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This is a list of satellites and spacecraft which have been given USA designations by the United States Air Force. These designations have been applied to most United States military satellites since 1984, and replaced the earlier OPS designation. As of June 2022, USA designations have been assigned to 462 space satellites.
Artificial satellites and space probes in the 1950s Year Date Origin Name Launch vehicle Status Description Mass 1957 October 4 Soviet Union: Sputnik 1: Sputnik-PS: Success: The first human-made object to orbit Earth. 83.6 kg (183.9 lb) November 3 Soviet Union: Sputnik 2: Sputnik-PS: Success: The first satellite to carry a living animal, a dog ...
Nano and Micro Satellites (1 to 50 kg) for global tracking, Earth observation and science, communications, constellations, Internet-of-Things, defence and security, and deep-space missions. Hera Systems United States 1 Smart satellite bus provider. Spacecraft manufacturing and integration services, for small satellites (50–250 kg). Hughes ...
The probe passed the heliopause at 121 AU on August 25, 2012, to enter interstellar space. [7] Voyager 1 is still active. In about 40,000 years the star Gliese 445 (AC +79 3888) and the Sun will fly past each other at a distance of 3.45 light-years, after being currently 17.6 light-years from each other, [ 8 ] with Voyager 1 coming as close as ...
U.S. Space Force space systems Name Space system image Mission Operator AN/FPS-85: Space surveillance: Mission Delta 2: C-Band Space Surveillance Radar System [184] Space surveillance: Mission Delta 2: Cobra Dane: Missile defense Space surveillance [185] Mission Delta 4: Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance (GEODSS) Space ...
Only one robotic flight was made. Dawn Aerospace Mk.2: The Netherlands / New Zealand: Suborbital rocket launch: Experimental: 2020: Prototype: Uncrewed suborbital space plane. Horizontal takeoff and landing. Dream Chaser: USA: Rocket launch: Utility: 2004: Project: Uncrewed orbiter, originally intended as a crew vehicle. Launched by a Vulcan ...
Space probes are satellites designed for robotic space exploration outside of Earth, and space stations are in essence crewed satellites. The first artificial satellite launched into the Earth's orbit was the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1, on October 4, 1957. As of December 31, 2022, there are 6,718 operational satellites in the Earth's orbit, of ...
The recovery of the Discoverer 14 return capsule (typical for the CORONA series) A KH-4B CORONA satellite Discoverer 14 launch 1960, Thor Agena "A" launch vehicle. The CORONA [1] program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force.