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  2. List of Earth observation satellites - Wikipedia

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    Part of the Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES) program. NOAA-20: Active NASA and NOAA: 2017 Part of the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program. Oceansat-2: Active ISRO: 2009 OCO-2: Active NASA 2014 Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2. Part of the A-Train. The second precise carbon dioxide observing satellite after GOSAT. PACE ...

  3. Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes - Wikipedia

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    Artificial satellites and space probes in the 1970s Year Origin Name Target Status Description 1970 Japan: Ohsumi: Earth: Success: First Japanese satellite. Japan became the fourth nation after the USSR, USA and France to successfully put an artificial satellite into orbit on its own. West Germany: DIAL Earth Success Second German satellite.

  4. 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.

  5. List of first satellites by country - Wikipedia

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    Jersey's first four satellites were launched together. Jersey is a Crown Dependency of the British sovereign France Qatar: Eutelsat 25B / Es'hail 1: Eutelsat Es'hailSat: SS/Loral: Ariane 5ECA: Kourou: 29 August 2013: Qatar's first satellite flew as a joint project with the French corporation Eutelsat Qatar: Es'hail 1: Es'hailSat: SS/Loral ...

  6. List of satellites in geosynchronous orbit - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of satellites in geosynchronous orbit (GSO). These satellites are commonly used for communication purposes, such as radio and television networks, back-haul, and direct broadcast. Traditional global navigation systems do not use geosynchronous satellites, but some SBAS navigation satellites do.

  7. Satellite - Wikipedia

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    Space probes are satellites designed for robotic space exploration outside of Earth, and space stations are in essence crewed satellites. The first artificial satellite launched into the Earth's orbit was the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1, on October 4, 1957. As of December 31, 2022, there are 6,718 operational satellites in the Earth's orbit, of ...

  8. List of Indian satellites - Wikipedia

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    This list covers most artificial satellites built and operated by the Republic of India. India has been successfully launching satellites of various types from 1975. Apart from Indian rockets, these satellites have been launched from various vehicles, including American, Russian and European rockets sometimes as well.

  9. Category:Satellites orbiting Earth - Wikipedia

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    This category is for artificial satellites that have obtained orbit around the Earth. Subcategories. This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total