The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, commonly known by its abbreviation PSLV, is an expendable launch system developed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was developed to…
The Precision Array for Probing the Epoch of Reionization (PAPER) is a low-frequency radio interferometer designed to detect the ignition of the first stars and galaxies around 500 Million years…
The PRISMA satellite (PRecursore Iperspettrale della Missione Applicativa, i.e: Hyperspectral Precursor of the Application Mission) is an Earth observation system by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) with innovative electro-optical instrumentation…
PROBA (Project for On-Board Autonomy) is a family of small Earth observation satellites, part of the ESA's MicroSat program. Proba-1 was launched by ISRO in 2001. It is a technology…
PROOF (Program for Radar and Observation Forecasting) is a software for the simulation of radar- and telescope-based space debris observations. It is delivered together with the MASTER software. It can…
PPTS (Prospective Piloted Transport System), unofficially called Rus, is a project being undertaken by the Russian Federal Space Agency to develop a new-generation partially reusable capsule manned spacecraft. Its official…
Proton (Прото́н) (formal designation: UR-500) is an expendable launch system used for both commercial and Russian government space launches. The first Proton rocket was launched in 1965 and the launch…
RazakSAT is a Malaysian satellite carrying a high-resolution camera. It was launched into low Earth orbit by a Falcon 1 rocket on July 14, 2009. It was placed into a…
A Robonaut is a dexterous humanoid robot built and designed at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, USA. Robonaut differs from other current space-faring robots in that, while most current…
The Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) is a NASA technology demonstration mission that was launched in 2011 and successfully completed in 2013 from the International Space Station (ISS). The purpose is…
The Rokot (Russian: Рокот meaning Roar), also transliterated Rockot, is a Russian space launch vehicle that can launch a payload of 1,950 kilograms into a 200 kilometre high Earth orbit…
Rosetta is a robotic spacecraft of the European Space Agency on a mission to study the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Rosetta consists of two main elements: the Rosetta space probe; the Philae…
