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INSAT 3D satellite
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INSAT 3D to boost weather forecasting accuracy 05 January 2010 India is expected to launch the INSAT 3D satellite later this year to boost its weather forecasting accuracy, Shailesh Naik, Secretary in the Ministry of Earth Sciences, said here Tuesday. [url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsport...
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SKY Perfect JSAT, SSL Sign New Satellite Deal for JCSAT-14
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SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation has entered into an agreement with Space Systems/Loral (SSL) for the construction of its new communications satellite JCSAT 14, scheduled for a 2015 launch. JCSAT 14 will succeed and replace JCSAT 2A in the 154 degree east orbital position. Based on the SSL 1300 platfo...
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IRNSS-1 satellite
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IRNSS-1 is the first navigational satellite in the Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System series of satellites. Read more
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Chuangxin-3
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China successfully launches three satellites The Chuangxin-3, Shiyan-7 and Shijian-15 satellites were boosted by a Long March-4C carrier rocket, according to the center in north China's Shanxi Province. Read more
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MUOS 2
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The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin have delivered the second Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) spacecraft to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., where it will be prepared for a July liftoff aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. [url=http://lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-re...
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Glonass-M 02.07.13
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Proton-M/DM-03 rocket with 3x Glonass-M explodes and crashes into the ground.
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Kosmos 6
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Kosmos 6, also known as DS-P1 No.1 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 16 was a prototype radar target satellite for anti-ballistic missile tests, which was launched by the Soviet Union on 30 June 1962. Read more
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SEASAT 1
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Seasat was the first Earth-orbiting satellite designed for remote sensing of the Earth's oceans and had onboard the first spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR). Seasat was managed by JPL and was launched on June 28, 1978 into a nearly circular 800 km orbit with an inclination of 108 degrees. Fo...
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Kondor-E satellite
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The Kondor is an 800 kg Earth observation small spacecraft designed to provide high-resolution imagery and terrain mapping in real-time. Read more
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O3b constellation
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Thales Alenia Space to build four more satellites for O3b constellation Thales Alenia Space announced today that it had signed a contract with O3b Networks Limited to deliver four more satellites for their Medium Earth Orbit constellation. These satellites are in addition to the eight already or...
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Discoverer 4 satellite
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The first spy satellite, Discoverer 4, was launched on June 25, 1959. It failed to achieve orbit. The first Corona launch containing a camera was carried out in June 1959 with the cover name Discoverer 4. This was a 750 kilogram satellite launched by a Thor-Agena rocket. [url=http://en.wikipedia....
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NOAA-17
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NOAA-17 is a weather forecasting satellite run by NOAA. It was launched on 24 June 2002, in a sun-synchronous orbit, 824 km above the Earth, orbiting every 101 minutes. Read more
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Ekspress A3 satellite
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Ekspress A3, also designated Ekspress 3A, is a Russian communications satellite which is operated by Kosmicheskiya Svyaz and Eutelsat. It was constructed by NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki and Alcatel Space and is based on the MSS-2500-GSO satellite bus. The satellite was launched at Baikonur Cosmod...
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Kosmos 745
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Kosmos 745, also known as DS-P1-Yu No.76, was a Soviet satellite which was launched at 12:05 UTC, 24 June 1975. It was a 400-kilogram spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used as a radar calibration target for anti-ballistic missile tests. [url=http://en.wikipedia....
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Cosmos 428
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Cosmos 428 was launched by the USSR into Earth orbit on June 24, 1971 and recovered July 6, 1971. The orbit characteristics: apogee/perigee/inclination 208 km, 271 km, and 51.8°, respectively. It was a military satellite on which X-ray astronomy experiments had been added. There was a scintillat...
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