langs: 14 октября [ru] / october 14 [en] / 14. oktober [de] / 14 octobre [fr] / 14 ottobre [it] / 14 de octubre [es]
days: october 11 / october 12 / october 13 / october 14 / october 15 / october 16 / october 17
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Roger B. Chaffee
Roger Bruce Chaffee ( / ˈ tʃ æ f iː / ; February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was an American naval officer , aviator and aeronautical engineer who was a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program . American astronaut, naval aviator and aeronautical engineer Roger B. Chaffee Chaffee in 1964 Born Roger Bru
- ... an most people with greater capacity. [26] On his return from a hunting trip to Fairborn, Ohio , on october 14, 1963, he found a message from NASA in Houston , Texas. [26] He called them back, and discovered he ...
#2 Ivan Vagner
Ivan Viktorovich Vagner (born 10 July 1985) is a Russian engineer and cosmonaut who was selected in October 2010. He graduated from the Baltic State Technical University in 2008, before working as an engineer for RKK Energia . [1] Cosmonaut This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or
- ... Sergey Kud-Sverchkov as well as NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins , who launched aboard Soyuz MS-17 on 14 october 2020.
#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
- ... 8, including Evans, were invited to come to Houston, Texas for interviews and testing. [22] [23] On october 14, Cernan and Evans were both called out of class to take long distance calls from NASA. For Cernan, i ...
#4 Salizhan Sharipov
Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov ( Russian : Салижан Шакирович Шарипов ) (born 24 August 1964) is a Kyrgyzstani cosmonaut of Tajik and Uzbek descent. [1] Sharipov is a co-author and investigator for the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity project. He has been to space twice (launched from th
- ... , cosmonaut Yuri Shargin and NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao lifted off from the Baikonour cosmodrome on 14 october 2004 at 03:06 UTC. After two days of autonomous flight the Soyuz spacecraft docking with the ISS on ...
#5 Michael Collins (astronaut)
Michael Collins (October 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021) was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin , made the first crewed landing on the surface . He was also a test pilot and major general in the
- ... n, though he did not take the psychiatric evaluation. He was at Randolph Air Force Base , Texas, on october 14 when Deke Slayton , the Chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA, called and asked if he was still inte ...
#6 Gherman Titov
Gherman Stepanovich Titov ( Russian : Герман Степанович Титов ; 11 September 1935 – 20 September 2000) was a Soviet cosmonaut who, on 6 August 1961, [1] became the second human to orbit the Earth, aboard Vostok 2 , preceded by Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1 . He was the fourth person in space, counting su
- ... Order of the Yugoslav Star with sash (19 September 1962) Order of the Star of Romania , 1st Class ( 14 october 1961) Order of the Star of the Republic of the Congo (Congo, 1965) Order of Friendship and Cooperat ...
#7 Michael Fincke
Edward Michael " Mike "/" Spanky " Fincke [1] (born March 14, 1967) is an American astronaut who formerly held the American record for the most time in space (381.6 days). His record was broken by Scott Kelly on October 16, 2015. United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut E. Michael Fincke F
- ... mmander of Expedition 18 . He arrived at the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz TMA-13 on october 14, 2008, with Cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov and space flight participant Richard Garriott . While Richard G ...
#8 Space tourism
Space tourism is human space travel for recreational purposes. [1] There are several different types of space tourism, including orbital, suborbital and lunar space tourism. Space travel for recreational purposes This article is about paying space travellers. For other commercial spacefarers, see Co
- ... ce Tourism Project: "It's only for the super-rich, which is against my social convictions". [96] On 14 october 2021, Prince William suggested that entrepreneurs should focus on saving Earth rather than engaging ...
#9 Yury Lonchakov
Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov ( Russian: Юрий Валентинович Лончаков ; born 4 March 1965) is a Russian former cosmonaut and a veteran of three space missions . [1] He has spent 200 days in space and has conducted two career spacewalks. Russian cosmonaut Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov Born ( 1965-03-04 )
- ... Soyuz TMA-13 successfully docked to the Earth-facing docking port of the Zarya module of the ISS on 14 october at 08:26 GMT, seven minutes ahead of schedule. Lonchakov joined the ISS Expedition 18 crew as a fli ...
#10 Kathleen Rubins
Kathleen Hallisey Rubins (born October 14, 1978) is an American microbiologist and NASA astronaut . [2] She became the 60th woman to fly in space when she launched on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) on July 7, 2016. [3] She returned to Earth in Kazakhstan on Octob
- Kathleen Hallisey Rubins (born october 14, 1978) is an American microbiologist and NASA astronaut . [2] She became the 60th woman to fly in sp ...
- ... . [6] American microbiologist and NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins Rubins in 2018 Born ( 1978-10-14 ) october 14, 1978 (age 44) Farmington, Connecticut , U.S. Status Active Nationality American Occupation Microbio ...
- ... er vote for the 2020 United States presidential election . Rubins launched on her second mission on october 14, 2020, (her 42nd birthday) with Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov aboard S ...
#11 Sergey Kud-Sverchkov
Sergey Vladimirovich Kud-Sverchkov (Russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Кудь-Сверчко́в; born on 23 August 1983) is a Russian cosmonaut, selected in 2010 by Roscosmos . He made his first spaceflight in 2020 aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer for ISS Expedition 63 / 64 . Russian en
- ... hkov was assigned to ISS Expedition 63 / 64 as a flight engineer. He launched aboard Soyuz MS-17 on 14 october 2020 alongside Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov , commander of the Soyuz MS spacecraft, and NASA a ...
#12 Joe Engle
Joe Henry Engle (born August 26, 1932) is an American pilot , aeronautical engineer and former NASA astronaut . He was the commander of two Space Shuttle missions including STS-2 in 1981, the program's second orbital flight. He also flew three flights in the Shuttle program's 1977 Approach and Landi
- ... is career of 16 flights. On his final X-15 mission, free flight 153 (1-61-101), which took place on october 14, 1965, he became the first of only two pilots to accomplish a sub-orbital space flight in an X-15 wi ...
#13 Sergey Ryzhikov (cosmonaut)
Sergey Nikolayevich Ryzhikov ( Russian : Сергей Николаевич Рыжиков ; born on 19 August 1974), lieutenant colonel of Russian Air Force , is a Russian cosmonaut , selected in 2006. [1] [2] He is a veteran of two long duration space flights to the ISS. [3] [4] [5] Russian cosmonaut and military officer
- ... hed up to MS-16, resulting in Ryzhikov taking Ivanishin's place. Ryzhikov launched from Baikonur on october 14, 2020, alongside Russian Cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins . On 18 N ...
#14 Marc Garneau
Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau PC CC CD MP (born February 23, 1949) is a Canadian politician, retired Royal Canadian Navy officer and former astronaut who served as a Cabinet minister from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Party , Garneau was the minister of foreign affairs from January to Octo
- ... ent for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount ( Westmount—Ville-Marie ; 2008–2015) Incumbent Assumed office october 14, 2008 Preceded by Lucienne Robillard Personal details Born Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau ( 1949-02 ...
- ... was cancelled during the campaign when Prime Minister Stephen Harper called a general election for october 14, 2008 . Though some pundits predicted a close race between Garneau and NDP candidate Anne Lagacé-Dow ...
Museum / Museum
#1 National Air and Space Museum
The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution , also called the Air and Space Museum , is a museum in Washington, D.C. , US. It was established in 1946 as the National Air Museum and opened its main building on the National Mall near L'Enfant Plaza in 1976. In 2018, the museum saw
- ... de of the museum featuring new galleries, the planetarium, the museum store and cafe will reopen on october 14, 2022 as part of Phase I while the eastern side is scheduled to reopen in 2024. [22] CONTROVERSIES C ...
#2 National Space Centre
The National Space Centre is a museum and educational resource covering the fields of space science and astronomy , along with a space research programme in partnership with the University of Leicester. It is located on the north side of the city in Belgrave, Leicester , England, next to the River S
- ... mission on the International Space Station , Tim Peake visited the National Space Centre on Friday 14 october 2016 where he talked to local school children and visitors and received an Honorary Degree of Docto ...
#3 U.S. Space & Rocket Center
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama is a museum operated by the government of Alabama , showcasing rockets , achievements, and artifacts of the U.S. space program. Sometimes billed as "Earth's largest space museum", astronaut Owen Garriott described the place as, "a great way to le
- ... decade for the center. Bill Stender took over from ousted Wing as acting chief executive officer on october 14, 1999. [48] The board of directors was largely changed out in the shakeup removing Wing. New directo ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 OPS 5114
OPS 5114 , also known as Navstar 4 , GPS I-4 and GPS SVN-4 , was an American navigation satellite launched in 1978 as part of the Global Positioning System development programme. It was the fourth of eleven Block I GPS satellites to be launched. [3] OPS 5114 Names Navstar 4 GPS I-4 GPS SVN-4 Mission
- ... LC-3E Contractor Convair General Dynamics Entered service 8 January 1979 End of mission Deactivated 14 october 1989 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit [2] Regime Medium Earth orbit ( Semi-sync ...
- ... broadcast the PRN 08 signal in the GPS demonstration constellation, and was retired from service on 14 october 1989. On 20 February 1990, it was reactivated for further testing, before being deactivated again i ...
#2 SpaceX CRS-1
SpaceX CRS-1 , also known as SpX-1 , [8] was SpaceX's first operational cargo mission to the International Space Station , under their Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-1) contract with NASA . It was the third flight for the uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft , and the fourth overall flight for the co
- ... occurred at 17:40 UTC. [6] REMAINDER OF MISSION (11 TO 28 OCTOBER) A Dragon as seen from Cupola on 14 october 2012 The SpX-1 capsule seen back at a port on 30 October 2012 Over a period of two and a half weeks ...
#3 Intelsat III F-5
Intelsat III F-5 was a communications satellite intended to be operated by Intelsat . Launched towards geostationary orbit in 1969 it failed to achieve orbit. Failed communications satellite Intelsat III F-5 Mission type Communications Operator Intelsat COSPAR ID 1969-064A SATCAT no. 04051 Mission d
- ... 7-26UTC02:06Z ) UTC [1] Rocket Delta M Launch site Cape Canaveral LC-17A End of mission Deactivated october 14, 1988 ( 1988-10-15 ) Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Eccentricity 0. ...
#4 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
- ... own on STS-129. [18] MISSION EXPERIMENTS Atlantis at pad 39A after being rolled out from the VAB on october 14, 2009. The crew of Atlantis worked with several short-term experiments during their mission. Atlanti ...
- ... 24-hours to the rollout preparations. Atlantis rolled out from the VAB to the Launch Complex 39A on october 14, 2009, at 06:38 EDT in a slow drive on the top of the Crawler-transporter . The 3.4 miles (5.5 km) r ...
#5 Mariner 5
Mariner 5 ( Mariner Venus 1967 ) was a spacecraft of the Mariner program that carried a complement of experiments to probe Venus ' atmosphere by radio occultation, measure the hydrogen Lyman-alpha (hard ultraviolet) spectrum, and sample the solar particles and magnetic field fluctuations above the p
- ... Cape Canaveral LC-12 End of mission Last contact Loss of contact December 4, 1967; briefly regained october 14, 1968 [1] [2] Flyby of Venus Closest approach October 19, 1967 Distance 3,990 kilometers (2,480 mile ...
- ... ts to reacquire Mariner 5 during June, July, and early August 1968 yielded no spacecraft signal. On october 14, the receiver operator at DSS 14 obtained a lock on the Mariner 5 signal. A carrier wave was detecte ...
#6 Soyuz 23
Soyuz 23 ( Russian : Союз 23 , Union 23 ) was an October, 1976, Soviet crewed space flight, the second to the Salyut 5 space station . Cosmonauts Vyacheslav Zudov and Valery Rozhdestvensky arrived at the station, but an equipment malfunction did not allow docking and the mission had to be aborted. [
- ... acheslav Zudov Valery Rozhdestvensky Callsign Радон ( Radon - "Radon") Start of mission Launch date 14 october 1976, 17:39:18 UTC Rocket Soyuz Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 [2] End of mission Landing date 16 ...
- ... Commander Anatoly Berezovoy Flight Engineer Mikhail Lisun MISSION HIGHLIGHTS Soyuz 23 was launched 14 october 1976 with an estimated 73- to 85-day mission planned aboard the orbiting Salyut 5 space station. [5 ...
#7 TIROS-N
TIROS-N satellite is the first of the TIROS-N series. It is a weather satellite launched on 13 October 1978. [2] It was designed to become operational during 2 years. Its mass is 734 kilograms. [2] Its perigee to Earth is 829 kilometers. Its apogee is 845 kilometers away from Earth. Its inclination
- ... ironmental Satellites ← NOAA-5 NOAA-6 → GALLERY OF CYCLONES CAPTURED BY THIS SATELLITE Typhoon Tip ( 14 october 1979) 2 days after reaching peak intensity. Hurricane Bob (10 July 1979) Tropical Storm Claudette ( ...
#8 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
- ... ing Service Structure was rolled back on 23 February 2011. ORBITAL MANEUVERING SYSTEM VAPOR LEAK On 14 october 2010, engineers at the launch pad first discovered a small leak in a propellant line for Discovery ...
#9 Kosmos 129
Kosmos 129 ( Russian : Космос 129 meaning Cosmos 129 ) or Zenit-2 No.33 was a Soviet , first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 129 was the forty-second of eighty-one such satellites to be launched [3] [4] and had a
- ... ies Spacecraft type Zenit-2 Manufacturer OKB-1 Launch mass 4730 kg [1] Start of mission Launch date 14 october 1966 12:14:00 GMT [2] Rocket Vostok-2 s/n U1500-05 Launch site Plesetsk , Site 41/1 Contractor OKB- ...
- ... ow Earth Perigee altitude 180 km Apogee altitude 312 km Inclination 65.0° Period 89.4 minutes Epoch 14 october 1966 Kosmos 129 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket, serial number U1500-05, [5] flying from Site 41/ ...
- ... 00-05, [5] flying from Site 41/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome . The launch took place at 12:14 GMT on 14 october 1966, and following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation; ...
- ... e Satellite Catalog Number 02491. [1] Kosmos 129 was operated in a low Earth orbit , at an epoch of 14 october 1966, it had a perigee of 180 kilometres (110 mi) , an apogee of 312 kilometres (194 mi) , an incli ...
#10 Progress 15
Progress 15 ( Russian : Прогресс 15 ) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in September 1982 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station. Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft Progress 15 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft Mission type Salyut 7 resupply COSPAR ID 1982-094A SAT
- ... Docking with Salyut 7 Docking port Aft [3] Docking date 20 September 1982, 06:12 UTC Undocking date 14 october 1982, 13:46 UTC Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress 14 Progress 16 → SPACECRAFT Progress 15 was a Prog ...
- ... ress 15 docked with the aft port of Salyut 7 on 20 September 1982 at 06:12 UTC, and was undocked on 14 october 1982 at 13:46 UTC. [3] [8] DECAY It remained in orbit until 16 October 1982, when it was deorbited. ...
#11 Telkom-3
Telkom-3 is an Indonesian communications satellite which failed to reach its target orbit due to a launch failure on 6 August 2012. It was built by ISS Reshetnev for Indonesian telecommunications provider PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia . It was based on the Ekspress-1000H bus and had 32 C band transpon
- ... , was dismissed from his post by President Vladimir Putin . [17] The Proton-M returned to flight on 14 october 2012, carrying Intelsat 23 . It had been postponed from August 2012 due to the launch failure. [6] ...
#12 Progress MS-02
Progress MS-02 ( Russian : Прогресс МC-02 ), identified by NASA as Progress 63P , was a Progress spaceflight operated by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) in 2016. It was launched to deliver cargo to the ISS. 2016 Russian resupply spaceflight to the ISS Progress MS-02 Progr
- ... ur , Site 31/6 Contractor Progress Rocket Space Centre End of mission Disposal Deorbited Decay date 14 october 2016 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric orbit Regime Low Earth orbit Inclination 51.66° ...
- ... ion 51.66° Docking with ISS Docking port Zvezda Docking date 2 April 2016, 17:58 UTC Undocking date 14 october 2016, 09:37 UTC Time docked 195 days Payload Tomsk-TPU 120 (amateur satellite) Mass 2425 kg Pressur ...
#13 CBERS-1
China–Brazil Earth Resources Satellite 1 ( CBERS-1 ), also known as Ziyuan I-01 or Ziyuan 1A ( ZY 1 , [6] ZY 1A ), is a remote sensing satellite which was operated as part of the China–Brazil Earth Resources Satellite program between the China National Space Administration and Brazil 's National Ins
- ... ix-Eye 1 [1] Launch mass 1,450 kg (3,200 lb) [2] Power 1,100 watts [2] Start of mission Launch date 14 october 1999, 03:15 ( 1999-10-14UTC03:15Z ) UTC [3] Rocket Chang Zheng 4B Launch site Taiyuan LC-7 End of m ...
- ... my of Launch Vehicle Technology , was used to launch CBERS-1. The launch took place at 03:15 UTC on 14 october 1999, using Launch Complex 7 at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre . [3] The satellite was success ...
#14 JCSAT-110
JCSAT-110 , also known as N-SAT 110 , JCSAT-7 , Superbird-5 and Superbird-D , is a Japanese geostationary communications satellite which was operated by JSAT Corporation and Space Communications Corporation until both companies merged into SKY Perfect JSAT Group in 2008. It is positioned in geostati
- ... st signals from the satellite were successfully received from the Australia ground station. [12] On 14 october 2000, at around 03:00 UTC, N-SAT 110 reached the geostationary orbit . [13] Once it was put into or ...
#15 Ariel 5
Ariel 5 (or UK 5) was a joint British and American space telescope dedicated to observing the sky in the X-ray band. It was launched on 15 October 1974 from the San Marco platform in the Indian Ocean and operated until 1980. It was the penultimate satellite to be launched as part of the Ariel progra
- ... e 512 km (318 mi) Apogee altitude 557 km (346 mi) Inclination 2.9 degrees Period 95.3 minutes Epoch 14 october 1974, 23:00:00 UTC [1] Instruments Rotation Modulation Collimator 2- to 10-KeV Sky Survey Instrumen ...
#16 Mercury-Atlas 5
Mercury-Atlas 5 was an American spaceflight of the Mercury program . It was launched on November 29, 1961, with Enos , a chimpanzee , aboard. The craft orbited the Earth twice and splashed down about 200 miles (320 km) south of Bermuda , and Enos became the first primate from the United States and
- ... fied slightly to correct this problem. Atlas 93D arrived at CCAS on August 12 and was erected on LC- 14 october 6. Prelaunch preparation proceeded relatively smoothly, with a number of minor repairs, including a ...
#17 Kosmos 48
Kosmos 48 ( Russian : Космос 48 meaning Cosmos 48 ) or Zenit-2 No.24 was a Soviet , first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1964. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 48 was the twenty-third of eighty-one such satellites to be launched [3] and had a mass of
- ... ies Spacecraft type Zenit-2 Manufacturer OKB-1 Launch mass 4730 kg [1] Start of mission Launch date 14 october 1964 09:50:00 GMT Rocket Vostok-2 s/n R15002-01 Launch site Baikonur , Site 31/6 End of mission Dis ...
- ... ow Earth Perigee altitude 204 km Apogee altitude 284 km Inclination 65.1° Period 89.4 minutes Epoch 14 october 1964 Kosmos 48 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket, serial number R15002-01, [4] flying from Site 31/ ...
- ... 02-01, [4] flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome . The launch took place at 09:50 GMT on 14 october 1964, and following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation; ...
- ... 1964-066A and the Satellite Catalog Number 00908. Kosmos 48 was operated in a low Earth orbit ; on 14 october 1964 it had a perigee of 204 kilometres (127 mi) , an apogee of 284 kilometres (176 mi) , inclinati ...
#18 Mars 1M No.2
Mars 1M No.2 , designated Mars 1960B by NASA analysts and dubbed Marsnik 2 by the Western media, was a spacecraft launched as part of the Soviet Union 's Mars programme , which was lost in a launch failure in 1960. [1] 1M No.2, which was intended to explore Mars from flyby trajectory, was destroyed
- ... t type Mars 1M Manufacturer OKB-1 Launch mass 650 kilograms (1,430 lb) Start of mission Launch date 14 october 1960, 13:51:03 ( 1960-10-14UTC13:51:03Z ) UTC Rocket Molniya Launch site Baikonur 1/5 LAUNCH Mars 1 ...
- ... nch took place from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome , with liftoff occurring at 13:51:03 UTC on 14 october 1960. [4] During preparations for the launch, an oxidiser leak in the second stage caused liquid ox ...
#19 Soyuz MS-17
Soyuz MS-17 was a Soyuz spaceflight that was launched on 14 October 2020. [4] [11] It transported three crew members of the Expedition 63 / 64 crew to the International Space Station . Soyuz MS-17 was the 145th crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander and a Russ
- Soyuz MS-17 was a Soyuz spaceflight that was launched on 14 october 2020. [4] [11] It transported three crew members of the Expedition 63 / 64 crew to the Internationa ...
- ... rgia Crew Members Sergey Ryzhikov Sergey Kud-Sverchkov Kathleen Rubins Start of mission Launch date 14 october 2020, 05:45:04 UTC [2] [3] [4] [5] Rocket Soyuz-2.1a (s/n Х15000-045) Launch site Baikonur , Site 3 ...
- ... Regime Low Earth orbit Inclination 51.66° Docking with ISS Docking port Rassvet nadir Docking date 14 october 2020, 08:48:47 UTC [7] [8] Undocking date 19 March 2021, 16:38:27 UTC [9] [10] Time docked 156 days ...
#20 Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite ( ERBS ) was a NASA scientific research satellite within NASA's ERBE (Earth Radiation Budget Experiment) Research Program - a three-satellite mission, designed to investigate the Earth ' s radiation budget . It also carried an instrument that studied stratospheri
- ... on October 5, 1984, by the Space Shuttle Challenger during the STS-41-G mission and deactivated on october 14, 2005. It is expected to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere in 2023. [4] ERBS during deployment on STS- ...
- ... allenger ( STS-41-G ) Launch site Kennedy LC-39A End of mission Disposal Decommissioned Deactivated 14 october 2005 ( 2005-10-15 ) Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Low Earth Eccentricity 0. ...