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Satellites

Objectname Year Status
Transit 5B-5 1964 Ghost ALOUETTE-2 1965 Ghost LES-1 1965 Ghost SOLRAD-7B 1965 Ghost TIROS-10 1965 Ghost OV3-3 1966 Ghost LES-5 1967 Ghost OV5-3 (ERS-20) 1967 Ghost ISIS-1 1969 Ghost TIMATION-II 1969 Ghost SHINSEI-MS-F2 1971 Ghost AO-7 (OSCAR 7) 1974 Ghost NOAA-9 1984 Ghost FltSatCom F8 1989 Abandoned MILSTAR 1 1994 Abandoned NOAA-15 1998 Active Skynet 4E 1999 Abandoned UFO F7 (USA 127) 2003 Abandoned NOAA-18 2005 Active NOAA-19 2009 Active

FltSatCom F8

Satellite type:Communications satellite
Year:1989
Status:Abandoned
Orbit:GEO
Frequeny:243.945 - 269.950 MHz

FltSatCom satellites are U.S. Navy geostationary military communications satellites used to guide surface and submarine vehicles and maritime task forces. Development of the FltSatCom system began in 1971, and the first F1 satellite in the series was launched on February 09, 1978. This was followed by another 7 satellites. With the launch of F8 on September 25, 1989, this series ended. The expected life span of the satellites was up to 5 years, which the last two active satellites F7 and F8 already have exceeded by far.