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  2. List of Earth observation satellites - Wikipedia

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    Series 3 satellites are Sun-synchronous and series 2 and 4 satellites are geosynchronous. Formosat-5: Active Taiwan’s National Space Organization (NSPO) 2017 Gaofen-2: Active CNSA: 2014 Gaofen-3: Active CNSA: 2016 GOES-16 and 17: Active NASA 2016 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. Collects weather observations. See also: List ...

  3. Category:NASA satellites - Wikipedia

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    NASA satellites orbiting Earth (3 C, 29 P) P. Proposed NASA satellites (3 P) T. TDRS satellites (14 P) Pages in category "NASA satellites" The following 38 pages are ...

  4. List of GOES satellites - Wikipedia

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    SMS-derived GOES satellite. This is a list of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites. GOES spacecraft are operated by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with NASA responsible for research and development, and later procurement of spacecraft.

  5. List of USA satellites - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of satellites and spacecraft which have been given USA designations by the United States Air Force. These designations have been applied to most United States military satellites since 1984, and replaced the earlier OPS designation. As of June 2022, USA designations have been assigned to 462 space satellites.

  6. Category:Lists of satellites - Wikipedia

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    List of GPS satellites; H. List of artificial objects in heliocentric orbit; I. List of Indian satellites; List of Intelsat satellites; K. List of Kosmos satellites; N.

  7. List of GPS satellites - Wikipedia

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    Samples of three GPS satellites' orbits over a five-year period (2013 to 2018) USA-242 · USA-239 · USA-151 · Earth As of 19 December 2024, 83 Global Positioning System navigation satellites have been built: 30 are launched and operational, 1 is launched and undergoing the commissioning process, 3 are in reserve or testing, 43 are retired, 2 were lost during launch, and 1 prototype was never ...

  8. Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes - Wikipedia

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    Name Launch vehicle Status Description Mass 1957 October 4 Soviet Union: Sputnik 1: Sputnik-PS: Success: The first human-made object to orbit Earth. 83.6 kg (183.9 lb) November 3 Soviet Union: Sputnik 2: Sputnik-PS: Success: The first satellite to carry a living animal, a dog named Laika. 508 kg (1,118 lb) December 6 US: Vanguard 1A: Vanguard ...

  9. List of space stations - Wikipedia

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    NASA 3 [113] 1976 Constructed, but launch cancelled due to lack of funding. [114] Now a museum piece. OPS-4: USSR 3 [115] 1979 Constructed, but Almaz program cancelled in favour of uncrewed recon satellites. Freedom: NASA 14–16 [116] 1993 Merged to form the basis of the International Space Station. Mir-2: USSR Roscosmos: 2 [117] Columbus MTFF ...