WESTFORD NEEDLES SATELLITES

Project West Ford (also known as Westford Needles and Project Needles) was a test carried out by Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory on behalf of the United States Military in 1961 and 1963 to create an artificial ionosphere above the Earth. This was done to solve a major weakness that had been identified in US military communications.

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Name	NORAD ID	Int'l Code	Launch date	Period [minutes]
WESTFORD NEEDLES	21660	1963-014FG	May 9, 1963	163.9
WESTFORD NEEDLES	20005	1963-014EV	May 9, 1963	112
WESTFORD NEEDLES	19946	1963-014EU	May 9, 1963	165.8
WESTFORD NEEDLES	19891	1963-014ET	May 9, 1963	166.1
WESTFORD NEEDLES	19299	1963-014EL	May 9, 1963	166
WESTFORD NEEDLES	19109	1963-014EJ	May 9, 1963	165.7
WESTFORD NEEDLES	19059	1963-014EG	May 9, 1963	166.2
WESTFORD NEEDLES	19051	1963-014EA	May 9, 1963	166.1
WESTFORD NEEDLES	19030	1963-014DY	May 9, 1963	166.6
WESTFORD NEEDLES	18962	1963-014DN	May 9, 1963	164.3
WESTFORD NEEDLES	18688	1963-014DM	May 9, 1963	166.5
WESTFORD NEEDLES	18615	1963-014DK	May 9, 1963	165.1
WESTFORD NEEDLES	18543	1963-014DJ	May 9, 1963	166.2
WESTFORD NEEDLES	5702	1963-014CU	May 9, 1963	164.8
WESTFORD NEEDLES *	3267	1963-014CF	May 9, 1963	127
WESTFORD NEEDLES	3257	1963-014BX	May 9, 1963	166.4
WESTFORD NEEDLES	3255	1963-014BV	May 9, 1963	166.1
WESTFORD NEEDLES	3244	1963-014BJ	May 9, 1963	166.4
WESTFORD NEEDLES	3239	1963-014BD	May 9, 1963	166.4
WESTFORD NEEDLES	2997	1963-014AU	May 9, 1963	164.1
WESTFORD NEEDLES	2949	1963-014AS	May 9, 1963	163.2
WESTFORD NEEDLES	2933	1963-014AR	May 9, 1963	165.9
WESTFORD NEEDLES	2796	1963-014AQ	May 9, 1963	165.9
WESTFORD NEEDLES	2532	1963-014AL	May 9, 1963	166.1
WESTFORD NEEDLES	2531	1963-014AK	May 9, 1963	166
WESTFORD NEEDLES	2530	1963-014AJ	May 9, 1963	165.9
WESTFORD NEEDLES	2431	1963-014AC	May 9, 1963	165.8
WESTFORD NEEDLES	2381	1963-014AB	May 9, 1963	166
WESTFORD NEEDLES	2380	1963-014AA	May 9, 1963	165.9
WESTFORD NEEDLES	2378	1963-014Y	May 9, 1963	166.2
WESTFORD NEEDLES	2377	1963-014X	May 9, 1963	165.6
WESTFORD NEEDLES	2375	1963-014W	May 9, 1963	164.6
WESTFORD NEEDLES	2372	1963-014T	May 9, 1963	166.2
WESTFORD NEEDLES	2367	1963-014S	May 9, 1963	162.2
WESTFORD NEEDLES	2365	1963-014Q	May 9, 1963	166
WESTFORD NEEDLES	2364	1963-014P	May 9, 1963	166
WESTFORD NEEDLES	2362	1963-014M	May 9, 1963	163
WESTFORD NEEDLES	2361	1963-014L	May 9, 1963	166.2
WESTFORD NEEDLES	2359	1963-014J	May 9, 1963	165.4
WESTFORD NEEDLES	702	1963-014H	May 9, 1963	166.3
WESTFORD NEEDLES	629	1963-014G	May 9, 1963	166.4
WESTFORD NEEDLES	628	1963-014F	May 9, 1963	166.8
WESTFORD NEEDLES	602	1963-014E	May 9, 1963	166

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