the Express / Communication Russia / RSC Energia / MIRCorp / OF-WORLD (ROW) SATELLITE SYSTEMS / Buran Solar System Exploration Russia / Scientific Satellites Russia / Astra / RUSSIAN SATELLITE SYSTEMS / SPOT Image / Inmarsat / EUROPEAN SATELLITE SYSTEMS / /
Continent
Europe / /
Country
Germany / Italy / Sweden / Kazakhstan / Norway / Belgium / France / Russia / United States / Soviet Union / United Kingdom / China / Luxembourg / Ukraine / Spain / /
MIR complex / International Space Station / MIR space station / /
IndustryTerm
satellite links / forward communications networks / film return systems / ocean reconnaissance satellite / satellite family / satellite manufacturing / launch services / communications constellations / telecommunications services / government communications / materials technology module / financial groups / civil applications / satellite constellation / attitude control equipment / oil spill / communications satellite systems / civil systems / satellite control / high energy laser / infrared reconnaissance systems / directed energy weapons / high-tech firms / satellite navigational systems / satellite system / observation satellite / geo-stationary technologies / active national satellite program / optical earth resources satellite / reconnaissance satellite / civil geostationary communications satellite / active search system / large public services / satellite systems / satellite programs / satellite navigation system / space systems / spacecraft technology experimentation / communications satellites / control systems / reconnaissance systems / internal systems / hour communications / satellite section / anti-satellite / satellite series orbits / civil and domestic telecommunications / imagery satellite / kinetic technologies / government communications channels / /
NaturalFeature
Moskva / North Sea / Pacific Ocean / /
Organization
Russia's military / French government / European Telecommunications Satellite Organization / International Mobile Satellite Organization / International Telecommunications Satellite Organization / Electronic Intelligence / North Atlantic Treaty Organization / Ministry of Defense / Nadezhda (Hope) / African Union / French National Space Center / Russian military / fourth independent military / /
Position
spy / passive collector / /
Product
Atlantic / shuttle Buran / /
PublishedMedium
The Meteor / /
Region
Balkans / Former Soviet Union / /
Technology
radiation / remote sensing / geo-stationary technologies / GPS / ESA / laser / radio frequency / /
Chapter 18 REST-OF-WORLD (ROW) SATELLITE SYSTEMS For the longest time, space exploration was an exclusive club comprised of only two members, the United States and the Former Soviet Union. That has now changed due to a