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Tracking network technology satellite

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  • Radio Test Spacecraft American tracking network technology satellite. Mercury-Scout 1. Small satellite was to have verified the readiness of the worldwide Mercury tracking network
  • TTS American tracking network technology satellite. Tested Apollo tracking network. Experimental satellite built by TRW for NASA, USA. Launched 1967 - 1971.
  • TETR American tracking network technology satellite. Test satellite for NASA's Manned Space Flight Network.
  • Molniya-Yu Russian tracking network technology satellite. Study 1969. This was a modification of the Molniya-1 satellite to test deep space radio-based tracking methods for the Soviet Lunar program.