Mission Landsat 4 Type: Earth Science Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Earth resources monitoring satellite Location Space Launch Complex 2W Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA Space Launch Complex 2W has witnessed the launch of 96 rockets, including 96 orbital launch attempts, while Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, has been the site for 749 rocket launches. Rocket McDonnell Douglas […]
Mission Zenit-4MKT 21 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Film-return reconnaissance satellite Location 43/3 (43L) Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 43/3 (43L) has witnessed the launch of 229 rockets, including 229 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site for 1667 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Soyuz U […]
Location 1/5 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan 1/5 has witnessed the launch of 487 rockets, including 487 orbital launch attempts, while Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan, has been the site for 1547 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Soyuz U Agency Soviet Space Program The Soviet space program, was the national space program […]
Mission Parus 34 Type: Navigation Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system Location 132/1 (132L) Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 132/1 (132L) has witnessed the launch of 212 rockets, including 212 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site for 1667 rocket launches. Rocket Russian […]
Mission Zenit-6U 62 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite Location 41/1 Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 41/1 has witnessed the launch of 310 rockets, including 310 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site for 1667 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Soyuz U Agency […]
Mission Yantar-2K 26 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit High-resolution film-return Yantar reconnaissance satellite Location 41/1 Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 41/1 has witnessed the launch of 310 rockets, including 310 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site for 1667 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Soyuz U […]
Mission Nadezhda 1 Type: Navigation Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus Location 132/1 (132L) Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 132/1 (132L) has witnessed the launch of 212 rockets, including 212 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site for 1667 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Space […]
Crew Ken Mattingly Birthday: 03/17/1936 Role: Commander Nationality: American First Flight: 04/16/1972 Last Flight: 01/24/1985 Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II better known as Ken Mattingly, is a former American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, Rear Admiral in the United States Navy and astronaut who flew on the Apollo 16, STS-4 and STS-51-C missions. […]
Mission US-K 27 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Elliptical Orbit Early warning satellite Location 43/3 (43L) Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 43/3 (43L) has witnessed the launch of 229 rockets, including 229 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site for 1667 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Space Forces Molniya-M 2BL Agency Soviet Space […]
Crew Vladimir Dzhanibekov Birthday: 05/13/1942 Role: Commander Nationality: Russian First Flight: 01/10/1978 Last Flight: 06/06/1985 Vladimir Aleksandrovich Dzhanibekov (Russian: Владимир Александрович Джанибеков, born 13 May 1942) is a former cosmonaut who made five flights. Dzhanibekov made five flights: Soyuz 27, Soyuz 39, Soyuz T-6, Soyuz T-12 and Soyuz T-13. In all he had spent […]
Mission Zenit-6U 61 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite Location 31/6 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan 31/6 has witnessed the launch of 414 rockets, including 414 orbital launch attempts, while Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan, has been the site for 1547 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Soyuz […]
Mission Parus 33 Type: Navigation Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system Location 132/2 Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 132/2 has witnessed the launch of 172 rockets, including 172 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site for 1667 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Space Forces […]
Mission IS-A 13 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Launch Cost: $12,000,000 Second generation ASAT satellite Location 90 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan 90 has witnessed the launch of 74 rockets, including 74 orbital launch attempts, while Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan, has been the site for 1547 rocket launches. Rocket Yuzhnoye Design Bureau […]
Mission Zenit-6U 60 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Optical film-return reconnaissance satellite Location 31/6 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan 31/6 has witnessed the launch of 414 rockets, including 414 orbital launch attempts, while Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan, has been the site for 1547 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Soyuz […]
Mission Tselina-D 36 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Launch Cost: $15,000,000 Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system. Location 32/1 Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 32/1 has witnessed the launch of 57 rockets, including 57 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk […]
