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An ESA Ariane 2 launch vehicle was successfully launched from the Kourou launch facility in French Guiana. The Ariane 2 carried the TELE-X Nordic communications satellite into a preliminary elliptical orbit, from where ... , Apr 1/89) March 1989 March April 1989 April Apr 1 1989 1 Apr 2 1989 2 Apr 3 1989 3 Apr 4 1989 4 Apr 5 1989 5 Apr 6 1989 ...

... the cost per kilogram in orbit and providing greater adaptability to user requirements." Ariane 4 would differ from Ariane 3 in enlargement of the first-stage tanks, increasing on-board propellants from ... 1,100 and 4,300 kilograms; maximum lift would be twice that of the initial Ariane 1. The development schedule called for a demonstration flight late in 1985 and an operational ... . ( ESA Info 5) January 1982 January February 1982 February Feb 1 1982 1 Feb 2 1982 2 Feb 3 1982 3 Feb 4 1982 4 Feb 5 1982 5 Feb 6 1982 ...

... hours GMT July 2 Giotto , ESAs interplanetary space probe that would after a 700 million km voyage encounter Halley’s Comet in March 1986. ESA launched Giotto by an Ariane 1 launcher ... success for the agency's unmanned Ariane 1 rocket. The rocket placed Giotto into a geostationary transfer orbit with parameters of 35,966 km, apogee; 199.2 km, perigee; and 7° inclination ...

... begin human space flight in 1988. (B Sun, Dec 2/86; W Post, Dec 2/86) Western European officials announced that the grounded Ariane rocket would not be ready to fly in February ... , Dec 3/86) November 1986 November December 1986 December Dec 1 1986 1 Dec 2 1986 2 Dec 3 1986 3 Dec 4 1986 4 Dec 5 1986 5 Dec 6 1986 ...

... three more Atlas Centaur launch vehicles with improved capability; procure from the ESA two more Ariane launch vehicles; and define specifications for an improved satellite, INTELSAT V -A, and a high ... 80-12-I) June 1980 June July 1980 July Jul 1 1980 1 Jul 2 1980 2 Jul 3 1980 3 Jul 4 1980 4 Jul 5 1980 5 Jul 6 1980 ...

... , A-8) The European Space Agency ( ESA ) reported on the May 23, 1980, failure of Ariane flight L02. The cause was "clearly identified" as inherent instability in one of the four ... confirmed after the modifications were validated. ( ESA Info Bltn, Jan 28/81 for release Feb 2/81) January 1981 January February 1981 February Feb 1 1981 1 Feb 2 1981 2 Feb 3 1981 3 Feb 4 1981 4 Feb 5 1981 5 Feb 6 1981 ...

NASA reported that the TOPEX/ Poseidon satellite would be launched aboard an Ariane IV launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in Kourou , French Guiana. The satellite, ... Release 92-80) May 1992 May June 1992 June Jun 1 1992 1 Jun 2 1992 2 Jun 3 1992 3 Jun 4 1992 4 Jun 5 1992 5 Jun 6 1992 ...

ESA launched the Rosetta comet probe on an Ariane 5 rocket at 7:17 a.m. (UT) from the Guiana Space Centre in French ... 10-Year Journey to the Origins of the Solar System,” ESA news release 14-2004, 2 March 2004; Warren E. Leary, “Intricate European Mission Goes Hunting for a Comet,” New York ... , 24 February 2004. February 2004 February March 2004 March Mar 1 2004 1 Mar 2 2004 2 Mar 3 2004 3 Mar 4 2004 4 Mar 5 2004 5 Mar 6 2004 ...

... . Thompson as test pilot. Towed to 13,000-ft. altitude by C-47 aircraft, M-2 glided each time to landing on Rogers Dry Lake bed in a few seconds over ... type enlarged itself by four or five times in the Martian environment. ''(M&R, 9/2/63)'' AFSC announced establishment of field office at NASA Manned Space­craft Center , headed by ... compartment contains environmental life-support system and necessary survival equipment. ''(Cook, Wash. Daily News, 9/2/63)'' Results of Harvard Business School poll of U.S. industrialists on how they viewed ...

... a new technology upon which much of America's future space effort depends . . . ." ''(CR, 12/2/63, 21906 ff.)'' Political Committee of the U.N. General Assembly opened debate on report ... -engine craft designed for short-range and medium-range flights. ''(NIT, 12/3/63)'' December 2-4: Fourth NASA Intercenter Conference on Plasma Physics held at NASA Hq., with participants from ... as from universities and industries. ''(Pro­gram)'' December 1963 December Dec 1 1963 1 Dec 2 1963 2 Dec 3 1963 3 Dec 4 1963 4 Dec 5 1963 5 Dec 6 ...

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