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Aeronautics announced in May 2015 the Orbiter 1K "Kingfisher" version with a fuselage adapted to carry a 2 kg (4.4 lb) explosive payload, turning it into a loitering munition. It can be controlled by an operator, or is capable of being given a waypoint and independently scanning the area to detect and destroy a stationary or moving target.
Orbiter is a space flight simulator program developed to simulate spaceflight using realistic Newtonian physics. The simulator was released on 27 November 2000; [ 2 ] the latest edition, labeled "Orbiter 2024", was released on 31 December 2024. [ 3 ]
First extraterrestrial and Moon orbiter: Lunar Orbiter 1: USA 14 August 1966 Impacted lunar surface 29 October 1966 First U.S. extraterrestrial orbiter Luna 11 [2] USSR 27 August 1966 Contact lost 1 October 1966, probably decayed the same or following year Luna 12: USSR 25 October 1966 Contact lost 19 January 1967, probably decayed the same year
Orbiter 9 (Spanish: Órbita 9) is a 2017 science fiction romantic drama directed by Hatem Khraiche [1] in his directorial debut. It stars Clara Lago and Álex González . The film premiered in Spain on April 7, 2017.
The Space Shuttle Pathfinder (unofficial Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-098) is a Space Shuttle test simulator made of steel and wood.Constructed by NASA in 1977 as an unnamed facilities test article, it was purchased in the early 1980s by the America-Japan Society, Inc. which had it refurbished, named it, and placed it on display in the Great Space Shuttle Exhibition in Tokyo. [1]
This orbiter was also planned to receive a remote manipulator and docking system. As of 1989, the orbital flight test program for the second orbiter was split into two missions, with a space station approach test on the second, but delays in preparations changed the plans to perform all test tasks in one maiden flight, scheduled for December ...
The orbiter is a 12-unit CubeSat. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The US$13.7 million contract was awarded to a private company called Advanced Space, Boulder, Colorado , on 13 September 2019 through a federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract.
Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA.Named after the commanding ship of a nineteenth-century scientific expedition that traveled the world, Challenger was the second Space Shuttle orbiter to fly into space after Columbia, and launched on its maiden flight in April 1983.