John-David F. Bartoe
American - (USN)
Retired
Date of Birth: Nov. 17, 1944
Age: 79
John-David Francis Bartoe (born November 17, 1944 in Abington, Pennsylvania) is an American astrophysicist. He is the Research Manager for the International Space Station (ISS) at NASA's Johnson Space Center. He provides oversight for the Program Manager concerning the research capability, research hardware, and research plans of the ISS. As a civilian employee of the US Navy, he flew aboard Space Shuttle mission STS-51-F as a Payload Specialist.
Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-F
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
July 29, 1985, 9 p.m.
The Navy was competed with the Army to put the first American satellite into orbit. Their first two Vanguard missions failed, with the second being a highly publicized failure, as it exploded on the launchpad. They went on to put 3 satellites into orbit but did not beat the Army to be the first. Their work in space continues today largely on military satellites.
Long 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…
