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Chronology - Quarter 3 2006
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2006 July 1 - 06:39 GMT - Launch Site: Andoya. Launch Vehicle: Terrier Orion. Model: Terrier Improved Orion. LV Configuration: Terrier Improved Orion s/n NASA 41.056UO. -
 ESPRIT (SPIRIT 3) Nation: Norway. Agency: NASA GSFC PSU/Wheeler. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi). Ionos/Plasma References: 2.
2006 July 2 - - Cassini, Titan Flyby Spacecraft: Cassini.
2006 July 4 -
2006 July 4 - 18:32 GMT - Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. Launch Vehicle: Hwasong 6. - Agency: CMIK. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). Test References: 2.
2006 July 4 - 18:38 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC39. Launch Pad: LC39B. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. Model: Space Shuttle. LV Configuration: STS-121. -
 STS-121 Nation: USA. Program: ISS. Payload: Discovery F32 / Leonardo. Mass: 121,094 kg (266,966 lb). Class: Manned. Type: Spaceplane. Spacecraft: Discovery. Manufacturer: Boeing. Agency: NASA. Perigee: 332 km (206 mi). Apogee: 351 km (218 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.40 min. COSPAR: 2006-028A. USAF Sat Cat: 29251. Duration: 12.78 days. Crew: Lindsey, Kelly Mark, Fossum, Nowak, Wilson, Sellers, Reiter. Flight: STS-121, ISS EO-13, ISS Astrolab. The shuttle was launched using external tank ET-119 and solid motors RSRM-93. Cameras revealed that large chunks of foam were still shed from the external tank during the ascent to orbit. However examination of the heat shield using a new extension and sensors attached to the shuttle's robot arm revealed no significant damage. Discovery docked with the PMA-2 adapter on the Destiny module of the ISS at 14:52 GMT on 6 July. On July 7 the Leonardo cargo module was moved from the shuttle payload bay by the robot arm and docked to the Unity Module of the ISS between 09:42 and 11:50 GMT. The crew then began unloading the spare parts and supplies in the module to the station. A series of three EVAs conducted on 8 to 12 July tested the new equipment and techniques for repairing the shuttle heat shield in case of damage, and did some preliminary installations on the exterior of the ISS to pave the way for continued station assembly missions. On 14 July, the station's SSRMS robot moved the Leonardo module from the station back to the shuttle cargo bay between 13:08 and 14:50 GMT. The shuttle separated from the ISS, and fired its engines at 12:07 GMT on 17 July to make a 92 m/s deorbit maneuver. Discovery landed at the Kennedy Space Center at 13:14 GMT. European astronaut Reiter was left behind to make up part of the EO-13 resident crew on the station.
2006 July 4 - 19:04 GMT - Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. Launch Vehicle: Nodong 1. LV Configuration: Nodong 1 ?. - Agency: CMIK. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). Test References: 2.
2006 July 4 - 22:12 GMT - Launch Site: Musudan. Launch Vehicle: Pekdosan 2. FAILURE: Failure. -
 North Korean missile test Nation: Korea North. Agency: CMIK. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). Test
2006 July 4 - 22:31 GMT - Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. Launch Vehicle: Nodong 1. - Agency: CMIK. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). Test References: 2.
2006 July 4 - 22:32 GMT - Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. Launch Vehicle: Nodong 1. LV Configuration: Nodong 1 ?. - Agency: CMIK. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). Test References: 2.
2006 July 5 - 08:20 GMT - Launch Site: Gitdaeryung. Launch Vehicle: Nodong 1. LV Configuration: Nodong 1 ?. - Agency: CMIK. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). Test References: 2.
2006 July 8 - - EVA STS-121-1 Nation: USA. Program: ISS. Crew: Sellers, Fossum. Flight: STS-121. EVA Duration: 0.31 days. The astronauts tested the OBSS robot arm extension that would be available in later missions to carry an astronaut underneath the Shuttle for tile repairs.
2006 July 9 - 05:33 GMT - Launch Site: Balasore. Launch Complex: IC4?. Launch Vehicle: Agni 2. LV Configuration: Agni 3 s/n 01. FAILURE: Failure. -
 Missile test Nation: India. Agency: DRDO. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi). Test
2006 July 10 - - EVA STS-121-2 Nation: USA. Program: ISS. Crew: Sellers, Fossum. Flight: STS-121. EVA Duration: 0.28 days. The crew worked on the exterior of the ISS. They installed a spare pump module on the ESP-2 platform and replaced an umbilical cable assembly for the ISS Mobile Transporter, making it ready for installation of new solar truss panels on the next mission.
2006 July 10 - 12:08 GMT - Launch Site: Sriharikota. Launch Complex: SLP. Launch Vehicle: GSLV. FAILURE: One of the liquid-fueled strap-on motors failed to develop thrust. By 40 seconds after launch the GSLV had veered outside of the launch corridor and the destruct signal was sent. - Insat 4C Nation: India. Program: Insat. Mass: 2,168 kg (4,779 lb). Class: Communications. Spacecraft: Insat 3. Manufacturer: ISRO. Agency: ISRO. COSPAR: F20060710.
2006 July 12 - - EVA STS-121-3 Nation: USA. Program: ISS. Crew: Sellers, Fossum. Flight: STS-121. EVA Duration: 0.30 days. The crew tested repairing samples of heat shield material with DTO 848 protection system repair kit demonstator mounted in the shuttle payload bay.
2006 July 12 - 11:17 GMT - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: FIX. Launch Vehicle: Hera. - THAAD Target Nation: USA. Agency: USA MDA. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). Target References: 2.
2006 July 12 - 14:53 GMT - Launch Site: Dombarovskiy. Launch Vehicle: R-36M2. Model: Dnepr. - Genesis 1 Nation: USA. Mass: 1,360 kg (2,990 lb). Class: Technology. Spacecraft: Genesis Pathfinder. Manufacturer: Bigelow. Agency: Bigelow. Perigee: 552 km (342 mi). Apogee: 565 km (351 mi). Inclination: 64.50 deg. Period: 95.80 min. COSPAR: 2006-029A. USAF Sat Cat: 29252. One third scale version of the privately-financed Nautilus inflatable human space habitat module.
2006 July 21 - 04:20 GMT - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: LC16. Launch Pad: LC16/2. Launch Vehicle: Molniya 8K78M. -
 Cosmos 2422 Nation: Russia. Mass: 1,750 kg (3,850 lb). Class: Early Warning. Spacecraft: Oko. Manufacturer: NPO Lavochkin. Agency: VKS. Perigee: 616 km (382 mi). Apogee: 39,741 km (24,693 mi). Inclination: 62.90 deg. Period: 717.80 min. COSPAR: 2006-030A. USAF Sat Cat: 29260. Missile early warning satellite
2006 July 21 - 09:04 GMT - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Vehicle: Improved Orion. LV Configuration: Improved Orion s/n NASA 30.066DR. - Target? Nation: USA. Agency: NASA/NAWC NAWC/Winstead. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). Target References: 2.
2006 July 21 - 10:14 GMT - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: LF09. Launch Vehicle: Minuteman 3. - GT-192GM FDEP operational test launch - 3 RV's Nation: USA. Agency: USAF. Apogee: 1,300 km (800 mi). Test
2006 July 21 - 13:05 GMT - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Vehicle: Improved Orion. LV Configuration: Improved Orion s/n NASA 30.067DR. - Target? Nation: USA. Agency: NASA/NAWC NAWC/Winstead. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). Target References: 2.
2006 July 22 - - Cassini, Titan Flyby Spacecraft: Cassini.
2006 July 26 - 19:43 GMT - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: R-36M2. Model: Dnepr. FAILURE: First stage engine failed. -
 BelKA, Baumanets, Unisat 4, PicPot, and 9 nanosats Nation: Belarus. Mass: 360 kg (790 lb). Class: Technology. Manufacturer: RKK Energia. Agency: Belarus National Academy of Sciences. COSPAR: F20060726. Payload consisted of 19 nanosats from academic institutions: BelKA; Baumanets; Unisat-4; PICPOT; ICECube-1; ION; RINCON; AeroCube-1; CalPoly CP1; SEEDS; nCube-1; HAUSAT-1; MEROPE; CalPoly CP2; KUTESat; SACRED; Voyager; ICECube 3
2006 July 28 - 07:05 GMT - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Rokot. -
 Kompsat 2 Nation: Korea South. Payload: Arirang-2. Mass: 798 kg (1,759 lb). Class: Communications. Manufacturer: EADS Astrium. Agency: KARI. Perigee: 676 km (420 mi). Apogee: 701 km (435 mi). Inclination: 98.10 deg. Period: 98.50 min. COSPAR: 2006-031A. USAF Sat Cat: 29268. Carried a 1-meter-resolution Earth surveillance camera..
2006 August 1 - - SMART-1, End of Extended Mission Spacecraft: SMART-1.
2006 August 3 - 10:38 GMT - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Topol. - Missile test Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). OT
2006 August 4 - - EVA ISS EO-13-2 Nation: USA. Program: ISS. Crew: Reiter, Williams Jeffrey. Flight: ISS EO-13. EVA Duration: 0.25 days. The crew exited the station from the Quest airlock wearing American suits. They installed a replacement Floating Potential Measurement Unit and two long-duration materials exposure MISSE containers. The crew then moved to the S1 truss, where Williams conducted several assembly and repair tasks on the right side of the truss, while Reiter did the same on the left. Then they worked together to install a new infrared camera that would scan arriving shuttles for damage to their heat shields. After completing further minor repairs, they were ahead of the timeline, so ground contorl passed up additonal tasks in preparation for future assembly spacewalks.
2006 August 4 - 21:48 GMT - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC200. Launch Pad: LC200/39. Launch Vehicle: Proton 8K82M. LV Configuration: Proton-M/Briz-M. -
 Hot Bird 8 Nation: Europe. Program: Eutelsat. Mass: 4,875 kg (10,747 lb). Class: Communications. Spacecraft: Eurostar 3000. Manufacturer: EADS Astrium. Agency: Eutelsat. Perigee: 35,755 km (22,217 mi). Apogee: 35,817 km (22,255 mi). Inclination: 0.10 deg. Period: 1,436.10 min. COSPAR: 2006-032A. USAF Sat Cat: 29270. Ku-band communications direct broadcast satellite to supplement Eutelsat constellation of Hot Birds. As of 2007 Mar 4 located at 13.03E drifting at 0.010E degrees per day.
2006 August 11 - 22:15 GMT - Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: ELA3. Launch Vehicle: Ariane 5 EC-A. -
 JCSAT 10 Nation: Japan. Payload: AS2100AX. Mass: 4,048 kg (8,924 lb). Class: Communications. Spacecraft: AS 2100. Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin. Agency: JSAT. Perigee: 35,781 km (22,233 mi). Apogee: 35,793 km (22,240 mi). Inclination: 0.00 deg. Period: 1,436.10 min. COSPAR: 2006-033A. USAF Sat Cat: 29272. Ku/C-band television broadcasting satellite for the Japanese market; mass 1858 kg dry. As of 2007 Mar 11 located at 128.01E drifting at 0.012W degrees per day.
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 Syracuse 3B Nation: France. Payload: Spacebus 4000B3. Mass: 3,750 kg (8,260 lb). Class: Communications. Type: Military. Spacecraft: Spacebus 4000. Manufacturer: Alcatel Alenia Space. Agency: DGA. Perigee: 35,777 km (22,230 mi). Apogee: 35,796 km (22,242 mi). Inclination: 0.00 deg. Period: 1,436.10 min. COSPAR: 2006-033B. USAF Sat Cat: 29273. SHF and EHF military communications links for the French military. As of 2007 Mar 9 located at 5.21W drifting at 0.004W degrees per day.
2006 August 21 - 14:30 GMT - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant. Model: Black Brant IX. LV Configuration: Black Brant IX s/n NASA 36.238DR. - Target Nation: USA. Agency: NASA GSFC MDA/Audenaert. Apogee: 380 km (230 mi). Target References: 2.
2006 August 22 - 03:27 GMT - Launch Site: Kiritimati. Launch Complex: Odyssey. Launch Vehicle: Zenit-3SL. - Koreasat 5 Nation: Korea South. Payload: Mugunghwa 5, Spacebus 4000C1. Mass: 4,465 kg (9,843 lb). Class: Communications. Spacecraft: Spacebus 4000. Manufacturer: Alcatel Alenia Space. Agency: KT. Perigee: 35,780 km (22,230 mi). Apogee: 35,795 km (22,241 mi). Inclination: 0.00 deg. Period: 1,436.20 min. COSPAR: 2006-034A. USAF Sat Cat: 29349. The satellite will was to provide Ku-band service for Korea Telecom and Ka-band and SHF band transponders for the South Korean Agency for Defense Development. As of 2007 Mar 11 located at 113.05E drifting at 0.012W degrees per day.
2006 August 25 - 14:30 GMT - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant. Model: Black Brant IX. LV Configuration: Black Brant IX s/n NASA 36.237DR. - THAAD Target Nation: USA. Agency: NASA GSFC MDA/Audenaert. Apogee: 382 km (237 mi). Target References: 2.
2006 September 1 - 17:22 GMT - Launch Site: Kodiak. Launch Vehicle: STARS. LV Configuration: STARS s/n M-8. - IFT-15 Nation: USA. Manufacturer: Sandia. Agency: MDA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Target
2006 September 1 - 17:39 GMT - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Vehicle: OBV. LV Configuration: OBV s/n 5. - FT-2 Nation: USA. Agency: MDA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Test
2006 September 4 - Launch Site: Wuzhai. Launch Vehicle: DF-31. -
 DF-31 test Nation: China. Agency: PLA. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Test
2006 September 7 - - Cassini, Titan Flyby Spacecraft: Cassini.
2006 September 7 - Launch Site: White Sea. Launch Pad: SSBN Dmitry Donskoi. Launch Vehicle: Bulava. FAILURE: Error in the self-test software of the second change caused the missile to go off course, greatly missing its target. - Bulava SLBM test Nation: Russia. Agency: RN.
2006 September 9 - 07:00 GMT - Launch Site: Jiuquan. Launch Vehicle: CZ-2C. - SJ-8 Nation: China. Mass: 3,000 kg (6,600 lb). Class: Technology. Spacecraft: FSW. Manufacturer: SAST. Agency: CASC. Perigee: 173 km (107 mi). Apogee: 336 km (208 mi). Inclination: 63.00 deg. Period: 89.60 min. COSPAR: 2006-035A. USAF Sat Cat: 29385. Duration: 14.82 days. Long delayed Seed Satellite, an experiment in which a large payload of seeds were exposed to te space environment for two weeks. The modified FSW optical reconnaisance satellite capsule was recovered in Sichuan at 02:43 GMT on September 24.
2006 September 9 - 11:20 GMT - Launch Pad: K-84. Launch Vehicle: R-29. Model: R-29RM. - R-29RM test Agency: VMF RF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Submarine K-84 Ekaterinburg launched the missile while surfaced in the ice pack from a polar location toward the Chizha impact zone on the Kanin Peninsula. The three warheads were reported to have successfuly reached their targets. This was the first Russian launch from the icepack since 29 August 1995.References: 2.
2006 September 9 - 15:15 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC39. Launch Pad: LC39B. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. Model: Space Shuttle. LV Configuration: STS-115. - STS-115 Nation: USA. Program: ISS. Payload: Atlantis F27 / P3, P4. Mass: 122,400 kg (269,800 lb). Class: Manned. Type: Spaceplane. Spacecraft: Atlantis. Manufacturer: Boeing. Agency: NASA. Perigee: 335 km (208 mi). Apogee: 350 km (210 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.40 min. COSPAR: 2006-036A. USAF Sat Cat: 29391. Duration: 11.80 days. Crew: Jett, Ferguson, Stefanyshyn-Piper, Tanner, Burbank, MacLean. Flight: STS-115, ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13. Atlantis docked with the International Space Station at the PMA-2 port at 10:48 GMT on 11 September. At the Shuttle RMS robot arm connected to the enormous P3/P4 truss in the payload pay and handed it off to the Station's robot arm between 14:52 and 15:03 GMT the same day. The station arm then connected to the P3/P4 truss to the station's P1 truss at 07:27 on 12 September. Three EVA's were made by the shuttle crew over the next three days to complete installation of the truss and deply its solar panels. The Shuttle undocked from the station at 12:50 GMT on 20 September. There was a one-day delay in landing due to weather at the Cape and some concern about several small objects seen floating near the spacecraft. These were believed to be plastic shims that had worked loose from between the tiles and were not a concern. Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center at 10:21 GMT on 21 September.
2006 September 9 - 22:17 GMT - Launch Site: Andoya. Launch Vehicle: Nike Orion. - ECOMA 1 Nation: Norway. Agency: ARR/DLR IAP/Rapp?. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). Meteors/Dust References: 2.
2006 September 10 - 14:50 GMT - Launch Pad: K-433. Launch Vehicle: R-29. Model: R-29R. - R-29R test Agency: VMF RF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Submarine K-433 St Georgiy Pobedonosets launched the missile from the Pacific near Simushir Island towards an impact zone on the Kanin Peninsula. The two warheads were reported to have successfully reached their targets. References: 2.
2006 September 11 - 04:35 GMT - Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: Y. Launch Vehicle: H-2A. LV Configuration: H-2A/202. - IGS-3A Nation: Japan. Mass: 850 kg (1,870 lb). Class: Surveillance. Type: Military. Spacecraft: IGS. Manufacturer: Melco. Agency: JIDF. Perigee: 484 km (300 mi). Apogee: 491 km (305 mi). Inclination: 97.30 deg. COSPAR: 2006-037A. USAF Sat Cat: 29393. Information Gathering Satellite / Optical-2 military surveillance satellite, launched to replace IGS O-1 launched in 2003, which demonstrated technical problems. The first replacement, IGS-O-2, was lost in a launch failure in 2003.
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2006 September 12 - 16:02 GMT - Launch Site: Xichang. Launch Vehicle: CZ-3A. - Zhongxing 22A Nation: China. Mass: 2,300 kg (5,000 lb). Class: Communications. Spacecraft: FH-1. Manufacturer: CAST. Agency: CTBSC. Perigee: 35,757 km (22,218 mi). Apogee: 35,817 km (22,255 mi). Inclination: 0.40 deg. Period: 1,000.00 min. COSPAR: 2006-038A. USAF Sat Cat: 29398. Military communications satellite, launched to replace Zhongxing 22 in geosynchronous orbit at 98.0 E. As of 2007 Mar 10 located at 98.10E drifting at 0.006W degrees per day.
2006 September 13 - 10:30 GMT - Launch Site: White Sands. Launch Complex: FIX?. Launch Vehicle: Hera. - THAAD Target Nation: USA. Agency: USA MDA. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Target References: 2.
2006 September 14 - - EVA STS-115-2 Nation: USA. Program: ISS. Crew: Burbank, MacLean. Flight: STS-115. EVA Duration: 0.30 days. The crew continued work on the P3/P4 truss, which allowed the truss' solar arrays to be deployed on 14 September.
2006 September 14 - 13:41 GMT - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC31. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U. - Cosmos 2423 Nation: Russia. Mass: 6,750 kg (14,880 lb). Class: Surveillance. Type: Military. Spacecraft: Orlets-1. Manufacturer: TsSKB-Progress. Agency: VKS. Perigee: 208 km (129 mi). Apogee: 306 km (190 mi). Inclination: 64.90 deg. Period: 89.70 min. COSPAR: 2006-039A. USAF Sat Cat: 29402. Duration: 64.00 days. Decay Date: 2006-11-17. Military surveillance; believed to be a derivative of the Orlets-1 multiple-capsule-return reconnaisance sattelite. Destroyed in orbit on November 17 at the end of its mission.
2006 September 15 - - EVA STS-115-3 Nation: USA. Program: ISS. Crew: Tanner, Stefanyshyn-Piper. Flight: STS-115. EVA Duration: 0.28 days. The crew completed work on the P3/P4 truss, deploying a radiator, and
replacing an S-band antenna assembly.
2006 September 17 - 21:06 GMT - Launch Site: Andoya. Launch Vehicle: Nike Orion. - ECOMA 2 Nation: Norway. Agency: ARR/DLR IAP/Rapp?. Apogee: 129 km (80 mi). Meteors/Dust References: 2.
2006 September 18 - 04:08 GMT - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC1. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz FG. - Soyuz TMA-9 Nation: Russia. Program: ISS. Mass: 7,250 kg (15,980 lb). Class: Manned. Type: Spacecraft. Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA. Manufacturer: RKK Energia. Agency: Roskosmos. Perigee: 330 km (200 mi). Apogee: 348 km (216 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.30 min. COSPAR: 2006-040A. USAF Sat Cat: 29400. Duration: 215.35 days. Crew: Tyurin, Lopez-Alegria, Ansari. Flight: ISS EO-14, ISS EO-13. Carried the Expedition 14 crew and space tourist Anousheh Ansari to the International Space Station. Ansari replaced tourist Daisuke Enomoto, who was removed from flight status by the Russians just 28 days before the flight. Docked at the Zvezda port of the station at 05:21 GMT on September 20. On 21 April 2007, Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin and space tourist Charles Simonyi (who was taken to the station aboard Soyuz TMA-10) boarded Soyuz TMA-9, separated from the ISS, conducted retrofire, and landed in Kazakhstan at 12:31 GMT.
2006 September 22 - 21:36 GMT - Launch Site: Kagoshima. Launch Complex: M-V. Launch Pad: M-V. Launch Vehicle: M-V. - Hinode (Solar B) Nation: Japan. Mass: 870 kg (1,910 lb). Class: Solar. Manufacturer: Melco. Agency: JAXA. Perigee: 674 km (418 mi). Apogee: 695 km (431 mi). Inclination: 98.10 deg. Period: 98.50 min. COSPAR: 2006-041A. USAF Sat Cat: 29479. Solar satellite with a large optical telescope and an X-ray telescope built by the Smithsonian Observatory.
- SSSat Nation: Japan. Mass: 1.00 kg (2.20 lb). Class: Technology. Agency: JAXA. Perigee: 279 km (173 mi). Apogee: 659 km (409 mi). Inclination: 98.30 deg. Period: 94.00 min. COSPAR: 2006-041D. USAF Sat Cat: 29484. Solar sail experiment.
- Hitsat Nation: Japan. Mass: 1.00 kg (2.20 lb). Class: Technology. Manufacturer: Hokkaido Space. Agency: Hokkaido Space. Perigee: 279 km (173 mi). Apogee: 659 km (409 mi). Inclination: 98.30 deg. Period: 94.00 min. COSPAR: 2006-041F. USAF Sat Cat: 29484.
2006 September 23 - - Cassini, Titan Flyby Spacecraft: Cassini.
2006 September 23 - 15:17 GMT - Launch Site: Wallops Island. Launch Vehicle: Black Brant. Model: Black Brant XI. LV Configuration: Black Brant XI s/n NASA 12.064GT. - Igniter test Nation: USA. Agency: NASA GSFC/Hickman. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). Test References: 2.
2006 September 25 - 18:50 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17. Launch Pad: SLC17A. Launch Vehicle: Delta 7000. LV Configuration: Delta 7925-9.5. - USA 190 Nation: USA. Program: Navstar. Payload: GPS 2R-15M / Navstar 52. Mass: 2,032 kg (4,479 lb). Class: Navigation. Spacecraft: GPS Block 2R. Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin Space Systems. Perigee: 20,020 km (12,430 mi). Apogee: 20,342 km (12,639 mi). Inclination: 54.90 deg. Period: 717.90 min. COSPAR: 2006-042A. USAF Sat Cat: 29486. Second GPS Block IIR-M version, which added extra navigation signals for both civil and military users.
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