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The Gemini 7 "Bogey": Borman and Lovell's Sighting in Earth Orbit
December 4, 1965 · Low Earth orbit, aboard Gemini 7 (launched from Launch Complex 19, Cape Kennedy, Florida)
UAP · Other · 22 sources
30Partially documented
Skylab 3 "bright reddish object" sighting and photographs
September 20, 1973 · Skylab space station, low Earth orbit
UAP · Unknown · 19 sources · 2 photos
40Partially documented
The STS-75 Tether Incident
February 1996 · Low Earth orbit, aboard Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-75)
UAP · Orb / light · 42 sources · 1 photos
44Partially documented

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  • Correlations of Starlink Satellite Flaring with UAP Observations Report
    All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office· 19 pages· 3 pages mention it
    • p. 1 …2 Altitude for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) ranges from 300km to 2,000km.
    • p. 18 All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) 18 Acronyms Acronym Definition AARO All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office LEO Low Earth Orbit…
  • AAWSAP DIRD, Laser Lightcraft Nanosatellites, November 2010 Official release
    U.S. Department of War· 2010-11-01· 77 pages· 8 pages mention it
    • p. 23 …5.0 kg, and 1.0 kg into low Earth orbit (LEO). And preliminary life-cycle cost estimates made during…
    • p. 72 …The system is single-stage-to-orbit and completely reusable with no onboard propellant required (the reaction mass is free…
  • Defense Intelligence Reference Document Laser Lightcraft Nanosatellites Report
    Defense Intelligence Agency· 77 pages· 7 pages mention it
    • p. 8 …The sensor must be capable of detecting Earth over a range of orbital radii with a pointing accuracy of 0…
    • p. 72 …The system is single-stage-to-orbit and completely reusable with no onboard propellant required (the reaction mass is free…
  • Office of the Secretary of Defense: 027_Satellite_Flaring_Paper Official release
    Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.· 2023· 18 pages· 4 pages mention it
    • p. 1 …2 Altitude for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) ranges from 300km to 2,000km.027Page determined to be Unclassified Reviewed by…
    • p. 18 …Boley, "Satellite mega-constellations create risks in Low Earth Orbit, the atmosphere and on Earth," Scientific Reports (Nature), vol. 11…
  • STS-75 press kit Document
    NASA· 40 pages· 5 pages mention it
    • p. 15 …Tethers also may be used as antennas to transmit extremely low frequency signals to Earth. Such low frequency waves can…
    • p. 16 …generate low-frequency electrostatic and electromagnetic waves. While ground-based scientists are limited to small- scale experiments, Earth's ionosphere…
  • (EST Pub Date) Annotation FOIA release
    Central Intelligence Agency· 1990-01-01· 53 pages· 15 pages mention it
    • p. 33 …acceleration from a low, near-Earth orbit to a high, injection orbit (beyond the Earth's radiation belts), during which…
    • p. 40 …lifts off from Earth in a transport spacecraft that travels between Earth and the low-orbit servicing station and that…

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