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A satellite state or dependent state is a country that is formally independent but under heavy political, economic, and military influence or control from another country. [1]
Joint satellite between the Italian Space Agency and the Vatican Dicastery for Communication Oman: AMAN-1 ETCO SatRev: Falcon 9: Vandenberg SLC-4E: 11 November 2023 Launched on the same rocket as the first Djiboutian satellite Djibouti: Djibouti-1A University of Djibouti: University of Montpellier: Launched on the same rocket as the first Omani ...
France was the third country to launch a satellite on its own rocket. On 26 November 1965, the Astérix or A-1 (initially conceptualized as FR.2 or FR-2), was put into orbit by a Diamant A rocket launched from the CIEES site at Hammaguir, Algeria. With Astérix, France became the sixth country to have an artificial satellite.
How satellite internet works. Satellite Internet generally relies on three primary components: a satellite – historically in geostationary orbit (or GEO) but now increasingly in Low Earth orbit (LEO) or Medium Earth orbit MEO) [23] – a number of ground stations known as gateways that relay Internet data to and from the satellite via radio waves (), and further ground stations to serve each ...
GNSS systems that provide enhanced accuracy and integrity monitoring usable for civil navigation are classified as follows: [5] GNSS-1 is the first generation system and is the combination of existing satellite navigation systems (GPS and GLONASS), with Satellite Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) or Ground Based Augmentation Systems (GBAS). [5]
Country or organization Name Acronym Founded First space traveler Operates satellites Builds satellites Recoverable payloads capable African Union: African Space Agency: AfSA 24 January 2023 Algeria: Algerian Space Agency: ASAL 16 Jan 2002 [1] Argentina: Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales [2] CONAE 1961
A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder; it creates a communication channel between a source transmitter and a receiver at different locations on Earth. Communications satellites are used for television, telephone, radio, internet, and military ...
Earth observation satellites by country (17 C, 1 P) Reconnaissance satellites by country (10 C) Weather satellites by country (7 C) +