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  • PROBA

    • PROBA (Project for On-Board Autonomy) was a Belgian satellite launched atop an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle by ISRO in 2001. The satellite was funded through the ESA's MicroSat program. This small (40×60×80 cm; 95 kg) boxlike system, with solar panel collectors on its surface, has remarkable image- ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • PROITERES

    • PROITERES (Project of OIT Electric-Rocket-Engine Onboard Small Space Ship) or 大阪工業大学 電気推進ロケットエンジン搭載小型スペースシッププロジェクト in Japanese is a satellite ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • Proba-3

    • PROBA-3 is the third satellite mission in the European Space Agency's series of PROBA low-cost satellites that are being used to validate new spacecraft technologies while also carrying scientific instruments. Currently PROBA-3 is in its preparatory study phase. PROBA-3 will show the technology that is required for for ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • Prospero (satellite)

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    • ProsperoThe Prospero satellite, also known as the X-3, was launched by the United Kingdom in 1971. It was designed to undertake a series of experiments to study the effects of space environment on communications satellites and remained operational until 1973, after which it was contacted annually for over twenty-five years. Al ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • PoSAT-1

    • PoSAT-1, the first Portuguese satellite, was launched into orbit on September 26, 1993, on the 59th flight of the Ariane 4 rocket. The launch took place in the Kourou Space Centre, French Guiana. About 20 minutes and 35 seconds after launch, at an altitude of 807 km, PoSAT-1 separated itself from the rocket. The Po ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • PicoSAT

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    • PicoSATPicoSAT, launched on September 30, 2001, is a real time tracking satellite. The name "PICO" combines the first letters of all four of its experiments (see below). PICOSat series are designed for a minimum of one year of on-orbit operations. The name Picosat was coined by Peter P. Vekinis and was used to describe a ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • OSO 7

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    The OSO 7 satellite, like the other Orbiting Solar Observatory missions, was primarily a solar observatory designed to point a battery of UV and X-ray telescopes at the Sun from a stabilized "sail" pointing platform mounted on a rotating cylindrical "wheel".
    • Operator NASA COSPAR ID 1971-083A Mission duration 3 years Spacecraft properties Manufacturer Ball Brothers Research Corporation (BBRC) Launch mass 635 kilograms (1,400 lb) Start of mission Launch date September 29, 1971, 09:50:00 (1971-09-29UTC09:50Z) UTC Rocket Delta-N Launch site Cape Canaveral LC-17A End of mission Decay date July 9, 1974 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Eccentricity 0.018376 Perigee 321.0 kilometers (199.5 mi) Apogee 572.0 kilometers (355.4 mi) Inclination 33.10 degrees OSO 7OSO 7 or Orbiting Solar Observatory 7 (NSSDC ID: 1971-083A), before launch known as OSO H is the seventh in the series of American Orbiting Solar Observatory satellites launched by NASA between 1962 and 1975. OSO 7 was launched from Cape Canaveral on 29 September 1971 by a Delta N rocket into a 33.1° inclination, lo ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • OSCAR 40

    • AMSAT-OSCAR-40, also known as AO-40 or simply OSCAR 40, was the on-orbit designation of an amateur radio satellite of the OSCAR series. Prior to launch, the spacecraft was known as Phase 3D or "P3D". AO-40 was built by AMSAT. AO-40's project manager was Peter Guelzow of AMSAT-DL, the German AMSAT organization. Mr Guel ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • Polar (satellite)

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    • Mission type Earth observation Operator NASA COSPAR ID 1996-013A SATCAT â„– 23802 Website Polar home page Mission duration 12 years Spacecraft properties Manufacturer Lockheed Martin Space Systems Launch mass 1,300 kg (2,900 lb) Power 333 watts Start of mission Launch date February 24, 1996, 11:24:00 (1996-02-24UTC11:24Z) UTC Rocket Delta II 7925-10 Launch site Vandenberg SLC-2W Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric Regime Highly elliptical Semi-major axis 35,490.71 km (22,052.90 mi) Eccentricity 0.7324219 Perigee 3,125 km (1,942 mi) Apogee 55,113 km (34,246 mi) Inclination 78.94 degrees Period 1109.04 minutes RAAN 292.36 degrees Argument of perigee 0.55 degrees Mean anomalyPolarThe Global Geospace Science (GGS) Polar Satellite was a NASA science spacecraft designed to study the polar magnetosphere and aurora. It was launched into orbit in February 1996, and continued operations until the program was terminated in April 2008. The spacecraft remains in orbit, though it is now inactive. Polar is ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • Reflector (microsatellite)

    • Reflector (USA-163) is a space debris research microsatellite built in Russia by NII KP for the United States Air Force Research Lab at Kirtland AFB. There has been some confusion about whether or not the USA-163 designation had actually ever been assigned, which appears to stem from the fact that more than one micros ... Read »Wikipedia
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