50 years of U.S. space based military weather satellite systems
Submit on Friday, August 31st, 2012 22:58
The U.S. Defense Weather Systems Directorate is celebrating 50 years of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. On 23 August 1962 the National Reconnaissance Office’s classified Program 417 launched its first successful low altitude cloud imagery satellite into space and began a new era of military satellite weather.Other Posts:Northrop Grumman joins Hosted Payloads AllianceMetOp-A ceases direct high-res picture transmissionCalian Announces $15 Million RFT ContractInmarsat Profit Nearly Doubles In 2006Medvedev wants fast proposals on how to solve space industry problemsWGS-2 healthy after launchFirst flight of Indian cryo engine in JanuaryPseudo-satellites allow accurate navigation in Helsinki harbour
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