Mission Tselina-O 17 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit The Tselina-O (11F616) was one component of two-satellite Tselina ELINT satellite system. Tselina-O provided general ELINT surveillance to be examined in detail by the larger Tselina-D satellites. Location 132/1 (132L) Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 132/1 (132L) has witnessed the launch of 212 rockets, including 212 […]
Mission Zenit-4M 45 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit The soviet Zenit-4M (Rotor, 11F691) was an improved version of the Zenit-4 high resolution reconnaissance satellite and was part of the Vostok-based Zenit-family. Location 31/6 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan 31/6 has witnessed the launch of 415 rockets, including 415 orbital launch attempts, while Baikonur […]
Mission Luna-21 Type: Robotic Exploration Orbit: Lunar Impactor Lunar lander and rover Location 81/23 (81L) Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan 81/23 (81L) has witnessed the launch of 104 rockets, including 104 orbital launch attempts, while Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan, has been the site for 1548 rocket launches. Rocket Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Proton […]
Mission Tselina-D 4 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system. Location 43/4 (43R) Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 43/4 (43R) has witnessed the launch of 319 rockets, including 319 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk Cosmodrome, […]
Mission Zenit-4MT 3 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit 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 Energia Soyuz 11A511M The Soyuz was a Soviet expendable […]
Mission Strela-2M 7 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Military communications satellite 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 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) N/A Agency Soviet Space […]
Mission KH-8 37 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit KH-8 Block 3 high resolution reconnaissance satellite. Location Space Launch Complex 4W Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA Space Launch Complex 4W has witnessed the launch of 93 rockets, including 93 orbital launch attempts, while Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, has been the site for 751 rocket launches. […]
Mission Sfera 9 Type: Earth Science Orbit: Low Earth Orbit The Sfera or Geoid series were the first soviet geodetic satellites to improve the accuracy of maps. The development of the satellites started in 1965 at NPO-PM. Location 132/2 Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 132/2 has witnessed the launch of 172 rockets, including 172 orbital launch […]
Mission Canyon 5 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Geostationary Orbit Canyon was the first series of NRO’s near geostationary ELINT/SIGINT satellites launched under the designation AFP-827 or Program 7500 for NRO’s Program A. They were focussed on communications intelligence (COMINT). Location Space Launch Complex 13 Cape Canaveral, FL, USA Space Launch Complex 13 has witnessed the […]
Mission Aeros 1 Type: Earth Science Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Joint NASA-German ministry for science and education satellite to study the upper atmosphere. Location Space Launch Complex 5 Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA Space Launch Complex 5 has witnessed the launch of 69 rockets, including 69 orbital launch attempts, while Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, has been […]
Mission Zenit-4M 44 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Low Earth Orbit The soviet Zenit-4M (Rotor, 11F691) was an improved version of the Zenit-4 high resolution reconnaissance satellite and was part of the Vostok-based Zenit-family. Location 43/4 (43R) Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation 43/4 (43R) has witnessed the launch of 319 rockets, including 319 orbital launch attempts, while […]
Mission Molniya-2 4 Type: Government/Top Secret Orbit: Elliptical Orbit Government communications 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 Space Forces Molniya-M 2BL Agency Soviet Space Program The […]
Mission Nimbus 5 Type: Earth Science Orbit: Low Earth Orbit Satellite used to test advanced meteorological sensor systems 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 751 rocket […]
Crew Gene Cernan Birthday: 03/14/1934 Role: Commander Nationality: American First Flight: 06/03/1966 Last Flight: 12/07/1972 Eugene Andrew Cernan was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. During the Apollo 17 mission, Cernan became the eleventh person to walk on the Moon. Since he re-entered the lunar module after Harrison Schmitt […]
Mission Molniya-1 22 Type: Communications Orbit: Elliptical Orbit The Molniya were Soviet communication satellites operating from an inclined highly elliptical earth orbit of 500 km × 40000 km with 12 hour period for coverage of high northern latitudes. Location 1/5 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan 1/5 has witnessed the launch of 487 rockets, including 487 […]
