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    SAMOS (Misidentified as Satellite and Missile Observation System) or SAMOS-E program was a relatively short-lived series of reconnaissance satellites...
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  • Look up Samos in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Samos is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea. Samos may also refer to: In geography: Samos (theme)...
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    the satellite and then scanning the image electronically. The image was then transmitted via telemetry to ground stations. The Samos E-1 and Samos E-2...
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  • rockets. Almost everything about these satellites remains classified. SAMOS F2 and SAMOS F3 from Gunter's space page SAMOS from Jonathan McDowell Dwayne Day...
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    and Missile Observation System (SAMOS), and the Missile Detection Alarm System (MIDAS). SAMOS - SAMOS or the Satellite and Missile Observation system was...
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    satellites that also included the Corona and SAMOS series. Though MIDAS failed in its primary role as a system of infrared early-warning satellites,...
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    be launched on Atlas-Agena, the booster used for SAMOS. After the improved KH-8 GAMBIT-3 satellite was developed during 1965, operations shifted to the...
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    operated as part of the Samos programme. Samos 4 was the first of three Samos-E5 spacecraft to be launched; Samos-E5 satellites were based on an Agena-B...
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  • Upward (military project) (category Reconnaissance satellites of the United States)
    LM&SS on August 2, 1967. Lunar Orbiter - used recycled technology from SAMOS (satellite) KH-11 KH-10 "Memorandum by DNRO Flax to Dep SECDEF, 6 Jul 1967: National...
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  • been operated as part of the Samos programme. Samos 3 was the only Samos-E2 spacecraft to be launched. Samos-E2 satellites were based on an Agena-B, and...
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    exploration programs: SAMOS-E, SAMOS-F (ELINT Ferret) and MIDAS (Missile Defense Alarm System) military early-warning satellites, Corona photo intelligence...
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    October 2020 about 14 km (8.7 mi) northeast of the Greek island of Samos. Although Samos was closest to the epicentre, it was the Turkish city İzmir, 70 km...
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  • than returning them in a film capsule. Samos 2 was a Samos-E1 spacecraft, based on an Agena-A. The launch of Samos 2 occurred at 20:31:19 UTC on January...
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    KH-5 Argon (redirect from Argon (satellite))
    other spy satellites, was to provide imagery for cartography purposes. This was one of the tasks that had originally been planned for the SAMOS series of...
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    suspected of having anti-ballistic missiles. The satellite carried Itek's "E-5" camera developed for the SAMOS program, which had been cancelled. The camera...
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    Manned Orbiting Laboratory (category Reconnaissance satellites of the United States)
    The USAF had already started a satellite program in 1956 called WS-117L. This had three components: SAMOS, a spy satellite; Corona, an experimental program...
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    Atlas-Agena (section Samos)
    Discoverer program and only four used Atlases (Midas 1, Midas 2, Samos 1, and Samos 2), two of which failed. Late in 1960, Lockheed introduced the uprated...
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    These launched the SAMOS-E, SAMOS-F (ELINT Ferret), and MIDAS (Missile Defense Alarm System) military early-warning satellites, Ranger lunar probes...
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  • Retrieved February 10, 2023. Amy Ackerberg-Hastings (2015). "Aristarchus of Samos". Archived from the original on May 7, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2019....
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    needed] In addition, he designed the lenses and cameras used in the Samos satellite program,[citation needed] and a modified version of these optics were...
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  • Underground movement, which was headed by a Young Samos and Torn; this led to the events in Jak II. Young Samos then took Jak back in time to Sandover Village...
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    The Environmental Research Satellite (ERS, alternatively Earth Resources Satellite) program was a series of small satellites initially operated by the...
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    management problems and insufficient progress with the USAF satellite reconnaissance program (see SAMOS and MIDAS).: 23  The formation was based on a 25 August...
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    early months of the SAMOS program it was essential not only to hide the Corona and GAMBIT technical efforts under a screen of SAMOS activity, but also...
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    winning Corona, Itek also won the contract for the Air Force's satellite program, SAMOS. SAMOS originally envisioned a semi-real-time system that downloaded...
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    titular sees : Astypalaea Carpathus Cos Ios Lemnus Lerus Nisyrus Parus Samos Scyrus Ancient episcopal sees of the Roman province of Lesbos (the Aegean...
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    developed by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for the SAMOS reconnaissance satellites. NASA extended the camera innovation further by developing...
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  • FTV-2203 (category Satellite launch failures)
    FTV-2203, also known as Samos 5, was an American reconnaissance satellite launched in 1961 as part of the Samos programme. It was a film return reconnaissance...
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    SCUD missile launches. Types of Reconnaissance satellites United States Lacrosse/Onyx Misty/Sirconic Samos Quasar Vela Soviet Union Cosmos Almaz (manned)...
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  • QuickBird (category Commercial imaging satellites of the United States)
    QuickBird was a high-resolution commercial Earth observation satellite, owned by DigitalGlobe, launched in 2001 and reentered after orbit decay in 2015...
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