The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department...
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A weather satellite or meteorological satellite is a type of Earth observation satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the...
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6th Space Operations Squadron (redirect from 1000th Satellite Operations Group)
Satellite Program operations. The 6th Space Operations Squadron provides a backup command and control center for the Defense Meteorological Satellite...
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DMSP may refer to: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, a United States Department of Defense satellite system Dimethylsulfoniopropionate, an important...
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communication Defense Satellite Application Program, a series of American military weather satellites, later renamed to Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Disseminated...
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program. It was replaced with the Weather System Follow-on Microwave (WSF-M). DWSS was a follow-on for the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)...
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forecast meteorological data from polar orbiting satellites belonging to, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Defense Meteorological Satellite...
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NPOESS satellites were intended to be a replacement for both the United States Department of Defense's Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)...
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launching Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellites into orbit until its mission was transferred. It was later activated an air defense unit and...
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2006, by the National Ice Center using satellite imagery from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. It broke free of the Fimbul Ice Shelf, located...
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Environmental Satellites (POES), managed by NOAA and the ground processing component of both POES and the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP). Operational...
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Scientific Satellites NASA SP-133 p714 Cargill, R. Cargill (September 2001). "A History of the Military Polar Orbiting Meteorological Satellite Program" (PDF)...
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Special sensor microwave/imager (category Satellite meteorology)
flown on board the United States Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Block 5D-2 satellites. The instrument measures surface/atmospheric...
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(NOAA). Those payloads included the USAF Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), NOAA weather satellites, and NASA's Gemini crewed space capsules...
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Suomi NPP (category Weather satellites of the United States)
Environmental Satellites (POES) and the U.S. Air Force's Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP). Suomi NPP was launched in 2011 after the cancellation...
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leakage such as that from microwaves used to transmit power from solar satellites to ground receivers. Regarding the first point, in a 2006 Sky & Telescope...
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observations satellites provide information for research subjects that benefit from looking at Earth’s surface from above (such as meteorology, oceanography...
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (redirect from Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research)
for the Landsat satellite system. Since May 1998, NESDIS has operated the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellites on behalf of the...
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DSCOVR. Since May 1998 NESIDS has operated the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellites on behalf of the United States Space Force. NESDIS's...
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planetary missions and deep-space-probe applications. Spacebus Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter – launched in 2005 on...
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Air Force major command in 1946. Gained Defense Meteorological Satellite Program in 1963 and Aerospace Defense Command's space forces in 1980. Transferred...
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SSMIS (category Satellite meteorology)
board the United States Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F-16, F-17, F-18 and F-19 satellites, which were launched in October 2003...
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weather satellite as part of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP). The Delta IV rockets carried the NROL-26, GOES 14, and WGS-3 satellites. In...
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United States Space Force (category Military space program of the United States)
from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023. "Defense Support Program Satellites". Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28...
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National Polar-Orbiting Partnership and the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. Other American satellites include the United States Geological Survey's...
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Atlas (rocket family) (section Mercury program)
Vandenberg AFB in 1995 carrying a satellite for the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. The first stage of the Atlas III discontinued the use of three...
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Army) Spacecraft Defense Support Program Defense Satellite Communications System Defense Meteorological Satellite Program GPS satellite blocks Small Lightweight...
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Space Systems Command (category Satellite operators)
Division also began development on the Defense Meteorological Support Program (DMSP). The DMSP Block 1 satellites were launched on a Scout X-2 rocket in...
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History of the United States Space Force (section Deployment of military satellite communications systems)
communications through the Defense Satellite Communications System and weather support through the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. In contrast, the Gulf...
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Light pollution (section Satellite imagery measuring)
economic growth. A recent study of light pollution using the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Operational Linescan System (DMSL/OLS) found that light...
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