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1002:Planck
950:ANUSAT
892:ITS S6
881:Kepler
757:2010 →
742:← 2008
427:Pad 0B
414:Launch
304:Period
298:40.48°
263:Regime
185:Rocket
1405:Poisk
1300:UWE-2
1258:BLITS
1249:HTV-1
919:April
874:March
842:NSS-9
789:SDS-1
785:Kukai
781:Ibuki
695:(PDF)
688:(PDF)
649:(PDF)
638:(PDF)
371:, at
347:, at
203:LP-0B
147:Power
82:35005
1392:SMOS
1084:July
1049:June
898:GOCE
814:Omid
750:2009
703:2021
657:2021
614:2021
592:2021
569:2021
536:2021
449:and
199:MARS
47:USAF
1056:LRO
1028:CP6
974:May
855:OCO
451:CP6
435:UTC
179:UTC
122:Bus
113:1U
77:no.
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