Later yet, NASA abandoned passive communications systems in favor of active satellites.
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Essaims operate in a linked system of three active satellites with an in-orbit spare.
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HGF testing is also used to identify active satellite cells.
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SatNOGS Database is a crowd-sourced application allowing its users to suggest satellite transmitter information for currently active satellites.
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Of the roughly 600 active satellites in orbit, half are American, and about half of these are military.
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The constellation consists of 66 active satellites in orbit required for global coverage, and additional spare satellites to serve in case of failure.
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An additional advantage is that the Earth s magnetic field does not affect the satellite orbit and spin parameters, unlike retroreflectors incorporated into active satellites.
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With the introduction of CDMA signals, the constellation will be expanded to 30 active satellites by 2025; this may require eventual deprecation of FDMA signals.
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The United States Strategic Command is primarily interested in the active satellites, but also tracks space debris which upon reentry might otherwise be mistaken for incoming missiles.
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Telstar 1 lasted only six months, but this paved the way for modern-day communications-there are nearly 900 active satellites in orbit today of which some two-thirds are communications satellites.
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