Costa Rica
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Costa Rica
Related
- People
- Chang-Diaz
Chronology
2 events
1950 April 5
- Birth of Dr Franklin Ramon Chang-Diaz - . Nation: Costa Rica, USA. Related Persons: Chang-Diaz. American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1980-2005. Shared record of seven spaceflights. 7 spaceflights, 66.8 days in space. Flew to orbit on STS-61C (1986), STS-34, STS-46, STS-60, STS-75, STS-91, STS-111..
2018 April 2
20:29 GMT - . Launch Platform: ISS. LV Family: Falcon. Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9.- Batsu-CS1 - . Payload: Irazu. Nation: Costa Rica. USAF Sat Cat: 43468 . COSPAR: 1998-067NR. Apogee: 380 km (230 mi). Perigee: 379 km (235 mi). Inclination: 51.64 deg. Period: 92.15 min. See Irazú (Batsú-CS 1) ↑. 1U cubesat by Costa Rica Institute of Technology. Mission: Monitoring carbon, humidity, and temperature levels in Costa Rican forests. Status as of 2019: Active..