SP-4012 NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK: VOLUME III
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS 1969-1978

 

Table 4-1. Applications Satellites, 1969-1978)

 

Mission Type

Successful

Partly Successful

Unsuccessful

Total

.

Meteorology, domestic

18

0

2

20

Meteorology, international

3

0

0

3

Communications, domestic*

40

0

5

45

Communications, international

15

1

3

18

Applications Technology Satellite

1

1

0

2

Earth Resources Survey

3

0

0

3

Geodetic**

4

0

0

4

Total

84

1

10

95

* Includes U.S. commercial, military (U.S. and NATO), and joint Canadian-NASA CTS project.

** Includes one satellite launched for U.S. Army.

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