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1405:Kounotori 3
1338:Intelsat 19
1317:ChinaSat 2A
1274:Kosmos 2480
1171:Kosmos 2479
1166:Intelsat 22
1059:VesselSat-2
872:Boeing X-37
751:24 December
721:24 December
695:24 December
661:24 December
383:OTV program
358:Mean motion
338:Inclination
202:Launch site
176:Launch date
147:Launch mass
1834:Categories
1745:Yaogan 16C
1741:Yaogan 16B
1737:Yaogan 16A
1722:Meridian 6
1708:Yamal-300K
1683:Compass G6
1609:Compass-M6
1605:Compass-M5
1563:AeroCube 4
1431:Kanopus-V1
1349:Shenzhou 9
1244:Tianhui 1B
1223:Compass-M4
1219:Compass-M3
1137:Compass-G5
876:spaceplane
829:17 October
595:17 October
511:References
444:USA series
434:aboard an
428:spaceplane
281:Geocentric
215:Contractor
1803:Skynet 5D
1791:Göktürk-2
1776:Yamal-402
1648:Orbcomm-2
1542:PROITERES
1531:September
1421:TechEdSat
1359:Quasar 18
1322:Yaogan 15
1283:Kompsat 3
1269:Vinasat-2
1253:Tiantuo 1
1249:Yaogan 14
1209:YahSat-1B
1099:ALMASat-1
824:Space.com
772:Space.com
632:5 October
312:0.0009437
291:Low Earth
259:Runway 12
79:2012-071A
73:COSPAR ID
1759:December
1697:November
1614:Astra 2F
1595:CINEMA 1
1504:Telkom-3
1489:Sfera-53
1461:Gonets-M
1457:Gonets-M
1265:JCSAT-13
1176:Apstar 7
1103:Xatcobeo
1083:February
884:Missions
473:See also
62:Operator
1781:USA-240
1704:Luch 5B
1639:USA-239
1632:October
1618:GSAT-10
1600:MetOp-B
1551:USA-238
1546:mRESINS
1499:HYLAS 2
1439:Zond-PP
1435:BelKA-2
1413:We-Wish
1368:Orion 8
1364:USA-237
1355:USA-236
1296:Nimiq 6
1291:Horyu 2
1279:Shizuku
1239:USA-235
1214:RISAT-1
1192:USA-234
1123:MaSat-1
1111:ROBUSTA
1069:USA-233
1048:January
979:USSF-52
971:USA-349
955:USA-299
947:AFSPC-5
939:USA-277
927:USA-261
915:USA-240
903:USA-226
891:USA-212
878:flights
803:2 April
777:2 April
651:"OTV 3"
564:10 July
538:10 July
505:USA-226
500:USA-212
461:Mission
455:payload
436:Atlas V
406:USA-240
243: (
195:Atlas V
181: (
94:SATCAT
33:USA-240
18:USA-240
1623:VRSS-1
1575:Aeneas
1538:SPOT 6
1522:RBSP-B
1518:RBSP-A
1478:August
1463:No.4,
1459:No.3,
1417:Niwaka
1343:NuSTAR
1142:MUOS-1
1127:PW-Sat
1119:Goliat
1115:e-st@r
1040:2013 →
1025:← 2011
963:USSF-7
685:AF.mil
657:. NASA
560:. NASA
418:Boeing
348:Period
287:Regime
209:SLC-41
191:Rocket
141:Boeing
1855:DARPA
1653:David
1583:CSSWE
1443:TET-1
1409:Raiko
1393:SES-5
1388:MSG-3
1287:SDS-4
1185:April
1151:March
1132:SES-4
1095:LARES
1090:Navid
975:OTV-7
959:OTV-6
943:OTV-5
931:OTV-4
919:OTV-3
907:OTV-2
895:OTV-1
421:X-37B
414:OTV-3
395:OTV-4
390:OTV-2
368:Epoch
362:15.84
155:Power
101:39025
1591:CXBN
1377:July
1331:June
1311:Fajr
1033:2012
831:2014
805:2014
779:2014
753:2012
723:2012
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663:2012
634:2014
597:2014
566:2013
540:2013
1657:Sif
1587:CP5
1469:MiR
1425:F-1
1232:May
1161:ATV
197:501
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