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1211:Kosmos 124
1191:Kosmos 123
1160:Kosmos 122
1145:Kosmos 121
1080:Kosmos 120
1037:Surveyor 1
1027:Kosmos 119
983:Kosmos 118
978:Kosmos 117
955:Kosmos 116
940:Kosmos 115
915:Kosmos 114
860:Kosmos 113
845:Kosmos 112
823:Kosmos 111
802:Kosmos 110
790:Kosmos 109
765:Kosmos 108
760:Kosmos 107
719:Kosmos 106
714:Kosmos 105
692:Kosmos 104
613:"Nimbus 2"
549:"Nimbus 2"
505:References
495:atmosphere
385:California
377:Thor-Agena
237:Geocentric
212:1969-01-18
185:Vandenberg
134:Dimensions
1728:satellite
1376:Gemini XI
1370:GATV-5006
1363:September
1284:Pioneer 7
1216:GATV-5005
1011:GATV-5004
833:GATV-5003
487:HRIR/MRIR
438:telemetry
247:Low Earth
166: UTC
68:1966-040A
62:COSPAR ID
1687:OPS 1584
1655:OPS 8968
1623:OPS 1890
1611:December
1568:OPS 1866
1543:OPS 0855
1538:OPS 5424
1533:OPS 2070
1521:November
1477:OPS 5345
1472:OPS 2055
1462:FTV-1583
1441:OPS 4096
1429:OPS 1703
1414:OPS 6874
1409:OPS 1686
1404:OPS 6026
1392:OPS 6874
1387:OPS 1686
1382:OPS 6026
1294:FTV-1352
1289:OPS 2366
1279:OPS 6810
1274:OPS 1832
1264:OPS 1545
1238:OPS 3014
1222:Gemini X
1196:OPS 1850
1186:Proton 3
1150:OPS 1599
1135:OPS 9317
1130:OPS 9316
1125:OPS 9315
1120:OPS 9314
1115:OPS 9313
1110:OPS 9312
1105:OPS 9311
1090:FTV-1351
1070:OPS 1856
1065:OPS 1577
1022:OPS 1788
1017:OPS 0082
998:Nimbus 2
993:OPS 6785
988:OPS 1950
972:OPS 1508
935:OPS 0910
920:OPS 1612
894:OPS 0340
872:OPS 1117
866:N-4 No.3
855:OPS 0974
850:OPS 0879
828:OPS 3488
780:OPS 3031
775:OPS 3011
770:OPS 1184
755:OPS 1439
745:OPS 7291
738:February
724:OPS 1593
709:OPS 3179
704:OPS 7253
698:OPS 2394
469:pictures
441:antennas
373:Nimbus 2
348:) was a
346:Nimbus-C
342:Nimbus 2
331:Nimbus B
326:Nimbus 1
51:Operator
20:Nimbus 2
1682:Luna 13
1671:Ōsumi 2
1497:Luna 12
1467:Secor 8
1450:October
1435:Ōsumi 1
1344:IDSCP 7
1339:IDSCP 6
1334:IDSCP 5
1329:IDSCP 4
1324:IDSCP 3
1319:IDSCP 2
1314:IDSCP 1
1309:Luna 11
1299:Secor 7
1095:Secor 6
1004:Zenit-4
899:Luna 10
785:Dipason
685:January
619:June 5,
559:June 5,
434:battery
403:Mission
393:perigee
258:0.03595
210: (
160: (
83:SATCAT
1638:OV1-10
1553:OV4-1T
1548:OV4-1R
1457:ESSA-3
1304:ERS-15
1247:August
1181:AS-203
1155:PAGEOS
1100:ERS-16
807:ESSA-2
750:ESSA-1
729:Luna 9
677:1967 →
662:← 1965
397:apogee
360:Launch
294:Period
288:98.66°
243:Regime
187:75-1-1
171:Rocket
1722:This
1633:OV1-9
1628:ATS-1
1558:OV1-6
1512:OV3-2
1254:OV3-3
1206:OV1-8
1201:OV1-7
1085:OV3-4
1075:OGO-3
945:OV3-1
930:OAO-1
908:April
889:OV1-5
884:OV1-4
816:March
422:truss
418:torus
389:Earth
304:Epoch
1732:stub
1349:GGTS
1169:July
1140:GGTS
1053:ATDA
1046:June
670:1966
621:2018
599:2023
561:2018
463:AVCS
426:buoy
90:2173
55:NASA
1726:or
964:May
477:APT
85:no.
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590:.
551:.
528:^
428:.
383:,
356:.
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1749:v
1738:.
653:e
646:t
639:v
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