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Orbiting


1995 U.S. space probe Galileo begins orbiting Jupiter

1995 Space shuttle Atlantis docks with orbiting Russian space station Mir

1978 Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus

1972 U.S. orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched

1972 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched

1971 Orbiting Solar Observatory VII launched

1971 Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes 1st transfer to orbiting Salyut

1969 Orbiting Solar Observatory 5 launched into earth orbit

1968 Frank Borman's Christmas reading while orbiting Moon

1968 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit

1968 Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 5 launched

1967 Lunar Orbiter 4 launched by U.S.; begins orbiting Moon May 7

1966 1st U.S. lunar orbiter begins orbiting Moon

1966 OAO 1, 1st orbiting astronomical observatory, launched

1965 Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km)

1958 1st test project of Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equip

1686 Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus


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