Shavit-2 Launches Ofek
ember 19, 1988 orbited an engineering test satellite named Ofeq, making Israel the eighth nation to orbit its own satellite. Shavit consists […]
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Shtil’ – Space Launch Report
Shtil’ (Russian: Calm (Weather)) is a modified R-29RM (RSM-54/SS-N-23) three-stage submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) used to orbit small satellites. The launcher, offered […]
Simorgh – Space Launch Report
After joining the “Space Club” in 2009 when its small Safir launch vehicle orbited Omid (“Hope”), Iran sought to develop a more […]
NASA’s Space Launch System
On August 5, 2010, the United States Senate passed its “NASA Authorization Act of 2010” which would direct the Agency to build […]
NASA’s – Space Launch Report
SLS Block 1 President Obama’s February 1, 2010 cancellation of NASA’s Constellation Program left the Agency with no post-Shuttle human launch capability. […]