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867:Radarsat-2
862:Radarsat-1
624:12 October
579:17 October
553:12 October
523:25 January
461:13 October
438:References
233:Geocentric
202:Contractor
193:Vandenberg
144:3200 watts
1688:Xi Wang 1
1619:ExPRESS-2
1615:ExPRESS-1
1497:ITU-pSat1
1485:Rubin 9.2
1481:Rubin 9.1
1430:September
1385:AsiaSat 5
1258:MEASAT-3a
1217:HawkSat-1
1209:PharmaSat
1148:SICRAL 1B
1043:Spirale-B
1039:Spirale-A
857:QuickBird
353:QuickBird
340:owned by
173: UTC
53:2009-055A
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1684:Yaogan 8
1666:Yaogan 7
1654:December
1578:November
1489:BeeSat-1
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1455:Sterkh-2
1421:Palapa-D
1404:STSat-2A
1399:Optus D3
1395:JCSAT-RA
1357:UK-DMC 2
1353:Deimos-1
1302:RazakSAT
1205:TacSat-3
1191:Herschel
1153:Yaogan 6
1058:Raduga-1
1000:February
837:GeoEye-1
827:Canadarm
820:Products
410:See also
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311:GeoEye-1
182:Delta II
118:BCP-5000
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1589:PROBA-2
1560:USA-210
1534:October
1514:USA-209
1506:USA-208
1472:Nimiq 5
1410:STS-128
1390:USA-206
1308:STS-127
1263:GOES 14
1185:STS-125
1174:USA-205
1139:RISAT-2
1124:USA-204
1096:USA-203
1080:STS-119
1012:NOAA-19
986:Sohla-1
969:Orion 6
965:USA-202
958:January
694:Twitter
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660:Twitter
654:24 July
394:History
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1569:NSS-12
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1378:August
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1321:BEVO-1
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1253:LCROSS
1195:Planck
1143:ANUSAT
1085:ITS S6
1074:Kepler
950:2010 →
935:← 2008
872:Tomnod
842:Ikonos
832:Dextre
804:People
773:GeoEye
640:JSpOC
492:6 July
388:Boeing
370:Launch
359:Design
280:Period
239:Regime
206:Boeing
196:SLC-2W
178:Rocket
1598:Poisk
1493:UWE-2
1451:BLITS
1442:HTV-1
1112:April
1067:March
1035:NSS-9
982:SDS-1
978:Kukai
974:Ibuki
682:Tweet
648:Tweet
378:on a
290:Epoch
141:Power
75:35946
1747:stub
1585:SMOS
1277:July
1242:June
1091:GOCE
1007:Omid
943:2009
690:2016
656:2016
626:2016
581:2013
555:2009
525:2015
494:2014
463:2016
334:WV 2
1249:LRO
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1167:May
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