39:01 UTC on 26 november 1990, atop a Delta II launch vehicle , flight number D201, flying in the 7925-9.5 configuration. [3 ...
#2 STS-129
STS-129 ( ISS assembly flight ULF3 ) [2] was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Atlantis was launched on November 16, 2009 at 14:28 EST , [3] [4] and landed at 09:44 EST on November 27, 2009 on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center 's Shuttle Landing Facility. It
- ... otographed after undocking. Profile view of Atlantis soon after post-undocking relative separation. 26 november (FLIGHT DAY 11 – END OF MISSION PREPARATION) Astronauts show some of their Thanksgiving food items ...
#3 HYLAS-1
HYLAS (or HYLAS-1 ) is a British satellite in geostationary orbit. HYLAS, which is an acronym for Highly Adaptable Satellite , is a communications satellite and was launched by the European Ariane 5 launch vehicle from the Guyana Space Centre at Kourou in French Guiana . [3] It is located at the orb
- ... ties Manufacturer ISRO / Antrix Launch mass 2,242 kilograms (4,943 lb) Start of mission Launch date 26 november 2010, 18:39:00 ( 2010-11-26UTC18:39Z ) UTC Rocket Ariane 5ECA V198 Launch site Kourou ELA-3 Contrac ...
- ... Artes telecommunications development program. [10] HYLAS successfully launched at 18:41 GMT on the 26 november 2010 by Ariane 5 . MISSION HYLAS is based on the Indian Space Research Organisation 's I-2K small s ...
#4 STS-126
STS-126 was the one hundred and twenty-fourth NASA Space Shuttle mission, and twenty-second orbital flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour (OV-105) to the International Space Station (ISS). [5] The purpose of the mission, referred to as ULF2 by the ISS program, was to deliver equipment and supplies t
- ... he results from engineers on the ground, but Suffredini was encouraged by the initial results. [81] 26 november (FLIGHT DAY 13) Commander Chris Ferguson continued the long-standing tradition of placing the cloth ...
#5 Pioneer P-3
Pioneer P-3 (also known as Atlas-Able 4 or Pioneer X) was intended to be a lunar orbiter probe, but the mission failed shortly after launch. The objectives were to place a highly instrumented probe in lunar orbit, to investigate the environment between the Earth and Moon , and to develop technology
- ... Space Technology Laboratories Launch mass 168.70 kilograms (371.9 lb) Start of mission Launch date 26 november 1959, 07:26:00 ( 1959-11-26UTC07:26Z ) UTC Rocket Atlas D-Able Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-14 P ...
- ... ICBM) rather than the Atlas C, which was still a test model. The launch took place on Thanksgiving, 26 november 1959 from LC-14 at Cape Canaveral Air Station using Atlas vehicle 20D, which had originally been th ...
#6 Soyuz TMA-19
Soyuz TMA-19 was a crewed spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) and is part of the Soyuz programme . It was launched on 15 June 2010 carrying three members of the Expedition 24 crew to the International Space Station, who remained aboard the station for around six months. Soyuz TMA-19
- ... tion 25 , to serve as an emergency escape vehicle. It undocked from ISS and landed in Kazakhstan on 26 november 2010. It was the 100th mission to be conducted as part of the International Space Station programme ...
- ... une 2010, 21:35 UTC [2] Rocket Soyuz-FG Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 End of mission Landing date 26 november 2010, 04:46 UTC Landing site 84 km from the city of Arkalyk . Orbital parameters Reference system G ...
- ... with ISS (Relocation) Docking port Rassvet nadir Docking date 28 June 2010 19:38 UTC Undocking date 26 november 2010 01:19 UTC Time docked 150 days, 5 hours and 41 minutes From left to right: Wheelock, Walker an ...
- ... oyuz TMA-19 spacecraft departs the International Space Station. Soyuz TMA-19 lands in Kazakhstan on 26 november 2010. Soyuz TMA-19 crewmembers after landing. Soyuz TMA-19 undocked from the space station at 01:19 ...
- ... oyuz TMA-19 crewmembers after landing. Soyuz TMA-19 undocked from the space station at 01:19 UTC on 26 november 2010. The descent module landed on the central steppes of Kazakhstan at 04:46 UTC, four days earlie ...
#7 Progress M1-7
Progress M1-7 , identified by NASA as Progress 6P , was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station . It was a Progress-M1 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 256. [1] Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M1-7 Progress M1-7 approaching the ISS. Mission type ISS resup
- ... roperties Spacecraft type Progress-M1 s/n 256 Manufacturer RKK Energia Start of mission Launch date 26 november 2001, 18:24:12 UTC Rocket Soyuz-FG Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 End of mission Disposal Deorbite ...
- ... ow Earth Perigee altitude 230 km Apogee altitude 244 km Inclination 51.6° Period 89.2 minutes Epoch 26 november 2001 Docking with ISS Docking port Zvezda aft Docking date 28 November 2001, 19:43:02 UTC Undocking ...
- ... yuz-FG carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome . Launch occurred at 18:24:12 UTC on 26 november 2001. [1] The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 19:43:02 UTC on 28 Novemb ...
#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
- ... ogan 25B Yaogan 25C LEO Success 17 Y18 27 August 2015 02:31 TSLC , LA-9 Yaogan 27 SSO Success 18 Y8 26 november 2015 21:24 TSLC , LA-9 Yaogan 29 SSO Success 19 Y19 9 August 2016 22:55 TSLC , LA-9 Gaofen 3 SSO Su ...
#9 Progress M-01M
Progress M-01M ( Russian : Прогресс М-01М ), identified by NASA as Progress 31P , was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station . It was the first flight of the Progress-M 11F615A60, which featured a TsVM-101 digital flight computer and MBITS digital telemetry system, [1
- ... properties Spacecraft type Progress-M s/n 401 Manufacturer RKK Energia Start of mission Launch date 26 november 2008, 12:38 UTC Rocket Soyuz-U Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 End of mission Disposal Deorbited De ...
- ... h Perigee altitude 151.15 km Apogee altitude 205.80 km Inclination 51.6° Period 88.00 minutes Epoch 26 november 2008 Docking with ISS Docking port Pirs Docking date 30 November 2008, 12:28 UTC Undocking date 6 F ...
- ... 210 kg Progress ISS Resupply ← Progress M-65 Progress M-66 → LAUNCH It was launched at 12:38 UTC on 26 november 2008 from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan , atop a Soyuz-U carrier rocket. Follow ...
#10 Discoverer 7
Discoverer 7 , also known as Corona 9004 , [1] : 236 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite launched on 7 November 1959 at 20:28:41 GMT, the fourth of ten operational flights of the Corona KH-1 spy satellite series. Though the satellite was orbited successfully, its film capsule failed
- ... GMT Rocket Thor DM-21 Agena-A (Thor 206) Launch site Vandenberg LC 75-3-4 End of mission Decay date 26 november 1959 ( 1959-11-27 ) Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Eccentricity 0. ...
- ... he capsule failed to separate from its satellite bus . [1] : 236 The satellite bus reentered on 26 november 1959. [7] LEGACY CORONA achieved its first fully successful flight with the mission of Discoverer 1 ...
#11 STS-33
STS-33 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission, during which Space Shuttle Discovery deployed a payload for the United States Department of Defense (DoD). It was the 32nd shuttle mission overall, the ninth flight of Discovery , the fifth shuttle mission in support of the DoD, the seventh post- Space Shuttl
- ... l atmospheric oxygen and nitrogen species in orbit. [7] [8] The landing was initially scheduled for 26 november 1989, but was postponed for a day because of strong winds at the landing site. Discovery landed at ...
#12 Prichal (ISS module)
Prichal nodal module also known as Uzlovoy Module or UM ( Russian : Узловой Модуль "Причал" , Nodal Module Berth ) [1] is a Russian spacecraft which is part of the International Space Station (ISS). It was approved in 2011 and was launched on 24 November 2021, at 13:06:35 UTC , atop Progress M-UM ,
- ... 3:06:35 UTC Launch vehicle Soyuz 2.1b Docked Docking with ISS Docking port Nauka nadir Docking date 26 november 2021, 15:20:06 UTC Time docked 9 months and 2 days ( in progress ) Mass 3,890 kg (8,580 lb) in orbi ...
- ... chal Vehicle Mission Docking Undocking Nadir Progress M No.303 propulsion compartment Progress M-UM 26 november 2021 22 December 2021 Soyuz MS No.750 Korolyov Soyuz MS-21 18 March 2022 September 2022 (planned) Z ...
- ... 021 Soyuz MS No.750 Korolyov Soyuz MS-21 18 March 2022 September 2022 (planned) Zenith Nauka ISS-3R 26 november 2021 [lower-alpha 3] N/A Forward Port Aft Starboard SEE ALSO Orbital Piloted Assembly and Experimen ...
#13 Soyuz TMA-20
Soyuz TMA-20 was a human spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) and was part of the Soyuz programme . It lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on December 15, 2010, and docked with the ISS two days later. The three-person crew of Soyuz TMA-20 – Dmitri Kondratyev , Cathe
- ... espoli. CREW The Soyuz TMA-20 prime and backup crews conduct their ceremonial tour of Red Square on november 26, 2010. The Soyuz TMA-20 crew was confirmed by NASA on November 21, 2008. [3] Position Crew Member Co ...
#14 Pioneer 10
Pioneer 10 (originally designated Pioneer F ) is an American space probe , launched in 1972 and weighing 260 kilograms (570 pounds ) , that completed the first mission to the planet Jupiter . [3] Thereafter, Pioneer 10 became the first of five artificial objects to achieve the escape velocity needed
- ... oduce a synthetic green image, allowing a three-color combination to produce the rendered image. On november 26, a total of twelve such images were received back on Earth. By December 2, the image quality exceede ...
#15 FTV-1126
FTV-1126 , also known as Corona 9034A , was an American area survey optical reconnaissance satellite launched in 1962. It was a KH-5 Argon satellite, based on an Agena-B . [1] It was also unofficially known as Discoverer 41 , a continuation of the designation sequence used for previous US reconnaiss
- ... :36Z ) UTC Rocket Thor DM-21 Agena-B 334 Launch site Vandenberg LC-75-3-5 End of mission Decay date 26 november 1963 ( 1963-11-27 ) Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Perigee altitud ...
- ... by FTV-1126 was 582. Once its images had been returned, the inactive FTV-1126 decayed from orbit on 26 november 1963. [4]
#16 Shenzhou 15
Shenzhou 15 ( Chinese : 神舟十五号 ; pinyin : Shénzhōu Shíwǔ-hào ; lit. ' Divine Boat Number 15' ) is a planned Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong Space Station . It is expected to launch in December 2022, and will carry three People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonauts . [1] It will be
- ... ospace Science and Technology Corporation Crew Crew size 3 Members TBA Start of mission Launch date 26 november 2022 (planned) Rocket Long March 2F Launch site Jiuquan , LA-4/SLS Contractor China Academy of Laun ...
#17 Nauka (ISS module)
Nauka ( Russian : Наука , IPA: [nɐˈukə] , litt. Science ), also known as the Multipurpose Laboratory Module-Upgrade ( MLM-U ; Russian : Многоцелевой лабораторный модуль, усоверше́нствованный, or МЛМ-У ) or simply Multipurpose Laboratory Module ( MLM ), is a module of the International Space Statio
- ... ss MS no. 446 Progress MS-17 22 October 2021 25 November 2021 [lower-alpha 2] Prichal Progress M-UM 26 november 2021 [lower-alpha 3] N/A Zenith Zvezda ISS-1R 29 July 2021 N/A SEE ALSO Spaceflight portal Scientif ...
#18 Mir
Mir ( Russian : Мир , IPA: [ˈmʲir] ; lit. ' peace ' or ' world ' ) was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia . Mir was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996. It had a greater
- ... tor and a Vozdukh carbon dioxide scrubber. [19] [ page needed ] Kvant -2 (Augmentation Module) EO-5 26 november 1989 Proton-K Soviet Union The first TKS based module, Kvant -2, was divided into three compartment ...
- ... of Kvant -2 in 1989 After a 40-day delay caused by faulty computer chips, Kvant -2 was launched on 26 november 1989. After problems deploying the craft's solar array and with the automated docking systems on bo ...
#19 OV2-5
Orbiting Vehicle 2-5 (COSPAR ID: 1968-081A, also known as OV2-5 ), the third and last satellite of the second series of the United States Air Force's Orbiting Vehicle program, was an American particle science and ionosphere research satellite. Launched 26 September 1968 along with three other satell
- ... 3] Apogee altitude 35,797 km (22,243 mi) [3] Inclination 3.0 ° [4] Period 1,417.9 minutes [4] Epoch 26 november 1968 OV-2 ← OV2-3 BACKGROUND The Orbiting Vehicle satellite program arose from a US Air Force initi ...
#20 Kosmos 1596
Kosmos 1596 ( Russian : Космос 1596 meaning Cosmos 1596 ) is a Russian US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1984 by the Soviet Union as part of its military's Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [
- ... ) UTC Rocket Molniya-M / 2BL [2] Launch site Plesetsk Cosmodrome [2] [3] End of mission Deactivated 26 november 1986 [1] Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Molniya [2] Perigee altitude 654 kil ...