NOTICE: Because the Space Mission Acronym List and Hyperlink Guide page had grown so large (~168K), I have split it into 14 pages, including this page for acronyms beginning with "O" and "P". If you cannot find information on the mission you are looking for, you may find some information in the "Pages with Information on Many Missions" section of the General Information page.
Scheduled for launch in 1997 on a Start-1 launch vehicle.
Launched in 1995.
The first two satellites were launched in April 1995.
Ørsted is scheduled for launch in early August 1997 by NASA from the Vandenberg Launch Base in California, USA. The launch vehicle will be a DELTA II launcher during mission P-91. Along with Ørsted there will be a satellite from the USAF and a South African micro satellite, SUNSAT. I understand that Ørsted will carry a version of the Turbo Rogue GPS receiver currently flying on MicroLab-1.
Replaced earlier Pluto Fast Flyby concept.
See also Origins and ExNPS for more information.
Replaced by Pluto Express.
Jupiter Flyby launched March 3, 1972.
Jupiter/Saturn Flyby launched April 6, 1973.
The Pioneer Venus Orbiter was launched May 20, 1978. The Pioneer Venus Multiprobe was launched August 8, 1978.
Mission to Mars scheduled for launch in the winter of 1998 by ISAS.
When ESA selected and approved this mission as the 3rd medium-sized mission in ESA's Horizon 2000 Programme, it was renamed in honor of the German scientist Max Planck (1858-1947), Nobel Prize for Physics in 1918. Formerly known as COBRAS/SAMBA.
Ten TIROS spacecraft were launched between April 1, 1960 and July 1965, followed by nine ESSA spacecraft between February 1966 and February 1969, followed by ITOS-1 in January 1970, NOAA-1 through NOAA-5 from December 1970 to July 1976, TIROS-N in October 1978, the current series of NOAA spacecraft beginning with NOAA-6 in June 1979.
The Wind and Polar missions are the two components of the GGS Program. Polar was launched February 24, 1996 on a Delta II launch vehicle.
Prognoz 1 launched April 14, 1972, Prognoz 2 launched June 29, 1972, Prognoz 3 launched February 15, 1973, Prognoz 4 launched December 22, 1975, Prognoz 5 launched November 25, 1976, Prognoz 6 launched September 22, 1977, Prognoz 7 launched October 30, 1978, Prognoz 8 launched December 25, 1980, Prognoz 9 launched July 1, 1983, Prognoz 10 launched April 26, 1985, on the Molnia M launch vehicle from Tyuratam/Baikonur. For Prognoz 11 see Interball.
USSR satellites Proton 1, Proton 2, Proton 3, and Proton 4.
Pioneer Venus Orbiter launched May 20, 1978, Pioneer Venus Multiprobe launched August 8, 1978.
I have not found much on this, but here it is: X-ray data from P78-1.
See also ERAST.
See also ERAST.
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