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List of USA satellites. This is a list of satellites and spacecraft which have been given USA designations by the United States Air Force. These designations have been applied to most United States military satellites since 1984, and replaced the earlier OPS designation. As of June 2022, USA designations have been assigned to 331 space satellites.
The California Current ( Spanish: Corriente de California) is a cold water Pacific Ocean current that moves southward along the western coast of North America, beginning off southern British Columbia and ending off southern Baja California Sur. It is considered an Eastern boundary current due to the influence of the North American coastline on ...
Earth observation satellite missions developed by the ESA as of 2019. Earth observation satellites are Earth-orbiting spacecraft with sensors used to collect imagery and measurements of the surface of the earth. These satellites are used to monitor short-term weather, long-term climate change, natural disasters.
Park officials said the lake on the valley floor of Badwater Basin — the lowest and driest point in North America — was about 2 feet deep at its largest, according to a Feb. 8 news release ...
Striking images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s Terra satellite show just how massive the snowpack was. The satellite images below show the Sierra Nevada ...
Google Maps' satellite view is a "top-down" or bird's-eye view; most of the high-resolution imagery of cities is aerial photography taken from aircraft flying at 800 to 1,500 feet (240 to 460 m), while most other imagery is from satellites.
The first images from space were taken on the sub-orbital V-2 rocket flight launched by the U.S. on October 24, 1946. Satellite image of Fortaleza.. Satellite images (also Earth observation imagery, spaceborne photography, or simply satellite photo) are images of Earth collected by imaging satellites operated by governments and businesses around the world.
North America, Latin America, Europe, Atlantic Ocean: 3 June 2013 Proton-M / Briz-M: Hybrid C/Ku-band satellite 37.5°W NSS-10: Alcatel Space Spacebus 4000 C3: United States SES: Television and Radio Broadcasting North America, South America, Europe, Africa: 3 February 2005 Proton-M / Briz-M: Formerly Worldsat-2 (2005) AMC-12 (2005-2009 ...