Orbit Magazine

Issues 71 - 80

ORBIT is the official quarterly publication of The Society, full of illustrations and informative space stamp and space cover articles, postal auctions, space news, and a new issues guide.

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Contents Orbit 80
Published in January 2009

Orbit issue 80

• Un-manned Satellites on Postage Stamps: 28 - by Don Hillger and Garry Toth
• From Atom to Nuclear Powered Spacecraft part 3/3 - by John Beenen
• Two Unusual Recovery Ships Covers by Harry Rose
• Luna 1: Man's First Shot at The Moon
• Shuttle Story: 1999 - STS-96, STS-93, STS-103, 2000 - STS-99, STS-101, STS-106. STS-92, STS-97
• Exploration of Mars by Harvey Duncan
• Tartu Observatory: A Place in the Past by Bert van Eijck
• Shen Zhou 7: First Commemorative Issues by Ling Fugen
• UFO - The Limits of Space Travel by John Beenen
• How The Romans were Responsible for an Important Aspect of Shuttle Design!

Plus

• Asteroids
• New issue Guide
• Readers Respond

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Contents Orbit 79
Published in October 2008

Orbit issue 79

• UFO: The Limits of Space Travel Part 2 - by John Beenen
• Un-manned Satellites on Postage Stamps: 27 - by Don Hillger and Garry Toth
• From Atom to Nuclear Powered Spacecraft - by John Beenen
• MIR Space Mail Specimen from Andy Swanston's Collection
• Helwan Observatory: A visit in the Desert - by Bert van Eijck
• Astrophilately - a Universally Popular Theme
• Shuttle Story: 1998 - STS-89, STS-90, STS-91, STS-95, STS-88.
• Apollo 8: Genesis of Manned Moon Exploration
• U.S. based member celebrates 25th Anniversary of Sally Ride's First Flight
• New Issues from ASSS members in Russia and Kazakhstan
• Sputnik Celebrations Eclipsed by 50 Years of Space Exploration Issues - by Harvey Duncan
• Intercosmos Retrospect: France November 1988

Plus

• Asteroids
• New issue Guide
• Readers Respond

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Orbit issue 78

Contents Orbit 78
Published in June 2008

• UFO: The Limits of Space Travel - by John Beenen
• Un-manned Satellites on Postage Stamps: 26 - by Don Hillger and Garry Toth
• Sir Arthur C. Clarke Passes
• The World's oldest Astronomy and Space Stamps - by Ian Ridpath
• Space Show on High Seas - by Bert van Eijck
• A Castle in Communication - by Bert van Eijck
• Shuttle Story: 1997 - STS-81, STS-82, STS-83, STS-84, STS-94, STS-85, STS-86, STS-87
• Intercosmos Retrospect: Bulgaria June 1988
• Intercosmos Retrospect: Afghanistan August 1988

Plus

• Asteroids
• New issue Guide
• Readers Respond

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Orbit issue 77

Contents Orbit 77
Published in March 2008

• How Hungary has celebrated Soviet and other Spaceflight Achievement Part 2
• Un-manned Satellites on Postage Stamps: 25 - by Don Hillger and Garry Toth
• Polish Copernicus Postmarks - by Stanislaw Wekka
• The World's oldest Astronomy and Space Stamps - by Ian Ridpath
• U.S. Prime Recovery Ships and Covers - by Bert van Eijck
• I hugged with Aliens! - by Bert van Eijck
• From Atom to Nuclear Powered Spacecraft - Part 2b - by John Beenen
• Shuttle Story: 1996 - STS-72, STS-75, STS-76, STS-77, STS-78, STS-79, STS-80
• Designed - by Alec Bartos

Plus

• Asteroids
• New issue Guide
• Readers Respond

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Orbit issue 76

Contents Orbit 76
Published in January 2008

• How Hungary has celebrated Soviet and other Spaceflight Achievement
• Un-manned Satellites on Postage Stamps: 24 - by Don Hillger and Garry Toth
• Topical Time Features Astrophilatelic Items
• Intelsat by Bruce Cranford
• Member Profile: Bruce Cranford
• Indonesia Calling - by Bert van Eijck
• From Atom to Nuclear Powered Spacecraft - Part 2 - by John Beenen
• Shuttle Story: 1995 - STS-63, STS-67, STS-71, STS-70, STS-69, STS-73, STS-74
• ESA Satellites - A Short Guide- by Harvey Duncan
• Peripheral items for your collection
• Romanian Sputnik Tribute issues by Alec Bartos

Plus

• Asteroids
• New issue Guide
• Readers Respond

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Orbit issue 75

Contents Orbit 75
Published in October 2007

• Sputnik 50 - by Arie Olckers
• Un-manned Satellites on Postage Stamps: 23 - by Don Hillger and Garry Toth
• Sputnik and what followed - by Harvey Duncan
• U.S. Postal Cancels for Sputnik - by Bert van Eijck
• The Southern Skies - by Brian Vincent
• Bremen - German's Space City - by Bert van Eijck
• From Atom to Nuclear Powered Spacecraft - Part 1 - by John Beenen
• Shuttle Story: 1994 - STS-60, STS-62, STS-59, STS-65, STS-64, STS-68, STS-66
• Satellites from a Small Country - by Harvey Duncan
• A Life in Space - by Tim Furniss

Plus

• Asteroids
• New issue Guide
• Readers Respond

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Orbit issue 74

Contents Orbit 74
Published in July 2007

• Phantom Cosmonauts - Urban Myth or Reality? - by John Beenen
• Un-manned Satellites on Postage Stamps: 22 - by Don Hillger and Garry Toth
• A Spectacular Project - by Bert van Eijck
• First they send Mice, Then they sent Men - by Bob Wienberger
• Going up: USA Spy, Classified, Secret, Unknown - by Bruce Cranford
• Astronautic Annals from Tartu - by Jim Reihman
• Spacecraft and Satellite Dictionary - by Jim Reihman
• Shuttle Story: 1993 - STS-54, STS-56, STS-55, STS-57, STS-51, STS-58, STS-61
• I Do It My Way - by Kenneth Woods
• The Big Bang - by Harvey Duncan
• Great Scottish Scientists
• Apollo 3000 - A Rollercoaster in Space -by Bert van Eijck

Plus

• Asteroids
• Readers Respond

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Orbit issue 73

Contents Orbit 73
Published in April 2007

• What Einstein did for Us - by John Beenen
• Un-manned Satellites on Postage Stamps: 21 - by Don Hillger and Garry Toth
• Europe Marks its own Space Achievements
• The Philatelic Museum in Monaco - by Bert van Eijck
• Astronautic Annals from Tartu - by Jim Reichman
• The Elusive Jackass Flats Tracking Covers - by Bob Weinberger
• One Giant Leap for a Space Fan - by Tim Gagnon
• Shuttle Story: 1992 - STS-42, STS-45, STS-49, STS-50, STS-46, STS-47, STS-52, STS-53
• Animals in Space - Cancels - by Bart Beimers
• G.B. Celebrates famous astronomy TV Programme
• Imre Madach - The Tragedy of Man - by Andre Scheer
• Balloons and Dirigibles - by Jack Swafford
• Unstamped Russian Envelopes with Space Symbolics - by Jim Reichman

Plus

• Asteroids
• Readers Respond

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Orbit issue 72

Contents Orbit 72
Published in January 2007

• The Development of Mir and its Modules: 6
• Un-manned Satellites on Postage Stamps: 20 - by Don Hillger and Garry Toth
• The Carter Observatory - by Brian G. Vincent
• Identity Stamp - Bob Jones
• Down-to-Earth Honour for first Space Scot
• Flying Machines - by Bert van Eijck
• Cheers to U.S. Women Astronauts - by Bob Weinberger
• Shuttle Story: 1991 - STS-37, STS-39, STS-40, STS-43, STS-48, STS-44
• How and Why the Trucial States Celebrated Space Successes between 1964 and 1972 - Jeff Dugdale
• Who was Finbar Kenny?
• Imre Madach - The Tragedy of Man - by Andre Scheer
• Eutelsat: communication on the continent
• Jumping from the Stratosphere - by Alexander Zheleznyakov

Plus

• Asteroids
• Readers Respond

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Orbit issue 71

Contents Orbit 71
Published in October 2006

• The Development of Mir and its Modules: 5
• Un-manned Satellites on Postage Stamps: 19 - by Don Hillger and Garry Toth
• Twelve men who walked on the Moon - by Bill York
• Animals in Space #2 by John Beenen
• Shuttle Story: 1990 - STS-32, STS-36, STS-31, STS-41, STS-38, STS-35
• I dedicated my flight to Santos-Dumont - by Bert van Eijck
• Greg Olsen - Space Flight Participant - by John Berry
• North Korea marks Soviet Space Success
• A Comparison of National Space Stamp Issuing Policies - by Bob Jones
• Salyut 6 Astrophilatelic Catalog

Plus

• Asteroids
• Readers Respond

 

 

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