| Name
| Description
| Launched
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| PROGRESS-M 26M |
PROGRESS M-26M is a Russian International Space Station resupply mission. The spacecraft delivered 3.1 tons (2.8 t) of cargo, rocket propellant, water and oxygen to the space station. The ship's forwa... More |
2015-02-17 |
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| DSCOVR |
DSCOVR (Deep Space Climate ObserVatoRy) is an interplanetary space weather station located at the L1 Lagrange point, a gravitationally-stable point nearly one million miles from Earth in line with the... More |
2015-02-11 |
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| AESP 14 |
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1998-11-20 |
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| INMARSAT 5-F2 |
INMARSAT 5 F2 was built in El Segundo, California, by Boeing Satellite Systems International, and it carries its own chemical and electric propulsion system to maneuver into a circular orbit 22,300 mi... More |
2015-02-01 |
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| IGS 9A |
IGS 9A (Information Gathering Satellite) is a Japanese spy satellite that carries a sophisticated radar payload designed to survey the globe night and day—and in all weather conditions—from an orbit a... More |
2015-02-01 |
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| EXOCUBE |
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2015-01-31 |
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| GRIFEX |
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2015-01-31 |
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| FIREBIRD 4 |
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2015-01-31 |
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| FIREBIRD 3 |
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2015-01-31 |
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| SMAP |
SMAP is NASA's 1st Earth observing satellite designed to make high resolution global observations of Earth's vital surface soil moisture content and freeze/thaw cycle just below your feet. It will aid... More |
2015-01-31 |
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| MUOS 3 |
MUOS 3 is the 3rd satellite of the U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System communications network, which remains under construction, with one more primary satellite set to launch and an on-orbit spar... More |
2015-01-21 |
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| FENGYUN 2G |
FENGYUN 2G is a meteorological satellites to provide warnings of weather fronts and tropical cyclones across Asia. FENGYUN 2G will take over for the Fengyun 2E weather observatory at 105 degrees east ... More |
2014-12-31 |
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| ASTRA 2G |
ASTRA 2G is a commercial communications satellite owned by SES, linking Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The spacecraft is based on the Eurostar E3000 satellite platform manufactured by Airbus Defe... More |
2014-12-27 |
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| YAOGAN 26 |
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2014-12-27 |
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| RESURS P2 |
RESURS P2 is a Russian satellite to survey the globe and a plasma physics experiment to seek out signs of exotic antimatter and dark matter in the cosmos. Designed for a five-year mission, the Resurs ... More |
2014-12-26 |
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| COSMOS 2502 |
COSMOS 2502 is a satellite to collect intelligence for the Russian government. Russian authorities identified the payload as a communications satellite, but independent observers believe it is the sec... More |
2014-12-25 |
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| DUMMY SAT 2/BREEZE-M |
DUMMY SAT 2 is a simulated satellite weighing about 2,040 kilograms (4,500 pounds) launched on a geostationary orbit by a Angara 5 rocket, the successor of the workhorse Proton.... More |
2014-12-23 |
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| KONDOR E |
KONDOR-E is a Russian-built radar surveillance satellite built for an undisclosed foreign customer. Speculation on the satellite's owner has focused on South Africa. The Kondor-E satellite carries a s... More |
2014-12-19 |
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| O3B FM9 |
The O3b satellites orbit at 5,000 miles (8,047 km), more than four times closer to Earth than geostationary satellites, reducing the amount of time it takes for a signal to bounce between the spacecra... More |
2014-12-18 |
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| O3B FM12 |
The O3b satellites orbit at 5,000 miles (8,047 km), more than four times closer to Earth than geostationary satellites, reducing the amount of time it takes for a signal to bounce between the spacecra... More |
2014-12-18 |
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| O3B FM11 |
The O3b satellites orbit at 5,000 miles (8,047 km), more than four times closer to Earth than geostationary satellites, reducing the amount of time it takes for a signal to bounce between the spacecra... More |
2014-12-18 |
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| O3B FM10 |
The O3b satellites orbit at 5,000 miles (8,047 km), more than four times closer to Earth than geostationary satellites, reducing the amount of time it takes for a signal to bounce between the spacecra... More |
2014-12-18 |
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| YAMAL 401 |
YAMAL 401 is a communications satellite that will enter service in early 2015 at 90 degrees east longitude, where it will hover over a fixed location on Earth to beam communications services across Ru... More |
2014-12-15 |
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| USA 259 |
NROL-35 is a top-secret satellite-delivery flight for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The NRO is the secretive government agency that controls the country's spy satellites. The identity and p... More |
2014-12-13 |
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| YAOGAN 25C |
YAOGAN 25C is one of the 3 Yaogan satellites launched on 10 December 2014 from the Jiuquan space base in northwest China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. China's official Xinhua news agency describ... More |
2014-12-10 |
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| YAOGAN 25B |
YAOGAN 25B is one of the 3 Yaogan satellites launched on 10 December 2014 from the Jiuquan space base in northwest China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. China's official Xinhua news agency describ... More |
2014-12-10 |
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| YAOGAN 25A |
YAOGAN 25A is one of the 3 Yaogan satellites launched on 10 December 2014 from the Jiuquan space base in northwest China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. China's official Xinhua news agency describ... More |
2014-12-10 |
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| CBERS-4 |
CBERS-4 (China–Brazil Earth Resources Satellite 4), also known as Ziyuan I-04 or Ziyuan 1E, is a remote sensing satellite intended for operation as part of the China–Brazil Earth Resources Satellite p... More |
2014-12-07 |
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| DIRECTV 14 |
DIRECTV 14 is a geostationary satellite that carries 16 Ka-band transponders and 18 transponders in the so-called 'reverse band' which is normally used to transmit signals from Earth into space. Regul... More |
2014-12-06 |
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| GSAT 16 |
GSAT 16 is an Indian geostationary communications satellite carried on a 12-year mission to reduce India's reliance on leased transponders aboard foreign telecom spacecraft. The 7,014-pound (3,181-kg)... More |
2014-12-06 |
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| PROCYON |
PROCYON (Proximate Object Close flyby with Optical Navigation) is an experimental asteroid fly-by probe developed by JAXA. The probe with a mass of only 59 kg will perform an close fly-by to an astero... More |
2014-12-03 |
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| DESPATCH (ARTSAT 2, FO-81) |
DESPATCH (Deep Space Amateur Troubadour's Challenge) space probe is an art project of the Tama Art University. It is the second mission of the "ARTSAT: Art and Satellite Project". The sculpture, which... More |
2014-12-03 |
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| SHIN EN 2 |
SHIN EN 2 is a interplanetary satellite built by students at Kagoshima University in Japan that will carry a 145 to 435 MHz linear transponder into a deep space heliocentric orbit. The 15 kg spacecra... More |
2014-12-03 |
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| HAYABUSA 2 |
HAYABUSA 2 is an asteroid sample return mission operated by the Japanese space agency, JAXA. It follows on from Hayabusa and addresses weak points learned from that mission. Hayabusa 2 is heading for ... More |
2014-12-03 |
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| COSMOS 2501 (GLONASS) |
COSMOS 2501 is the second craft in a series of upgraded Glonass K satellites designed to last longer, transmit more navigation signals, and launch on smaller rockets. Like the first Glonass K spacecra... More |
2014-11-30 |
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| SPINSAT |
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1998-11-20 |
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| SOYUZ-TMA 15M |
SOYUZ TMA-15M is a Russian spacecraft that carried the crew of the next expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). The crew consists of Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton... More |
2014-11-23 |
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| KUAIZHOU 2 (KZ-2) |
KUAIZHOU 2 (KZ-2) will be used to monitor natural disasters and provide disaster-relief information. Kuaizhou means "speedy vessel" in Chinese.... More |
2014-11-21 |
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| YAOGAN 24 |
YAOGAN 24 is officially a 'remote sensing' platform, however the spacecraft could carry a sharp-eyed optical camera to supply global reconnaissance imagery to Chinese military authorities, according t... More |
2014-11-20 |
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| YAOGAN 23 |
YAOGAN 23 satellite 'will mainly be used for scientific experiments, natural resource surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief', according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. Independent obs... More |
2014-11-14 |
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| TSUBAME |
TSUBAME is a satellite developed by the Tokyo Institute of Technology designed to test gyroscopes for pointing control while conducting X-ray astronomy observations and demonstrate a compact camera to... More |
2014-11-06 |
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| QSAT-EOS |
QSAT-EOS is a cube-shaped satellite, weighing about 110 pounds (50 kg). It was developed by a consortium of institutions led by Kyushu University and is designed to monitor disasters and vegetation fr... More |
2014-11-06 |
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| CHUBUSAT-1 |
CHUBUSAT-1 is a 110-pound (50-kg) satellite that was designed by Nagoya University in Japan and carries optical and infrared cameras to observe Earth and space debris.... More |
2014-11-06 |
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| HODOYOSHI-1 |
HODOYOSHI-1 is a 132-pound (60-kg) satellite developed by the University of Tokyo, designed to collect medium-resolution imagery of Earth.... More |
2014-11-06 |
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| ASNARO |
ASNARO 1 (Advanced Satellite with New System Architecture for Observation) carries an optical camera that can resolve objects as small as a half-meter (20 inches) across. The satellite is designed to ... More |
2014-11-06 |
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| MERIDIAN 7 |
MERIDIAN 7 is a satellite manufactured by ISS Reshetnev, a Russian space contractor, as replacements for a previous generation of Molniya communications satellites. The Meridian satellites link Russi... More |
2014-10-30 |
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| NAVSTAR 72 (USA 258) |
NAVSTAR 72 (USA 258) is a GPS 2F-8 satellite that will join the orbiting navigation network as the 31st functioning spacecraft—including four launched in 2014—and 8 backups. GPS 2F-8 will take Pla... More |
2014-10-29 |
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| PROGRESS-M 25M |
PROGRESS M-25M identified by NASA as Progress 57 or 57P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station during 2014. Progress M-25M was launched on a 6-hours re... More |
2014-10-29 |
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| SJ-11-08 |
SJ-11-08 is an experimental Shijian military satellite, which according to Xinhua will conduct scientific experiments in space. The spacecraft was developed by China Spacesat Co. Ltd. under the superv... More |
2014-10-27 |
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| EXPRESS AM-6 |
EXPRESS AM-6 is a Russian geostationary communications satellite. Built by ISS Reshetnev, a Russian satellite contractor, Express AM6 will use electric thrusters to circularize its orbit over the next... More |
2014-10-21 |
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