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1662:Tancredo-1
1613:Tianlian I
1569:Shijian-17
1564:Himawari 9
1464:Tiangong-2
1454:OSIRIS-REx
1379:Tiantong-1
1158:MICROSCOPE
1140:Shijian-10
842:1 (IRS-P6)
805:1 (IRS-P4)
736:1 (IRS-P5)
657:satellites
471:References
232:Contractor
146:Spacecraft
1722:Bayi Kepu
1717:SuperView
1637:Göktürk-1
1475:ScatSat-1
1449:INSAT-3DR
1436:September
1426:Gaofen-10
1217:GLONASS-M
1208:Thaicom 8
1195:Yaogan 30
1163:e-st@r-II
1095:Flock-2e'
1007:GLONASS-M
835:Completed
798:Completed
729:Completed
524:The Hindu
350:ScatSat-1
75:2016-074A
69:COSPAR ID
1712:JCSAT-15
1623:December
1588:Yunhai-1
1557:November
1483:Alsat-2B
1479:Alsat-1B
1390:JCSAT-16
1385:Gaofen-3
1296:Flock-2p
1190:JCSAT-14
1174:IRNSS-1G
1090:Diwata-1
1060:IRNSS-1F
976:February
957:IRNSS-1E
790:Oceansat
721:Cartosat
615:Archived
595:Archived
572:Archived
550:Archived
528:Archived
499:Archived
443:See also
425:PSLV-C36
409:Gigabits
58:Operator
1666:Lemur-2
1593:Galileo
1574:XPNAV 1
1538:Lemur-2
1521:GSAT-18
1510:October
1491:Pratham
1459:Ofek-11
1412:GSSAP-4
1408:USA-271
1404:GSSAP-3
1400:USA-270
1358:USA-269
1265:Orion 9
1261:USA-268
1257:/ DLA-2
1200:Galileo
1102:Lemur-2
1024:Topaz-4
1020:USA-267
995:GPS IIF
991:USA-266
952:Jason-3
940:January
861:Planned
211:PSLV-XL
102:Website
90:SATCAT
1696:TanSat
1679:CYGNSS
1608:GOES-R
1496:CanX-7
1469:SkySat
1443:AMOS-6
1372:August
1315:MUOS-5
1309:Swayam
1291:M3MSat
1282:ABS-2A
1270:BeiDou
1119:IGSO-6
1116:BeiDou
983:BeiDou
932:2017 →
917:← 2015
419:Launch
314:Period
308:98.78°
273:Regime
207:Rocket
1701:Spark
1692:/ ERG
1690:Arase
1652:HTV-6
1647:WGS-8
1500:PISat
1229:ÑuSat
1133:April
1050:SES-9
1043:March
699:IRS-P
663:IRS-1
502:(PDF)
491:(PDF)
177:watts
175:1250
172:Power
109:.isro
97:41877
36:Names
1362:NROL
1334:July
1298:× 12
1239:June
1231:1, 2
1149:BEAM
1097:× 20
986:M3-S
925:2016
568:NDTV
546:Mint
372:and
111:.gov
62:ISRO
1703:× 2
1681:× 8
1668:× 4
1658:, (
1615:-04
1540:× 4
1471:× 4
1364:-61
1220:753
1183:May
1104:× 9
1010:751
998:-12
433:UTC
213:C36
201:UTC
113:.in
107:www
92:no.
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