| Name
| Description
| Launched
[YYYY-MM-DD] |
Period
[minutes] |
Action |
| STS 129 |
The STS-129 mission is commanded by Charles O. Hobaugh and piloted by Barry E. Wilmore. Mission Specialists are Robert L. Satcher Jr., Mike Foreman, Randy Bresnik and Leland Melvin. Wilmore, Satcher a... More |
2009-11-16 |
88.9 |
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| POISK |
Poisk will give the station a fourth docking port on the Russian segment, allowing for longer stays of future Progress freighters and more opportunities for crew handovers using Soyuz spacecraft. The ... More |
2009-11-10 |
91.3 |
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| PROBA 2 |
The Proba satellites are part of ESA’s In-orbit Technology Demonstration Programme, missions dedicated to the demonstration of innovative technologies. Proba-2 is a 0.6×0.6×0.8 meter, box-shaped struc... More |
2009-11-02 |
99.2 |
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| SMOS |
Smos will investigate the hydrological cycle by measuring changes in soil moisture and ocean salinity. It will do this by observing variations in the natural microwave emission coming up off the plane... More |
2009-11-02 |
100 |
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| THOR 6 |
Thor 6 is a communications satellite to serve the Nordic countries by operator Telenor Satellite Broadcasting. The satellite will replace the Thor 3 spacecraft launched aboard a Delta 2 rocket from C... More |
2009-10-29 |
1439.4 |
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| NSS 12 |
NSS 12 was manufactured by Space Systems/Loral and has a 15-year design life the 12,400-pound (5,625-kg). The satellite carries 48 Ku-band and 40 C-band transponders. It will be parked in geostationa... More |
2009-10-29 |
1436.1 |
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| DMSP 5D-3 F18 (USA 210) |
DMSP 5D-3 F18 is used for strategic and tactical weather prediction to aid the U.S. military in planning operations at sea, on land and in the air. Equipped with a sophisticated sensor suite that can ... More |
2009-10-18 |
101.9 |
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| PROGRESS-M 03M |
PROGRESS-M 03M is a Russian-made craft will that deliver two-and-a-half tons (2.3 metric tons) of supplies to the Space Station. The "dry" cargo tucked aboard the Progress amounts to 1,750 pounds [794... More |
2009-10-15 |
91.3 |
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| WORLDVIEW 2 |
Operating at an altitude of 770 kilometers, WORLDVIEW 2 will enable DigitalGlobe to offer half-meter panchromatic resolution and 1.8-meter multispectral resolution. The WORLDVIEW 2 system will allow D... More |
2009-10-08 |
100.2 |
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| COMSATBW-1 |
COMSATBw-1 is a secure relay platform that will play an important role in the German Bundeswehr’s (German armed forces) concept for network-centric operations. It is to handle secure information for ... More |
2009-09-30 |
1436.1 |
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| AMAZONAS-2 |
Amazonas 2 was built by Astrium based on its Eurostar E3000 satellite bus, for on-orbit delivery in 2009. Amazonas 2 will be operated from at 61° West, providing relay services with 54 Ku band and... More |
2009-09-30 |
1436.2 |
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| SOYUZ-TMA 16 |
SOYUZ-TMA 16 is carrying two fresh crew members and the founder of Cirque du Soleil on a voyage to the International Space Station. Soyuz commander Maxim Suraev, making his first flight, monitored the... More |
2009-09-30 |
91.3 |
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| STSS DEMO 2 (USA 209) |
STSS DEMO 2 (USA 209) is part of a $1.5 billion project known as STSS Demo. The satellites will be used together with STSS DEMO 1 by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to test the "birth to death" tracki... More |
2009-09-25 |
91.4 |
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| STSS DEMO 1 (USA 208) |
STSS DEMO 1 (USA 208) is part of a $1.5 billion project known as STSS Demo. The satellites will be used together with STSS DEMO 2 by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to test the "birth to death" tracki... More |
2009-09-25 |
91.4 |
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| RUBIN 9.1/RUBIN 9.2/PSLV |
RUBIN 9.1 & RUBIN 9.2 are demonstration payloads for the Automatic Identification System, a communications network used to track and identify shipping vessels." ... More |
2009-09-23 |
99.9 |
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| ITUPSAT 1 |
ITUPSAT 1 was developed by Istanbul Technical University in Turkey to examine the performance of a new stability system and take pictures of the Earth. ... More |
2009-09-23 |
99.2 |
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| UWE-2 |
UWE 2 is a a cubesat satellite built by student teams to test new attitude control systems.... More |
2009-09-23 |
99.1 |
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| BEESAT |
BEESAT is a a cubesat satellite built by student teams to test new attitude control systems.... More |
2009-09-23 |
99.1 |
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| SWISSCUBE |
SWISSCUBE is Switzerland's first satellite and will try to detect a phenomenon known as airglow using an off-the-shelf sensor.... More |
2009-09-23 |
99.2 |
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| OCEANSAT 2 |
OCEANSAT-2 is an Indian remote sensing satellite envisaged to provide service continuity for the operational users of OCM (Ocean Color Monitor) data as well as to enhance the application potential in ... More |
2009-09-23 |
99.3 |
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| NIMIQ 5 |
NIMIQ 5 is a large, state-of-the-art satellite built by Space Systems/Loral for operator Telesat of Ottawa, Canada. The craft is equipped with 32 Ku-band transponders to beam direct-to-home programmin... More |
2009-09-17 |
1436.1 |
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| BLITS |
BLITS is a 7.53-kilogram nanosatellite consisting of two outer hemispheres made of a low-refraction-index glass. It is developed and manufactured by the IPIE center, under a 2006 agreement between Ros... More |
2009-09-17 |
101.3 |
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| SUMBANDILA |
Sumbandila is a South African micro earth observation satellite. The first part of the name, Sumbandila, is from the Venda language and means "lead the way". The University of Stellenbosch, SunSpace a... More |
2009-09-17 |
94.6 |
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| UGATUSAT |
The UGATUSAT and TATIANA 2 spacecraft will conduct education and basic technology demonstration missions.... More |
2009-09-17 |
101.3 |
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| TATIANA 2 |
The TATIANA 2 and UGATUSAT spacecraft will conduct education and basic technology demonstration missions.
... More |
2009-09-17 |
101.3 |
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| FREGAT/IRIS |
IRIS is a small payload.... More |
2009-09-17 |
94.6 |
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| STERKH 2 |
Sterkh-2 is an emergency rescue satellite built by PO Polyot. Sterkh was developed as a replacement for the older Nadezhda system. Unlike their predecessors, Sterkh satellites do not carry navigation ... More |
2009-09-17 |
101.2 |
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| METEOR-M |
METEOR M1 is a a Russian weather satellite designed to monitor the Earth's climate. Meteor M1's six instruments will give Russian meteorologists a comprehensive look at the planet's weather systems, h... More |
2009-09-17 |
101.3 |
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| HTV-1 |
HTV-1 is Japan's first space cargo ship, built for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). "Japan's HTV spacecraft is about 33 feet (10 meters) long, 14 feet (4.4 meters) wide and designed to h... More |
2009-09-10 |
91.3 |
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| USA 207 |
USA 207 is an U.S. government communications satellite... More |
2009-09-08 |
91.3 |
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| PALAPA D |
Palapa-D is an Indonesian communications satellite, owned by Indonesian satellite communications company Indosat, which will use the satellite to provide links and broadcasting services to southeaster... More |
2009-08-31 |
1436.1 |
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| OPTUS D3 |
Optus D3 is the third in the current generation of communications satellites built in Virginia by Orbital Sciences for the Australian operator. This latest craft will enable a broadening of services p... More |
2009-08-21 |
1436.1 |
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| JCSAT 12 |
JCSAT 12 is a telecommunications Japanese satellite built by Lockheed Martin. The 8,900-pound (4,037-kg) satellite is equipped with 30 active Ku-band and a dozen C-band transponders for communications... More |
2009-08-21 |
1436.1 |
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| NAVSTAR 64 (USA 206) |
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2009-08-17 |
717.9 |
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| ASIASAT 5 |
AsiaSat 5, a new 8,289-pound [3,760-kg] broadcasting and networking satellite for Asia, was bolted atop the Russian booster for the launch. The spacecraft will be operated by Hong Kong-based Asia Sate... More |
2009-08-11 |
1436.1 |
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| APRIZESAT 3 |
APRIZESAT 3 is a 26-pound American communications satellite that will provide tracking and data monitoring services for companies with remote or mobile assets. The spacecraf is owned by Aprize Satelli... More |
2009-07-29 |
97.1 |
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| NANOSAT 1B |
Nanosat 1B is a small testbed for the Spanish space agency. The satellite, stretching about 20 inches [50 cm] in diameter, will demonstrate basic space technologies.... More |
2009-07-29 |
97.3 |
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| APRIZESAT 4 |
APRIZESAT 4 is a 26-pound American communications satellite that will provide tracking and data monitoring services for companies with remote or mobile assets. The spacecraf is owned by Aprize Satelli... More |
2009-07-29 |
97.6 |
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| DMC 2 |
The UK-DMC 2 satellite will gather wide-angle, medium-resolution images with optical payloads able to see objects about 72 feet [22 m] across. The spacecraft join four existing disaster monitoring sat... More |
2009-07-29 |
98.2 |
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| DUBAISAT 1 |
DubaiSat 1 was built by Satrec Initiative, a Korean company specializing in Earth observation satellites. The spacecraft carries an optical imaging camera with a black-and-white resolution of about 8.... More |
2009-07-29 |
98.2 |
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| DEIMOS 1 |
The Deimos 1 satellite will gather wide-angle, medium-resolution images with optical payloads able to see objects about 72 feet [22 m] across. The spacecraft join four existing disaster monitoring sat... More |
2009-07-29 |
97.9 |
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| STERKH |
STERKH is a next-generation search and rescue satellite was also launched Tuesday. The Sterkh 1 craft is part of Russia's contribution to the COSPAS-SARSAT international satellite system for search an... More |
2009-07-21 |
103.6 |
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| COSMOS 2454 |
COSMOS 2454 in a secret Russian military spacecraft believed to be Parus navigation satellite for the Russian Defense Ministry. Parus satellites circle Earth in 620-mile-high (1,000-km-high) orbits ov... More |
2009-07-21 |
103.6 |
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| ANDE CASTOR SPHERE |
Castor and Pollux are two twin spherical satellites designed by students in cooperation with the Naval Research Laboratory as part of the Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment (ANDE). Both satellites... More |
2009-07-15 |
91 |
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| ANDE POLLUX SPHERE |
Castor and Pollux are two twin spherical satellites designed by students in cooperation with the Naval Research Laboratory as part of the Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment (ANDE). Both satellites... More |
2009-07-15 |
90.8 |
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| DRAGONSAT |
DRAGONSat (Dual RF Astrodynamic GPS Orbital Navigator Satellite is a pair of picosatellites will be demonstrating autonomous rendezvous and docking (ARD) in low Earth orbit (LEO) for NASA. DRAGONSat i... More |
2009-07-15 |
90.7 |
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| RAZAKSAT |
RazakSAT carries a medium-sized aperture camera with a black-and-white resolution of 8.2 feet [2.5 m] and a color resolution of about 16.4 feet [5.0 m]. Flying in an orbit with a low inclination of 9 ... More |
2009-07-14 |
98.3 |
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| COSMOS 2453 |
COSMOS 2453 is a Russian military satellite. Some experts believe the COSMOS 2453 could be part of Russia's Oko (Eye) orbital missile early warning network.... More |
2009-07-06 |
116 |
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| COSMOS 2452 |
COSMOS 2452 is a Russian military satellite. Some experts believe the COSMOS 2452 could be part of Russia's Oko (Eye) orbital missile early warning network.... More |
2009-07-06 |
116 |
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| COSMOS 2451 |
COSMOS 2451 is a Russian military satellite. Some experts believe the COSMOS 2451 could be part of Russia's Oko (Eye) orbital missile early warning network.... More |
2009-07-06 |
116.1 |
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