The Space Test Program, or STP, is the primary provider of spaceflight for the United States Department of Defense space science and technology community. It is managed by a group within the Advanced Systems and Development Directorate of the Space and Missile Systems Center of the United States Space Force. STP arranges access to orbit through the International Space Station, piggyback rides, secondary payloads and dedicated launch services. By 2019 the program had existed for fifty years and had been responsible for several thousand launches. The early experiments that led to the modern Global Positioning System constellation were STP-launched projects, and the program's predecessor was SATAR.
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On 6 January 2003, STP and the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) launched the Coriolis satellite
Operated By: United States Space Force, Lead, first paragraph
a directorate of the Space and Missile Systems Center of the United States Space Force
In Group: In-Orbit Technology Demonstration Programs, Lead section
is the primary provider of spaceflight for the United States Department of Defense (DoD) space science and technology community
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