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Peru

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Chilca
Chilca
Credit: © Mark Wade

Peru

People
Noriega
Spacecraft
ISS, Cubesat
Launch Vehicles
Proton, Super Loki
Agency
NASA

Chronology

6 events

1959 October 8

  • Birth of Carlos Ismael Noriega - . Nation: Peru, USA. Related Persons: Noriega. American computer scientist mission specialist astronaut 1994-2005. Grew up in Santa Clara, California. 2 spaceflights, 20.1 days in space. Flew to orbit on STS-84 (1997), STS-97..

1983 March 9

02:25 GMT - . Launch Site: Chilca. Launch Complex: Chilca PLOB. Launch Vehicle: Super Loki.
  • CONDOR Sphere - . Nation: Peru. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi).

1983 March 9

05:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Chilca. Launch Complex: Chilca PLOB. Launch Vehicle: Super Loki.
  • CONDOR Sphere - . Nation: Peru. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi).

1983 March 9

05:49 GMT - . Launch Site: Chilca. Launch Complex: Chilca PLOB. Launch Vehicle: Super Loki.
  • CONDOR Sphere - . Nation: Peru. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 80 km (49 mi).

2013 November 21

07:10 GMT - . Launch Site: Dombarovskiy. Launch Pad: xxx. LV Family: R-36M. Launch Vehicle: Dnepr.
  • PUCPSat-1 - . Mass: 1.00 kg (2.20 lb). Nation: Peru. Class: Technology. Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. USAF Sat Cat: 39442 . COSPAR: 2013-066AC. Apogee: 633 km (393 mi). Perigee: 587 km (364 mi). Inclination: 97.78 deg. Period: 96.90 min. 1U cubesat deployed from Unisat-5 for Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima..

2014 February 28

07:30 GMT - . Launch Platform: ISS.
  • UAP-SAT - . Mass: 2.00 kg (4.40 lb). Nation: Peru. Class: Technology. Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Cubesat. Decay Date: 2014-05-22 . USAF Sat Cat: 39568 . COSPAR: 1998-067EM. Apogee: 196 km (121 mi). Perigee: 183 km (113 mi). Inclination: 51.62 deg. Period: 88.28 min. Cubesat from Universidad Alas Peruanas, Lima..