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BCP-2000
NPP
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American Ball satellite bus in the 1000-kg class to accommodate high-precision optical surveillance payloads.
AKA: NPP;SBSS. Status: Operational 1999. First Launch: 1999-06-20. Last Launch: 2011-10-28. Number: 7 .
More at: BCP-2000.
Subtopics
 | QuikScat American earth sea satellite. One launch, 1999.06.20. Built under a NASA rapid delivery contract. Carried the SeaWinds scatterometer for remote sensing of ocean winds. Earth observing satellite built by Ball Aerospace for NASA, USA. Launched 1999. Used the BCP-2000 bus. |
 | QuickBird American civilian surveillance satellite. One launch, 2001.10.18. The QuickBird commercial imaging satellite was owned by DigitalGlobe (formerly EarthWatch) and used a Ball BCP2000 bus with a launch mass of 1028 kg and a dry mass of about 995 kg. Earth observing satellite built by Ball Aerospace for Earthwatch Inc. => DigitalGlobe, USA. Launched 2000 - 2001. Used the BCP-2000 bus. |
 | ICESat American earth land resources satellite. One launch, 2003.01.13. Laser Altimetry Mission satellite built by Ball Aerospace for NASA, USA. Launched 2003. Used the BCP-2000 bus. |
 | Cloudsat American earth weather satellite. One launch, 2006.04.28. Earth Observation satellite built by Ball Aerospace for NASA, USAF STP (Space Test Program), USA. Launched 2006. Used the BCP-2000 bus. |
| SBSS 1 Space Surveillance satellite built by Northrop Grumman Space Technology (prime); Boeing; Ball Aerospace (bus) for Missile Defense Agency (MDA) through the U.S. Air Force Space & Missile Systems Center (SMC),, USA. Launched 2010. Used the BCP-2000. Launched 2010. |
| GFO 2 Altimetry satellite built by Ball Aerospace for US Navy. Used the BCP-2000 bus. |
Family: Earth,
MX,
Surveillance.
Country: USA.
Launch Vehicles: Titan,
Thor,
R-14,
Kosmos 11K65M,
Titan II SLV,
Delta 7920-10C,
Delta 7420-10C,
Delta 7320-10,
Minotaur IV.
Launch Sites: Vandenberg SLC2W,
Vandenberg SLC4W,
Plesetsk LC132/1.
Bibliography: 12147,
12148.
Photo Gallery
 | ICESat
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 | QuickBird 1
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 | USA 216
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 | Cloudsat
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