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Launch Sites in Greece
  • Koroni. Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Location: Pelopponesus. Latitude: 36.7698. Longitude: 21.9316.
  • Nissaki-Karystos. Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Location: Evvoia. Latitude: 38.0140. Longitude: 24.4325.

Space-related People of Greek Nationality but Born Elsewhere
  • Ptolemy. - Claudius Ptolemy Greek Scientist. Birth Country: Egypt. Born fl.127. Died 145.

Chronology of Events for Greece

2003 May 13 - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC41. Launch Pad: SLC41. Launch Vehicle: Atlas V. Model: Atlas V 401. LV Configuration: Atlas V 401 AV-002.

  • Hellas Sat 2 Mass: 3,440 kg (7,580 lb). Class: Communications. Spacecraft: Eurostar 2000. Agency: Hellas Sat Consortium. Perigee: 35,775 km (22,229 mi). Apogee: 35,800 km (22,200 mi). Inclination: 0.10 deg. Period: 1,436.20 min. COSPAR: 2003-020A. USAF Sat Cat: 27811. Launch delayed from January 30, March 11 and 14, May 10 and 12, 2003. Spacecraft former Intelsat KTV, NSS-KTV, NSS-6, Intelsat APR-3. As of 2007 Mar 8 located at 38.95E drifting at 0.006E degrees per day. References: 2. Level: 1.

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