langs: 3 ноября [ru] / november 3 [en] / 3. november [de] / 3 novembre [fr] / 3 novembre [it] / 3 de noviembre [es]
days: october 31 / november 1 / november 2 / november 3 / november 4 / november 5 / november 6
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Kevin P. Chilton
Kevin Patrick "Chilli" Chilton (born November 3, 1954) is an American mechanical engineer and retired United States Air Force four-star general , test pilot , and NASA astronaut . His last assignment was as commander of U.S. Strategic Command from October 3, 2007, to January 28, 2011. Prior to his a
- Kevin Patrick "Chilli" Chilton (born november 3, 1954) is an American mechanical engineer and retired United States Air Force four-star general , te ...
- ... Orbital Sciences Corporation . United States Air Force general Kevin P. Chilton Born ( 1954-11-03 ) november 3, 1954 (age 67) Los Angeles , California , U.S. Status Retired Nationality American Other names Kevin ...
- ... p 12 Missions STS-49 , STS-59 , STS-76 Mission insignia Retirement February 1, 2011 EARLY LIFE Born november 3, 1954, in Los Angeles, California , he graduated from St. Bernard High School , Playa del Rey , Cali ...
#2 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
- ... hy presentations for Fox's previous Super Bowl broadcasts) was mourning the death of his father. On november 3, 2014, he was presented his Hall of Fame ring at halftime of the New York Giants-Indianapolis Colts ...
#3 Andriyan Nikolayev
Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev ( Chuvash and Russian : Андриян Григорьевич Николаев ; 5 September 1929 – 3 July 2004) was a Soviet cosmonaut . In 1962, aboard Vostok 3 , he became the third Soviet cosmonaut to fly into space. Nikolayev was an ethnic Chuvash and is considered as the first Turkic per
- ... any men cracked but Nikolayev lasted the longest – four days – and became known as the Iron Man. On 3 november 1963, he married Valentina Tereshkova , the first woman to fly in space (see Vostok 6 ). They had o ...
#4 Pavel Vinogradov
Pavel Vladimirovich Vinogradov ( Russian : Павел Владимирович Виноградов ; born 31 August 1953 in Magadan , USSR ) is a cosmonaut and former commander of the International Space Station . As of May 2013, he has flown into space three times, aboard Mir and the International Space Station , and is one
- ... UTC. The spacewalk ended at 16:18 UTC. The duration of the spacewalk was 6 hours and 38 minutes. On 3 november 1997 Vinogradov completed his third career spacewalk, again with Anatoly Solovyov. The two dismantl ...
#5 Jean-François Clervoy
Jean-François André Clervoy (born 19 November 1958) is a French engineer and a CNES and ESA astronaut . He is a veteran of three NASA Space Shuttle missions. This article needs additional citations for verification . ( December 2020 ) French astronaut Jean-François Clervoy Born ( 1958-11-19 ) 19 Nov
- ... itary and civilian scuba-diving licenses, and private pilot license. SPACEFLIGHT EXPERIENCE STS-66 ( november 3 –14, 1994), the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-3 (ATLAS-3) mission was part of ...
#6 Aleksei Yeliseyev
Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev ( Russian : Алексей Станиславович Елисеев ; born 13 July 1934) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 5 , Soyuz 8 , and Soyuz 10 . He made the world's eighth spacewalk during Soyuz 5 in 1969. Soviet
- ... oration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin" State Prize of the USSR ( 3 november 1980) FOREIGN STATES Hero of the German Democratic Republic Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgar ...
#7 Joseph R. Tanner
Joseph Richard "Joe" Tanner (born January 21, 1950) is an American instructor at the University of Colorado Boulder , [2] mechanical engineer , a former naval officer and aviator , and a former NASA astronaut . [1] He was born in Danville, Illinois . He is unusual among astronauts as he did not have
- ... irst word on his first spacewalk. [7] Tanner flew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-66 , november 3 – 14, 1994, performing the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-3 (ATLAS-3) mission. ...
#8 Curtis Brown
Curtis Lee "Curt" Brown Jr. (born March 11, 1956) is a former NASA astronaut and retired United States Air Force colonel . [1] American astronaut For other people named Curtis Brown, see Curtis Brown (disambiguation) . Curtis L. Brown Jr. Born ( 1956-03-11 ) March 11, 1956 (age 66) Elizabethtown,
- ... ht, STS-66 , he piloted the Space Shuttle Atlantis . The mission lifted off from Launch Complex 39B november 3, 1994 16:59 (UTC). [14] was the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science 3 (ATLAS-3) miss ...
#9 William H. Dana
William Harvey "Bill" Dana (November 3, 1930 – May 6, 2014) was an American aeronautical engineer , U.S. Air Force pilot , NASA test pilot , and astronaut . He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15 , an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA. He was
- William Harvey "Bill" Dana ( november 3, 1930 – May 6, 2014) was an American aeronautical engineer , U.S. Air Force pilot , NASA test pilot ...
- ... rresponding inline citations . ( May 2020 ) William H. Dana Born William Harvey Dana ( 1930-11-03 ) november 3, 1930 Pasadena, California , U.S. Died May 6, 2014 (2014-05-06) (aged 83) Phoenix, Arizona , U.S. Na ...
- ... ary of 100 kilometers (62 miles). EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Dana was born in Pasadena, California on november 3, 1930. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy in 1952 and ...
#10 Mark Kelly
Mark Edward Kelly (born February 21, 1964) is an American politician, businessman, retired astronaut , and U.S. Navy captain serving as the junior United States senator from Arizona since December 2020. [3] A member of the Democratic Party , he was elected in the special election triggered by the de
- ... n the Democratic primary on August 4, 2020, and defeated incumbent Republican Martha McSally in the november 3, 2020, general election, becoming the first Democrat to win this seat since 1962 . Kelly was sworn i ...
#11 Aleksandr Ivanchenkov
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Ivanchenkov ( Russian : Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Иванче́нков ; born 28 September 1940 ) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew as Flight Engineer on Soyuz 29 and Soyuz T-6 , he spent 147 days, 12 hours and 37 minutes in space. Soviet cosmonaut This biography of a living person nee
- ... anchenkov is married with one child. He was selected as a cosmonaut on 27 March 1973. He retired on 3 november 1993. HONOURS AND AWARDS Twice Hero of the Soviet Union ; Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR ; Two Orders ...
#12 Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova ( Russian : Валентина Владимировна Терешкова , IPA: [vɐlʲɪnʲˈtʲinə vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvnə tʲɪrʲɪʂˈkovə] ( listen ) ; born 6 March 1937) is an engineer , member of the Russian State Duma , and former Soviet cosmonaut . She is known for being the first and youngest woman i
- ... its for president Putin. [68] PERSONAL LIFE Tereshkova and Andriyan Nikolayev ' s wedding ceremony, 3 november 1963 Valentina married cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev on 3 November 1963 at the Moscow Wedding Palace ...
- ... n Nikolayev ' s wedding ceremony, 3 November 1963 Valentina married cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev on 3 november 1963 at the Moscow Wedding Palace with Khrushchev presiding at the wedding party together with top ...
#13 Jeanette Epps
Jeanette Jo Epps (born November 3, 1970) is an American aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut . [1] [2] [3] Epps received both her M. S. and Ph.D degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland , where she was part of the rotor-craft research group and was a NASA GSRP Fellow. [4] [5
- Jeanette Jo Epps (born november 3, 1970) is an American aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut . [1] [2] [3] Epps received both her M. ...
- ... S. [6] [9] [10] American aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut Jeanette J. Epps Born ( 1970-11-03 ) november 3, 1970 (age 51) Syracuse, New York Status Active Nationality American Occupation NASA astronaut Techn ...
#14 Robert Crippen
Robert Laurel Crippen (born September 11, 1937) is an American retired naval officer and aviator , test pilot , aerospace engineer , and retired astronaut . He traveled into space four times: as Pilot of STS-1 in April 1981, the first Space Shuttle mission; and as Commander of STS-7 in June 1983, ST
- ... due to the number of astronauts already in programs at the agency. There was an uncrewed flight on november 3, 1966. There were no crewed flights. After the MOL program was canceled, Crippen transferred to NASA ...
#15 Scott E. Parazynski
Scott Edward Parazynski (born July 28, 1961 in Little Rock, Arkansas ) is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut . A veteran of five Space Shuttle flights and seven spacewalks, Parazynski's latest mission was STS-120 in October, 2007 – highlighted by a dramatic, unplanned EVA to repair a
- ... Applications and Science-3 (ATLAS-3) mission was launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida , on november 3, 1994, and returned to land at Edwards Air Force Base , California , on November 14, 1994. ATLAS-3 w ...
#16 Sarah Brightman
Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960) [1] is an English classical crossover soprano singer, actress and dancer. British soprano (born 1960) Sarah Brightman Brightman at the World Athletics Championships in Osaka in 2007 Born ( 1960-08-14 ) 14 August 1960 (age 62) Berkhamsted , Hertfordshire , Engl
- ... s in Kanazawa , Nagoya , Osaka in Japan, Macau in China and Seoul in South Korea. [82] [83] [84] On 3 november 2010, Brightman was invited to sing at the Tōdai-ji Buddhist temple complex located in the city of ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Museum of Transport and Technology
The Museum of Transport and Technology ( MOTAT ) is a science and technology museum located in Western Springs , Auckland , New Zealand. It is located close to the Western Springs Stadium , Auckland Zoo and the Western Springs Park . The museum has large collections of civilian and military aircraft
- ... Paisley , Scotland, which was formerly from the ill-fated Sydney Ferry The Greycliffe which sank on 3 november 1927 after being hit by the much larger Union Steam Ship Company 's Royal Mail Steamship Tahiti wit ...
#2 The Helicopter Museum (Weston)
The Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare , North Somerset , England, is a museum featuring a collection of more than 80 helicopters and autogyros from around the world, both civilian and military. It is based at the southeastern corner of the former Weston-super-Mare Airport . Museum in Somerset,
- ... t, United Kingdom The Helicopter Museum Location within Somerset and the United Kingdom Established 3 november 1989 ; 32 years ago ( 1989-11-03 ) Location Weston-super-Mare , England Coordinates 51.3395°N 2.930 ...
- ... 88 and volunteers spent the next year restoring old buildings and erecting a new display annexe. On 3 november 1989, the museum was officially opened by Prince Andrew, Duke of York , who arrived in a Wessex HC. ...
#3 The Helicopter Museum
The Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare , North Somerset , England, is a museum featuring a collection of more than 80 helicopters and autogyros from around the world, both civilian and military. It is based at the southeastern corner of the former Weston-super-Mare Airport . Museum in Somerset,
- ... t, United Kingdom The Helicopter Museum Location within Somerset and the United Kingdom Established 3 november 1989 ; 32 years ago ( 1989-11-03 ) Location Weston-super-Mare , England Coordinates 51.3395°N 2.930 ...
- ... 88 and volunteers spent the next year restoring old buildings and erecting a new display annexe. On 3 november 1989, the museum was officially opened by Prince Andrew, Duke of York , who arrived in a Wessex HC. ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 RISAT-1
Radar Imaging Satellite 1 or RISAT-1 , was an Indian remote sensing satellite built by the Indian Space Research Organisation and operated by National Technical Research Organisation . The second RISAT satellite to be launched, it used a C-band 5.35 GHz synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) for Earth obser
- ... ID: 2012-017C and decayed on 12 October 2016. Cause of this event remains unknown. A month later on 3 november 2016, RISAT-1 data was declared unavailable on ESA's Copernicus Space Component Data Access portal ...
#2 STS-122
STS-122 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS), flown by the Space Shuttle Atlantis . STS-122 marked the 24th shuttle mission to the ISS, and the 121st Space Shuttle flight overall. [4] 2008 American crewed spaceflight to the ISS STS-122 Canadarm2 takes Columbus fr
- ... tank was attached to the solid rocket boosters on 18 October 2007, and Atlantis moved to the VAB on 3 november 2007. [16] With the entire stack placed upon the mobile launcher platform , Atlantis moved to launc ...
#3 SSBS S1
The SSBS was a series of French military medium-range ballistic missiles . SSBS Function Experimental Manufacturer SEREB Country of origin France Cost per launch ??? franc Cost per year 1965–1993 Size Height 15.10 metres (49.5 ft) Diameter 1.50 metres (59 in) Mass 25,000 kilograms (55,000 lb)
- ... unches 53 Success(es) 53 Failure(s) 0 Partial failure(s) 0 First flight 23 October 1965 Last flight 3 november 1993 stage Powered by S1 LRE liquid Maximum thrust 440 kilonewtons (99,000 lbf) Propellant LOX O2 w ...
#4 Luch 5B
Luch 5B ( Russian : Луч-5Б meaning ray and sometimes transliterated as Loutch-5B ) is a Russian Luch relay satellite which transmits data from the Russian Orbital Segment of the International Space Station , and from other satellites in low Earth orbit . It is in geosynchronous orbit . Luch 5B Model
- ... ur burns of the Briz-M upper stage it was placed into geosynchronous transfer orbit at 06:33 UTC on 3 november . [1] The launch was delayed from 30 August 2012 due to the failure of the launch of Telkom-3 and Ek ...
#5 SpaceX Crew-3
SpaceX Crew-3 was the fourth operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the third overall crewed orbital flight of the Commercial Crew Program . The mission successfully launched on 11 November 2021 at 02:03:31 UTC to the International Space Station . [4] It was the maiden flight of Crew Dr
- ... Crew Program was originally scheduled to launch on 31 October 2021. [26] However, it was delayed to 3 november 2021 due to unfavorable weather in the Atlantic Ocean, [27] and then further delayed to 7 November ...
#6 Explorer 1
Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States in 1958 and was part of the U.S. participation in the International Geophysical Year (IGY). The mission followed the first two satellites the previous year; the Soviet Union 's Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2 , beginning the Cold War Space Rac
- ... s. However, before work was completed, the Soviet Union launched a second satellite, Sputnik 2 , on 3 november 1957. The U.S. Navy's attempt to put the first U.S. satellite into orbit failed with the launch of ...
#7 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
- 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 , ...
- ... 40.88 kg (90.1 lb) Dimensions 76 × 76 cm (30 × 30 in) Power 100 watts Start of mission Launch date 3 november 1960, 05:23:10 GMT Rocket Juno II (AM-19D) Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-26B Contractor Army Ball ...
- ... M-19D) Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-26B Contractor Army Ballistic Missile Agency Entered service 3 november 1960 End of mission Last contact 27 December 1960 Decay date 28 March 2012 Orbital parameters Refer ...
#8 STS-120
STS-120 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that launched on 23 October 2007 from the Kennedy Space Center , Florida. [5] The mission is also referred to as ISS-10A by the ISS program. STS-120 delivered the Harmony module and reconfigured a portion of the station in
- ... rated during STS-121 to show the boom could provide a stable work platform for EVA activities. [83] 3 november (FLIGHT DAY 12) Astronaut Scott Parazynski at the end of the Orbiter Boom Sensor System performing ...
- ... ons, S1 configure post-redeploy, port SARJ inspection. EVA4 Scott E. Parazynski Douglas H. Wheelock 3 november 2007 10:03 UTC 3 November 2007 17:22 UTC 7 hours, 19 minutes Inspection and repair of P6 Solar Arra ...
- ... eploy, port SARJ inspection. EVA4 Scott E. Parazynski Douglas H. Wheelock 3 November 2007 10:03 UTC 3 november 2007 17:22 UTC 7 hours, 19 minutes Inspection and repair of P6 Solar Array. ESA ESPERIA MISSION Thi ...
#9 Miniature Sensor Technology Integration-3
Miniature Sensor Technology Integration-3 ( MSTI-3 ) was a technology demonstration satellite operated by the United States Air Force . It was equipped with two infrared cameras and one visible light camera, designed to survey Earth's surface features and characterize their appearance in infrared wa
- ... begin deactivating on-board systems. This began with the infrared instruments on 29 October, GPS on 3 november , and the VIS instrument on 22 November. Even with these measures, an undervoltage event on 25 Novem ...
#10 Soyuz TM-20
Soyuz TM-20 was the twentieth expedition to the Russian Space Station Mir . It launched Russian cosmonauts Aleksandr Viktorenko , Yelena Kondakova , and German cosmonaut Ulf Merbold . Mir as seen from Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-63 , with Soyuz TM-20 seen at the top 1994 Russian crewed spacef
- ... 244 mi) Apogee altitude 394 kilometres (245 mi) Inclination 51.6 degrees Period 92.42 minutes Epoch 3 november 1994 [2] Docking with Mir Docking port Core forward Docking date 6 October 1994, 00:28:15 UTC Undoc ...
#11 Kounotori 8
Kounotori 8 ( こうのとり8号機 ) , also known as HTV-8 was the 8th flight of the H-II Transfer Vehicle , a robotic cargo spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station . It was launched on 24 September 2019, 16:05:05 UTC. [8] 2019 Japanese resupply spaceflight to the ISS Kounotori 8 H-II Transfer Ve
- ... a , Yoshinobu-2 Contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries End of mission Disposal Deorbited Decay date 3 november 2019 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit Regime Low Earth orbit Inclination 51.66° ...
- ... TC. [20] It was disposed by the destructive reentry to the Earth atmosphere at around 02:09 UTC, on 3 november 2019. [21]
#12 Sputnik 40
Sputnik 40 ( Russian : Спутник 40 , French : Spoutnik 40 ), also known as Sputnik Jr , [5] PS-2 [3] and Radio Sputnik 17 ( RS-17 ), [1] was a Franco- Russian amateur radio satellite which was launched in 1997 to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 1 , the world's first arti
- ... ) [1] one-third scale model of Sputnik 1, [7] Sputnik 40 was deployed from the Mir space station on 3 november 1997. [3] Built by students, the spacecraft was constructed at the Polytechnic Laboratory of Nalchi ...
- ... -05UTC15:08:57Z ) UTC [2] Rocket Soyuz-U Launch site Baikonur 1/5 Deployed from Mir Deployment date 3 november 1997, 04:05 UTC [3] End of mission Last contact 29 December 1997 ( 1997-12-30 ) Decay date 21 May 1 ...
- ... to Mir on 8 October, [8] and the satellites were transferred to the space station. At 04:05 UTC on 3 november , [3] during an extra-vehicular activity , Sputnik 40 was deployed by cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyev an ...
#13 Sputnik 1
Sputnik 1 ( / ˈ s p ʌ t n ɪ k , ˈ s p ʊ t n ɪ k / ; see § Etymology ) was the first artificial Earth satellite . [5] It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 as part of the Soviet space program . It sent a radio signal back to Earth for three weeks bef
- ... 58. Before work was completed, however, the Soviet Union launched a second satellite, Sputnik 2, on 3 november 1957. Meanwhile, the televised failure of Vanguard TV-3 on 6 December 1957 deepened American dismay ...
#14 Salyut 7
Salyut 7 ( Russian : Салют-7 ; English: Salute 7 ) (a.k.a. DOS-6 , short for Durable Orbital Station [1] ) was a space station in low Earth orbit from April 1982 to February 1991. [1] It was first crewed in May 1982 with two crew via Soyuz T-5 , and last visited in June 1986, by Soyuz T-15 . [1] Var
- ... 04:47 1 November 1983 07:36 2 h, 50 min Add solar array Salyut 7 – PE-2 – EVA 2 Lyakhov, Alexandrov 3 november 1983 03:47 3 November 1983 06:42 2 h, 55 min Add solar array Salyut 7 – PE-3 – EVA 1 Kizim, Solovyo ...
- ... 07:36 2 h, 50 min Add solar array Salyut 7 – PE-2 – EVA 2 Lyakhov, Alexandrov 3 November 1983 03:47 3 november 1983 06:42 2 h, 55 min Add solar array Salyut 7 – PE-3 – EVA 1 Kizim, Solovyov 23 April 1984 04:31 ...
#15 Landsat 8
Landsat 8 is an American Earth observation satellite launched on 11 February 2013. It is the eighth satellite in the Landsat program; the seventh to reach orbit successfully. Originally called the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), it is a collaboration between NASA and the United States Geolog
- ... , and nominal blackbody and deep space calibration data collection resumed on 7 March 2015. [17] On 3 november 2015, the ability of TIRS to accurately measure the location of the Scene Select Mirror (SSM) was c ...
#16 Mariner 10
Mariner 10 was an American robotic space probe launched by NASA on 3 November 1973, to fly by the planets Mercury and Venus . It was the first spacecraft to perform flybys of multiple planets. [2] 1973 American robotic space probe; flew by Venus and Mercury Mariner 10 Mariner 10 spacecraft Mission t
- Mariner 10 was an American robotic space probe launched by NASA on 3 november 1973, to fly by the planets Mercury and Venus . It was the first spacecraft to perform flybys of mu ...
- ... n Laboratory Launch mass 502.9 kg Power 820 watts (at Venus encounter) Start of mission Launch date 3 november 1973, 05:45:00 ( 1973-11-03UTC05:45Z ) UTC Rocket Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1A Launch site Cape Canaver ...
- ... fixed; this would have to be completed in the two-and-a-half weeks between the scheduled launch on 3 november 1973 and the last possible launch date of 21 November 1973. [25] [27] (The unused backup was sent t ...
- ... d a launch period of about a month in length, from 16 October 1973, to 21 November 1973. NASA chose 3 november as the launch date because it would optimize imaging conditions when the spacecraft arrived at Merc ...
- ... ld optimize imaging conditions when the spacecraft arrived at Mercury. [53] Launch of Mariner 10 On 3 november at 17:45 UTC, the Atlas-Centaur carrying Mariner 10 lifted off from pad SLC-36B . [56] The Atlas st ...
- ... e lunar control net . [59] CRUISE TO VENUS The trajectory of Mariner 10 spacecraft: since launch on 3 november 1973, to first fly-by of Mercury on 29 March 1974. Far from being an uneventful cruise, Mariner 10 ...
#17 Sputnik 2
Sputnik 2 ( Russian pronunciation: [ˈsputʲnʲɪk] , Russian : Спутник-2 , Satellite 2 ), or Prosteyshiy Sputnik 2 ( PS-2 , Russian : Простейший Спутник 2 , Simplest Satellite 2 ) was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit , on 3 November 1957, and the first to carry a living animal, a Sovie
- ... стейший Спутник 2 , Simplest Satellite 2 ) was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit , on 3 november 1957, and the first to carry a living animal, a Soviet space dog named Laika . Laika died on the fo ...
- ... t properties Manufacturer OKB-1 Launch mass 508.3 kilograms (1,121 lb) Start of mission Launch date 3 november 1957, 02:30 ( 1957-11-03UTC02:30Z ) GMT Rocket Sputnik 8K71PS , ICBM Launch site Baikonur (?) 1/5 E ...
- ... ude 1,659 kilometres (1,031 mi) Inclination 65.33° ("Angara", plesetzk) Period 103.73 minutes Epoch 3 november 1957 [1] Sputnik program ← Sputnik 1 Sputnik 3 → Launched by the Soviet Union , Sputnik 2 was a 4-m ...
- ... ina the backup, and Mushka used to test equipment. Liftoff took place at about 17:30 Moscow time on 3 november . [7] Booster performance was nominal and the command to terminate core stage thrust was issued at T ...
#18 Shenzhou 8
Shenzhou 8 ( Chinese : 神舟八号 ) was an uncrewed flight of China 's Shenzhou program , [1] launched on 31 October 2011 UTC, or 1 November 2011 in China, by a Long March 2F rocket which lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center . [2] 2011 Chinese uncrewed spaceflight to Tiangong-1 Shenzhou 8 D
- ... ecraft was automatically docked with the Tiangong-1 space module (launched on 29 September 2011) on 3 november 2011 and again on 14 November 2011. [3] This uncrewed docking – China's first – was followed in 201 ...
#19 OPS 0855
OPS 0855 , also designated OV4-3 , was an American boilerplate Manned Orbiting Laboratory spacecraft launched in 1966. It was flown to demonstrate the launch configuration for future MOL missions. A number of research payloads, designated Manifold , were carried on board, which were intended to oper
- ... s Manufacturer Martin Marietta Launch mass 9,680 kilograms (21,340 lb) Start of mission Launch date 3 november 1966, 13:50 ( 1966-11-03UTC13:50Z ) UTC Rocket Titan IIIC Launch site Cape Canaveral LC-40 End of m ...
#20 TopSat
TopSat ( T actical Op erational Sat ellite, also known as TopSat 1 and TacSat 0 ) is a British Earth observation satellite , currently in Low Earth Orbit . The nanosatellite was launched in October 2005 alongside the Beijing-1 Disaster Monitoring Constellation satellite by a Cosmos rocket from Plese
- ... e altitude 707 kilometres (439 mi) [2] Inclination 98.18 degrees [2] Period 98.65 minutes [2] Epoch 3 november 2005 [2] MISSION TopSat carries out imaging with a ground resolution of 2.5 m. Much smaller and che ...