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  2. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program - Wikipedia

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    The DSAP-1 (Defense Satellite Application Program Block 1) satellites series, also known as P-35, was the first series of military meteorological satellites of the United States. The project designation P-698BH was used concurrently with P-35 from June 1962 and P-35 became P-417 in October 1962. The designation DMSP-1 (Defense Meteorological ...

  3. Defense Support Program - Wikipedia

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    The Defense Support Program (DSP) is a program of the United States Space Force that operated the reconnaissance satellites which form the principal component of the Satellite Early Warning System used by the United States. DSP satellites, which are operated by the 460th Space Wing, detect missile or spacecraft launches and nuclear explosions ...

  4. Defense Satellite Communications System - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of the DSCS III satellite. The Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) [ 1 ] is a United States Space Force satellite constellation that provides the United States with military communications to support globally distributed military users. Beginning in 2007, DSCS began being replaced by the Wideband Global SATCOM system.

  5. List of space programs of the United States - Wikipedia

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    From crewed space exploration and the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon, to the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, Voyager, the Mars rovers, numerous space telescopes, and the Artemis program, NASA delivers on the civil space exploration mandate. NASA also cooperates with other U.S. civil agencies such as the National Oceanic and ...

  6. DSAP - Wikipedia

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    DSAP. DSAP may refer to: Destination Service Access Point, a part of the IEEE 802.2 standard for local area network communication. Defense Satellite Application Program, a series of American military weather satellites, later renamed to Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. Disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis, a human skin ...

  7. Weather System Follow-on Microwave - Wikipedia

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    WSF-M2 →. The Weather System Follow-on Microwave (WSF-M) satellite is the United States Department of Defense's next-generation operational environmental satellite system. WSF-M will be a Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite with a passive microwave imaging radiometer instrument and hosted furnished Energetic Charged Particle (ECP ...

  8. 6th Space Operations Squadron - Wikipedia

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    6th Space Operations Squadron emblem (approved 14 January 2008)[1] 4000th Support Gp emblem (approved 10 November 1964)[1] The 6th Space Operations Squadron is an Air Force Reserve satellite command and control squadron located at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado. The squadron is a backup to NOAA for Defense Meteorological Satellite Program ...

  9. Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program - Wikipedia

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    13 June 1968. The Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program or IDCSP was the first United States Department of Defense communications satellite constellation and the first stage of the Defense Communications Satellite Program (DCSP). Launched in five groups by Titan IIIC launch vehicles to near equatorial, subsynchronous orbits between ...