#satellites

Two launches from Baikonur on the same date, one year apart. One aimed a spacecraft at Mars for the first time. The other showed a satellite could change its own orbit. Toward a Silent Flyby Stardate 81.8894

Two launches on the same date, 38 years apart. One started a human presence in orbit that has not been broken since. The other helped map the shape of Earth itself. A Light That Did Not Go Out Stardate

Today in Space History - A Quiet British Orbit 🚀 Stardate 554.5689 (OCTOBER 28, 1971) On a clear morning over the Australian desert, a slender British rocket rose from Woomera and placed a small satellite