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1511:Kosmos 2423
1463:Syracuse 3B
1428:Mea Huaka'i
1362:Kosmos 2422
1317:Kosmos 2421
1253:Kosmos 2420
1186:Soyuz TMA-8
1179:FalconSAT-2
1168:Hot Bird 7A
703:UCAR COSMIC
616:Spacing in
582:Inclination
533:due to the
461:Instruments
423:(NRL), the
375:climatology
371:ionospheric
367:meteorology
340:Inclination
271:Deactivated
230:Launch site
200:Launch date
179:Launch mass
69:Climatology
61:Meteorology
1760:Categories
1715:Meridian 1
1710:SAR-Lupe 1
1641:WildBlue 1
1579:Shijian 6D
1575:Shijian 6C
1552:DirecTV-9S
1468:Koreasat 5
1454:Hot Bird 8
1420:AeroCube-1
1148:Arabsat-4A
1127:EchoStar X
1013:Formosat-7
1008:Formosat-5
1003:Formosat-3
998:Formosat-2
993:Formosat-1
974:satellites
686:References
535:oblateness
531:precession
513:Deployment
491:(TBB), in
484:Experiment
386:satellites
373:research,
303:Geocentric
274:1 May 2020
240:Contractor
223:Minotaur I
65:Ionosphere
48:FORMOSAT-3
1668:ANDE-FACL
1589:Sinosat-2
1484:Shijian 8
1477:September
1438:Arirang-2
1432:ICECube-2
1392:ICECube-1
1372:Baumanets
1357:Genesis I
1294:Galaxy 16
1268:Thaicom 5
1213:Astra 1KR
804:Volume 4,
487:Tri-band
409:Taiwanese
381:by using
117:2006-011F
111:2006-011E
105:2006-011D
99:2006-011C
93:2006-011B
87:2006-011A
81:COSPAR ID
1696:TacSat-2
1686:MEASAT-3
1664:ANDE-MAA
1629:December
1603:November
1556:Optus D1
1495:ITS P3/4
1459:JCSAT-3A
1408:HAUSAT-1
1388:Rincon 1
1351:INSAT-4C
1289:KazSat-1
1264:Satmex 6
1260:/ EWS-G1
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1203:JCSAT-5A
1164:Spainsat
1120:February
972:Formosat
922:Archived
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776:Archived
758:15 April
713:18 April
625:See also
576:Altitude
457:rocket.
451:COSMIC-2
439:Minotaur
403:FORMOSAT
398:COSMIC-1
263:Disposal
225:Flight 5
75:research
18:ROCSAT-3
1700:GeneSat
1691:USA-193
1680:MEPSI-2
1676:MARScom
1651:STS-116
1620:USA-192
1610:USA-191
1565:MetOp-A
1545:October
1536:USA-190
1527:HIT-SAT
1490:STS-115
1339:STS-121
1322:USA-184
1307:USA-189
1303:USA-188
1299:USA-187
1258:GOES 13
1233:CALIPSO
1132:MTSAT-2
1099:January
1034:italics
831:Bibcode
660:(GRACE)
400:and as
278:2020-06
276: (
205: (
138:Website
126:SATCAT
1705:Kiku 8
1656:ITS P5
1645:AMC-18
1615:Badr-4
1584:STEREO
1523:Hinode
1501:IGS-3A
1447:August
1412:MEROPE
1380:SACRED
1376:PicPot
1223:EROS-B
1208:COSMIC
1111:Daichi
1091:2007 β
1076:β 2005
909:(UCAR)
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541:Status
517:All 6
501:L-band
489:beacon
419:, the
377:, and
363:COSMIC
219:Rocket
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71:, and
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28:COSMIC
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1672:RAFT1
1560:LDREX
1531:SSSAT
1404:nCube
1400:SEEDS
1368:BelKA
1196:April
1157:March
1137:Akari
915:(UOP)
875:1 May
847:S2CID
664:MetOp
647:CHAMP
508:(TIP)
45:Names
1594:XM-4
1424:CP-1
1416:CP-2
1344:MPLM
1331:July
1277:June
1173:ST-5
1084:2006
877:2020
760:2006
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499:and
1384:ION
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900:by
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