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NEE-01 Pegasus
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NEE-01 Pegasus Is the first Ecuadorian satellite, built by the Ecuadorian Space Agency and presented officially in April 4, 2011. The NEE-01 PEGASUS is a nano satellite, of the cubesat 1U class, it has a cubic shape and two solar panel wings with 3 panels on each side for a total of 6 panels per wing, its...
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Wideband Global Satellite 5
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Everything is moving ahead with a planned Thursday evening launch attempt of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta-IV medium rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's (CCAFS) Space Launch Complex 37. The Wideband Global Satellite 5 (WGS-5) will be the payload for this mission. As long as weat...
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European X-ray Observatory Satellite
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The European X-ray Observatory Satellite (EXOSAT), originally named HELOS, was operational from May 1983 until April 1986 and in that time made 1780 observations in the X-ray band of most classes of astronomical object including active galactic nuclei, stellar coronae, cataclysmic variables...
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OceanSat-1
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OceanSat-1 or IRS-P4 is the first Indian satellite primarily built for Ocean applications. It is a part of the Indian Remote Sensing satellite series. Oceansat-1 was launched by ISRO's PSLV-C2 along with German DLR-Tubsat and South Korean KitSat 3 on 26 May 1999 from the First Launch Pad of Satish D...
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MIDAS 2 satellite
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The MIDAS 2 (Missile Defense Alarm System) satellite was an earth-orbiting satellite designed to measure IR background and define IR sources. The spacecraft weighed 2268 kg (including the second stage) and was chemical-battery powered. IR radiation data were received for the lifetime of the ba...
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Hayato satellite
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Hayato, known before launch as K-Sat, or the Kagoshima Satellite, is a Japanese satellite which was launched in May 2010. It is a student-built spacecraft, which is operated by Kagoshima University, and is being used for technology demonstration and remote sensing. Read more
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W3D Satellite
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International Launch Services and Eutelsat Announce Launch of the W3D Satellite in 2013 International Launch Services (ILS) and Eutelsat, of Paris, France, one of the world's leading satellite operators, announced a contract today for the launch of the W3D satellite into geostationary transf...
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702MP satellites
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Boeing will build four more 702MP satellites for Intelsat S.A., furthering its role as the initial manufacturer of Intelsats new high-performance satellite fleet, Intelsat EpicNG. The 702MPs will deliver reliable, affordable and high-capacity data transmission that Intelsat customers can...
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Viking 4 sounding rocket
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The Viking rocket series of sounding rockets were designed and built by the Glenn L. Martin Company (now Lockheed-Martin) under the direction of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). Viking 4, on 11 May 1950, launched from the deck of the USS Norton Sound near the Equator, reached a peak altitud...
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NAVSTAR GPS IIR-4 Satellite
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USA-150, also known as GPS IIR-4 and GPS SVN-51, is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System. USA-150 was launched at 01:48:00 UTC on 11 May 2000, atop a Delta II carrier rocket, flight number D278, flying in the 7925-9.5 configuration. [url=http://en.wi...
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BIOMASS satellite
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ESA approves BIOMASS satellite to monitor Earth's forests A satellite that can weigh the Earth's forests has just been given the go ahead by the European Space Agency. BIOMASS, as it will be known, is expected to launch in 2020. The spacecraft will carry a novel radar system that is able to see the trun...
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Telstar 2
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Telstar 2 was launched May 7, 1963. Telstar 1 and 2, though no longer functional, are still in orbit as of July 2012. Read more Spoiler
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VNREDSat 1A satellite
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Arianespace to launch VNREDSat-1A built by Astrium for Vietnam Arianespace and Astrium today signed the launch contract for the VNREDSat-1A Earth observation satellite, on behalf of the Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology. This ceremony was attended by ESA's Director General and by r...
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Low Earth-Orbiting satellites
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Title: Effects of Plasma Drag on Low Earth Orbiting Satellites due to Heating of Earth's Atmosphere by Coronal Mass Ejections Authors: Victor U. J. Nwankwo, Sandip K. Chakrabarti Solar events, such as coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and solar flares, heat up the upper atmosphere and near-Earth spa...
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Zhongxing-11
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