List of articles in "Satellite" category - Page 120

Intelsat 2 formerly PAS-2 was a communications satellite operated by Intelsat which spent most of its operational life serving the Pacific Rim market from a longitude of 169° East. Launched […]

Telstar 12 previously known as Orion 2 is a Canadian communications satellite which is operated by Telesat. It was originally built for Orion Network Systems which merged with Loral Skynet […]

GeoEye-1 is a high-resolution earth observation satellite owned by GeoEye which was launched in September 2008.

GOES-G was a weather satellite to be operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The satellite was designed to sense and monitor meteorological conditions from a geostationary orbit intended […]

GOES 1 designated GOES-A and SMS-C prior to entering service was a weather satellite operated by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It was the first Geostationary Operational […]

WINDS (Wideband InterNetworking engineering test and Demonstration Satellite also known as Kizuna) is a Japanese communication satellite. Launch was originally scheduled for 2007. The launch date was eventually set for […]

COSMO-1 or COSMO-Skymed 1 is an Italian radar imaging satellite. Launched in 2007 it was the first of four COSMO-Skymed satellites to be placed into orbit. The spacecraft is operated […]

HYLAS (or HYLAS-1) is a British satellite in geostationary orbit. HYLAS which is an acronym for Highly Adaptable Satellite is a communications satellite and was launched by the European Ariane […]

Discoverer 1 was the first of a series of satellites which were part of the Corona reconnaissance satellite program. It was launched on a Thor-Agena rocket on February 28 1959 […]

The Solar Mesosphere Explorer (also known as Explorer 64) was an United States unmanned spacecraft to investigate the processes that create and destroy ozone in Earth’s upper atmosphere. The mesosphere […]