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Spacecraft Inventories and Descriptions
Launch 227
Spacecraft 1st Launch Vehicle Mission
ETSlKiku 23 Feb 1977 N-1 1 st Japanese geostationary test
(Engineering Test satellite.
Satellite)
Exos 4 Feb 1978 M-3H-2 Japanese particle measurements.
EXOSAT (European 26 May 1983 Delta 3914 ESA X-ray observations.
X-ray Observatory
Satellite)
FR- 1 6 Dec 1965 Scout French ionosphere/magnetosphere.
GEOS 20 Apr 1977 Delta ESA magnetospheric studies.
GLONASS (Global 12Oct 1982 D-1 Soviet GPS-type navigation system.
Navigation Satellite
System)
GMS/Himawari 14 Jul 1977 Delta Japanese meteorological satellite.
(Geostationary
Meteorological
Satellite)
Gorizont 19 Dec 1978 D-1 Soviet geostationary
communications/TV satellite.
HEOS (Highly 5 Dec 1968 Delta ESA solar/magnetosphere
Eccentric Orbit experiment.
Satellite)

Hinoton/ Astro 21 Feb 1981 M-3.3-2 Japanese solar flare observations.
INSAT-B (Indian 30 Aug 1983 Shuttle Indian meteorological/
National Satellite) communications satellite.
Intasat 15 Nov 1974 Delta Spanish signal propagation
experiment.
ISEE-2 (International 22 Oct 1977 Delta ESA portion of ISEE experiment.
Sun-Earth Explorer)
ISIS (International 30 Jan 1969 Thor Delta Alouette follow-on.
Satellites for
Ionospheric Studies)
Italsat I989 Ariane Italian telecommunications.
JERS (Japanese 1991 H- 1 Japanese SAR remote sensor.
Earth Resources
Satellite)
Marecs 20 Dec 1981 Ariane ESA maritime communications.
Meteor- 1 26M~ 1969 A-2 Soviet weather satellite.
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Meteor-2 11 Jul 1975 A-1 Soviet meteorological satellite.
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