Where Are Satellites Launched From
2 gslv mk 2 will launch the county s first geo imaging satellite or gisat 1.
Where are satellites launched from. Not included are most earth science satellites commercial satellites or manned missions. First satellites from each country are included. The soyuz 2 1b soyuz st. China launched a long march 11 rocket from an ocean platform in the yellow sea early tuesday sept.
It is comparable to the soviet russian kosmos designation. In the context of spaceflight a satellite is an object that has been intentionally placed into orbit these objects are called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as earth s moon. This is a listing of the most recent launched satellites ordered by launch date name description launched action. This is a list of satellites and spacecraft which have been given usa designations by the united states air force these designations have been applied to most us military satellites since 1984 and replaced the earlier ops designation.
Spacex launched its third batch of internet beaming satellites monday evening kicking off what is expected to be a remarkably busy year for the company as it readies its new broadband business. India has launched 319 satellites for 33 different countries as of 11 december 2019. It is scheduled to lift off from the satish dhawan space center. India s geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle mk.
15 successfully sending nine satellites into orbit. The list includes all the foreign satellited launched by india. On 4 october 1957 the soviet union launched the world s first artificial satellite sputnik 1 since then about 8 900 satellites from more than 40 countries have been launched. This timeline of artificial satellites and space probes includes unmanned spacecraft including technology demonstrators observatories lunar probes and interplanetary probes.
Commercial launches for foreign nations are negotiated through nsil. As of 2019 indian space research organisation india s government space agency is only launch capable agency in india and takes up all of research as well as commercial launches. The nine satellites launched tuesday will join a fleet of earth imaging satellites owned by chang guang satellite technology co. The cso 2 satellite is the second of three new generation high resolution optical imaging satellites for the french military replacing the helios 2 spy satellite series.