Carlos I. Noriega
American - ( NASA)
Retired
Date of Birth: Oct. 8, 1959
Age: 60
Carlos Ismael Noriega is a Peruvian and U.S. citizen, NASA employee, a former NASA astronaut and a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel.
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-84
United Space Alliance | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
May 15, 1997, 9:07 a.m.
Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-101 | STS-97
Lockheed Martin Space Operations | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Dec. 1, 2000, 3:06 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Human Exploration
STS-97 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. The crew installed the first set of solar arrays to the ISS, prepared a docking port for arrival of the Destiny Laboratory Module, and delivered supplies for the station's crew.
Low Earth Orbit
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Long March 4
Gaofen-12
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan, People's Republic of ChinaGaofen is a series of civilian Earth observation satellites developed and launched for the China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS), ...
PSLV-XL
Cartosat-3 & others
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad - Sriharikota, Republic of IndiaCartosat-3 is an advanced remote sensing satellite with high resolution imaging capability developed by ISRO. It's designed as a follow-on to the C...
Ariane 5 ECA
TIBA-1 & Inmarsat-5 F5 (Global Xpress-5)
Ariane Launch Area 3 - Kourou, French GuianaTIBA-1 is a geostationary communications satellite for the Government of Egypt developed jointly by Thales Alenia Space (TAS) and Airbus. TAS, the ...
Soyuz 2-1v
Kosmos 2542
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationThis is a military inspector satellite, capable of monitoring other satellites in orbit. Its payload also allows for Earth observation activities.
Long March 3B / YZ-1
Beidou-3 M21 & M22
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThese two satellites will be used to provide global navigation coverage as part of the Chinese Beidou (Compass) satellite navigation system.
