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    US-A (category Reconnaissance satellites of the Soviet Union)
    Спутник Активный for Controlled Active Satellite), or US-A, also known in the west as Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite or RORSAT (GRAU index 17F16K), was...
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    Space-based radar or spaceborne radar is a radar operating in outer space; orbiting radar is a radar in orbit and Earth orbiting radar is a radar in geocentric...
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    American Nuclear Society. Retrieved 27 August 2012. "RORSAT (Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite)". daviddarling.info. Table of Nuclides. DOE Fundamentals...
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    Soviet satellite targeting system mated to the SS-N-19 missile. It consisted of the US-P SIGINT satellites and the US-A Radar Ocean reconnaissance satellites...
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    Yellowknife Highway or Highway 3. On January 24, 1978, a Soviet Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite, named Kosmos 954, built with an onboard nuclear reactor...
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    builds, launches, and operates the reconnaissance satellites of the U.S. federal government. It provides satellite intelligence to several government...
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  • radiolocation-satellite service "ORS-2" space-based radar "NRO Lacrosse" radar satellite "ROSAR" radar satellite The allocation of radio frequencies is provided...
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    Lissajous orbit). Earth observation satellites gather information for reconnaissance, mapping, monitoring the weather, ocean, forest, etc. Space telescopes...
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    it apparently authorised another satellite program – "Object OD-1" – which was to be used for photo-reconnaissance from space. By 1958, the OKB-1 design...
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    photography Earth observation satellite Moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer Reconnaissance satellite Remote sensing Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Stratellite...
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    Yaogan (category Synthetic aperture radar satellites)
    as optical reconnaissance, synthetic-aperture radar (SAR), and electronic intelligence (ELINT) for maritime surveillance. Yaogan satellites have been launched...
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    Surveillance Radar and Attack System (JSTARS) which the Air Force is seeking to divest. Examples of ISR systems include surveillance and reconnaissance systems...
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    its successor Royal Signals and Radar Establishment carried out research for the development of the subsequent satellites and ground terminals. The MoD...
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    Aerial reconnaissance often provides a more accurate assessment of weather conditions than radar or satellite imagery. Weather reconnaissance is also...
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    Union from 1989 to 1990 as part of a program known as the Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite (RORSAT) in the US. Typically, the reactors produced approximately...
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  • the ocean, satellite imagery determines the value of the maximum sustained winds within a tropical cyclone. Land, ship, aircraft reconnaissance observations...
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    USA-193 (redirect from L-21 satellite)
    21 (NROL-21 or simply L-21), was a United States military reconnaissance satellite (radar imaging) launched on 14 December 2006. It was the first launch...
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    Aqua (EOS PM-1) is a NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth, studying the precipitation, evaporation, and cycling of water. It is...
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  • Kosmos 1867 (category Reconnaissance satellites of the Soviet Union)
    Kosmos 1867 (Russian: Космос 1867) is a nuclear powered radar ocean reconnaissance satellite (RORSAT) that was launched by the Soviet Union on July 10...
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    of satellite- or aircraft-based sensor technologies to detect and classify objects on Earth. It includes the surface and the atmosphere and oceans, based...
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  • 1983). "When Incidents are Accidents, The Silent Saga of the Nuclear Navy". Oceans Magazine. Archived from the original on 2019-08-27. Retrieved 2016-09-11...
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    BES-5 (category Satellite nuclear reactors)
    space debris, Vienna, February 16, 1996 "The US-A program (Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellites)". G.M. Gryaznov, V.S. Nikolayev, V.I. Serbin, V.M. Tyugin...
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    The Naval Ocean Surveillance System (NOSS) is a series of signals-intelligence satellites that have conducted electronic signals intelligence for the...
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    The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, also known by its nickname, Hurricane Hunters, is a flying unit of the United States Air Force, and "the only...
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    represented one element of the United States's first generation of reconnaissance satellites that also included the Corona and SAMOS series. Though MIDAS failed...
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    the United States Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Hurricane Hunters...
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  • List of nuclear power systems in space (category Derelict satellites orbiting Earth)
    Retrieved 25 June 2018. Sven Grahn. "The US-A program (Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellites)". svengrahn.pp.se. Retrieved 2020-05-12. Encyclopedia Astronautica...
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    National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the National Ocean Service (NOS), the...
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  • The Soviet Union used a number of radar-equipped ocean reconnaissance satellites (RORSAT), which used strong radar systems, powered by an onboard nuclear...
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    Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird (category 1960s United States military reconnaissance aircraft)
    equipment for the plane's aerial reconnaissance role included signals intelligence sensors, side looking airborne radar, and a camera. During missions,...
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