Skynet is a family of military communications satellites, now operated by Babcock International on behalf of the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence (MoD)...
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single failure being the maiden flight, 19 January 1974, which placed Skynet 2A into a useless orbit. A short circuit in an electronics package circuit...
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"Explorer: RAE B". "Delta-1914". "NASA – NSSDCA – Spacecraft – Details". "Skynet 2A, 2B". Wade, Mark. "Delta 2913". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from...
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Launch of the first Skynet satellite by Delta M launch vehicle in 1969 from Cape Canaveral...
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broke up. 1974-01-19 01:38 Delta 2313 Delta 100 Thor 587 CCAFS SLC-17B Skynet-2A Military communication satellite planned: GTO Failure First flight of...
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Successful 19 January 01:39 Delta 2313 CCAFS (LC-17B) UK Ministry of Defence Skynet 2A UK MOD Intended: GEO Achieved: LEO Comms 25 January 1974 Failure Placed...
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Türksat (satellite) (section Türksat 2A)
Arianespace atop an Ariane 5ECA launch vehicle, along with the British Skynet 5C satellite, in a dual-payload launch on 12 June 2008 at 22:05:02 UTC,...
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"Explorer: RAE B". "Delta-1914". "NASA – NSSDCA – Spacecraft – Details". "Skynet 2A, 2B". Wade, Mark. "Delta 2913". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from...
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Yahsat 1A & 1B CSO (forthcoming) Essaim Helios 1B Helios 2A Manpack Master Scot Skynet 4/NATO IV Skynet 5 SATCOM BW2 Spirale 1A/1B EarthCARE ADM-Aeolus Alsat...
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Canceled Space Shuttle missions (redirect from STS-2a)
Lousma: We Were Going to Rescue Skylab". Air & Space. 18 November 2010. "STS-2A". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010...
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Remarks 1974-01-19 01:38 Delta 2313 Delta 100 Thor 587 CCAFS SLC-17B Skynet-2A Military communication satellite planned: GTO Failure First flight of...
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Sibaviatrans SIBAVIA Russia SIE Sierra Express SEREX United States SI SIH Skynet Airlines BLUEJET Ireland 2001–2004 SIJ Seco International Japan 3M SIL Silver...
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700 lb). This record was again broken by another Ariane 5ECA, launching the Skynet 5B and Star One C1 satellites, on 11 November 2007. The total payload weight...
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successfully launched aboard a Commercial Titan III (maiden launch) along Skynet 4A on 1 January 1990 at 00:07 UTC. Originally expected to be retired in...
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Satellite Communications System Skynet (satellite) "Télécom 1A, 1B, 1C". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 21 January 2021. "Télécom 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D". Gunter's Space...
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Forces Monthly, December 2007 issue, p.6. Amos, Jonathan (9 November 2007). "Skynet military launch is delayed". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2010. Corera, Gordon...
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The Star 17A (TE-M-521-5) version was used for orbit circularization on Skynet 1, NATO 1, IMP-H and IMP-J satellites. The Star 20 (TE-M-640) is a solid...
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1-01A (Smart Skynet 1-01A) SAST / Tsinghua University Medium Earth Communications In orbit Operational Zhihui Tianwang 1-01B (Smart Skynet 1-01B) SAST...
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March 3B/E Y97 Xichang, LA-2 Successful Smart Skynet 1-01A Medium Earth SAST Communication Smart Skynet 1-01B Medium Earth SAST Communication 11 May 2024...
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2008. Retrieved 26 March 2023. "Successful dual launch for Arianespace: Skynet 5C and Turksat 3A in orbit; 25th successful launch in a row for Ariane 5"...
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NASA Telstar 11N 26 Feb 2009 Hall effect thruster 4 SPT-100 Xenon Loral Skynet OKB Fakel Satellite based on Space Systems/Loral SSL-1300 GOCE 17 Mar 2009...
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Yantar Zenit United Kingdom Sircon (project cancelled) Skynet France Helios 1B (destroyed) Helios 2A Germany SAR-Lupe 1–5 Italy COSMO-SkyMed Japan Information...
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of Aerial Photography RAF Intelligence List of intelligence agencies MI4 Skynet (satellite) "Defence Intelligence: roles - Detailed guidance - GOV.UK"....
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DSCS II F-16 / DSCS III F-4 January 1, 1990 00:07 Commercial Titan CT-1 Skynet 4A / JCSAT 2 March 14, 1990 11:52 Commercial Titan CT-2 Intelsat 6 F-3 June...
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that the Chinese government has been using the surveillance system tool SKYNET to monitor the country's Muslim minority population. June 13, 2018: The...
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Centre Spatial Guyanais. Once successfully deployed, it was renamed JCSAT-2A. JSAT switched satellite suppliers again and, on 30 April 2003, awarded an...
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44P-3 4101 Guiana ELA-3 Turksat 2A GTO Success V-139 7 February 2001 23:05 Ariane 4 44L-3 4103 Guiana ELA-3 Sicral-1 Skynet 4F GTO Success V-140 8 March...
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Telecom-1 fleet. The first of the satellites to be launched would be the Telecom 2A. Each of the four Telecom-2 satellites in the constellation had 10 x C-Band...
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One Success VA-211 19 December 2012 21:49 Ariane 5 ECA 567 Guiana ELA-3 Skynet 5D MEXSAT-3 8,637 kg GTO Astrium MEXSAT Success Flight № Date Time (UTC)...
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v t e ← 1997 Orbital launches in 1998 1999 → Lunar Prospector Skynet 4D Ofek-4 STS-89 Soyuz TM-27 USA-137 Brasilsat B3 Inmarsat-3 F5 Orbcomm FM3 Orbcomm...
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