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Spacecraft Inventories and Descriptions
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Spacecraft 1 st Launch Vehicle Mission
TOS (TIROS 3 Feb 1966 Delta ESSA meteorological satellites
Operational System) (TIROS 1960-65, TOSESSA
1966-69, ITOSMOAA 1970-84,
TIROS-N 1978).
TRAAC (Transit 15 Nov 1961 Thor Gravity gradient research.
Research and Attitude (Piggyback)
Control) satellite
Transit Sep 1959 Scout Navigational satellite system.
UARS (Upper 1989 Shuttle Stratosphere, mesosphere monitor.
Atmosphere Research
Satellite)
Vanguard 6 Dec 1963 Vanguard Early Navy satellite program.
Tv-3
Vela 17 Oct 1963 Atlas Agena Nuclear explosion detection.
Viking 20 Aug 1975 Titan Centaur Soft landing on Mars.
Voyager 20 Aug 1977 Titan Centaur Planetary exploration.
Westar 13 Apr 1974 Delta 2914 I st domestic geosynchronous
communications satellites.
Whitecloud 30 Apr 1976 Atlas Electronic ocean surveillance/
tracking.
NON-11. S. SATELLITES
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Launch
Spacecraft 1 st Launch Vehicle Mission
Aeros 16 Dec 1972 Scout W. German environment tests.
Alouette 29 Sep 1962 Thor Agena Canadian ionospheric effects on
communications
Anik-B 15 Dec 1978 Delta Canadian telecommunications.
ANS (Astronomical 30 Aug 1974 Scout Netherland X-ray studies.
Netherlands Satellite)
Apple (Ariane 19 Jun 1981 Ariane Indian communications experiments.
Passenger Payload
Experiment)
Arabsat 8 Feb 1985 Ariane, Arab League telecommunications.
Shuttle
Ariel 27 Mar 1964 Scout U. K. radio and environment tests.
Aryabhata I9 Apr 1975 C-1 Indian high-altitude physics.
Astron 23 Mar 1983 D-1 Soviet X-rayKJV telescope.
Aussat 27 Aug 1985 Shuttle Australian telecommunications.

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