Delfi-C3 is a CubeSat satellite constructed by students at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Delfi-C3 is the first nanosatellite student project from the Delft University of Technology…
The Destiny laboratory is a module of the International Space Station (ISS). It is the primary operating facility for U.S. research payloads aboard the ISS. It was berthed to the…
Not to be confused with Space Shuttle Discovery. NASA's Discovery Program (as compared to New Frontiers, Explorers, or Flagship Programs) is a series of lower-cost, highly-focused American scientific space missions…
The Dnepr rocket is a space launch vehicle named after the Dnieper River. It is a converted ICBM used for launching artificial satellites into orbit, operated by the launch service…
Dongfanghong (东方红), meaning The East is Red, is a space satellite program for the People's Republic of China. This program started in 1970. Satellites in this series were placed in…
Draco is a group of hypergolic rocket engines (known as a thrusters) designed by SpaceX for use on their Dragon spacecraft, the upper stage of their Falcon 9 rocket, while…
Dragon is a partially reusable spacecraft developed by the company SpaceX. Dragon is launched into space by the SpaceX Falcon 9 two-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle. During its uncrewed maiden flight in…
The Dream Chaser is a space plane concept studied and developed by the North-American company Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC). It is designed to be a crewed suborbital and orbital vertical-takeoff,…
The Dual-Stage 4-Grid (DS4G) is an electrostatic ion thruster design developed by the European Space Agency, in collaboration with the Australian National University. The design was derived from Controlled Thermonuclear…
the EARS system is a Eumetsat project for data retransmission. 'EARS' means 'Eumetsat Advanced Retransmission Service'. The object of the EARS system is to provide the European meteorological community with…
The European Data Relay System (EDRS) is a European satellite system designed to reduce time delays in the transmission of large quantities of data. It will be a constellation of…