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Belgium

People: Bossart, Frimout, Merchez, De Winne. Spacecraft: Cubesat. Launch Vehicles: Belier. Launch Sites: Kourou, Florennes, Dombarovskiy. Agency: CNES, Belgian AF.

1904 February 9 - .

Birth of Karel Jan 'Charlie' Bossart - . Nation: Belgium, USA. Related Persons: Bossart. Belgian-American Chief Designer of the Atlas rocket. Conceived many innovative features - balloon propellant tanks, common fuel/oxidizer bulkheads, jettisonable booster engines, separable nose cone, and gimballed engines..

1941 March 21 - .

Birth of Dirk Dries David Damian Frimout - . Nation: Belgium. Related Persons: Frimout. Belgian engineer payload specialist astronaut 1985-1992. First Belgian astronaut. 1 spaceflight, 8.9 days in space. Flew to orbit on STS-45 (1992)..

1960 October 25 - .

Birth of Marianne Merchez - . Nation: Belgium. Related Persons: Merchez. Belgian physician cosmonaut, 1992-1995. Was married to astronaut Maurizio Cheli..

1961 April 25 - .

Birth of Frank De Winne - . Nation: Belgium. Related Persons: De Winne. Belgian physician astronaut 1998-2012. 2 spaceflights, 198.7 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz TMA-1 (2002), Soyuz TMA-15..

1974 September 12 - . Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: Kourou ALFS. LV Family: Belier. Launch Vehicle: Centaure 2C.

NO-II-1 Aeronomy mission - . Nation: Belgium. Agency: CNES. Apogee: 140 km (80 mi).

1974 September 12 - . Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: Kourou ALFS. LV Family: Belier. Launch Vehicle: Centaure 2C.

NO-II-2 Aeronomy mission - . Nation: Belgium. Agency: CNES. Apogee: 140 km (80 mi).

1974 September 13 - . Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: Kourou ALFS. LV Family: Belier. Launch Vehicle: Centaure 2C.

NO-II-3 Aeronomy mission - . Nation: Belgium. Agency: CNES. Apogee: 140 km (80 mi).

1975 August 3 - .

Death of Karel Jan 'Charlie' Bossart - . Nation: Belgium, USA. Related Persons: Bossart. Belgian-American Chief Designer of the Atlas rocket. Conceived many innovative features - balloon propellant tanks, common fuel/oxidizer bulkheads, jettisonable booster engines, separable nose cone, and gimballed engines..

2014 June 19 - . 19:11 GMT - . Launch Site: Dombarovskiy. LV Family: R-36M. Launch Vehicle: Dnepr.

Qb50P1 - . Mass: 2.00 kg (4.40 lb). Nation: Belgium. Spacecraft: Cubesat. USAF Sat Cat: 40025 . COSPAR: 2014-033R. Apogee: 623 km (387 mi). Perigee: 602 km (374 mi). Inclination: 97.98 deg. Period: 96.95 min. 2U cubesat; part of a constellation of 50 CubeSats built by university teams to study the llower thermosphere..

Qb50p2 - . Mass: 2.00 kg (4.40 lb). Nation: Belgium. Spacecraft: Cubesat. USAF Sat Cat: 40032 . COSPAR: 2014-033Y. Apogee: 624 km (387 mi). Perigee: 604 km (375 mi). Inclination: 97.98 deg. Period: 96.97 min. 2U cubesat; part of a constellation of 50 CubeSats built by university teams to study the llower thermosphere..

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