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Belarus

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Belarus

People: Belousov, Kovalyonok, Klimuk, Dedkov, Shchukin
Spacecraft: Kanopus
Launch Vehicles: R-7
Launch Sites: Baikonur, Mozyr, Postavy, Ruzhany, Lida, Novogrudok, Petrikov, Pinsk, Polotsk, Rechitsa, Slonim, Slutsk, Smorgon, Vetrino, Zaisimovichi, Zhitkovichi
Agency: BNAS

Chronology

7 events

1930 July 24

Birth of Boris Nikolayevich Belousov - . Nation: Belarus. Related Persons: Belousov. Belarusian engineer cosmonaut, 1965-1968..

1942 March 3

Birth of Vladimir Vasilyevich Kovalyonok - . Nation: Belarus. Related Persons: Kovalyonok. Belarusian pilot cosmonaut 1967-1984. 3 spaceflights, 216.4 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz 25 (1977), Soyuz 29, Soyuz T-4..

1942 July 10

Birth of Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk - . Nation: Belarus. Related Persons: Klimuk. Belarusian pilot cosmonaut 1965-1982. 3 spaceflights, 78.8 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz 13 (1973), Soyuz 18, Soyuz 30..

1944 July 24

Birth of Anatoli Ivanovich Dedkov - . Nation: Belarus. Related Persons: Dedkov. Belarusian pilot cosmonaut, 1970-1983..

1946 January 19

Birth of Alexandr Vladimirovich Shchukin - . Nation: Austria, Belarus. Related Persons: Shchukin. Belarusian test pilot cosmonaut, 1980-1988..

2006 July 26

19:43 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC109. Launch Pad: LC109/95. LV Family: R-36M. Launch Vehicle: Dnepr. FAILURE: First stage engine failed. Failed Stage: 1.

BelKA, Baumanets, Unisat 4, PicPot, and 9 nanosats - . Mass: 360 kg (790 lb). Nation: Belarus. Agency: BNAS. Manufacturer: Korolev bureau. Class: Technology. Type: Navigation technology satellite. Payload consisted of 19 nanosats from academic institutions: BelKA; Baumanets; Unisat-4; PICPOT; ICECube-1; ION; RINCON; AeroCube-1; CalPoly CP1; SEEDS; nCube-1; HAUSAT-1; MEROPE; CalPoly CP2; KUTESat; SACRED; Voyager; ICECube 3.

2012 July 22

06:41 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC31. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-FG.

BKA 2 - . Payload: BelKA-2. Mass: 473 kg (1,042 lb). Nation: Belarus. Class: Surveillance. Type: Civilian surveillance satellite. Spacecraft: Kanopus. USAF Sat Cat: 38708 . COSPAR: 2012-039B. Apogee: 507 km (315 mi). Perigee: 506 km (314 mi). Inclination: 97.50 deg. Period: 94.80 min. Remote sensing satellite; replaced BelKa 1 satellite lost in an launch failure. Imager provided a resolution of 2.1 m and four spectral channels..