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SumbandilaSat (sometimes just Sumbandila, formerly ZASAT-002, AMSAT designation SO-67 [3] [4]), was a South African micro Earth observation satellite, launched on 17 September 2009 on a Soyuz-2 launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. [5] The first part of the name, Sumbandila, is from the Venda language and means "lead the way".
The South African satellite SumbandilaSat, an 80-kg microsatellite with a multispectral imager as primary payload, was scheduled for launch from the Sthil' launch vehicle in early 2007. SumbandilaSat was eventually launched into a 500 km low Earth orbit on 17 September 2009 on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket.
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The Stellenbosch UNiversity SATellite or SUNSAT (COSPAR 1999-008C) was the first miniaturized satellite designed and manufactured in South Africa. [1] It was launched aboard a Delta II rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base on 23 February 1999 to become the first launched South African satellite.
Kosmos 2457 (Russian: Космос 2457 meaning Cosmos 2457) is one of a set of three Russian military satellites launched in 2009 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system.
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Intelsat 15, also known as IS-15, is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat.Intelsat 15 was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation, on a Star-2.4. [2] It is located at 85° E longitude on the geostationary orbit.
The Soyuz TMA-16 (Russian: Союз TMA-16) was a crewed flight to and from the International Space Station (ISS). It transported two members of the Expedition 21 crew [1] and a Canadian entrepreneur from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the ISS.