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Spacecraft Inventories and Descriptions
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Spacecraft 1 st Launch Vehicle Mission
DSCS (Defense 16 Jun 1966 Titan 3C Global strategic military
Satellite communications.
Communications
System)
DSP (Defense 5 May 1971 Titan 3C Ballistic missile launch detection.
Support Program)
Dynamics Explorer 3 Aug 1981 Delta Near-earth space environment.
Early Bird 6 Apr 1965 Delta Commercial communications
(Intelsat 1).
Echo 12 Aug 1960 Thor Delta Passive communications balloon.
ELINT (Electronic Mar 1962 Various Electronic information gathering.
Inteligence) satellites (Hitchikers)
ERBS (Earth 5 Oct 1984 Shuttle Solar radiation measurement.
Radiation Budget
Satellite)
ERTS (Earth 23 Jul 1972 Delta VisuaYIR earth observation (Landsat).
Resources Technology
Satellite)
ESSA (US. 3 Feb 1966 Delta TOS (TIROS Operational Satellites)
Environmental Science (TIROS 1960-65, TOSESSA
Services 1966-69, ITOSNOAA 1970-84,
Administration) TIROS-N 1978).
satellites
EUVE (Extreme 1988 Shuttle Ultraviolet telescope
Ultraviolet Explorer)
Explorer 31 Jan 1958 Jupiter C 1st American satellite in orbit;
Series of 61 scientific research
satellites from 1958 thru 1975.
Ferret (Code 71 1) pre-1973 Thor Agena Electronic reconnaissance precursor
to Rhyolite.
FLTSATCOM (U.S. 9 Feb 1973 Atlas Centaur Global UHF military
Navy Fleet Satellite communications.
Communications)
Galaxy 28 Jun 1983 Delta Domestic T.V.
Galileo 1989 Shuttle Jupiter orbiter.
Gemini (manned) 23 Mar 1965 Titan 2 Precursor to Apollo.
Geodetic Explorer 6 Nov 1965 Delta Explorers 29, 36 (GEOS A,B)
GEOS (Geodynamic 9 Apr 1975 Delta Measurement of earth shape.
Experimental Ocean
Satellite)
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