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Lithuania

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Lithuania

Spacecraft
ISS, Cubesat
Launch Vehicles
Proton

Chronology

2 events

1944 July 26

  • Birth of Rimantas Antanas-Antonovich Stankiavicius - . Nation: Lithuania. Related Persons: Stankevicius. Lithuanian test pilot cosmonaut, 1977-1990. Buran Test Pilot, died in crash of a Su-27 fighter at an air show at Treviso, Italy..

2014 February 28

07:30 GMT - . Launch Platform: ISS.
  • Litsat 1 - . Mass: 2.00 kg (4.40 lb). Nation: Lithuania. Class: Technology. Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. Decay Date: 2014-05-23 . USAF Sat Cat: 39570 . COSPAR: 1998-067EP. Apogee: 180 km (110 mi). Perigee: 168 km (104 mi). Inclination: 51.59 deg. Period: 87.97 min. Cubesat from the Lithuanian Space Association, Vilnius, Lithuania..
  • LituanicaSat-1 - . Mass: 2.00 kg (4.40 lb). Nation: Lithuania. Class: Technology. Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. Decay Date: 2014-07-01 . USAF Sat Cat: 39571 . COSPAR: 1998-067EQ. Apogee: 291 km (180 mi). Perigee: 281 km (174 mi). Inclination: 51.64 deg. Period: 90.23 min. Cubesat from Kaunas Tech Univ. in Kaunas, Lithuania..