The Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program or IDCSP was the first United States Department of Defense communications satellite constellation...
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The Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) is a United States Space Force satellite constellation that provides the United States with military...
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Starlink (redirect from SpaceX satellite development facility)
customized satellite communications for the military. This is under the Space Force's new "Proliferated Low Earth Orbit" program for LEO satellites, where...
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SpaceX Starshield (redirect from Starshield (satellite constellation))
customized satellite communications for the military. This is under the Space Force's new "Proliferated Low Earth Orbit" program for LEO satellites, where...
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The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), known as the Defense Communications Agency (DCA) until 1991, is a United States Department of Defense (DoD)...
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Iridium Communications Inc. (formerly Iridium Satellite LLC) is a publicly traded American company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, United States. Iridium...
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DARPA (redirect from Ultraperformance Nanophotonic Intrachip Communications)
pursue new concepts for small, lightweight satellites (LIGHTSAT) and directed new programs regarding defense manufacturing, submarine technology, and armor/anti-armor...
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The Geostationary Satellite for Defense and Strategic Communications (Portuguese: Satélite Geoestacionário de Defesa e Comunicações Estratégicas, or SGDC)...
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A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder; it creates a communication...
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military communications. The first military satellites were photographic reconnaissance missions. Some attempts were made to develop satellite based weapons...
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permitting communications between two types of ground station. This would be an advance over the ongoing U.S. Interim Defense Communication Satellite Program (IDCSP)...
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syndrome. The development and design of anti-satellite weapons has followed a number of paths. The initial efforts by the United States and the Soviet...
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identical orbits (see satellite formation flying); satellite series or satellite programs (such as Landsat), which are generations of satellites launched in succession;...
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U.S. Department of Defense in 1973. The first prototype spacecraft was launched in 1978 and the full constellation of 24 satellites became operational...
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sensing, scientific and defense missions; ground- and air-launched launch vehicles that delivered satellites into orbit; missile defense systems that were used...
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missiles en route to the US homeland. Data are transmitted from the defense satellite communication system, and compiles an image using the coordinated...
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Space Systems Command (category Satellite operators)
the Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program (IDCSP) in 1962, launching constellations from 1966 to 1968. the IDCSP, also known as the Defense Satellite...
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maintenance of a variety of United States Department of Defense and some non-DoD satellites. This involves continual execution of Telemetry, Tracking...
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hundreds of combat centers and satellites spanning the globe. The US held a significant advantage in advanced missile defense systems through decades of extensive...
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Viasat (American company) (redirect from Wild Blue Communications)
self-funded company focuses on developing communications and signal processing systems. The acquisition of the satellite networking business of Scientific-Atlanta...
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(Misidentified as Satellite and Missile Observation System) or SAMOS-E program was a relatively short-lived series of reconnaissance satellites for the United...
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first commercial communications satellite was Telstar 1, built by Bell Labs and launched in July 1962. The idea of a geosynchronous satellite—one that could...
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Space Development Agency (redirect from National Defense Space Architecture)
capabilities such as communications, surveillance, global navigation, battle management, deterrence, and missile defense. The satellite constellation is to...
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the initial 11 signatories to the Moon Treaty. In 1974, the Philippines planned to use satellites to improve communications. The leasing of satellites from...
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constellation of communications satellites operated by the United States Space Force. They are used to relay secure communications for the United States...
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Aegis ballistic missile defense system (Aegis BMD or ABMD), also known as Sea-Based Midcourse, is a Missile Defense Agency program under the United States...
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RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (category Anti-satellite missiles)
Ballistic Missile Defense System. Although primarily designed as an anti-ballistic missile, the SM-3 has also been employed in an anti-satellite capacity against...
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operates a satellite fleet consisting of a large number of communications, navigation, remote sensing and scientific research satellites. The scope of...
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KH-11 KENNEN (redirect from KH-11 spy satellite)
Data is transmitted through a network of communications satellites; the Satellite Data System (SDS). The initial ground station for the processing of the...
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Syncom (category Communications satellites)
"synchronous communication satellite") started as a 1961 NASA program for active geosynchronous communication satellites, all of which were developed...
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