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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Category:Satellites by country - Wikipedia

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    Weather satellites by country (6 C) + First artificial satellites of a country (78 P) A. Satellites of Algeria (5 P) Satellites of Angola (2 P) Satellites of ...

  5. 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 ...

  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. 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.

  8. Timeline of first orbital launches by country - Wikipedia

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    Many other countries, such as Mexico, Poland, Chile, Japan and India, launched their own satellites on one of the foreign launchers listed above, the first being British owned and operated; American-built satellite Ariel 1, which was launched by a US rocket in April 1962.

  9. Category:Earth observation satellites by country - Wikipedia

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    Earth observation satellites of the United States (5 C, 45 P) Pages in category "Earth observation satellites by country" This category contains only the following page.