Artificial satellites orbiting Earth

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• Reconnaissance satellites

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• ACRIMSAT

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ACRIMSATThe Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Satellite, or ACRIMSAT is a defunct satellite and instrument that was one of the 21 observational components of NASA's Earth Observing System program. The instrument followed upon the ACRIM1 and ACRIM2 instruments that were launched on multi-instrument satellite platforms ... Read »Wikipedia

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• AMSAT-OSCAR 7

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AMSAT-OSCAR 7 (AO-7)AMSAT-OSCAR 7, or AO-7, is the second Phase 2 amateur radio satellite constructed by the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation or AMSAT. It was launched into Low Earth Orbit on November 15, 1974 and remained operational until a battery failure in 1981. Then after 21 years of silence, the satellite was heard again on June ... Read »Wikipedia

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• Arirang-1

Arirang-1 or Arirang I is an unmanned artificial satellite created by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute and launched by a US rocket on December 21, 1999. This was the first satellite built primarily by South Korean engineers, although previous foreign-built satellites had been launched by Korean companies. It carr ... Read »Wikipedia

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• AO-51

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AO-51AO-51 is the in-orbit name designation of a now defunct (following battery failure) LEO amateur radio satellite of the OSCAR series; formerly known as ECHO, built by AMSAT. It was launched on June 29, 2004 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on a Dnepr launch vehicle. It is in sun synchronous low Earth orbit. AO-51 c ... Read »Wikipedia

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• AMSAT-OSCAR 16

AMSAT-OSCAR 16, also known as AO-16 and PACSAT, is the in-orbit name designation of an amateur radio satellite of the OSCAR series. It was built by AMSAT and was launched on 22 January 1990 from Kourou, French Guiana on an Ariane 4 launch vehicle. It is in sun synchronous low Earth orbit. Based on the success of UoSAT ... Read »Wikipedia

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• AfriStar

AfriStar is a satellite family, operated by 1worldspace. The orbiting satellites and the satellite in storage were built by Alcatel Space and EADS Astrium, formerly known as Matra Marconi Space. Based on the Astrium's Eurostar E2000+ bus design, the geostationary orbit satellites broadcast digital radio programs in the ... Read »Wikipedia

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• AMSAT-OSCAR 6

AO-6 (a.k.a. AMSAT-OSCAR 6) was the first Phase 2 amateur radio satellite (P2-A) launched into Low Earth Orbit. It was also the first satellite constructed by the new AMSAT North America (AMSAT-NA) organization. The satellite was launched October 15, 1972 by a Delta 300 launcher from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, ... Read »Wikipedia

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• Akari (satellite)

Akari (ASTRO-F) is an infrared astronomy satellite developed by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, in cooperation with institutes of Europe and Korea. It was launched on 21 February 2006 at 21:28 UTC (06:28, 22 February JST) by M-V rocket into Earth sun-synchronous orbit. After its launch it was named Akari (明ã ... Read »Wikipedia

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• AISSat-1

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AISSat-1AISSat-1 is a satellite used to receive Automatic Identification System (AIS) signals. Launched on 12 June 2010 from Satish Dhawan Space Center as a secondary payload, AISSat-1 is in a sun-synchronous low-Earth orbit. Initially a development project, the satellite has since passed into ordinary operations. Via downlink ... Read »Wikipedia

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