langs: 22 октября [ru] / october 22 [en] / 22. oktober [de] / 22 octobre [fr] / 22 ottobre [it] / 22 de octubre [es]
days: october 19 / october 20 / october 21 / october 22 / october 23 / october 24 / october 25
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Faiz Khaleed
Faiz bin Khaleed (born September 15, 1980 in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia ) is a Malaysian military dentist with the Malaysian Armed Forces . In September 2006, he was selected as one of two final candidates to undergo astronaut training in Star City as part of the Angkasawan program . The other candidat
- ... [1] Faiz still might go to space if Malaysia decides to proceed with a second space flight. [2] On 22 october 2007, Faiz was promoted to a Major in the Malaysian Armed Forces .
#2 Donn F. Eisele
Donn Fulton Eisele (June 23, 1930 – December 2, 1987) ( Colonel USAF ) was a United States Air Force officer , test pilot , and later a NASA astronaut . He occupied the command module pilot seat during the flight of Apollo 7 in 1968. After retiring from both NASA and the Air Force in 1972, he became
- ... 60-hour, 4.5 million mile (7.25 Gm; 7.25 million km) shakedown flight was successfully concluded on october 22, 1968, with splashdown occurring in the Atlantic , 8 miles (15 km) from the carrier USS Essex and on ...
#3 Charles L. Veach
Charles Lacy Veach (September 18, 1944 – October 3, 1995) was a USAF fighter pilot and NASA astronaut . This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This article needs additional citations
- ... nadian-built Space Vision System (SVS). STS-52 launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on october 22, 1992, and landed at Kennedy on November 1, 1992. [1] Gravesite of Charles Lacy Veach Lacy Veach die ...
#4 Vladimir Shatalov
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov ( Russian : Владимир Александрович Шаталов ; December 8, 1927 – June 15, 2021) [2] was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme : Soyuz 4 , Soyuz 8 , and Soyuz 10 . [1] Soviet cosmonaut (1927–2021) Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sh
- ... . [6] [9] HONOURS AND AWARDS Twice Hero of the Soviet Union No.10713 — (January 22, 1969) No.85 — ( october 22, 1969) Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 4th class (February 4, 2000) Order of Friendship (Decembe ...
#5 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
- ... Kazakhstan, 11 December 1998) Medal "100th anniversary of the fall of the Ottoman yoke" (Bulgaria) ( 22 october 1978) Medal "For Strengthening brotherhood in arms" (Bulgaria) Medal "30th anniversary of the Revol ...
#6 Paul J. Weitz
Paul Joseph Weitz (July 25, 1932 – October 22, 2017) was an American naval officer and aviator , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , and NASA astronaut , who flew into space twice. He was a member of the three-man crew who flew on Skylab 2 , the first crewed Skylab mission. He was also Commander
- Paul Joseph Weitz (July 25, 1932 – october 22, 2017) was an American naval officer and aviator , aeronautical engineer , test pilot , and NASA ast ...
- ... . American astronaut Paul J. Weitz Born ( 1932-07-25 ) July 25, 1932 Erie, Pennsylvania , U.S. Died october 22, 2017 (2017-10-22) (aged 85) Flagstaff, Arizona , U.S. Nationality American Other names Paul Joseph ...
- ... g and fishing were among his hobbies. [2] After retiring, Weitz lived in Arizona until his death on october 22, 2017, from myelodysplastic syndrome at the age of 85. [8] [9] [3] ORGANIZATIONS Fellow , American A ...
#7 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
- ... postgraduate course offered into the basics of spaceflight. He was accepted into the third class on october 22, 1962. Other students in his eleven-member class included three future astronauts: Charles Bassett , ...
#8 Bjarni Tryggvason
Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason (September 21, 1945 – April 5, 2022) was an Icelandic-born Canadian engineer and a NRC / CSA astronaut . He served as a Payload Specialist on Space Shuttle mission STS-85 in 1997, a 12-day mission to study changes in the Earth's atmosphere . Icelandic-Canadian astronaut (1
- ... load Specialist to Steven MacLean for the CANEX-2 set of experiments which flew on Mission STS-52 , october 22 to November 1, 1992. He was the Project Engineer for the design of the SVS target spacecraft which w ...
#9 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
- ... ed in a NASA Tweetup on March 16, 2011. [18] He became the first person to "check in" from space on october 22, using the mobile social networking application Foursquare . Wheelock's check-in to the Internationa ...
#10 Michael A. Baker
Michael Allen Baker (born October 27, 1953) is a retired captain in the United States Navy , former NASA astronaut , and the International Space Station Program Manager for International and Crew Operations, at NASA's Johnson Space Center . He is responsible for the coordination of program operation
- ... , Baker has logged 965 hours in space. He served as pilot on STS-43 (August 2–11, 1991) and STS-52 ( october 22 to November 1, 1992), and was the mission commander on STS-68 (September 30 to October 11, 1994) and ...
- ... , 25 seconds. [2] STS-52 Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on october 22, 1992. During the mission crew members deployed the Italian Laser Geodynamic Satellite ( LAGEOS ), u ...
#11 Donald H. Peterson
Donald Herod Peterson (October 22, 1933 – May 27, 2018) was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut . Peterson was originally selected for the Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program, but, when that was canceled, he became a NASA astronaut in September 1969. He was a missio
- Donald Herod Peterson ( october 22, 1933 – May 27, 2018) was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut . Peterson was origin ...
- ... officer and NASA astronaut (1933-2018) Donald H. Peterson Born Donald Herod Peterson ( 1933-10-22 ) october 22, 1933 Winona, Mississippi , U.S. Died May 27, 2018 (2018-05-27) (aged 84) El Lago, Texas , U.S. Nati ...
- ... vember 1984 BIOGRAPHY EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Donald Peterson was born in Winona, Mississippi , on october 22, 1933. [1] : 255 Peterson graduated from Winona High School in 1951. [2] [1] : 255 One of hi ...
#12 Vladislav Volkov
Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov ( Russian : Владисла́в Никола́евич Во́лков ; 23 November 1935 – 29 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 11 missions. The second mission terminated fatally . [1] [2] Volkov and the two other crew members were asphyxiated on reentry, the o
- ... ARDS AND REMEMBRANCE Vladislav Volkov was decorated twice as the Hero of the Soviet Union (first on 22 october 1969 and posthumously on 30 June 1971). He was also awarded the two Orders of Lenin and the title o ...
#13 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
- ... e retiring fully. AWARDS AND HONORS SOVIET UNION Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (22 January 969 and 22 october 1969) Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR Four Orders of Lenin (22 January 1969, 22 October 1969, 30 April ...
- ... January 969 and 22 October 1969) Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR Four Orders of Lenin (22 January 1969, 22 october 1969, 30 April 1971 and 15 January 1976) Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (12 April 2011) – f ...
#14 Jim Wetherbee
James Donald "Wxb" Wetherbee (born November 27, 1952) ( Capt , USN , Ret.), is a retired United States Navy officer and aviator , test pilot , aerospace engineer , and NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of six Space Shuttle missions and is the only American to have commanded five spaceflight missions.
- ... ration missions. Mission duration was 173 orbits in 261 hours and 01 minute. [6] STS-52 : Columbia ( october 22 to November 1, 1992) successfully deployed the Laser Geodynamic Satellite (LAGEOS), a joint Italian- ...
#15 Wally Schirra
Walter Marty Schirra Jr. ( / ʃ ɜːr ˈ ɑː / , March 12, 1923 – May 3, 2007) was an American naval aviator , test pilot , and NASA astronaut . In 1959, he became one of the original seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury , which was the United States ' first effort to put human beings into space
- ... and Cunningham refused and performed reentry without them. Apollo 7 landed southeast of Bermuda on october 22, 1968. [1] : 206–209 [4] Prior to the Apollo 7 launch, Schirra had made the decision to retire a ...
#16 Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin [lower-alpha 1] (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space . Travelling in the Vostok 1 capsule, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. By achieving this major milestone in the Space
- ... 2, Gagarin received the Order of the Nile [111] and the golden keys to the gates of Cairo . [65] On 22 october 1963, Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova were honoured with the Order of Karl Marx from the German De ...
#17 Aleksandr Samokutyaev
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Samokutyaev ( Russian : Александр Михайлович Самокутяев ; born 13 March 1970 in Penza , Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Russian politician and former cosmonaut. Samokutyaev served as a Flight Engineer for the International Space Station (ISS) long duration Expedition 27 / 28 missions
- ... EVA #40 Samokutyaev and cosmonaut Maksim Surayev performed a spacewalk outside the space station on 22 october 2014. [13] Although planned as a six-hour spacewalk, the cosmonauts were able to complete all the s ...
#18 William Shepherd
William McMichael "Bill" Shepherd (born July 26, 1949), ( Capt , USN , Ret.), is an American former Navy SEAL , aerospace , ocean , and mechanical engineer , and NASA astronaut , who served as Commander of Expedition 1 , [1] the first crew on the International Space Station . He is a recipient of th
- ... r journey (via Jupiter ) to investigate the polar regions of the Sun . [11] [16] STS-52 : Columbia ( october 22 to November 1, 1992) was the 10-day mission deployed the Laser Geodynamic Satellite (LAGEOS), and co ...
#19 Steve MacLean (astronaut)
Steven Glenwood MacLean FRCGS (born December 14, 1954) is a Canadian astronaut . He was the President of the Canadian Space Agency , from September 1, 2008 to February 1, 2013. [1] [2] Canadian astronaut (born 1954) Steven Maclean Born ( 1954-12-14 ) December 14, 1954 (age 67) Ottawa, Ontario , Ca
- ... s and multi-photon laser spectroscopy. MacLean (left) with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden . From october 22 to November 1, 1992, Dr. MacLean flew onboard Space Shuttle Columbia as a Payload Specialist for Mis ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 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
- ... B to 39A. The payload for STS-126, including the MPLM Leonardo , arrived at launch pad 39A early on 22 october 2008. MISSION TIMELINE LAUNCH PREPARATIONS Space Shuttle Endeavour as it lifted off to begin the ST ...
#2 Kosmos 305
Kosmos 305 ( Russian : Космос 305 meaning Cosmos 305 ) (Ye-8-5 series) was the fifth Soviet attempt at an unmanned lunar sample return . It was probably similar in design to the Luna 16 spacecraft. It was launched, on a Proton rocket , on October 22, 1969. The engines on the Block D upper stage fail
- ... was probably similar in design to the Luna 16 spacecraft. It was launched, on a Proton rocket , on october 22, 1969. The engines on the Block D upper stage failed, terminating the mission. This left the spacecr ...
#3 PROBA
PROBA ( Project for On-Board Autonomy ), renamed PROBA-1 , is a Belgian satellite launched atop an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle by ISRO on 22 October 2001. [1] [2] The satellite was funded through the ESA 's MicroSat program. [3] This small (60×60×80 cm; 95 kg) boxlike system, with sola
- ... PROBA-1 , is a Belgian satellite launched atop an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle by ISRO on 22 october 2001. [1] [2] The satellite was funded through the ESA 's MicroSat program. [3] This small (60×60×8 ...
- ... × 0.6 m × 0.8 m (2 ft 0 in × 2 ft 0 in × 2 ft 7 in) Power 90 W Start of mission Launch date 04:53, 22 october 2001 (UTC) ( 2001-10-22T04 : 53Z ) Rocket PSLV C3 Launch site Sriharikota FLP Contractor ISRO Orbit ...
- ... de 553 km (344 mi) Apogee altitude 677 km (421 mi) Inclination 97.9 degrees Period 97 minutes Epoch 22 october 2001 00:53:00 UTC With an initial lifetime of one to two years, the satellite celebrated its 20th y ...
#4 CryoSat-2
CryoSat-2 is a European Space Agency (ESA) Earth Explorer Mission that launched on April 8th 2010. [3] CryoSat-2 is dedicated to measuring polar sea ice thickness and monitoring changes in ice sheets. [4] Its primary objective is to measure the thinning of Arctic sea ice, but has applications to oth
- ... ft was constructed by EADS Astrium , and launched by ISC Kosmotras using a Dnepr carrier rocket. On 22 october 2010, CryoSat-2 was declared operational following six months of on-orbit testing. [12] MISSION BAC ...
- ... ecraft underwent six months of on-orbit testing and commissioning, which concluded with a review on 22 october 2010 that found the spacecraft was operating as expected, and that it was ready to begin operations ...
#5 Kosmos 862
Kosmos 862 ( Russian : Космос 862 meaning Cosmos 862 ) was a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1976 as part of the Soviet military's Oko programme. The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2] Kosmos 862 M
- ... erties Spacecraft type US-K [2] Launch mass 1,900 kilograms (4,200 lb) Start of mission Launch date 22 october 1976, 09:12 ( 1976-10-22UTC09:12Z ) UTC Rocket Molniya-M / 2BL [2] Launch site Plesetsk Cosmodrome ...
- ... rier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 09:12 UTC on 22 october 1976. [3] ORBIT The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit . It subsequently ...
#6 Progress MS-17
Progress MS-17 ( Russian : Прогресс МC-17 ), Russian production No. 446, identified by NASA as Progress 78P , was a Progress spaceflight operated by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). This was the 169th flight of a Progress spacecraft. 2021 Russian resupply spaceflight to t
- ... 110 days, 22 hours, 43 minutes Docking with ISS (Relocation) Docking port Nauka nadir Docking date 22 october 2021, 04:21:07 UTC [4] Undocking date 25 November 2021, 11:22 UTC Time docked 34 days and 7 hours C ...
- ... ng for ballistic conditions for docking, and re-docked to the nadir (Earth-facing) port of Nauka on 22 october 2021, at 04:21:07 UTC. [4] A long relocation was done since the Progress spacecrafts cannot do the ...
#7 ISEE-2
The ISEE-2 ( International Sun-Earth Explorer-B or ISEE-B ) was an Explorer-class daughter spacecraft, International Sun-Earth Explorer-2, was part of the mother/daughter/heliocentric mission (ISEE-1, ISEE-2, ISEE-3). ISEE-2 was a 165.78 kg (365.5 lb) space probe used to study magnetic fields ne
- ... ( Interplanetary Monitoring Platform ) series of spacecraft. [2] ISEE-1 and ISEE-2 were launched on 22 october 1977, and they re-entered on 26 September 1987. [3] ISEE-2 ISEE-1 and ISEE-2 satellites at Kennedy ...
- ... 2 in) of diameter and of 1.14 m (3 ft 9 in) in height Power 112 watts Start of mission Launch date 22 october 1977, 13:53:00 UTC Rocket Thor-Delta 2914 (Thor 623 / Delta 135) Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-17 ...
- ... Delta 135) Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-17B Contractor Douglas Aircraft Company Entered service 22 october 1977 End of mission Last contact 26 September 1987 Decay date 26 September 1987 Orbital parameters ...
#8 Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble ) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the first space telescope , but it is one of the largest and most versatile, renowned both as a vital research tool and as a publi
- ... placed into "safe" mode while scientists attempted to fix the problem. [236] [237] NASA tweeted on 22 october 2018, that the "rotation rates produced by the backup gyro have reduced and are now within a normal ...
#9 ISEE-1
The ISEE-1 ( International Sun-Earth Explorer-A or ISEE-A ) was an Explorer-class mother spacecraft, International Sun-Earth Explorer-1, was part of the mother/daughter/heliocentric mission (ISEE-1, ISEE-2, ISEE-3). ISEE-1 was a 340.2 kg (750 lb) space probe used to study magnetic fields near th
- ... ( Interplanetary Monitoring Platform ) series of spacecraft. [2] ISEE-1 and ISEE-2 were launched on 22 october 1977, and they re-entered on 26 September 1987. [3] NASA satellite of the Explorer program ISEE-1 I ...
- ... 8 in) of diameter and of 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) in height Power 175 watts Start of mission Launch date 22 october 1977, 13:53:00 UTC Rocket Thor-Delta 2914 (Thor 623 / Delta 135) Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-17 ...
- ... Delta 135) Launch site Cape Canaveral , LC-17B Contractor Douglas Aircraft Company Entered service 22 october 1977 End of mission Last contact 26 September 1987 Decay date 26 September 1987 Orbital parameters ...
#10 Progress M-05M
Progress M-05M ( Russian : Прогресс М-05М ), identified by NASA as Progress 37P , is a Progress spacecraft launched by the Russian Federal Space Agency in April 2010 to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). [1] [2] The spacecraft carried fresh food and supplies for the ISS crew. Progress M
- ... ikhin closed and performed leak checks on the hatch between the space station and Progress M-05M on 22 october 2010, completing preparations for the spacecraft's undocking. The undocking of Progress M-05M clear ...
#11 STS-58
STS-58 was a NASA mission flown by Space Shuttle Columbia launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida , on 18 October 1993. The missions was primarily devoted to experiments concerning the physiological effects in space . This was the first in-flight use of the "Portable In-flight Landing Operation
- ... eased bone breakdown that is not compensated for by a subsequent increase in bone formation. [2] On 22 october 1993, using the on-board ham radio called SAREX-2 for Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment , Blaha and ...
#12 Venera 9
Venera 9 ( Russian : Венера-9 , lit. ' Venus-9 ' ), manufacturer's designation: 4V-1 No. 660 , [3] was a Soviet uncrewed space mission to Venus . It consisted of an orbiter and a lander. It was launched on June 8, 1975, at 02:38:00 UTC and had a mass of 4,936 kilograms (10,882 lb) . [4] The or
- ... 1/24 End of mission Last contact Orbiter primary mission: March 22, 1976 ( 1976-03-23 ) [2] Lander: october 22, 1975 ( 1975-10-23 ) Orbital parameters Reference system Cytherocentric Eccentricity 0.89002 Pericyt ...
- ... nt Orbiter Orbital insertion October 20, 1975 Venus lander Spacecraft component Lander Landing date october 22, 1975, 05:13 UTC Landing site 31.01°N 291.64°E / 31.01; 291.64 (near Beta Regio ) Stamp of Venera ...
- ... ge counters Cherenkov detector LANDER Photo of the surface of Venus taken by the Venera 9 lander on october 22, 1975 The lander was encased in a spherical shell before landing to help protect it from the heat of ...
- ... pacecraft separated from the orbiter, and landing was made with the Sun near zenith at 05:13 UTC on october 22. Venera 9 landed within a 150 km (93 mi) radius of 31.01°N 291.64°E / 31.01; 291.64 , near Beta Re ...
#13 Soyuz 29
Soyuz 29 ( Russian : Союз 29 , Union 29 ) was a 1978 crewed Soviet space mission to the Salyut 6 space station. [2] It was the fifth mission, the fourth successful docking, and the second long-duration crew for the orbiting station. Commander Vladimir Kovalyonok and flight engineer Aleksandr Ivanche
- ... and 18 October, and more material experiments were conducted in the Kristall and Splav furnaces on 22 october . The crew exercised three hours a day during their final month in orbit. Experiments were transferr ...
#14 Kosmos 690
Kosmos 690 (in Russian : Бион 2 , Космос 690 ), or Bion 2 , was a Bion satellite launched by the Soviet Union . Soviet spacecraft aimed at biological experiments in space Kosmos 690 / Bion 2 Bion spacecraft Names Бион 2 Космос 690 Bion 2 Biocosmos 2 Biokosmos 2 Mission type Bioscience Operator Insti
- ... tion 62.80° Period 90.40 minutes Bion programme ← Bion 1 Bion 3 → LAUNCH Kosmos 690 was launched on 22 october 1974, at 17:59:59 UTC from Plesetsk Cosmodrome with a Soyuz-U launch vehicle . It was placed in low ...
#15 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
- ... ions related to Nauka, including providing equipment for integrating Nauka. It redocked to Nauka on 22 october . After the redocking Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov installed a docking adapter and reopened the hatch ...
- ... z MS Yu.A. Gagarin Soyuz MS-18 28 September 2021 17 October 2021 Progress 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 Ze ...
#16 Pioneer Venus Orbiter
The Pioneer Venus Orbiter , also known as Pioneer Venus 1 or Pioneer 12 , was a mission to Venus conducted by the United States as part of the Pioneer Venus project . Launched in May 1978 atop an Atlas-Centaur rocket, the spacecraft was inserted into an elliptical orbit around Venus on December 4, 1
- ... al LC-36A End of mission Last contact October 8, 1992, 19:22 ( 1992-10-08UTC19:23Z ) UTC Decay date october 22, 1992 [1] Orbital parameters Reference system Cytherocentric Semi-major axis 33,405.8 kilometres (20 ...
- ... at 19:22 UTC. [3] The Pioneer Venus Orbiter disintegrated upon entering the atmosphere of Venus on october 22, 1992. [1] EXPERIMENTS A map of Venus produced from Pioneer data The Pioneer Venus Orbiter carried 1 ...
#17 MetOp
Metop ( Met eorological Op erational satellite) is a series of three polar-orbiting meteorological satellites developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and operated by the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). The satellites form the space segment com
- ... ollowing necessary orbit control maneuvers. The satellite was handed over to EUMETSAT operations on 22 october 2006. The first image was received at 08:00 UTC on 25 October 2006 [6] — a visible light image of S ...
#18 Intelsat 701
Intelsat 701 (also known as IS-701 and Intelsat 7-F1 ) is a geostationary communication satellite that was built by Space Systems/Loral (SSL). It is located in the orbital position of 29.5 degrees east longitude and it is currently in an inclined orbit . The same is owned by Intelsat . The satellite
- ... elsat VII ← Intelsat VI F-5 Intelsat VII-F2 → The satellite was successfully launched into space on october 22, 1993, at 06:46:00 UTC, using an Ariane 4 4L vehicle from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana . ...
- ... ch mass 3,642 kilograms (8,029 lb) Dry mass 1,450 kilograms (3,200 lb) Start of mission Launch date 22 october 1993, 06:46 ( 1993-10-22UTC06:46Z ) UTC Rocket Ariane 44LP H10 Launch site Kourou ELA-2 End of miss ...
#19 XMM-Newton
XMM-Newton , also known as the High Throughput X-ray Spectroscopy Mission and the X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission , is an X-ray space observatory launched by the European Space Agency in December 1999 on an Ariane 5 rocket. It is the second cornerstone mission of ESA's Horizon 2000 programme. Named after
- ... command that changed the switch to its last working position. ESA stated in a press release that on 22 october , a ground station at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) made contact with the satellite, co ...
#20 Progress 18
Progress 18 ( Russian : Прогресс 18 ) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in October 1983 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station. Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft Progress 18 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft Mission type Salyut 7 resupply COSPAR ID 1983-106A SATCA
- ... riod 88.8 minutes [3] Epoch 20 October 1983 Docking with Salyut 7 Docking port Aft [3] Docking date 22 october 1983, 11:34 UTC Undocking date 13 November 1983, 03:08 UTC Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress 17 Prog ...
- ... SSR . It used a Soyuz-U rocket. [2] [7] DOCKING Progress 18 docked with the aft port of Salyut 7 on 22 october 1983 at 11:34 UTC, and was undocked on 13 November 1983 at 03:08 UTC. [3] [8] DECAY It remained in ...