Gregory Olsen
American
Retired
Date of Birth: April 20, 1945
Age: 79
Gregory Olsen (born April 20, 1945) is an American entrepreneur, engineer and scientist who, in October 2005, became the third private citizen to make a self-funded trip to the International Space Station with the company Space Adventures.
Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-6
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 15, 2005, 12:46 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
Soyuz TMA-6 begins Expedition 11 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev alongside Flight Engineers, John Phillips (NASA) & Roberto Vittori (ESA) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on October 11, 2005, 01:09:00 UTC
Low Earth OrbitSoyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-7
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 1, 2005, 3:54 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
Soyuz TMA-7 begins Expedition 12 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Valery Tokarev alongside Flight Engineers, William McArthur (NASA) & spaceflight participant Gregory Olsen (Space Adventures) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on April 8, 2006, 23:48:00 UTC
Low Earth OrbitLong March 7A
ChinaSat 4A
201 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaChinese communication geostationary satellite for unknown purposes.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-5
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Transporter 11 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USADedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
Long March 4B
Yaogan 43 Group 01
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThe Yaogan 43 Group 01 is a group of Chinese military “remote sensing” satellites of unknown purposes.
SSLV
EOS-08/Microsat-2C
Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad - Satish Dhawan Space Centre, IndiaEarth observation micro-satellite for ISRO designed to test new technologies for building an Earth observation satellite in a micro-satellite bus. Th…
