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75 Cards in this Set
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Space Fairing Nation - Tier 1
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- Indigenous SLF
- Indigenous Satellite/Booster Construction - Indigenous Ground Station - Receiving and using data |
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Space Fairing Nation - Tier 2
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- Must purchase SLF
- Indigenous Satellite/Booster Construction - Indigenous Ground Station - Receiving and using data |
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Space Fairing Nation - Tier 3
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- Must purchase SLF
- Must purhcase Satellite/Booster Construction - Indigenous Ground Station - Receiving and using data |
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Space Fairing Nation - Tier 4
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- Must purchaseSLF
- Must purchase Satellite/Booster Construction - Must purchase Ground Station - Receiving and using data |
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Baikonur Cosmodrome (Russian LF)
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- Launched Sputnik I
- All manned space flights and interplanetary probes |
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Plesetsk (Russian LF)
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- Comm, spy sattelites
- Molniya, polar orbits |
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Svobodny (Russian LF)
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- Newest Cosmodrome
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Kapustin Yar (Russian LF)
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- Last launch in '99
- Still used for missile tests |
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Jiuquan (China LF)
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- Long March Rockets
- Earth observation, microgravity mission - Manned missions |
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Xichang (China LF)
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- Geostationary Orbits
- Long March Rockets - Most commercial missions - Infamous mishap |
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Taiyuan (Wuzhai Missile and Space Test Center - China LF)
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- Long March 4
- Remote sensing, meteorological, recon satellites - Polar, sun-syn orbits |
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What are the two Japan LFs?
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Uchinoura Space Center (Kagoshima) and Tanegashima Space Center
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Where does the ESA launch?
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- Kourou, French Guiana
- ESA comprised of 15 countries |
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Satish Dhawan Space Center (India LF)
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- Polar and Geostationary
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Palmachim AFB (Israel LF)
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- Launch NW, retrograde only
- LEOLINK Program -- Commerical Israeli Launch Services - Partnering with Brazil to use Alcantara to launch Eastward, GEO |
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Alacantara Launch Center (Brazil LF)
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- Tier 1
- Many countries interested as launch location |
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Musudan-Ri (NK LF)
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- Taep'o-dong 1
- NK claimed first satellite in 1998; not confirmed |
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Iran
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- Developing SV from Shahab-3
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Consortium
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- Association or partnership usually for financial gain
-- International Launch Services (ILS) -- Starsem --- European-Russian Corporation (Soyuz Systems) |
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SL-4 Soyuz (Russain SS)
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- LEO
- Manned missions - Photo recon |
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SL-12 Protron (Russian SS)
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- GEO
- Primary heavy lift - Communications, Interplanetary, Sace Stations, etc |
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Soyuz 2-1a/ST (Russian SS)
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- Used by Starsem
- Two major upgrades -- Accommodates larger payloads -- 2-1b has more powerful 3rd stage |
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Angara (Russian SS)
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- Newest launch vehicle family; modeled after EELV
- LEO/GEO - To be used by ILS Consortium |
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Long March (China SS)
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- CZ-1 through CZ-4
- Reliability improved in late 1990s |
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Long March 5 - CZ-5 (China SS)
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- Chinese version of EELV
- Multipurpose LEO/GEO |
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KT-1/-2 (Explorer - China SS)
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- Smaller payloads
- Based on DF-31 ICBM; solid rocket motor |
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M-5 (Japan SS)
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- Scinetific missions only
- Launcher capable of rotating in azimuth, tilting in elevation - Kagoshima |
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H-2 Series (Japan SS)
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- GEO
- Heavy H-2B planned - Tanegashima |
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Ariane 5 (ESA SS)
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- Heavy lift, multiple payloads to GEO
-- 3 main; up to 8 minisats |
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Vega (ESA SS)
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- Small payload
- Solid Rocket Motors - Designed to launch Galileo |
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Indian SS
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- Augmented Space Launch Vehicle (ASLV)
- Polar Space Launch Vehicle (PSLV) - Geosynchronous Space launch Vehicle (GSLV) |
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SHAVIT (Israel SS)
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- Small, 3-stage solid fueled booster
- LEO |
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METEOR (Russian Sat)
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- Sensor data for meteorological observations
- Up to 5 sats - Unencrypted infrared images |
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GLONASS (Russian Sat)
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- Radio-nav system
- Designed to provide nav to unlimited users - Full constellation of 21 sats not achieved |
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Resurs DK (Russian Sat)
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- Weather, land resource observations
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Kizuna WINDS (Japan Sat)
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- Geostationary
- Super high-speed internet |
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QZSS (Japan Sat)
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- Geosynchronous, highly inclined
- Cell phone receivers - Accuracy of several dozen centimeters |
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ENVISAT (ESA Sat)
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- Polar Earth Observation
- Measures atmosphere, ocean, land, ice |
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Galileo (ESA Sat)
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- Nav
- Projected 27 sat constellation; 4 channels |
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INSAT (Indian Sat)
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- Comm, weather, imaging, direct-to-home TV broadcasts
- GEO |
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RISAT (Indian Sat)
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- All weather
- Newest addition to Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) system |
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OFEQ (Israeli Sat)
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- Remote sensing/imaging/spy
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AMOS-1/-2 (Israeli Sat)
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- High quality comm
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INMARSAT (Space Consortia)
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- Maritime; no military combat use
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INTELSAT (Space Consortia)
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- First commercial comm sat
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ARABSAT (Space Consortia)
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- Established by Arab league
- 21 member nations |
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SPOT IMAGE (Space Consortia)
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- First commerical imaging sat
- Sun-synchronous |
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IMAGESAT (Space Consortia)
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- First non-US hihg resolution commercial imagery (Israel)
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Soyuz Program (Russia Manned)
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- Developed in 1960s to compete with US Apollo program
- Supports ISS missions |
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Shenzhou Spacecraft (China Manned)
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- Soyuz dervied; 3rd country to launch manned program
- Long March 2-F LV |
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Russian Ground Stations
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- Titov Main Test and Space Systems Control Center
- Babakin Science and Research Space Centre |
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Chinese Ground Operations
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- Xian Satellite Monitor and Control Center; primary facility
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ESA Ground Stations
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- Network called ESTRACK
- 13 terminals sited at nine stations in six countries |
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Japanese Ground Stations
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- Matsuda Tracking and Communication Station
- Katsuura Tracking and Communication Station |
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Indian Ground Operations
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- ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC)
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SS-18 "Satan" Russian ICBM)
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- Heavy ICBM, 10 warheads
- Longest range - Liquid fuel - Silo launch only |
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SS-19 "Stiletto" (Russian ICBM)
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- Capable carrying six warheads
- Liquid fuel - Silo only |
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SS-24 "Scalpel" (Russian ICBM)
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- Only rail version
- Solid fuel - 10 warheads |
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SS-25 "Sickle" (Russian ICBM)
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- Road mobile
- One warhead - Solid fuel |
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SS-27 "Topol-M" (Russian ICBM)
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- Mobile and silo launch
- State-of-the-art - ABM countermeasures |
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MaRV (Russian ICBM)
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- Capable of maneuvering in space or atmosphere
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DF -4 and DF-5 (China ICBM)
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- Single warhead
- Road mobile - Non-storable liquid fuel |
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DF -31 (China ICBM)
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- MIRV technology
- First solid propellant system, raod mobile |
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DF -41 (China ICBM)
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- Increased range
- Raod mobile, solid fuel, MIRV |
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SHAVIT ICBM (Israeli ICBM)
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- Single warhead
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Trident II D-5 (UK SLBM)
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- 4 Vanguard-class SSBN, each carry 16 D-5s
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M45 (France SLBM)
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- 6 MIRVs
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M51 (Frnace SLBM)
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- Replaced M45
- Derived from Ariane 5 solid boosters |
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Taep'o-dong 2
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- Known nuclear power
- Single warhead |
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Shahab-6 (Iran ICBM)
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- Similar to Taep'o-dong 2
- Design phase - Single warhead |
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Terra-3 (Russian STS)
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- Laser testing center
- Low power laser caused malfunction, discomfort - Response to US Strategic Defense Initiative |
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Chinese STS
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- Direct ascent ASAT
- Jam communications and navigation signals - Advnaced kinetic - Directed energy (laser and radio frequency) - Nano-sats |
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Feng Yun (China Sat)
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- Geostationary
-- Spin stabilized -- Sensors: Visible, IR, Radiometer, Water Vapor |
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Beidou Navigation System (China Sat)
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- Geo-synchronous constellation
- Primarily for military use |
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Geostationary Meteorological Sat (Japan Sat)
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- Geostationary
- Products relayed to NOAA |
