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Nimbus 3 was launched on April 14, 1969, by a Thor-Agena rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, CA. The spacecraft functioned nominally until January 22, 1972. The satellite orbited the Earth once every 1 hour and 47 minutes, at an inclination of 99.9°. Its perigee was 1,075 kilometers (668 mi) and its apogee was 1,135 kilometers (705 mi).
Launched Polity Sputnik 1: First satellite with radio transmitter [1] October 4, 1957 Soviet Union: Project SCORE: First communications satellite [1] First test of a space communications relay system First (recorded) voice transmission (U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower) December 18, 1958 United States: TIROS-1
The Nimbus satellites were launched aboard Thor-Agena rockets (Nimbus 1–4) and Delta rockets (Nimbus 5–7). Over a 20-year period from the launch of the first satellite, the Nimbus series of missions was the United States' primary research and development platform for satellite remote sensing of the Earth. The seven Nimbus satellites ...
Kennedy Space Center, operated by NASA, has two launch complexes on Merritt Island comprising four pads—two active, one under lease, and one inactive.From 1967 to 1975, it was the site of 13 Saturn V launches, three crewed Skylab flights and the Apollo–Soyuz; all Space Shuttle flights from 1981 to 2011, and one Ares 1-X flight in 2009.
AARP Foundation Tax-Aide. Tax-Aide, launched in 1968, is billed as the nation’s largest free, volunteer-staffed program to help people prepare and file taxes, with more than 80 million taxpayers ...
Amendment 3: Will Florida voters legalize recreational marijuana? | Battleground Florida. WFLA. Ty Russell. October 19, 2024 at 6:27 PM.
Transit 5BN-3: 1964 Destroyed - Failed to reach orbit, burned up in atmosphere. RTG: SNAP-9A: 238 Pu: 25 We [2] USA: SNAPSHOT: 1965 Intact: Earth orbit Low graveyard orbit in 1300 km height Fission reactor: SNAP-10A: 235 U (uranium-zirconium hydride) 500 We [1] USA: Nimbus B (Nimbus-B1) 1968-05-18 Destroyed -
Sabrina Coyne, 34, insisted she hadn't launched anything at the Florida property, despite video footage showing otherwise Woman, 34, Arrested After Police Say She Threw 'First Date' Brick Through ...