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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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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forecast meteorological data from polar orbiting satellites belonging to, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Defense Meteorological Satellite...
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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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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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(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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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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and 1976 to orbit a number of satellites, most commonly Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) weather satellites. Twenty-four were launched, of...
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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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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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Lockheed WC-130 (category Meteorological instrumentation and equipment)
this time from supporters of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) and its TIROS weather satellites at Headquarters AF and in the AWS....
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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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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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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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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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planetary missions and deep-space-probe applications. Spacebus Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter – launched in 2005 on...
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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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NOAA-18 (category Argos (satellite system))
geostationary meteorological satellite program (GOES). The NOAA-18 Advanced TIROS-N spacecraft is based on the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP...
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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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customers across our entire Rideshare program. Rideshare significantly increases access to space for small satellite operators around the world". Archived...
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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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Army) Spacecraft Defense Support Program Defense Satellite Communications System Defense Meteorological Satellite Program GPS satellite blocks Small Lightweight...
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