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This page contains philatelic information on the U.S. military DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program) series satellites. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the satellites featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
The current DMSP series are built on the same spacecraft bus as NOAA-series satellites. Therefore, it is hard to distinguish between the two, and items that are not specifically identified are assumed to be NOAA rather than DMSP.
| Launch information (found in the military weather-related satellites page) |
Launch covers, anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers (farther below) |
Postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| DMSP | DMSP | DMSP |
Below is a list of DMSP-series postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number* | Type of Item** | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| DMSP | ||||
| No (non-launch cover) postal items found | ||||
*Scott catalog number, unless prefixed with Mi or BL for Michel; "i" prefix denotes imperforate version.
**FDC = first day cover; SS# = souvenir sheet, MS# = miniature sheet, where # = number of stamps in sheet, and the numbers in parentheses are the catalog numbers for the stamps in the sheet.
Below is a list of DMSP-series launch covers, anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers.
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| DMSP-4A | ||||
| United States | 1967-02-08 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | DMSP-4A-F2 ("secret payload") launch |
| DMSP-5B | ||||
| United States | 1972-11-08 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | DMSP-5B-F3 ("'code 417' classified") launch |
| United States | 1974-03-16 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | DMSP-5B-F5 launch |
| DMSP-5C | ||||
| United States | 1974-08-08 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | DMSP-5C-F1 launch |
| United States | 1975-05-23 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | DMSP-5C-F2 launch |
| United States | 1976-02-19 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | DMSP-5C-F3 (not SAMOS) launch |
| DMSP-5D | ||||
| United States | 1976-09-11 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | DMSP-5D-F1 launch |
| United States | 1976-09-11 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | DMSP-5D-F1 ("secret research satellite") launch |
| United States | 1977-06-04 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | DMSP-5D-F2 launch |
| United States | 1978-05-01 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | DMSP-5D-F3 launch |
| United States | 1978-05-01 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | DMSP-5D-F3 launch |
| United States | 1979-06-05 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | DMSP-5D-F4 launch |
| United States | 1979-06-05 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Two-color rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | DMSP-5D-F4 launch |
| United States | 1980-07-14 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | DMSP-5D-F5 launch |
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