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  • Tele-X

  • Tele-X was the first communications satellite serving the Nordic countries. It was launched with an Ariane 2 rocket from Kourou, French Guyana, on April 2, 1989. On January 16, 1998, its fuel was exhausted and it was moved into graveyard orbit. The project was managed and operated by the Swedish Space Corporation, but ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment

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  • SORCEThe Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) is a NASA-sponsored satellite mission that measures incoming X-ray, ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared, and total solar radiation. These measurements specifically address long-term climate change, natural variability and enhanced climate prediction, and atmospheric oz ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • Symphonie

  • The Symphonie satellites were the first communications satellites built by France and Germany (and the first to use three-axis stabilization in geostationary orbit with a bipropellant propulsion system) to provide geostationary orbit injection and station-keeping during their operational lifetime. After the launch of t ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • Stretched Rohini Satellite Series

  • The Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS) are a series of satellites developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation as follow ons to the Rohini Satellites for conducting astrophysics, Earth Remote Sensing, and upper atmospheric monitoring experiments as well as for new and novel application-oriented missions ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • STARSHINE (satellite)

  • The STARSHINE (Student Tracked Atmospheric Research Satellite Heuristic International Networking Experiment) series of three artificial satellites were student participatory missions sponsored by the United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). STARSHINE-1 was a spherical satellite that was fitted with almost ni ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • Space Technology 5

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  • Space Technology 5Space Technology 5 (ST5) of the NASA New Millennium program is a test of ten new technologies aboard a group of microsatellites. Developed by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the three small spacecraft were launched separately from the belly of an Lockheed L-1011 aboard the Pegasus XL rocket, on 22 March 2006. One tec ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite

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  • Submillimeter Wave Astronomy SatelliteThe Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS) is a NASA submillimeter astronomy satellite, and is the third spacecraft in the Small Explorer program. It was launched on December 6, 1998 (UTC), from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a Pegasus XL rocket. The telescope was designed by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Obse ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • TSX-5

  • TSX-5 (Tri-Service-Experiments mission 5) is an $85 million satellite successfully launched into orbit on June 7, 2000, from Vandenberg Air Force Base on a Pegasus XL rocket. TSX-5 hosts two Department of Defense (DOD) payloads, STRV-2 (the Space Test Research Vehicle-2), sponsored by the Ballistic Missile Defense Org ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • UWE-2

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  • UWE-2The University Würzburg's Experimental satellite 2 (UWE-2) is a CubeSat of a length of 10 cm and a mass of 1 kg. Developed by the University of Würzburg, its scientific objectives are; On 23.9.2009 UWE-2 was launched by an Indian PSLV rocket (PSLV-C14) together with Oceansat-2 and three further CubeSats in ... Read »Wikipedia
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  • UWE-1

  • UWE-1 is a CubeSat built by students of the University of Würzburg and was launched as part of the SSETI Express mission from Plesetsk in Russia. Down/Uplink frequency is 437.505 MHz, modulation is 1200 Baud AFSK. The satellite's radio call sign is DPØUWE. UWE-1 was followed by the later UWE-2. ... Read »Wikipedia
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