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51Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle — Infobox rocket name = GSLV imsize = 250 caption = Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle function = Expendable launch vehicle manufacturer = ISRO country origin = IND height = 49 m alt height = 160 ft diameter = 2.8 m alt diameter = 9.1 ft mass …
52Terraforming of Mars — Artist s conception of the process of terraforming Mars. The terraforming of Mars is the hypothetical process by which the climate, surface, and known properties of Mars would be deliberately changed with the goal of making it habitable by humans …
53STS-82 — Infobox Space mission mission name = STS 82 insignia = Sts 82 patch.png shuttle = Discovery launch pad = 39 A launch = February 11, 1997, 3:55:17 am landing = February 21, 1997, 3:32 am EST, KSC, Runway 33 duration = 9 days, 23 hours, 38 minutes …
54Indian National Satellite System — INSAT or the Indian National Satellite System is a series of multipurpose Geo Stationary satellites launched by ISRO to satisfy the telecommunications, broadcasting, meteorology, and search and rescue needs of India. Commissioned in 1983, INSAT… …
55NigComSat-1 — Operator NigComSat/Nigerian Communication Satellite Limited Major contractors CGWIC Bus DFH 4 Mission type Communication Satellite of …
56Salyut — /sahl yooht /, n. one of a series of Soviet earth orbiting space stations, first launched in 1971. [ < Russ Salyút lit., SALUTE < F] * * * Any of a series of seven Soviet space stations (of two designs) placed into Earth orbit in the 1970s and… …
57Gravity Probe B — ( GP B ) is a satellite based mission which launched in 2004. The spaceflight phase lasted until 2005, and data analysis is currently under way (as of May 2008) and may continue to into 2010 [ [http://einstein.stanford.edu/highlights/status1.html …
58A-103 — was the eighth unmanned Saturn flight of the Apollo program. It was the initial vehicle in the operational series of Saturn I launch vehicles and the third to carry an Apollo boilerplate payload. The vehicle also orbited the first of three… …
59Alouette 1 — was Canada s first satellite, and the first satellite operated by a country other than the USSR or the United States. Occasionally, Alouette I is misrepresented as the third satellite successfully put in orbit, rather than being from the third… …
60Millisecond pulsar — A millisecond pulsar (MSP) is a pulsar with a rotational period in the range of about 1 10 milliseconds. Millisecond pulsars have been detected in the radio, X ray, and gamma ray portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The origin of millisecond …
