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326:SpaceX CRS-7
311:
270:
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248:Transponders
194:June 1, 2017
166:June 1, 2017
122:Manufacturer
38:Mission type
1719:Soyuz MS-07
1692:Kosmos 2524
1628:TechEdSat-6
1556:Koreasat 5A
1462:Kosmos 2522
1456:Soyuz MS-06
1411:Michibiki 3
1383:OPTSAT-3000
1366:Soyuz MS-05
1282:Kosmos 2521
1280:/ Nivelir,
1278:Kosmos 2519
1253:InflateSail
1235:Red Diamond
1208:Cartosat-2E
1203:ChinaSat 9A
1184:EchoStar 21
1052:Soyuz MS-04
999:IGS-Radar 5
994:EchoStar 23
989:Sentinel-2B
922:Al Farabi-1
917:Cartosat-2D
882:SBIRS GEO-3
615:PR Newswire
337:Arianespace
330:Arianespace
185:Arianespace
163:Launch date
132:Launch mass
1773:Categories
1700:Alcomsat-1
1635:Fengyun-3D
1609:Asgardia-1
1473:USA-278 /
1450:Amazonas 5
1443:USA-277 /
1416:Formosat-5
1319:Shijian-18
1272:ROBUSTA-1B
1160:GhanaSat-1
1085:Koreasat 7
1077:USA-276 /
1062:SilkRoad-1
1058:Tianzhou 1
1038:(ALTAIR ,
1029:Shijian 13
979:Intruder 8
744:Space News
524:Space News
387:References
235:69.9° West
216:Geocentric
181:Contractor
1746:AngoSat 1
1708:FOC 15-18
1551:Quasar 21
1481:AsiaSat 9
1466:GLONASS-M
1437:September
1247:COMPASS-2
984:Tiankun-1
912:Telkom-3S
339:from the
279:HughesNet
232:Longitude
65:2017-029A
59:COSPAR ID
1685:December
1591:BeiDou-3
1584:BeiDou-3
1577:November
1566:Flock-3m
1427:IRNSS-1H
1339:Flock-2k
1241:CICERO-6
1166:Mazaalai
1136:ViaSat-2
940:Flock-3p
901:February
871:TRICOM-1
375:See also
366:ViaSat-1
298:internet
294:ViaSat-1
282:EchoStar
271:ViaSat-2
175:Ariane 5
145:6,418 kg
141:BOL mass
48:Operator
20:ViaSat-2
1705:Galileo
1673:Lemur-2
1640:NOAA-20
1621:Lemur-2
1615:EcAMSat
1547:USA-279
1505:October
1496:BSAT-4a
1397:ASTERIA
1358:Lemur-2
1303:GSAT-17
1259:Lemur-2
1217:Aalto-1
1198:ÑuSat 3
1179:GSAT-19
1044:IceCube
1004:USA-275
975:USA-274
947:Lemur-2
878:USA-273
846:January
749:29 June
641:Satnews
581:29 June
555:29 June
529:29 June
503:29 June
477:29 June
455:29 June
308:History
286:Ka-band
256:Ka-band
80:SATCAT
1725:GCOM-C
1563:× 6 ,
1561:SkySat
1528:SES-11
1512:VRSS-2
1406:TDRS-M
1376:August
1104:SES-15
1089:SGDC-1
1040:CXBN-2
1013:SES-10
934:DIDO-2
928:BGUSAT
838:2018 →
823:← 2016
698:24 Apr
672:16 Mar
621:30 Apr
322:SpaceX
314:Boeing
292:after
290:ViaSat
222:Regime
171:Rocket
126:Boeing
52:ViaSat
1736:31–40
1729:SLATS
1696:LKW-1
1523:QZS-4
1445:OTV-5
1421:ORS-5
1387:VENµS
1149:NICER
1131:QZS-2
1022:April
1008:WGS-9
968:March
887:DSN-2
853:TJS-2
723:5 Dec
646:1 Jun
302:Exede
87:42740
1675:× 10
1519:× 10
1475:NROL
1341:× 48
1312:July
1295:× 10
1124:June
1079:NROL
942:× 88
865:× 10
831:2017
751:2015
725:2017
700:2017
674:2017
648:2017
623:2017
583:2015
557:2015
531:2015
505:2015
479:2015
457:2015
413:2017
253:Band
1742:× 3
1647:× 3
1623:× 8
1568:× 4
1488:× 3
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1469:752
1360:× 8
1261:× 8
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1081:-76
1071:May
949:× 8
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82:no.
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