application technology system

...Other medium altitude meteorological satellites include the military meteorological satellite DMSP (defence meteorological satellite program). Geostationary meteorological satellite experiments were conducted with ATS (application technology system) 1 (1966) and 3 (1967), which developed into the practical geostationary meteorological satellite program SMS/GOES. The first SMS (synchronous meteorological satellite) was launched in 1974, and the first two were called SMS/GOES (geostationary operational environmental satellite, abbreviated as GOES), but the third satellite (1975) was named GOES 1, and they have been numbered consecutively ever since. ...

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…このほかに中高度気象衛星として軍用気象衛星DMSP(defence meteorological satellite programの略)もある。　静止気象衛星は，ATS(application technology systemの略)1号(1966)と3号(1967)で実験が行われ，実用静止気象衛星計画SMS/GOES（ゴーズ）計画に発展した。SMS(synchronous meteorological satelliteの略)は1974年に1号が打ち上げられ，2号まではSMS/GOES(geostationary operational environmental satellite，略してGOES)と呼ばれていたが，3番目の衛星(1975)をGOES1号とし，以後連続番号をつけている。…

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