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 Arian rocket orbited ATV-3 spacecraft.
On March 23, 2012 at 04:34 UTC the "Ariane-5ES” rocket-carrier was launched from Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket orbited the European ATV-3 (Automated Transfer Vehicle) unmanned supply spacecraft named "Edoardo Amaldi”.
Edoardo Amaldi (5 September 1908 – 5 December 1989) was an Italian physicist.
The spacecraft will deliver fresh food, spare parts, propellant, water and breathing air for the six-person crew of the International Space Station (ISS). ATV-3 is to dock with the ISS at 22:51 UTC on March 28. |
MonacoPhil 2011 International Exhibition.
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Date: 20.03.2012
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2011 Astrophilately activities – Austria, Italy.
We created 2 new pages with photos about 2011 Astrophilately activities in Austria and in Italy.
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Date: 29.02.2012
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USA launched a Navy communication satellite.
On February 24, 2012 at 22:15 UTC the "Atlas-5” rocket-carrier was launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA. The rocket orbited the MUOS-1 (Multiple User Objective Satellite-1) communications satellite. The space vehicle will provide 3G voice, data and video services to military troops on the move.
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Date: 27.02.2012
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China launched a navigation satellite.
On February 24, 2012 at 16:12 UTC the Chang Zheng-3C (Long March-3C) rocket-carrier was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern Sichuan Province, China. The rocket orbited the "Beidou DW 11” navigation satellite. It is the 11th satellite of its indigenous global navigation and positioning network known as Beidou, or Compass system.
It was also the 158th launch of the Long March carrier rockets.
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Date: 27.02.2012
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Russian cosmonauts performed a spacewalk.
On February 16, 2012 at 14:31 UTC two Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Anton Shkaplerov began their spacewalk. They spent 6 hours and 15 minutes outside the International Space Station to move a14-meter crane from the "Pirs” docking module to the "Poisk” scientific module (MIM-2). The space walkers also performed scientific experiments under "Test” and "Vynoslivost” (Endurance) programs. It was the first extravehicular activity (EVA) for the ISS crew this year.
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Russia launched a Dutch Satellite.
On February 14, 2012 at 19:36 UTC the Russian "Proton-M” rocket-carrier was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The rocket equipped with the "Briz-M” upper stage orbited the Dutch SES-4 (NSS-14) telecommunication satellite.
The blastoff was the 70th commercial launch of a Proton carrier rocket since 1995 under contracts concluded by International Launch Services Inc. (ILS).
The SES-4 is the largest and most powerful in the group of SES satellites, built by U.S. company Space Systems/Loral for the Dutch operator SES World Skies, which is now a subsidiary of Luxemburg-based SES S.A. It was designed to provide various satellite services to customers in the Middle East, Europe, Africa and Latin America. The 5.8-ton satellite has a life span of 15 years.
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Date: 26.02.2012
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The first launch of “Vega” rocket.
On February 13, 2012 at 10:00 UTC the first "Vega” rocket was launched from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, successfully injecting nine satellites into orbit and inaugurating a new capability in Europe's growing launcher family.
The payload consisted of two Italian satellites - ASI’s LARES laser relativity satellite and the University of Bologna’s ALMASat-1 - as well as seven picosatellites provided by European universities: e-Star (Italy), Goliat (Romania), MaSat-1 (Hungary), PW-Sat (Poland), Robusta (France), UniCubeSat GG (Italy) and Xatcobeo (Spain).
Vega is compatible with payload masses ranging from 300 kg to 2,500 kg, depending on the type and altitude of the orbit required by the customers. Arianespace started work on the vehicle in 2003 with ELV SpA (Italy) being the lead manufacturer.
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Date: 26.02.2012
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Reports of Astrophilately activities in 2011
We added the reports of Astrophilately activities in 2011.
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Date: 12.02.2012
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