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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. 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 331 space satellites.
May 22, 2024 at 6:59 PM. By Joey Roulette. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - SpaceX on Wednesday launched an inaugural batch of operational spy satellites it built as part of a new U.S. intelligence network ...
Earth observation satellite missions developed by the ESA as of 2019. Earth observation satellites are Earth-orbiting spacecraft with sensors used to collect imagery and measurements of the surface of the earth. These satellites are used to monitor short-term weather, long-term climate change, natural disasters.
Explorer 1. Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States in 1958 and was part of the U.S. participation in the International Geophysical Year (IGY). The mission followed the first two satellites, both launched by the Soviet Union during the previous year, Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2. This began a Space Race during the Cold War ...
No local sonic booms should occur with the upcoming Starlink 6-24 mission, which will deploy another batch of the company's internet-beaming satellites into low-Earth orbit.
Samples of three GPS satellites' orbits over a five-year period (2013 to 2018) USA-242 · USA-239 · USA-151 · Earth As of 15 August 2023, 83 Global Positioning System navigation satellites have been built: 31 are launched and operational, 4 are unhealthy or in reserve, 41 are retired, 2 were lost during launch, and 1 prototype was never launched. 4 Block III satellites have completed ...
Amazon is building a $120 million processing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its thousands of planned Kuiper internet satellites, the company and state officials said Friday.
Ghana. GhanaSat-1. All Nations University. Launched on same rocket as first Bangladeshi and Mongolian satellites. Mongolia. Mazaalai (satellite) National University of Mongolia. Launched on same rocket as first Ghanaian and Bangladeshi satellites. Latvia.