Defense Support Program
Author(s): DaveBowman2001 gironde
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The Defense Support Program is a series of early missile warning satellites operated by the US Air Force. 23 such satellites were launched from 1970-2007. This addon covers only the Phase III satellites (14 to 23), which launched from 1989-2007
Notes: the DSP-16 satellite requires the Space Shuttle addon for it to work properly in Celestia, since it was launched from the payload bay of STS-44 (Atlantis)
| Defense Support Program (Phase III, 1989-2007) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission | Start | End | |||
| DSP-14 (USA-39) | 1989-Jun-14 | (Active) | |||
| DSP-15 (USA-65) | 1990-Nov-13 | 2006 | |||
| DSP-16 (USA-75) | 1991-Nov-24 | 2016 | |||
| Launched aboard STS-44 (Atlantis) | |||||
| DSP-17 (USA-107) | 1994-Dec-22 | 2019-Mar | |||
| DSP-18 (USA-130) | 1997-Feb-23 | (Active) | |||
| DSP-19 (USA-142) | 1999-Apr-9 | ||||
| Stranded in wrong orbit after IUS malfunction | |||||
| DSP-20 (USA-149) | 2000-May-8 | (Active) | |||
| DSP-21 (USA-159) | 2001-Aug-6 | (Active) | |||
| DSP-22 (USA-176) | 2004-Feb-14 | (Active) | |||
| DSP-23 (USA-197) | 2007-Nov-11 | 2008-Sept | |||
| Malfunctioned before becoming fully operational | |||||
Launch vehicles that lifted DSP satellites to orbit include the Delta IV-Heavy (top-left), Titan IV-B (top-right), and the Space Shuttle (bottom)
Flight hardware for DSP-14 and 15 (top), DSP-16 (center), DSP-17 and 18 (bottom)
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