John B. McKay
American - ( NASA)
Deceased
Date of Birth: Dec. 8, 1922
Date of Death: April 27, 1975
John Barron McKay was an American naval officer, World War II pilot, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and astronaut. He flew the X-15 experimental spaceplane to over 50 miles in altitude on Flight 150.
X-15 | Flight 150
North American Aviation |Air launch to Suborbital flight
Sept. 28, 1965, 6:08 p.m.
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.
Soyuz STB
2 x Galileo
Soyuz Launch Complex - Kourou, French GuianaPayload consists of two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system.
Falcon 9
Starlink 4-3
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 48 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system - as well as 2 BlackSky…
Long March 3
ChinaSat 1D
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThe FH 2 (Feng Huo 2) series are reportedly the second generation of chinese military comsats and data relay satellites. They provide both C-band and…
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat
Kosmos 2552 (EKS 5/Tundra 5)
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationThe Tundra or EKS (meaning Unified Space System) series of satellites is the next generation of Russian early warning satellites.
Kuaizhou
Shiyan 11
Unknown Pad - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaUnknown Chinese satellite reported for technology development purposes.
