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ALOS-2 →. Advanced Land Observing Satellite ( ALOS ), also called Daichi (a Japanese word meaning "land"), was a 3810 kg Japanese satellite launched in 2006. After five years of service, the satellite lost power and ceased communication with Earth, but remains in orbit.
1 dzień temu · Skylab was the United States' first space station, launched by NASA, occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974. It was operated by three trios of astronaut crews: Skylab 2, Skylab 3, and Skylab 4.Operations included an orbital workshop, a solar observatory, Earth observation and hundreds of experiments.Skylab's orbit eventually decayed and it disintegrated in the ...
