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This page contains philatelic information on SAMOS (Satellite And Missile Observation Satellite) 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.
| Launch information (found elsewhere) |
Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| SAMOS (USAF) | SAMOS (USAF) | SAMOS (USAF) |
| SAMOS (on other than SAMOS launch covers) |
Below is a list of SAMOS series satellite 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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| Satellite And Missile Observation Satellite (SAMOS) (USAF) | ||||
| No (non-launch cover) postal items found | ||||
Below is a list of SAMOS series satellite launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satellite And Missile Observation Satellite (SAMOS) (USAF) | ||||
| 1960-10-11: SAMOS-1 (SAMOS-E1-1) (and SAMOS-F1-1) [failed] | ||||
| United States | 1960-10-11 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover | SAMOS-1 launch [failed] (but Mercury boilerplate capsule depicted); ("spy in the sky") |
| United States | 1960-10-11 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Holden blue rubber-stamp and red printed) cachet on cover | SAMOS-1 launch [failed] |
| United States | 1960-10-11 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Holden blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | SAMOS-1 launch [failed] |
| United States | 1960-10-11 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Green printed and black typed) cachet on cover | SAMOS-1 launch [failed] |
| 1961-01-31: SAMOS-2 (SAMOS-E1-2) (and SAMOS-F1-2) | ||||
| United States | 1961-01-31 | Lompoc CA | (Holden blue rubber-stamp and red printed) cachet on cover | SAMOS-2 launch |
| United States | 1961-01-31 | Lompoc CA | (Holden purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | SAMOS-2 launch |
| United States | 1961-01-31 | Lompoc CA | (Holden black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | SAMOS-2 launch |
| United States | 1961-01-31 | Lompoc CA | (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover | SAMOS-2 launch |
| United States | 1961-01-31 | Lompoc CA | (Blue and black printed) cachet on cover | SAMOS-2 launch ("sky-spy satellite") |
| United States | 1961-01-31 | Lompoc CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | SAMOS-2 launch ("sky-spy satellite") |
| United States | 1961-01-31 | Lompoc CA | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | SAMOS-2 launch |
| 1960-10-11: SAMOS-3 (SAMOS-E2-1) [failed] | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 1961-11-22: SAMOS-4 (SAMOS-E5-1) | ||||
| United States | 1961-11-22 | Lompoc CA | (Sarzin) cachet on cover | SAMOS-4 launch ("top secret US satellite" and "mystery satellite") |
| United States | 1961-11-22 | Lompoc CA | (Holden black and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | SAMOS-4 launch ("sky spy") |
| United States | 1961-11-22 | Lompoc CA | (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover | SAMOS-4 launch (but Mercury boilerplate capsule depicted); ("sky spy") |
| 1961-12-22: SAMOS-5 (SAMOS-E5-2) | ||||
| United States | 1961-12-22 | Lompoc CA | (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover | SAMOS-5 launch (but Mercury boilerplace capusule depicted); ("sky spy") |
| United States | 1961-12-22 | Lompoc CA | (Holden black and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | SAMOS-5 launch ("sky spy") |
| United States | 1961-12-22 | Lompoc CA | (Holden black and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail, but black-and-white scan) cover | SAMOS-5 launch ("sky spy") |
| 1962-03-07: SAMOS-6 (SAMOS-E5-3) | ||||
| United States | 1962-03-06 | Ursa IL | (Blue printed) cachet on cover | SAMOS-6 launch (uncertain, based on early cancel and generic cachet) |
| United States | 1962-03-07 | Lompoc CA | (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover | SAMOS-6 launch ("sky spy satellite") |
| United States | 1962-03-07 | Lompoc CA | (Holden blue rubber-stamp and red printed) cachet on cover | SAMOS-6 launch |
| 1962-04-26: SAMOS-7 (SAMOS-E6-1) [SolRad-4B launched separately on same day also at Vandenberg AFB, CA] |
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| United States | 1962-04-26 | Lompoc CA | (Sarzin) cachet on cover | SAMOS-7 and SolRad-4B launch ("twin satellite launching") |
| United States | 1962-04-26 | Lompoc CA | (Holden black and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | SAMOS-7 launch (also "Atlas" in the cachet text) |
| United States | 1962-04-26 | Lompoc CA | (Holden black and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | SAMOS-7 launch (also "Atlas" in the cachet text) |
| United States | 1962-04-26 | Lompoc CA | (Holden black and blue rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on cover | SAMOS-7 launch (also "Atlas" in the cachet text) ("secret satellite") |
| United States | 1962-04-26 | Lompoc CA | (Black typed) cachet on cover | SAMOS-7 launch (also "Atlas" in the cachet text) ("secret satellite") |
| United States | 1962-04-26 | Lompoc CA | (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover | SAMOS-7 launch (also "Atlas" in the cachet text) |
| United States | 1962-04-26 | Lompoc CA | (SpaceCraft Type-B general-purpose and cyan rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | SAMOS-7 launch (also "Atlas" in the cachet text) |
| 1962-06-17: SAMOS-8 (SAMOS-E6-2) | ||||
| United States | 1962-06-17 | Lompoc CA | (Holden magenta and blue and black rubber-stamp and hand-written) cachet on (airmail) cover | SAMOS-6 launch ("secret satellite") |
| United States | 1962-06-17 | Lompoc CA | (Holden magenta and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | SAMOS-6 launch ("secret satellite") |
| United States | 1962-06-17 | Lompoc CA | (SpaceCraft Type-C general-purpose and cyan rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | SAMOS-6 launch |
| 1962-07-18: SAMOS-9 (SAMOS-E6-3) | ||||
| United States | 1962-07-18 | Lompoc CA | (Holden blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | SAMOS-9 launch |
| United States | 1962-07-18 | Lompoc CA | (Holden blue and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | SAMOS-9 launch |
| United States | 1962-07-18 | Lompoc CA | (SpaceCraft Type-A general-purpose and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | SAMOS-9 launch |
| 1962-08-05: SAMOS-10 (SAMOS-E6-4) | ||||
| United States | 1962-08-05 | Lompoc CA | (Goldcraft Cachets) cachet on cover | SAMOS-10 launch (but Mercury boilerplate capsule depicted) |
| United States | 1962-08-05 | Lompoc CA | (Holden blue and magenta and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | SAMOS-10 launch |
| 1962-11-11: SAMOS-11 (SAMOS-E6-5) (and US-ERS-1) | ||||
| United States | 1962-11-11 | Lompoc CA | (Vandy?/DuBeau? red satellite-launch and red rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | SAMOS-11 launch |
| United States | 1962-11-11 | Lompoc CA | (Vandy?/DuBeau? red satellite-launch and red rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | SAMOS-11 launch |
| United States | 1962-11-11 | Lompoc CA | (HM red typed and hand-printed) cachet on cover, also (Vandy?/DuBeau? red satellite-launch and magenta) cachet on back | SAMOS-11 launch ("secret satellite" and "sky spy") |
| SAMOS (on other than SAMOS launch covers) | ||||
| United States | 1960-12-07 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on Discoverer-18 launch cover | "SAMOS project" ("spy-in-the-sky") |
| United States | 1971-01-21 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH8-30 launch cover, also insert | "Super SAMOS", " continues SAMOS-80", and "SAMOS-81" (on insert) |
| United States | 1971-04-22 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH8-31 launch cover, also insert | "SAMOS-82" (on front), "repeating ... SAMOS-81" (on insert) |
| United States | 1971-06-15 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH9-1 launch cover, also insert | "Advanced SAMOS" ("467 program") |
| United States | 1971-06-15 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (InterSpace Cover) cachet on KH9-1 launch cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1972-01-20 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH9-2 and P11-4424 launch cover | "Advanced SAMOS" ("piggyback electronic intelligence [elint] monitor") |
| United States | 1972-03-17 | Lompoc CA, Vandenberg AFB | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH8-34 launch cover, also insert | "SAMOS-87", "SAMOS-80" and "SAMOS-85" (in insert text) |
| United States | 1972-05-20 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (InterSpace Cover brown and red) cachet on KH8-35 launch [failed] cover | "SAMOS" |
| United States | 1972-05-20 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage brown and orange) cachet on KH8-35 launch [failed] cover | |
| United States | 1972-05-25 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) insert from KH4B-17 launch cover, also front | ("On May 20, an attempt to launch a high-resolution SAMOS recon/survey mission ... failed"); "may attemp ... another SAMOS mission"; ("'search and find' recon satellite") |
| United States | 1972-07-07 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH9-3 and P11-4425 launch cover, also insert | "SAMOS-88" ("project 467", "ELINT companion"); "SAMOS failure" (in insert text) |
| United States | 1972-09-01 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH8-36 launch cover, also insert | "SAMOS-89" ("super spy") |
| United States | 1972-10-10 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH9-4 launch cover | "Advanced SAMOS (90)" (SAMOS-90) |
| United States | 1972-10-10 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (InterSpace Cover) cachet on KH9-4 launch cover | |
| United States | 1972-12-20 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Riser/Andromeda/Cygnus Cover no.43) cachet on Canyon-5 launch (airmail) cover, also insert1 and insert2 | "relay of SAMOS" ("secret program [project] 313") |
| United States | 1972-12-21 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH8-37 launch cover, also insert | "SAMOS-91" |
| United States | 1972-12-21 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (InterSpace Cover) cachet on KH8-37 launch cover, also insert | |
| United States | 1973-03-06 | Cape Canaveral FL | (InterSpace Cover) cachet on Rhyolite-2 launch cover | "relay ... SAMOS" ("Program [project] 313") |
| United States | 1973-03-06 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on Rhyolite-2 launch cover | |
| United States | 1973-03-09 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH9-5 launch cover | "SAMOS-92" ("spy reconnaissance") |
| United States | 1973-03-09 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (InterSpace Cover) cachet on KH9-5 launch cover | |
| United States | 1973-05-16 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH8-38 launch cover | "SAMOS-93" |
| United States | 1973-05-16 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (InterSpace Cover) cachet on KH8-38 launch cover | |
| United States | 1973-06-26 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH8-39 [failed] launch cover | "SAMOS" |
| United States | 1973-06-26 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (InterSpace Cover) cachet on KH8-39 [failed] launch cover | |
| United States | 1973-07-13 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH9-6 launch cover | "SAMOS-94" ("project 467") |
| United States | 1973-07-13 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (InterSpace Cover) cachet on KH9-6 launch cover | |
| United States | 1973-11-10 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH9-7 and P11-4426 and P801-5 launch cover | "SAMOS-96" ("elint monitor") |
| United States | 1973-11-10 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (InterSpace Cover) cachet on KH9-7 and P11-4426 and P801-5 launch cover | |
| United States | 1974-02-13 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH8-41 launch cover | "SAMOS-97" |
| United States | 1974-04-10 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH9-8 and P11-4428 and IRCB launch cover | "SAMOS-98" |
| United States | 1974-04-10 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (InterSpace Cover) cachet on KH9-8 and P11-4428 and IRCB launch cover | |
| United States | 1974-06-06 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH8-42 launch cover | "SAMOS-99" |
| United States | 1974-06-06 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (InterSpace Cover) cachet on KH8-42 launch cover | |
| United States | 1974-08-14 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH8-43 launch cover | "SAMOS-100" |
| United States | 1974-08-14 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (InterSpace Cover) cachet on KH8-43 launch cover | |
| United States | 1974-10-29 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH9-9 and P11-4429 and S3-1 launch cover | "SAMOS-101" |
| United States | 1974-10-29 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (InterSpace Cover) cachet on KH9-9 and P11-4429 and S3-1 launch cover | |
| United States | 1975-04-18 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH8-44 launch cover | "SAMOS-102" |
| United States | 1975-06-08 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH9-10 and P226-1 launch cover | "SAMOS-103" |
| United States | 1975-10-09 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH8-45 launch cover | "SAMOS-104" |
| United States | 1975-12-04 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH9-11 and S3-2 launch cover | "SAMOS-105" and "Advanced SAMOS" |
| United States | 1976-02-18 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on DMSP-5C-F3 [partial failure] launch cover | "SAMOS" ("exact mission not known") |
| United States | 1976-03-22 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH8-46 launch cover | "SAMOS-106" |
| United States | 1976-07-08 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH9-12 and P11-4430 and S3-3 launch cover | "SAMOS-107" |
| United States | 1976-09-15 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH8-47 launch cover | "SAMOS-108" |
| United States | 1976-12-19 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH11-1 launch cover | "SAMOS-109" |
| United States | 1977-03-13 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH8-48 launch cover | "SAMOS-110" |
| United States | 1977-06-27 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage sticker) cachet on KH9-13 launch cover | "SAMOS-111" |
| United States | 1977-09-23 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH8-49 launch cover | "SAMOS-112" |
| United States | 1978-03-16 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on KH9-14 and P11-4432 launch cover | "SAMOS" |
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