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Spacecraft Inventories and Descriptions
Launch 223
Spacecraft 1 st Launch Vehicle Mission
RMS (Radiation 9 Nov 1970 Scout Meteoroid direction, speed, and flux.
Meteoroid Satellite)
Radio Astronomy Explorer 38,49.
Explorer
RAM Re-entry 19 Oct 1967 Scout Reentry effects on communication.
Experiments
Ranger 23 Feb 1961 Atlas Agena Lunar pictures until impact.
RCA Satcom 13 Dec 1975 Delta 3914 Commercial communications/TV.
Reentry 1 Mar 1962 Scout Reentry effects on ablative material.
Relay 13 Dec 1962 Thor Delta Low-altitude repeater comsat.
RFD (Re-entry Flight 22 May 1963 Scout Reentry effect on nuclear reactor.
Demonstrator)
(NERVA)
Rhyolite 6 March 1963 Geosynchronous electromagnetic
reconnaissance.
SAGE (Stratospheric 18 Feb 1979 Scout Solar radiation in earth atmosphere.
Aerosol and Gas
Experiment)
SAMOS (Satellite and 1 I Oct 1960 Atlas, Titan Polar orbiting TV reconnaissance.
Missile Observation Agena
System)
Satcom RCA Satcom.
SBS (Satellite 15 Nov 1980 Delta, Shuttle Digital business telecommunication.
Business System)
SCATHA (Spacecraft 30 Jan 1979 Delta 2914 Geomagnetic field effects on s/c.
Charging at High
AI titudes)
SCORE (Signal 18 Dec 1958 Atlas B Merry Christmas from President Ike.
Communication by
Orbiting Relay
Equipment)
Seasat 26 Jun 1978 Atlas F Active/passive oceanographic.
Secor (Sequential 11 Jan 1961 Thor Agena Army navigatiodpositioning.
Collation of Range
spacecraft)
SERT (Space Electric 20 Jul 1964 Scout, Thor Ion engine experiments.
Rocket Test) Agena
Skylab 14 May 1973 Saturn V 1st U. S. space station.
Small Astronomy Explorer 53.
Satellite

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