Environmental Research Satellite
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environmental-research-satellite-186-17958813
title:
Environmental Research Satellite
text:
The Environmental Research Satellite program was a series of small satellites initially operated by the United States Air Force Office of Aerospace Research. Designed to be launched "piggyback" to other satellites during launch, detaching once in orbit, they were the smallest satellites launched to date—what would today be classified as microsatellites. 33 ERS satellites in six different series were launched between 1962 and 1971, conducting scientific research and serving as test beds to invest
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Family of artificial satellites launched in the 1960s run by the USAF
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_Research_Satellite
date created:
2021-10-25T13:28:07Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T03:15:15Z
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13
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