Difference between revisions of "International Space Agency"
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|'''[[Space Shuttle Patriot|Patriot]]''' | |'''[[Space Shuttle Patriot|Patriot]]''' | ||
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| − | |[[Mid-Pacific Launch Center|MPLC]], SLC-1 | + | |<!--[[Mid-Pacific Launch Center|MPLC]], SLC-1--> KSC, [[Wikipedia:Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39|LC-39C]] |
|First Pacific Ocean Space Shuttle launch; First [[International Space Agency|ISA]] Orbiter to dock with the [[Wikipedia:International Space Station|ISS]]. | |First Pacific Ocean Space Shuttle launch; First [[International Space Agency|ISA]] Orbiter to dock with the [[Wikipedia:International Space Station|ISS]]. | ||
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|'''[[Space Shuttle Liberty|Liberty]]''' | |'''[[Space Shuttle Liberty|Liberty]]''' | ||
|NET April 20, 2010 | |NET April 20, 2010 | ||
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| − | | | + | |First ISA Space Shuttle launch from Cape Canaveral |
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| − | |'''[[Space Shuttle | + | |'''[[Space Shuttle Intrepid|Intrepid]]''' |
|NET July 16, 2010 | |NET July 16, 2010 | ||
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| + | |'''[[Space Shuttle Horizon|Horizon]]''' | ||
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| + | |'''[[Space Shuttle Fidelity|Fidelity]]''' | ||
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|'''[[Space Shuttle Union|Union]]''' | |'''[[Space Shuttle Union|Union]]''' | ||
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! colspan="5" style="background:#ffdead;" | Russian Orbiters | ! colspan="5" style="background:#ffdead;" | Russian Orbiters | ||
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|Baikonur Cosmodrome, Pad 110 | |Baikonur Cosmodrome, Pad 110 | ||
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Revision as of 22:51, 10 October 2010
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| Established | 1975 |
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| Headquarters | Magnolia Bend, Louisiana, USA |
| Primary spaceport | Mid-Pacific Launch Center Vandenberg Air Force Base |
| Administrator(s) | Arthur Monroe Ian Rubin Harrison Whitford |
| Budget | US$756 billion (2010) |
| Website | www.isa.int |
The International Space Agency (ISA), established in 1975, is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 6 member agencies acting in cooperation. Headquartered in Magnolia Bend, Louisana, ISA has a staff of more than 40,000 with an annual budget of about $750 billion in 2010.
ISA's space flight program includes human spaceflight, mainly through its Space Shuttle program, the launch and operations of unmanned exploration missions to other planets, the Moon and M31, Earth observations, science, telecommunication as well as maintaining a major spaceport, the Mid-Pacific Launch Center at Gagarin Island and designing launch vehicles. The main European launch vehicles, the RDA space shuttle and Zeus V Launcher are operated in conjunction with NASA with ISA sharing in the costs of launching and further developing these launch vehicles.
ISA science missions are based at McGregor Space Center in Magnolia Bend, which also houses the International Space Training Facility (ISTF) that trains astronauts for future missions. ISA Mission Control is in Geneva, Switzerland, with Space Shuttle missions currently controlled from the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
Contents
History
Goals and aims
Member countries and structure
Budget
Leadership
Facilities
Launch facilities
Landing sites
Tourism and museum facilities
Aircraft
Launch vehicle fleet
Jupiter launchers
Space Shuttles
| American Orbiters | ||||
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| Number | Name | First launch | Launch site | Notes |
| OV-107 | Terra Nova | March 4, 2009 | Vandenberg AFB, SLC-7 | First Space Shuttle launched into polar orbit. |
| OV-108 | Constitution | June 30, 2009 | Vandenberg AFB, SLC-7 | First American Orbiter launched on an unmanned test flight. |
| OV-109 | Patriot | October 7, 2009 | KSC, LC-39C | First Pacific Ocean Space Shuttle launch; First ISA Orbiter to dock with the ISS. |
| OV-110 | Liberty | NET April 20, 2010 | KSC, LC-39C | First ISA Space Shuttle launch from Cape Canaveral |
| OV-111 | Intrepid | NET July 16, 2010 | KSC, LC-39C | |
| OV-112 | Horizon | KSC, LC-39D | ||
| OV-113 | Fidelity | KSC, LC-39D | ||
| OV-114 | Union | KSC, LC-39E | ||
| Russian Orbiters | ||||
| Number | Name | First launch | Launch site | Notes |
| OK-2K1 | Baikal | December 10, 2009 | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Pad 110 | First next generation Russian orbiter |
| OK-2K2 | Sokol | TBD | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Pad 110 | |
