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75 relations: Atlas (rocket family), Atlas SLV-3, Atlas-Agena, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, CASSIOPE, Clementine (spacecraft), Coriolis (satellite), Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, Environmental impact assessment, European Space Agency, Falcon 9, Falcon 9 Full Thrust, Falcon 9 v1.1, Falcon Heavy, Formosat-5, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, Greenwich Mean Time, Iridium Communications, Iridium satellite constellation, Jason-3, Jumpseat (satellite), KH-11 Kennen, KH-7 Gambit, KH-8 Gambit 3, KH-9 Hexagon, Lacrosse (satellite), Landing Zones 1 and 2, Landsat 6, Launch pad, Launch Services Program, Launch vehicle, Lee Enterprises, List of USA satellites, Low Earth orbit, Martin Marietta, Misty (satellite), Molniya orbit, Moon, NASA, NASASpaceFlight.com, National Space Organization, Naval Ocean Surveillance System, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, Omelek Island, Paz (satellite), Polar orbit, QuikSCAT, ..., RADARSAT Constellation, RM-81 Agena, Santa Maria, California, SAOCOM, Satellite Data System, SLDCOM, SM-65D Atlas, Space.com, SpaceNews, SpaceX, SpaceX reusable launch system development program, Star (rocket stage), Starlink (satellite constellation), Sun-synchronous orbit, Surface Water Ocean Topography, Tikkurilan Palloseura, Titan (rocket family), Titan 23G, Titan 34D, Titan IIIB, Titan IIID, Titan IV, United States Air Force, Vandenberg Air Force Base, VTVL. Expand index (25 more) »
Atlas (rocket family)
Atlas is a family of American missiles and space launch vehicles.
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Atlas SLV-3
The Atlas SLV-3, or SLV-3 Atlas was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas / SM-65D Atlas missile.
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Atlas-Agena
The Atlas-Agena was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile.
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) (known as Cape Kennedy Air Force Station from 1963 to 1973) is an installation of the United States Air Force Space Command's 45th Space Wing.
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CASSIOPE
CASSIOPE, or CAScade, Smallsat and IOnospheric Polar Explorer, is a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) multi-mission satellite operated by MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA).
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Clementine (spacecraft)
Clementine (officially called the Deep Space Program Science Experiment (DSPSE)) was a joint space project between the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO, previously the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, or SDIO) and NASA.
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Coriolis (satellite)
The Coriolis satellite is a Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Earth and space observation satellite launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, on 2003-01-06 at 14:19 GMT.
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Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department of Defense.
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Environmental impact assessment
Environmental assessment (EA) is the assessment of the environmental consequences (positive and negative) of a plan, policy, program, or actual projects prior to the decision to move forward with the proposed action.
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European Space Agency
The European Space Agency (ESA; Agence spatiale européenne, ASE; Europäische Weltraumorganisation) is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states dedicated to the exploration of space.
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Falcon 9
Falcon 9 is a family of two-stage-to-orbit medium lift launch vehicles, named for its use of nine Merlin first-stage engines, designed and manufactured by SpaceX.
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Falcon 9 Full Thrust
Falcon 9 Full Thrust (also known as Falcon 9 v1.2, with Block 3, Block 4 and Block 5 variants) is a partially reusable medium-lift launch vehicle, designed and manufactured by SpaceX.
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Falcon 9 v1.1
Falcon 9 v1.1 was the second version of SpaceX's Falcon 9 orbital launch vehicle.
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Falcon Heavy
Falcon Heavy is a partially reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX.
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Formosat-5
Formosat-5 is an Earth observation satellite operated by the National Space Organization (NSPO) of Taiwan.
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GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
The GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, also known as GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam or just GFZ, is the national research center for Earth Sciences in Germany, located on the Telegrafenberg in Potsdam, in the German federal state of Brandenburg, and is part of the Helmholtz Association of National Research Centres.
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Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) was a joint mission of NASA and the German Aerospace Center.
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Greenwich Mean Time
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London.
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Iridium Communications
Iridium Communications Inc. (formerly Iridium Satellite LLC) is a publicly traded American company headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
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Iridium satellite constellation
The Iridium satellite constellation provides L-band voice and data coverage to satellite phones, pagers and integrated transceivers over the entire Earth surface.
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Jason-3
Jason-3 is partnered with the European Organisation for the Exploration of Meteorological Satellites (EUMESTAT), and National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) and is an international cooperative mission in which NOAA is partnering with the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES, France's governmental space agency).
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Jumpseat (satellite)
Jumpseat, also known as AFP-711 is reportedly a code name for a class of SIGINT reconnaissance satellites operated by the National Reconnaissance Office for the United States Air Force in the 1970s and 1980s.
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KH-11 Kennen
The KH-11 KENNEN, renamed CRYSTAL in 1982p.199-200 and according to leaked NRO budget documentation currently going by the codename of Evolved Enhanced CRYSTAL (EEC) (but also referenced by the codenames 1010,p.82 Key Hole and "Key Hole"), is a type of reconnaissance satellite first launched by the American National Reconnaissance Office in December 1976.
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KH-7 Gambit
Codenamed Gambit, the KH-7 (Air Force Program 206) was a reconnaissance satellite used by the United States from July 1963 to June 1967.
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KH-8 Gambit 3
The KH-8 (BYEMAN codename Gambit-3) was a long-lived series of reconnaissance satellites of the "Key Hole" (KH) series used by the United States from July 1966 to April 1984, and also known as Low Altitude Surveillance Platform.
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KH-9 Hexagon
KH-9 (BYEMAN codename HEXAGON), commonly known as Big Birdp.32 Big Bird or Keyhole-9, was a series of photographic reconnaissance satellites launched by the United States between 1971 and 1986.
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Lacrosse (satellite)
Lacrosse or Onyx is a series of terrestrial radar imaging reconnaissance satellites operated by the United States National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
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Landing Zones 1 and 2
Landing Zone 1 and Landing Zone 2, also known as LZ-1 and LZ-2, is a landing facility for recovering components of SpaceX's VTVL reusable launch vehicles.
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Landsat 6
Landsat 6, equipped with upgraded versions of the instruments on Landsat 5, was designed to carry forward the Landsat program.
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Launch pad
A launch pad is an above-ground platform from which a rocket-powered missile or space vehicle is vertically launched.
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Launch Services Program
Launch Services Program (LSP) is responsible for NASA oversight of launch operations and countdown management, providing added quality and mission assurance in lieu of the requirement for the launch service provider to obtain a commercial launch license.
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Launch vehicle
A launch vehicle or carrier rocket is a rocket used to carry a payload from Earth's surface through outer space, either to another surface point (suborbital), or into space (Earth orbit or beyond).
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Lee Enterprises
Lee Enterprises is a publicly traded American media company.
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List of USA satellites
This is a list of satellites and spacecraft which have been given USA designations by the United States Air Force.
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Low Earth orbit
A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit around Earth with an altitude of or less, and with an orbital period of between about 84 and 127 minutes.
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Martin Marietta
The Martin Marietta Corporation was an American company founded in 1961 through the merger of Glenn L. Martin Company and American Marietta Corporation.
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Misty (satellite)
Misty is reportedly the name of a classified project by the United States National Reconnaissance Office to operate stealthy reconnaissance satellites.
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Molniya orbit
A Molniya orbit (a, "Lightning") is a type of satellite orbit.
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Moon
The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth and is Earth's only permanent natural satellite.
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.
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NASASpaceFlight.com
NASASpaceFlight.com is a website that is devoted to manned and unmanned spaceflight news.
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National Space Organization
The National Space Organization (NSPO; formerly known as the National Space Program Office) is the national civilian space agency of Taiwan under the auspices of the ROC (Taiwan) Ministry of Science and Technology.
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Naval Ocean Surveillance System
The Naval Ocean Surveillance System (NOSS) is a series of signals intelligence satellites that have conducted electronic signals intelligence for the U.S. Navy since the early 1970s.
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NOAA-15
NOAA-15 (designated NOAA-K before launch) is one of the NASA-provided TIROS series of weather forecasting satellite run by NOAA.
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NOAA-16
NOAA-16, designated NOAA-L before launch, is one of the NASA-provided TIROS series of weather forecasting satellites operated by NOAA.
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NOAA-17
NOAA-17 was a weather forecasting satellite operated by NOAA.
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Omelek Island
Omelek Island (Marshallese: Kom̧le, pronounced) is part of the Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
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Paz (satellite)
Paz (Spanish for "peace") is Spain's first spy satellite launched on 22 February 2018.
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Polar orbit
A polar orbit is one in which a satellite passes above or nearly above both poles of the body being orbited (usually a planet such as the Earth, but possibly another body such as the Moon or Sun) on each revolution.
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QuikSCAT
The NASA QuikSCAT (Quick Scatterometer) is an Earth observation satellite carrying the SeaWinds scatterometer.
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RADARSAT Constellation
The RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) is a 2018 space launch mission by the Government of Canada that will consist of a three-spacecraft fleet of Earth observation satellites.
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RM-81 Agena
The RM-81 Agena was an American rocket upper stage and satellite bus which was developed by Lockheed initially for the canceled WS-117L reconnaissance satellite program.
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Santa Maria, California
Santa Maria is a city near the Southern California coast in Santa Barbara County.
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SAOCOM
SAOCOM (Satélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas, Spanish for Argentine Microwaves Observation Satellite) is a planned Earth observation satellite constellation of the Argentine Space Agency CONAE.
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Satellite Data System
The Satellite Data System (SDS) is a system of United States military communications satellites.
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SLDCOM
SLDCOM is a satellite communications system operated by the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office and used by the United States armed forces.
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SM-65D Atlas
The SM-65D Atlas, or Atlas D, was the first operational version of the U.S. Atlas missile.
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Space.com
Space.com is a space and astronomy news website.
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SpaceNews
SpaceNews is a print and digital publication that covers business and political news in the space and satellite industry.
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SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., doing business as SpaceX, is a private American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California.
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SpaceX reusable launch system development program
The SpaceX reusable launch system development program is a privately funded program to develop a set of new technologies for an orbital launch system that may be reused many times in a manner similar to the reusability of aircraft.
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Star (rocket stage)
The Star is a family of American solid-fuel rocket motor used by many space propulsion and launch vehicle stages.
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Starlink (satellite constellation)
Starlink is a satellite constellation development project underway by SpaceX, to develop a low-cost, high-performance satellite bus and requisite customer ground transceivers to implement a new space-based Internet communication system.
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Sun-synchronous orbit
A Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO, also called a heliosynchronous orbit) is a nearly polar orbit around a planet, in which the satellite passes over any given point of the planet's surface at the same local mean solar time.
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Surface Water Ocean Topography
The Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission is a future satellite mission, jointly developed by NASA and CNES, the French space agency, in partnership with Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and UK Space Agency (UKSA).
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Tikkurilan Palloseura
Tikkurilan Palloseura (abbreviated TiPS) is a football club from Tikkurila in Vantaa, Finland.
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Titan (rocket family)
Titan is a family of United States expendable rockets used between 1959 and 2005.
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Titan 23G
The Titan 23G, Titan II(23)G, Titan 2(23)G or Titan II SLV was an American expendable launch system derived from the LGM-25C Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile.
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Titan 34D
The Titan 34D was a United States expendable launch vehicle, used to launch a number of satellites for military applications.
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Titan IIIB
Titan IIIB was the collective name for a number of derivatives of the Titan II ICBM and Titan III launch vehicle, modified by the addition of an Agena upper stage.
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Titan IIID
The Titan IIID or Titan 3D was an American expendable launch system, part of the Titan rocket family.
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Titan IV
The Titan IV family (including the IVA and IVB) of rockets were used by the U.S. Air Force.
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United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial and space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Vandenberg Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base northwest of Lompoc, California.
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VTVL
Vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) is a form of takeoff and landing for rockets.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_AFB_Space_Launch_Complex_4
