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DMSP Block 5D-3
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DMSP Block 5D
DMSP Block 5D
Credit: USAF
American earth weather satellite.merican earth weather satellite. Military spacecraft similar in design to the civilian NOAA weather satellites. Meteorology satellite built by Lockheed Martin for US Air Force, USA. Launched 1999 - 2014. Used the TIROS-N Bus bus.

Status: Operational 1999. First Launch: 1999-12-12. Last Launch: 2014-04-03. Number: 5 . Gross mass: 1,154 kg (2,544 lb).

The main instrument was the Operational Linescan System (OLS) weather imager. The satellite also carried the SSMIS (microwave imager and sounder), SSULI ultraviolet limb imager, SSUSI ultraviolet spectrographic imager and nadir airglow-photometer, SSI/ES-3 thermal plasma instrument, the SSJ/5 precipitating particle spectrometer, and the SSF laser threat warning sensor.


More at: DMSP Block 5D-3.

Family: Earth, Earth weathersat, Sun synchronous orbit. Country: USA. Engines: Star 37XFP. Launch Vehicles: Titan, Titan II, Titan II SLV, Atlas V, Atlas V 401, Delta IV, Delta 4M. Projects: DMSP. Launch Sites: Vandenberg, Vandenberg SLC3E, Vandenberg SLC4W, Vandenberg SLC6. Agency: USAF, Aerospace. Bibliography: 2, 552, 554, 12237.
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1999 December 12 - . 17:38 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg SLC4W. LV Family: Titan. Launch Vehicle: Titan II SLV.
2003 October 18 - . 16:17 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg SLC4W. LV Family: Titan. Launch Vehicle: Titan II SLV.
2006 November 4 - . 13:53 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg SLC6. LV Family: Delta IV. Launch Vehicle: Delta 4M.
2009 October 18 - . 16:12 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg SLC3E. LV Family: Atlas V. Launch Vehicle: Atlas V 401.
2014 April 3 - . 14:46 GMT - . Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: Vandenberg SLC3E. LV Family: Atlas V. Launch Vehicle: Atlas V 401.

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