Ripley
Earthling - ( SpX)
Active
Date of Birth: March 2, 2019
Age: 0
Ripley is an Anthropomorphic Test Device (ATD), named as a homage to Sigourney Weaver's character in the Alien movies franchise, launched aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon for its inaugural flight to the International Space Station and back.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SpX-DM1 (Demonstration Mission 1)
SpaceX | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 2, 2019, 7:49 a.m.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX has many pads, on the East Coast of the US they own SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral and LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center for their lower inclination launches. They also own SLC-4E at Vandenberg, California for their high inclination launches. Another site is also being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
Long March 4
- Success
Kuaizhou
KX-09 & TY-1-07 (Xiaoxiang-1-07) - Success
Developed by the DFH Satellite Co., the microgravity experimental satellite KX-09 (supposedly Kuxue-09) will conduct studies in microgravity. Established in August 2001, DFH Satellite Co., Ltd. is ...
Rokot / Briz-KM
Geo-IK-2 N13L (Kosmos 2540) - Success
Geo-IK-2 is a Russian geodesy mission to deliver precise three-dimensional maps of the Earth’s surface and gravitational data for use in scientific studies and military applications. Using GLONASS ...
Delta IV M+(4,2)
GPS III SV02 "Magellan" - Success
GPS-IIIA (Global Positioning System) is the first evolution stage of the third generation of the GPS satellites. It consists of the first ten (known as "tranche") of GPS III satellites.
Soyuz 2.1A
Soyuz MS-14 Uncrewed - Success
Uncrewed Soyuz MS spacecraft to bring cargo to the space station. This demo flight tests a modified motion and navigation control system, as well as mating to Soyuz-2.1a rocket. The results will be...
