Space Calendar - February, 11-20

SPACE CALENDAR – FEBRUARY
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USA	February 11	1960	Born Richard Alan "Rick" Mustachio - astronaut of the USA.Made one space mission in 2000.
USSR	February 11	1962	Conducted first launch of "R-14U"/SS-5/Skean from underground silo.
Japan	February 11	1970	Fifth successful attempt to launch first Japanese satellite "OSUMI" with "L-4H-1" booster.
USA	February 11	1974	First test launch of "Titan-3E" booster ended with accident of the booster.
Japan	February 11	1981	Conducted first successful launch of "N-2" booster with "Kiku-3" satellite.
USSR	February 11	1985	Lost communication with "Saluyt-7" Space Station due to the accident on the board.
USSR	February 11	1990	Conducted launch of "Soyuz TM-9" spacecraft under program of Main Mission #6 to "Mir" Space station, with the crew of A.Ya. Soloviev and A.N. Balandin.
USA	February 11	1997	Conducted 22^nd launch of STS Space Shuttle "Discovery" - mission STS-82. Crew of the Shuttle conducted a repair of "Hubble" telescope.
USA	February 11	2000	Conducted 14^th launch of STS Space Shuttle "Endeavor" - mission STS-99. Conducted researches with radar complex SRTM.
USSR	February 12	1930	Born Yuri Alexseevich Yashin - Head of test range Plesetsk in 1975 -1979, General of Army.
USSR	February 12	1955	Approved the Decision of Soviet of Ministers of the USSR #292-181 to build a Science Research Test Range - 5 (cosmodrome Baykonur). Also was approved a Head of Construction - A.I. Nesterenko.
USSR	February 12	1961	Conducted first successful launch of "Venera-1" probe to Venus.
USSR	February 12	1965	Launch of military satellite "DS-P1-Y" ended with accident of the "Cosmos-2"/SL-7 booster.
USSR	February 12	1976	Conducted first successful launch of target-satellite "IS-T"/ "Cosmos-803" under test program of Anti-satellite system.
USSR	February 12	1979	Conducted launch of first satellite "Ocean"/"Cosmos-1076" for Ocean researches.
USSR	February 12	1980	13^th launch of "Oko"/"Cosmos-1164" satellite for System of Early Warning ended with the accident of third stage of "Molnya-M" /SL-6 booster.
Japan	February 12	1996	Conducted first launch of new booster "J-1" with experimental satellite under HOPE program, to test thermo shield for new Shuttle.
Japan	February 12	1997	Conducted first launch of new "M-V" booster with "Muses-B" satellite.
Russia	February 12	1998	Conducted the test flight of hypersonic direct-flow jet engine.
Russia	February 12	2000	Garuda-1 the Indonesian communication satellite was launched by Ptoton-K launch vehicle.
USA	February 12	2001	NEAR-Shoemaker the American interplanetary probe made the soft landing on Eros asteroid.
GDR	February 13	1937	Born Sigmund Jahn - first cosmonaut of German Democratic Republic. Made one space mission in 1978.
USSR	February 13	1939	Born Valery Il'ich Rojdestvenskiy - pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR. Made one space mission in 1976.
USA	February 13	1942*	Born Williams Donald Edward - astronaut of the USA. Made two space missions in 1985 and 1989 years.
USSR	February 13	1953	Approved the Decision of Soviet of Ministers of the USSR to begin the test flights of "Pobeda" complex with BM "R-5"/SS-3/Shyster.
USSR	February 13	1961	Conducted the test start of R-7A the intercontinental ballistic missile.
USSR	February 14	1937	Born Ivan Ivanovich Oleinick - head of Plesetsk test range in 1985 - 1991. Colonel General.
Germany	February 14	1945	Conducted last test launch of German "A-4"/SS-1/Scunner/(V-2) missile.
USSR	February 14	1963	Conducted last test launch of ICBM "R-9"/SS-8/Sasin from on ground experimental launch pad "Desna-N".
USA	February 14	1963	Conducted launch of satellite "Syncom-1" - first satellite on geostationary orbit.
USA	February 14	1964	Conducted first test launch of "Thor" missile under program 437 - to intercept Space vehicles.
USSR	February 14	1972	Conducted 8^th launch of "E8-5"/"Luna-20" probe. It was the second probe, which made Earth-Moon-Earth trajectory and brought to the Earth 55 grams of Moon soil.
USA	February 14	1998	"Delte-2" booster delivered to the orbit four satellites "Globalstar". It was a begining of new system for personal satellite communication - Globalstar.
Italy	February 15	1554	Born Galileo Galilei - Italian scientist, physicist, mechanists, astronomer. He was the First man who used telescope for observations of celestial spheres.
Russia	February 15	1893	Born Mikhail Ivanovich Tuhachevskiy, marshal, one of the founders of Military rocketry of Red Army.
USA	February 15	1935	Born Roger Bruce Chaffee - astronaut of the USA. Perished during training inside "Apollo-1" in January 27^th, 1967.
USSR	February 15	1944	Born Alexander Alexandrovich Serebrov - pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR. Made four space missions in 1982, 1983, 1989 and 1993 years.
USSR	February 15	1961	End of flight tests of ICBM "R-14"/SS-5/Skean.
Russia	February 15	1995	Launched cargo vehicle "Progress M-26" for "Mir" supply.
China	February 15	1996	First launch of "CZ-3B" booster ended with accident.
Russia	February 15	1998	Signed a Decree #215-r of Government of the Russian Federation “About negotiations for signature of memorandum of mutual understanding between Russian Space Agency and NASA for cooperation under international space station”.
Russia	February 15	1999	Telstar-6 the American communication satellite was launched by Ptoton-K launch vehicle.
USSR	February 16	1937	Born Valentin Vasil'evich Bondarenko - cosmonaut of the USSR. Perished during training in high-pressure chamber on March 23^rd 1961.
USA	February 16	1965	8^th launch of "Saturn-1" booster delivered to the orbit unmanned "Apollo-3" spacecraft.
Japan	February 16	1971	Second successful launch of "MU-4S" booster. Booster delivered to the orbit "Tansei-1"(MS-T1) satellite.
USA	February 16	1972	2^nd launch of "Jumpseat" spy satellite ended with accident of the "Titan-3B" booster.
Japan	February 16	1974	First launch of "MU-3C" booster. Booster delivered to the orbit "Tansei-2"(MS-T2) satellite.
USSR	February 16	1976	Conducted launch of the first military interceptor satellite "IS"/"Cosmos-804" which intercepted target-satellite "Cosmos-803".
USSR	February 16	1979	Launch of spy satellite "Zenith-2M"/"Gector" ended with accident of the booster.
Russia	February 16	1995	Launched Foton-10 satellite for explorations and experiments in the space.
Russia	February 16	2001	Conducted the test start of Topol (RS-12) the intercontinental ballistic missile, Plesetsk cosmodrome.
Italy	February 17	1548	Born Jordano Bruno - Italian philosopher and poet. Founder of the concept of infinity of the Universe and uncountable set of the worlds. Killed in Rome.
Germany	February 17	1943	At Penemende Center conducted 12^th launch of "A-4"/ (V-2) missile.
USA	February 17	1961	Conducted launch of first spy satellite KH-5 ("Keyhole"), series "Corona".
USA	February 17	1965	Conducted 8^th launch of American Moon probe "Ranger" type, with the purpose of rough landing on the moon.
France	February 17	1966	Conducted launch of "Diamante A" booster with third French satellite. It was first geostationary satellite.
USA	February 17	1971	13^th launch of spy satellite KH-4B ("Keyhole"), series "Corona" ended with accident of the "Thor-Agena-D" booster.
USSR	February 17	1976	Approved the Decision of Central Committee of Communist Party and Soviet of Ministers of the USSR to develop "Buran" spacecraft.
Japan	February 17	1980	Conducted launch of "MU-3S" booster with "Tansei-4"(MS-T4) satellite.
USSR	February 17	1988	Launch of three satellites "Uragan" ended with accident of the "Proton-K"/SL-12 booster.
USA	February 17	1996	Conducted launch of "NEAR" probe for Eros asteroid research.
Russia	February 17	1998	Conducted launch of 19^th "Cometa"/"Cosmos-2349" satellite for detailed photo observation. Flight conducted under joint Russian-American program "Spin-2".
USSR	February 18	1921	A.F. Andreev got a certificate on the project of a backpack flight vehicle.
USSR	February 18	1953	Organized the Commission of Academy of Sciences of the USSR for Coordination of operation and researches in Space.
Italy	February 18	1974	Conducted launch of American booster "Scout" with Italian satellite "San Marco-4" for atmospheric researches.
USA	February 18	1977	Conducted first experimental flight of air-carrier SCA with the Shuttle "Enterprise" under Space Shuttle program.
USSR	February 18	1981	Conducted launch of the first satellite "Cometa"/"Cosmos-1246" for detailed photo observation.
Russia	February 18	1998	Signed a Decree #244 of Government of the Russian Federation “About signing of agreement between Russian Space Agency and Italian Space Agency about cooperation”.
Poland	February 19	1473	Born Nikolay Copernicus - astronomer, founder of the heliocentric system of the World. The author of composition: "About the circulation of celestial bodies".
USSR	February 19	1921	Born Evgeny Anatolievich Karpov - first head of Cosmonaut Training Center in 1960 - 1963. General.
USA	February 19	1932	Born Joseph Peter Kerwin - astronaut of the USA. Made one space mission in 1973.
Germany	February 19	1943	At Penemende Center conducted 13^th test launch of "A-4" (V-2) missile.
USA	February 19	1948	Born Byron Kurt Lichtenberg - astronaut of the USA. Made two space missions in 1983 and 1992 years.
Mexico	February 19	1952	Born Rodolfo Neri Vela - first astronaut of Mexico. Made one space mission in 1985.
USA	February 19	1956	Born George David Low - astronaut of the USA. Made three space missions in 1990, 1991and 1993 years.
USA	February 19	1960	7^th launch of spy satellite KH-1 ("Keyhole"), "Corona" series ended with accident of the "Thor-Agena-D" booster.
USSR	February 19	1964	7^th launch of "3MV-1" probe to Venus ended with accident of the "Molnya"/SL-6 booster.
USSR	February 19	1969	First attempt to bring to the Moon self-propelled apparatus "Lunohod" ended with accident of "Proton-K" /SL-12 booster.
USSR	February 19	1970	Conducted first launch of "Molnya-M"/SL-6 booster from Plesetsk cosmodrome with communication satellite of 1^st generation "Molnya-1".
USA	February 19	1976	Launch of military-meteorological satellite DMSP-5C ended with accident of the "Thor-Burner II" booster.
Japan	February 19	1977	First launch of "MU-3H" booster. Booster delivered to the orbit "Tansei-3"(MS-T3) satellite for booster researches.
USSR	February 19	1982	Approved the Decision of Soviet of Ministers about use of cargo vehicles "TKS" for supply "Salute" type space stations.
Japan	February 19	1987	Last, 8^th launch of "N-2" booster delivered to the orbit MOS-1 (Mono-1A) satellite - first national satellite for Earth researches.
Russia	February 19	1996	35^th launch of military satellite "Gran'" for communication system "Raduga" ended with accident of the "Proton-K"/SL-12 booster.
Russia	February 20	1907	Born Yuri Alexandrovich Pobedonoscev - pioneer of rocket science, deputy of S.P. Korolyov. Ph.D.
USSR	February 20	1943	Born Alexander Pavlovich Alexandrov - pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR. Made two space missions in 1983 and 1987 years.
USA	February 20	1947	Conducted 19^th launch of "A-4"/SS-1/Scunner (V-2) rocket under science program.
USSR	February 20	1954	Born Vasily Vasilievich Tsibliev - pilot-cosmonaut of Russia. Made two space missions in 1994 and 1997 years.
USA	February 20	1958	6^th test launch of ICBM "Atlas-A" ended with accident.
USA	February 20	1959	Third test launch of ICBM "Atlas-C" ended with accident.
USSR	February 20	1959	Approved the Decision of Soviet of Ministers of the USSR to put on duty "D-1" naval based complex with ICBM "R-11FM"/SS-1B/Scud-A.
USA	February 20	1962	Conducted launch of "Mercury-6" spacecraft with J. Glenn. It was first Orbital Space flight in the USA.
USSR	February 20	1965	6^th launch of scientific satellite "DS-A1" for nuclear researches ended with accident of the "Cosmos-2" /SL-7 booster.
USSR	February 20	1968	Conducted launch of the first Soviet satellite for geodesic researches "Sfera"/"Cosmos-203".
USA	February 20	1975	7^th launch of communication satellite "Intelsat" 4^th generation ended with accident of the "Atlas-Centaur" booster.
USSR	February 20	1986	Conducted launch of Base Block of "Mir" Space Station.
Russia	February 20	1992	Beginning of construction of 7^th and last submarine K-407 "Novomoskovsk", project 667BDRM/Delta-4 with "RSM-54/SS-N-23 Mod 1/Skiff missiles. In 1998 year from that submarine was launched "Tubsat-N" satellite.
Japan	February 20	1993	Conducted launch of scientific satellite "Astro-D" for X-ray astronomy.
Russia	February 20	1999	Conducted launch of "Soyuz TM-29" spacecraft under Main Mission #27 program to "Mir" Space station with the crew of V.M. Afanasiev, J.P.Haignere (France) and I. Bella (1^st cosmonaut of Slovakia).
Russia	February 20	2001	Launched Odin-1 the Swedish scientific-research satellite.