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1560:Kosmos 958
1548:Kosmos 957
1526:Kosmos 956
1506:Kosmos 955
1501:Kosmos 954
1496:Kosmos 953
1491:Kosmos 952
1479:Kosmos 951
1474:Kosmos 950
1469:Kosmos 949
1459:Kosmos 948
1449:Kosmos 947
1439:Kosmos 946
1434:Kosmos 945
1429:Kosmos 944
1424:Kosmos 943
1419:Kosmos 942
1414:Kosmos 941
1409:Kosmos 940
1404:Kosmos 939
1399:Kosmos 938
1394:Kosmos 937
1358:Kosmos 936
1353:Kosmos 935
1348:Kosmos 934
1338:Kosmos 933
1333:Kosmos 932
1328:Kosmos 931
1323:Kosmos 930
1318:Kosmos 929
1313:Himawari 1
1308:Kosmos 928
1303:Kosmos 927
1298:Kosmos 926
1293:Kosmos 925
1288:Kosmos 924
1283:Kosmos 923
1278:Kosmos 922
1263:Kosmos 921
1248:Kosmos 920
1243:Kosmos 919
1238:Kosmos 918
1223:Kosmos 917
1218:Kosmos 916
1213:Kosmos 915
1203:Kosmos 914
1198:Kosmos 913
1188:Kosmos 912
1183:Kosmos 911
1173:Kosmos 910
1168:Kosmos 909
1163:Kosmos 908
1148:Kosmos 907
1138:Kosmos 906
1133:Kosmos 905
1123:Kosmos 904
1118:Kosmos 903
1113:Kosmos 902
1108:Kosmos 901
1098:Kosmos 900
1093:Kosmos 899
1083:Kosmos 898
1068:Kosmos 897
1063:Kosmos 896
1058:Kosmos 895
1041:Kosmos 894
1031:Kosmos 893
1021:Kosmos 892
1004:Kosmos 891
994:Kosmos 890
989:Kosmos 889
979:Kosmos 888
645:2009-08-12
623:2009-08-12
601:2009-08-12
560:2009-08-12
531:2009-08-12
499:References
405:Delta 2914
264:Geocentric
200:Contractor
181:Delta 2914
1721:underline
1516:Prognoz 6
1464:Voyager 1
1389:Voyager 2
1073:Palapa A2
432:longitude
280:Longitude
242: UTC
172: UTC
72:1977-048A
66:COSPAR ID
1679:Sakura 1
1659:OPS 4258
1653:Soyuz 26
1632:OPS 8781
1554:Soyuz 25
1536:Salyut 6
1521:OPS 7471
1268:OPS 4800
1208:OPS 5644
1178:OPS 9751
1158:OPS 9438
1153:OPS 9437
1078:OPS 4915
1036:Tansei 3
1015:Soyuz 24
1009:OPS 3151
587:"GOES-2"
466:See also
440:Peacesat
333:24 hours
323:13.7696Âș
223:Disposal
102:24 years
51:Operator
1725:italics
1616:Unnamed
1595:Transat
1444:Sirio 1
1378:Unnamed
1233:Signe 3
1047:Unnamed
999:NATO 3B
891:GOES-19
886:GOES-18
881:GOES-17
876:GOES 16
855:GOES 15
850:GOES 14
845:GOES 13
829:GOES 12
824:GOES 11
819:GOES 10
517:"Index"
411:at the
236: (
166: (
87:SATCAT
1575:ISEE-2
1570:ISEE-1
1384:HEAO-1
1228:GOES 2
1128:GEOS-1
1053:Kiku 2
967:1978 â
952:â 1976
860:GOES-Q
814:GOES 9
809:GOES 8
793:GOES 7
788:GOES-G
783:GOES 6
778:GOES 5
773:GOES 4
757:GOES 3
752:GOES 2
747:GOES 1
550:"GOES"
493:TDRS-1
448:GOES 7
362:GOES-B
358:GOES-2
329:Period
270:Regime
194:LC-17B
177:Rocket
20:GOES-2
1485:OTS-1
1253:NTS-2
722:SMS-2
717:SMS-1
430:at a
428:SMS-1
421:SVM-5
339:Epoch
94:10061
960:1977
59:NASA
55:NOAA
708:SMS
124:SMS
89:no.
1741::
589:.
540:^
519:.
507:^
57:/
943:e
936:t
929:v
679:e
672:t
665:v
648:.
626:.
604:.
563:.
534:.
240:)
170:)
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