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Maiden launch. 22 February 2018. ( 2018-02-22) Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX [ 5][ 6] providing satellite Internet access to most of the Earth. [ 7][ 8] Starshield is a classified derivative of Starlink designed to be operated for and can host payloads for military or government purposes.
This timeline of artificial satellites and space probes includes uncrewed spacecraft including technology demonstrators, observatories, lunar probes, and interplanetary probes. First satellites from each country are included. Not included are most Earth science satellites, commercial satellites or crewed missions .
NASA, Roscosmos, JAXA, ESA, and CSA. 1998. The International Space Station (ISS) has long been used as a central satellite platform for other sensors, including Earth observation sensors. For example: LIS, SAGE III, TSIS-I, ECOSTRESS, GEDI, OCO-3, Diwata-1, and HICO . Jason-3.
Libre Space Foundation's PicoBus deployed 5 PocketQubes. First partially successful flight of the Firefly Alpha launch vehicle. All satellites were deployed; however, due to a lower-than-intended deployment orbit, most of the satellites re-entered before reaching their intended design life within a week after launch. [94] 4 October 21:36:00 [103]
The 22 second-generation Starlink V2 Mini Internet satellites will be launched from a Falcon 9 rocket at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch was rescheduled from Sunday ...
Early satellites were launched without laser links. The inter-satellite laser links were successfully tested in late 2020. [284] [285] The satellites will be mass-produced, at a much lower cost per unit of capability than previously existing satellites. Musk said, "We're going to try and do for satellites what we've done for rockets."
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 ...
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.