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 Russian Progress M-13M deorbiting.
On January 25, 2012 at 02:25 UTC the "Progress M-13M” was deorbited. Non-burnt fragments of the spacecraft sank in the South part of the Pacific (51,4 degrees south / 128,2 degrees west) at 03:17 UTC.
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Russia orbited the “Chibis” microsatellite
On January 24, 2012 at 23:18 UTC the "Chibis” microsatellite was separated from the Russian "Progress M-13M” unmanned spacecraft. The microsatellite weighs about 40 kilograms and carries some 12 kilograms of scientific equipment. The microsatellite, developed at the Institute of Space Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was delivered to the ISS on November 2, 2011. The "Chibis-M” will remain in orbit for at least 2 years studying lightnings and thunderstorms in the Earth's atmosphere.
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Date: 25.01.2012
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Progress M-13M undocked from ISS.
On January 23, 2012 at 22:09 UTC (on January 24 at 02:09 Moscow time) the Russian "Progress M-13M” unmanned supply spacecraft with the "Chibis-M” micro-satellite undocked from the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft undocked from the Russian "Pirs” module in an automated mode.
After undocking the "Progress M-13M” was brought to a higher orbit by switching on its engines. After the two orbit corrections, the "Progress M-13M” was positioned at about 500 km to deploy the "Chibis-M” micro-satellite. |
USA launched an Air Force satellite.
On January 20, 2012 at 00:38 UTC the "Delta-4” rocket-carrier was launched from launch pad SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA. The rocket orbited the WGS 4 (Wideband Global SATCOM 4) communication satellite. The satellite will service over the Middle East to route essential communications to U.S. military forces and improve data links to unmanned aerial drones. The launch was performed by United Launch Alliance and the 45th Space Wing of United States Air Force.
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Date: 23.01.2012
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China launched a meteorological satellite.
On January 13, 2012 at 00:56 UTC the "Chang Zheng-3A” (Long March) rocket-carrier was launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The rocket orbited the "FengYun-2F” meteorological satellite.
Capable of providing continuous meteorological monitoring and sending maritime and water resource data, the satellite is expected to play an important role in weather forecasting and disaster reduction. Developed and produced by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, a subsidiary of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the orbiter will collect data for the China Meteorological Administration.
The Long March 3A rocket is a product of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, another CASC subsidiary. It was the 157th launch of a Long March roc
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Date: 15.01.2012
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Vostok rocket in a new stamp.
On November 30, 2011 the Russian Post issued a postage stamp devoted to Kaluga region of Russia.
The stamp depicts the Tsiolkovski State Museum of Cosmonautics and a copy of "Vostok” rocket-carrier.
Total edition is 330 000 stamps. |
The 1st space launch in 2012.
On January 09, 2012 at 03:17 UTC the "Chang Zheng-4B” (Long March 4B) rocket-carrier was launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi province, China.
The rocket orbited the "Ziyuan III” high-resolution remote-sensing satellite. The satellite, weighing 2650 kg, entered an orbit of 500 km above the Earth about 12 minutes after it was launched. It has a designed life expectancy of five years.
The satellite is tasked with offering services to aid the country's land-resources surveys, natural-disaster prevention, agriculture development, water-resources management, and urban planning.
The rocket also orbited the "VesselSat-2” satellite from Luxemburg.
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Date: 10.01.2012
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2011 – Space Launch Results.
84 rocket-carries were launched in 2011. 77 launches were successful. 3 launches were partly-successful. There were 4 fail launches.
Russia performed 32 launches, 5 of them were partly-successful or failed.
China performed 19 launches including 1 failed launch.
USA performed 18 launches including 1 failed launch.
Arianespace performed 7 launches including 2 launches of the Russian "Soyuz” rockets.
India performed 3 launches.
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Date: 06.01.2012
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A new book about Space Mail.
Soviet cosmonaut-veteran Viktor Savinykh wrote a book titled "My Space Mail”. The author tells about the Space Mail items from his own collection. The 70-page book has more than 80 illustrations of space mail items.
At the end of December 2011 Chairman of the FIP Section for Astrophilately, Igor Rodin had a meeting with Viktor Savinykh and got a copy of the book as a present from the author.
Cosmonaut Viktor Savinykh is signing the book and several covers for Igor Rodin.
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Date: 06.01.2012
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Russian rocket orbited 6 American satellites.
On December 28, 2011 at 17:09 UTC the Russian "Soyuz – 2.1a” rocket-carrier was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The rocket equipped with the "Fregat” booster orbited 6 American "Globalstar-2” telecommunication satellites.
Globalstar's subscribers use the satellites to place telephone calls and send data messages around the world. Built by Thales Alenia Space, the second-generation satellites feature longer design lives.
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Date: 30.12.2011
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