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Image:R-5Aschematic.jpg 300px R-5A schematic Image:R-5Afairing.jpg 300px R-5A payload fairing Image:R-5Apad.jpg 300px R-5A on launch pad Image:R-5Apayload.jpg 300px R-5A payload module Image:R-5Arecovery.jpg 300px Category:Launch Vehicle

Image:Skynet1.jpg 200px Skynet A UK satellite Category:Spacecraft

Image:AtlasAble5A.jpg 200px Able 5A satellite Category:Spacecraft

... (5.2-ton) Skynet-5A satellite and Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO ’s 3.1-tonne (3.4-ton) Insat-4B civil-communications satellite from Kourou, French Guiana. The Skynet-5A was part of a system designed to deliver secure, high-bandwidth communications for British armed forces, NATO, and other allied forces. Skynet had ultra-high-frequency and ...

... -14A Tomcat air superiority fighter, Lockheed L-1011 airbus, and Douglas DC-10 airbus. C-5A cargo transport was delivered to Charleston AFB for operational use. SST development continued-amid much ... Vela nuclear detection satellites, Topo I geodetic satellite (launched by NASA), and U.K.'s Skynet B military comsat (launched by NASA). In joint NASA-AEC effort, systems for nuclear auxiliary ... and Future, 12/10/70)'' In international cooperation program, NASA successfully launched U.K.'s Skynet B military comsat for DOD, Nato 1 military comsat for NATO, and Oscar V radio ...

... was initiated to continue aeronautical R&D, using YF-12 supersonic aircraft. First operational C-5A, military cargo transport and world's largest aircraft, was delivered to USAF and by ... tactical comsat, Egrs XIII (Secor XIII) geodetic satellite (launched by NASA), and U.K.'s Skynet A comsat (launched by NASA). Titan IIIM development was terminated and USAF's Manned Orbiting ...

... SSR, 1/31/70; 2/1.5/70; SF, 7/70, 282)'' U.K.'s Skynet A (IDCSP-A) comsat, launched by NASA for USAF Nov. 21, 1969, was adjudged successful ... increased coning angle. Instrument performance was satisfactory. ''(NASA Rpt SRL)'' USAF grounded all 10 C-5A transports, world's largest aircraft, after discovery of wing crack in aircraft undergoing modifications at ...

... to fly in September 1974. ''(AFSC Release OIP 002.74)'' 18-27 January: NASA launched Skynet ILIA, first of two second-generation United Kingdom communications satellites on the 100th Thor-Delta ... successful, the orbital attitude was not raised enough to extend the life of the satellite. Skynet HA reentered the earth's atmosphere and burned up 25 Jan. over the southwestern Pacific ... services including net-work tracking communications and telemetry during ascent and transfer orbit phase. Another Skynet II satellite was to be launched in the fall. ''(NASA MORS, 8 Jan 74, 4 ...

... for apogee motor to place it in satisfactory synchronous equatorial orbit over Kenya. Communications with Skynet B were lost suddenly during apogee motor firing Aug. 22. Search for spacecraft was being ... project for DOD and would reimburse NASA for launch services. U.K. would reimburse USAF. Skynet A, launched Nov. 21, 1969, was operating satisfactorily over Indian Ocean. ''(NASA Proj Off; B ...

... .pdf Space News for this day. (1MB PDF) 22 November-6 January 1975: NASA launched Skynet IIB, a U.K. military communications satellite, for the U.S. Air Force Space and ... Communications Satellite Program (IDCSP) and launched by NASA 21 Nov. 1969 and 18 Aug. 1970. Skynet IIA failed to achieve a satisfactory orbit when launched 18 Jan. 1974 and reentered 25 Jan. The launch of Skynet IIB had been delayed from 19 Nov. by a defective component in the Delta 2nd ...

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