This work would soon lead to the development of Canada's first satellite known as Alouette 1.

Troas has a single satellite, Ilium, also known as Sister, with an atmospheric pressure of 13.3 kilopascals.

It has a dual function, both to follow old satellites known to be in orbit and to track new ones.

Iran launched its first satellite, known as Sina-1, from a Russian rocket in 2005.

In April 1998, Egypt launched its own satellite known as NileSat 101.

The space telescope story, however, as he says, really starts with the launching of a satellite known as OAO-2 in 1968.

The 37,300-pound satellite, known as AFP-731, is one of the heaviest payloads flown on a shuttle, they said.

Maybe you know me; I am an astronaut at present in orbit on the astronomical satellite known as Starlab.

The satellite, known as Tiros, revealed unexpected bands, swirls and clusters that quickly gave a new dimension to the word forecast.

A new satellite known as Swift, designed to hunt and study the bursts, is scheduled to be launched this winter.