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1Defense Meteorological Satellite Program — DMSP images of Auroral bands circling north of Scandinavia The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar terrestrial physics for the United States Department of Defense. The program is now… …
2Defense Support Program — Painting of a DSP satellite on station. Primary sensor (lower left) is pointed at Earth. The star sensor is seen pointing off to the side, above and to the right. The Defense Support Program (DSP) is a program of the U.S. Air Force that operates… …
3Spacecraft in the Honorverse — This article is about the different types of spacecraft which appear in the Honorverse, a series of military science fiction novels written by American author David Weber, which feature Honor Harrington as its main character. Introduction The… …
4Defense Satellite Communications System — The Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS)[1] provides the United States with military communications to support globally distributed military users. DSCS will be replaced by the Wideband Global SATCOM system. A total of 14 DSCS III… …
5Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite — The Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite (NEOSSat)[1] is a Canadian microsatellite using a 15 cm aperture f/5.88 Maksutov telescope similar to that on the MOST spacecraft, 3 axis stabilized with pointing stability of 2 arcseconds in a 100… …
6Medium Extended Air Defense System — (MEADS) is a military project intended to replace the aging Patriot missile system through a NATO managed development. The USA, Germany and Italy are contributing toward the project. France, though initially in the project, withdrew some time ago …
7United States Department of Defense aerospace vehicle designation — A United States Department of Defense aerospace vehicle designation is determined by a detailed protocol which identifies all aircraft, helicopters, rockets, missiles, spacecraft, and other aerial vehicles in military use by the United States… …
8Missile Defense Alarm System — The Missile Defense Alarm System was an American system of 12 early warning satellites that provided limited notice of Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile launches between 1960 and 1966. Originally intended to serve as a complete early… …
9space exploration — Investigation of the universe beyond Earth s atmosphere by means of manned and unmanned spacecraft. Study of the use of rockets for spaceflight began early in the 20th century. Germany s research on rocket propulsion in the 1930s led to… …
10aerospace industry — Introduction assemblage of manufacturing concerns that deal with vehicular flight within and beyond the Earth s atmosphere. (The term aerospace is derived from the words aeronautics and spaceflight.) The aerospace industry is engaged in the …
