Satgen88 Satellite Names used on NASA Elements 3rd Dec 90 Have had a number of requests following the publication of the satellite frequency list to explain just what the satellites in the NASA Keps really do. So here goes with as many as I can get on a page to start with. Keps Name Nation Remarks Alouette Canada Science sat ,one of the oldest sats reported 28yrs ATS 3 USA Famous early TV geosat still in orbit BADR Pakistan Test sat DMSP USA Military Defence Meteorological sats Ekran USSR UHF TV geosat type Feng yun China Weather sats GEOS USA Geodynamic Experimental Ocean sat GOES USA Geostationary Operational Environment sat = Wefax Glonass USSR Russian High altitude navsat (at least 40) Gorizont USSR Geostationary TV sats GPS USA Global Positioning System - Hi Navsat (at least 16) HST USA Hubble Space Telescope Intelsat Int International geostationary comsats IRAS US UK Hol Infra Red Astronomy satellite ISEE Int International Sun Earth Explorers Kristall USSR Laboratory attached to Mir station Kvant USSR Laboratory attached to Mir station Lageos USA Laser reflector Landsat USA Earth Resources sats Luch USSR Experimental geostationary comsats Magion Czech Magnetospheric and Ionospheric sats Marisat Int Maritime coms geostationary sats Meteor USSR Russian Leo weather sats Mir USSR Operational Russian space station Molniya USSR Russian Hi elliptical orbit comsats NATO Eu Military geostationary comsats NOAA USA National Oceanic + Atmosphere Admin = Wefax Okean USSR Ocean Weather and observation sats Polar Bear USA Experimental sat Progress USSR Supply vehicle for Mir station Raduga USSR Russian geostationary comsats Salyut USSR Old class of space station about to re enter Sea sat USA Oceanographic science sat SME USA Solar Mesosphere Explorer Soyuz USSR Personnel ferry to Mir station Spot French Earth Resources sats SRET French Research into Environment and Technology Starlette French Laser reflector TDRS USA Tactical Data Relay geostationary shuttle links Transit USA Navigation sats in leo low earth orbit Yuri Japan Direct Broadcast geostationary TV sats Thats all I have room for. 73 de John GM4IHJ @ GB7SAN