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| x IKONOS |
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7 yr. | Yes | 98.1 ° |
IKONOS is a commercial earth observation satellite, and was the first to collect publicly available high-resolution imagery at 1- and 4-meter resolution. It offers multispectral (MS) and panchromatic (PAN) imagery. The IKONOS launch was called in...
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Landsat 5 is the fifth satellite of the Landsat program. It was launched on March 1, 1984, with the primary goal of providing a global archive of satellite photos. The Landsat Program is managed by USGS, and data from Landsat 5 is collected and...
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| x Landsat 4 |
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Landsat 4 is the fourth satellite of the Landsat program. It was launched on July 16th, 1982, with the primary goal of providing a global archive of satellite photos. Although the Landsat Program is managed by NASA, data from Landsat 4 was collected...
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Aqua (EOS PM-1) is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth, studying the precipitation, evaporation, and cycling of water. It is the second major component of the Earth Observing System (EOS) preceded by Terra ...
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Terra (EOS AM-1) is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in a sun-synchronous orbit around the Earth. It is the flagship of the Earth Observing System (EOS).
The name "Terra" comes from the Latin word for earth. The satellite was...
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| x Landsat 1 |
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Landsat 1, originally named "Earth Resources Technology Satellite 1", was the first satellite of the United States' Landsat program. It was a modified version of the Nimbus 4 meteorological satellite and was launched on July 23, 1972 by a Delta 900...
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| x Landsat 2 |
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Landsat 2 is the second satellite of the Landsat program. The spacecraft originally carried a designation of ERTS-B (Earth Resource Technology Satellite B) but was renamed "Landsat 2" prior to its launch on January 22, 1975. Despite having a design...
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| x Landsat 3 |
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Landsat 3 is the third satellite of the Landsat program. It was launched on March 5th, 1978, with the primary goal of providing a global archive of satellite photos. Unlike later Landsats, Landsat 3 was managed solely by NASA. Landsat 3 is no longer...
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| x Thematic Mapper Landsat 5 |
One
of the Earth observing sensors introduced in the Landsat program. A
Thematic Mapper (TM) was first placed aboard Landsat 4 (decommissioned
in 2001), and one is still operational aboard Landsat 5 as of May 2007.
TM sensors feature seven bands of...
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| x EgyptSat 1 |
EgyptSat-1 is Egypt's first Earth remote-sounding satellite. This satellite has been jointly built by Egypt's National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences together with the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau in Ukraine and was launched onboard a...
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| x Anik F1 |
Anik F1 is a Canadian geosynchronous communications satellite that was launched on November 21 2000 by an Ariane 44 rocket from the European Space Agency Guiana space center at Kourou. Anik is an Inuit word that means "little brother". At the moment...
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| x Alouette 1 |
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Alouette 1 was Canada's first satellite, and the first satellite constructed by a country other than the USSR or the United States. Occasionally, Alouette I is misrepresented as the third satellite successfully put in orbit, rather than being from...
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| x Explorer I |
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Explorer 1 (international designation 1958 Alpha 1) was the first Earth satellite of the United States, launched on February 1, 1958 at 03:48 UTC from LC-26 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as part of the United States program for the...
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| x Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer |
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The Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer (FAST) was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on board a Pegasus XL rocket on August 21, 1996. One in the series of NASA's Small Explorer (SMEX) spacecraft, FAST was designed to observe and measure the plasma...
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| x Explorer 49 |
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Explorer 49 (also called RAE-B) was a 328 kilogram satellite launched on June 10, 1973 for longwave radio astronomy research. It had four 230-meter long X-shaped antenna elements, which made it one of the largest spacecraft ever built.
This mission...
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| x Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer |
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The Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) is a space-based telescope operated by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. FUSE was launched on a Delta II rocket on June 24, 1999, as a part of NASA's Origins program. FUSE...
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| x Alouette 2 |
Alouette 2 was a Canadian research satellite launched at 4h48 UTC on November 29, 1965 by a Thor Agena rocket with Explorer 31 from the Western test range at Vandenberg AFB in California. It was (like its predecessor Alouette 1, and Explorer 31)...
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| x Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite |
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The Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS) was an astronomical observatory launched on December 5, 1998 as part of the Small Explorer program within NASA. Investigators at Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Goddard Space Flight Center...
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| x Third Small Astronomy Satellite |
The Third Small Astronomy Satellite (SAS 3, also known as SAS-C before launch) was a NASA X-ray astronomy space telescope. It functioned from May 7, 1975 to April 1979. It covered the X-ray range with four experiments on board. The satellite, built...
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| x COBE |
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The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE), also referred to as Explorer 66, was a satellite dedicated to cosmology. Its goals were to investigate the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) of the universe and provide measurements that would help...
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| x Advanced Composition Explorer |
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Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) is a space exploration mission being conducted as part of the Explorer program to study matter in situ, comprising energetic particles from the solar wind, the interplanetary medium, and other sources. Real-time...
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| x US-KMO |
The US-KMO is a Soviet early-warning satellite tasked with the detection of rocket launches indicating an attack by ICBMs or SLBMs. It was originally intended that the OS-KMO would replace the earlier US-KS, which was useful for ICBM detection only,...
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| x Aprilicus |
APRILICUS refers to a series of four United States reconnaissance satellites launched between 1978 and 1980. Also known as AFD-0104-08 , the satellites were developed with the participation of the Air Force. The Aprilicus project is credited as...
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| x Trailblazer |
Trailblazer was a technology demonstration satellite, which was to have been operated by the United States Air Force and MDA. It was selected for launch under a "Jumpstart" contract, to demonstrate responsiveness, with the final payload being chosen...
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| x Lacrosse |
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For the 2009 Lunar Impactor Mission designed to crash into the moon, see LCROSS.
Lacrosse and Onyx are the code names for the United States' National Reconnaissance Office terrestrial radar imaging reconnaissance satellite. While not officially...
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| x Kepler Mission |
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The Kepler Mission uses a NASA space telescope designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. With a planned mission lifetime of at least 3.5 years, Kepler will use a photometer developed by NASA to continuously monitor the brightness...
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| x Vanguard 1 |
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Vanguard 1 (ID: 1958-Beta 2 ) was the fourth artificial Earth satellite launched and the first satellite to be solar powered. Although communication with it was lost in 1964, it remains the oldest manmade satellite still in orbit and as such is the...
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| x Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
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The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (or GOES) program is a key element in United States' National Weather Service (NWS) operations. GOES weather imagery and quantitative sounding data are a continuous and reliable stream of...
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| x Chandra X-ray Observatory |
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The Chandra X-ray Observatory is a satellite launched on STS-93 by NASA on July 23, 1999. It was named in honor of Indian-American physicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar who is known for determining the mass limit for white dwarf stars to become...
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| x XMM-Newton |
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The XMM-Newton (X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission - Newton) is an orbiting X-ray observatory, named in honor of Sir Isaac Newton.
Originally known as the High Throughput X-ray Spectroscopy Mission, it was launched by the European Space Agency from the...
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| x High Energy Transient Explorer |
The High Energy Transient Explorer (abbreviated HETE; also known as Explorer 79) was an American astronomical satellite with international participation (mainly Japan and France). The prime objective of HETE was to carry out the first...
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| x Dong Fang Hong I |
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Dōng Fāng Hóng I (simplified Chinese: 东方红一号; traditional Chinese: 東方紅一號), also known as China 1, was the People's Republic of China's first space satellite, launched successfully on April 24, 1970 as part of the PRC's Dong Fang Hong space satellite...
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| x GALEX |
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The Galaxy Evolution Explorer is an orbiting ultraviolet space telescope that was launched on April 28, 2003. A Pegasus rocket placed GALEX into a nearly circular orbit at an altitude of 697 km (432 miles) and an inclination to the Earth's equator...
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| x Uhuru |
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Uhuru was the first satellite launched specifically for the purpose of X-ray astronomy. It was also known as the X-ray Explorer Satellite, SAS-1 (for "Small Astronomy Satellite" 1, being first of the three-spacecraft SAS series), or Explorer 42. The...
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| x Gravity Probe B |
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Gravity Probe B (GP-B) is a satellite-based mission which launched on 20 April 2004. The spaceflight phase lasted until 2005, and data analysis is expected to continue through 2010. Its aim is to measure spacetime curvature near Earth, and thereby...
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| x AO-40 |
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AO-40 is the on-orbit name designation of an amateur radio satellite (AMSAT) of the OSCAR series; formerly known as Phase 3D.
The Project Manager was Peter Guelzow (amateur radio call sign DB2OS) of AMSAT Germany (AMSAT-DL).
Following the failure of...
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| x UO-11 |
UO-11 (aka UoSAT-OSCAR 11, UoSAT-2 or UoSAT-B) is an amateur satellite built at the University of Surrey and launched into orbit on March 1, 1984. Though orbital and active for twenty-four years after launch its status is now questionable, with no...
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| x Prospero X-3 |
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The Prospero satellite, also known as X-3, is the only satellite to be successfully launched by a British rocket. It has the COSPAR (NSSC ID) designation 1971-093A, and the US Space Command satellite catalogue number 05580. The satellite was...
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| x FASat-Alfa |
FASat-Alfa was to become the first Chilean satellite, and was constructed under a Technology Transfer Program between the Chilean Air Force (FACH) and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) of the United Kingdom. The primary goal of the Program was...
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| x LAGEOS |
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LAGEOS, or Laser Geodynamics Satellites, are a series of scientific research satellites designed to provide an orbiting laser ranging benchmark for geodynamical studies of the Earth.
The spacecraft are aluminium-covered brass spheres with a diameter...
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| x Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer |
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The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) is a satellite that observes the time structure of astronomical X-ray sources. The RXTE has three instruments --the Proportional Counter Array, the High-Energy X-ray Timing Experiment (HEXTE), and one...
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| x Molniya |
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Molniya (Russian: Молния, meaning "lightning") was a military communications satellite system used by the Soviet Union. The satellites were placed into highly eccentric elliptical orbits known as Molniya orbits, characterised by an inclination of ...
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| x Microvariability and Oscillations of STars telescope |
The Microvariability and Oscillations of STars telescope, better known simply as MOST, is Canada's first and (as of mid-2005) only space telescope. It is also the smallest space telescope in the world (for which its creators nicknamed it the “Humble...
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| x SCISAT-1 |
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SCISAT-1 is a Canadian satellite designed to make observations of the Earth's atmosphere. Its most important instrument is an optical Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, the ACE-FTS Instrument. This device records the spectrum of the Sun, as...
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| x Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite |
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The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is an orbital observatory whose mission is to study the Earth’s atmosphere, particularly the protective ozone layer.
The 5900 kg (13,000 lb) satellite was launched during Space Shuttle mission STS-48 in...
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| x Vanguard 2 |
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Vanguard 2 or Vanguard II is an earth-orbiting satellite launched February 17, 1959 by the Vanguard SLV 4 launch vehicle as part of Project Vanguard.. The satellite was designed to measure cloud-cover distribution over the daylight portion of its...
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| x Vanguard 3 |
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Vanguard 3 (international designation 1959 Eta 1) is a scientific satellite that was launched into Earth orbit by a Vanguard rocket on September 18, 1959, the third successful Vanguard launch out of eleven attempts.
The satellite was launched from...
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| x Meteosat |
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The Meteosat series of satellites are geostationary meteorological satellites operated by EUMETSAT under the Meteosat Transition Programme (MTP).
The program was established to ensure the operational continuity between the end of the successful...
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| x CRRES |
The Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite (CRRES) was launched on July 25, 1990 into a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) for a nominal three-year mission to investigate fields, plasmas, and energetic particles inside the Earth's...
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| x Astra 4A |
Astra 4A is a communications satellite owned and operated by SES Astra, launched in 2007 to the Astra 5°E orbital slot providing digital television and radio broadcasts, data, and interactive services to sub-Saharan Africa.
The satellite is...
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| x Astra 2B |
Astra 2B is a communications satellite owned and operated by SES Astra, launched in 2000 to join Astra 2A at the Astra 28.2°E orbital slot providing digital television and radio broadcast services to the UK and Republic of Ireland.
The satellite...
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| x Astra 2C |
Astra 2C is a communications satellite owned and operated by SES Astra. Designed to join Astra 2A and Astra 2B at the Astra 28.2°E orbital slot providing digital television and radio broadcast services to the UK and Republic of Ireland, the...
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