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March 08, 2016

The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 08, 2016
Artificial satellites that monitor the Earth's weather and climate are usually referred to as "weather" or "meteorological" satellites. These space systems may be found in sun-synchronous (near-polar) orbits and in geosynchronous (near-equatorial) orbits. A sun-synchronous satellite can cover the entire Earth via periodic overflights (asynchronously, at an altitude roughly between 700 and 900 km) of any location of interest, whereas a geosynchronous satellite may hover over the equator at an altit ... read more

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NATO says Russia in the way of solving Syrian conflict

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N. Korea sanction loopholes give China room for manoeuvre: analysts

Army looks at Stryker upgrade program

Afghan Taliban leadership is in Pakistan, Islamabad says

Philippines borrowing planes from Japan to patrol South China Sea

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