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1077:UNIFORM-1
807:ArduSat-2
799:CRS Orb-1
794:Thaicom 6
551:. Wired.
255:satellite
185:Low Earth
153: UTC
142:Destroyed
97: UTC
46:2014-028E
40:COSPAR ID
1672:Astra 2G
1601:DESPATCH
1597:Shinen 2
1582:December
1542:Tsukushi
1523:November
1492:Flock-1d
1442:IRNSS-1C
1394:Optus 10
1371:Lingqiao
1338:Gaofen 2
1251:Flock-1b
1230:Gonets-M
1194:Flock-1c
1188:Tigrisat
1177:UniSat-6
1145:Deimos-2
1141:BugSat 1
1081:SOCRATES
1073:Raijin-2
1014:KazSat-3
973:IRNSS-1B
922:Astra 5B
889:STARS-II
869:GPM Core
838:February
823:UAPSat-1
815:LitSat-1
714:. Online
680:cite web
355:See also
319:and the
267:Plesetsk
120:Plesetsk
29:Operator
1631:USA-259
1627:A, B, C
1620:CBERS-4
1615:GSAT-16
1593:PROCYON
1546:TSUBAME
1505:USA-258
1485:Arkyd-3
1447:ARSAT-1
1430:October
1416:Olimp-K
1399:USA-257
1329:A, B, C
1317:USA-256
1289:GSSAP 2
1285:USA-254
1281:GSSAP 1
1277:USA-253
1182:Lemur-1
1047:USA-252
1042:USA-251
1010:Luch 5V
1003:KickSat
988:USA-250
983:Ofek-10
959:USA-249
881:INVADER
864:USA-248
819:SkyCube
803:Flock-1
789:GSAT-14
782:January
672:Twitter
641:Twitter
610:mipt.ru
289:39765.
275:Briz-KM
261:Mission
147: (
110:Briz-KM
91: (
61:SATCAT
1530:Sasuke
1310:August
1253:× 28,
1209:CanX-5
1205:CanX-4
1201:SPOT 7
1085:SPROUT
1069:ALOS-2
885:OPUSAT
877:KSAT-2
873:Ginrei
829:TDRS-L
805:× 28,
774:2015 →
759:← 2013
345:debris
222:Period
181:Regime
102:Rocket
33:Russia
1494:× 26†
1225:OCO-2
952:April
906:March
897:ITF-1
850:ABS-2
660:Tweet
629:Tweet
509:(PDF)
502:(PDF)
392:X-37B
271:Rokot
232:Epoch
123:133/3
106:Rokot
68:39765
1218:July
1196:× 11
1131:10,
1106:June
767:2014
720:2015
686:link
668:2023
637:2021
554:War.
485:2014
459:2015
428:2014
1652:IPM
1641:O3b
1482:† (
1301:ATV
1263:× 6
1243:× 4
1241:O3b
1232:× 3
1191:),
1127:9,
1120:755
1023:May
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