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Tethered Satellite System
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This page contains philatelic information on the Tethered Satellite System (TSS) series. 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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| TSS (Italy) | TSS (Italy) | TSS (Italy) |
Below is a list of TSS 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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| Tethered Satellite System (TSS) (Italy) | ||||
| Benin | Unknown ms (Mi none) Unknown ims | In (left) margin of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] In (left) margin of imperforate MS4 (a-d) | 2014 | "TSS"-1 and logo (includes deployment date from "STS-46" in text) |
| Benin | Unknown ms proof Unknown ims proof | In (left) margin of MS4 proof (a-d) In (left) margin of imperforate MS4 proof (a-d) | ||
| Benin | Unknown ms proof | Signed-proof MS4 (a-d) | ||
| Benin | Unknown ms proof fdc Unknown ims proof fdc | MS4 proof on FDC Imperforate MS4 proof on FDC | ||
| Gabon | Unknown d (Mi none) Unknown id | One of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] One of imperforate MS4 (a-d) | 2015 | "Tethered Satellite System - TSS[-1]" (also launch date in text) |
| Gabon | Unknown proof | Signed-proof MS4 | ||
| Gabon | Unknown ms fdc Unknown ims fdc | MS4 on FDC Imperforate MS4 on FDC | ||
| Gabon | Unknown a-d fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Gabon | Unknown ms (Mi none) Unknown ims | In (lower-right) margin of MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] In (lower-right) margin of imperforate MS4 (a-d) | 2015 | "Tethered Satellite" (TSS-1/1R type) |
| Gabon | Unknown proof | Signed-proof MS4 | ||
| Gabon | Unknown ms fdc Unknown ims fdc | MS4 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC Imperforate MS4 on FDC | ||
| Gabon | Unknown a (Mi none) Unknown ia | From MS4 (a-d) [known illegal issue] From imperforate MS4 (a-d) | 2017 | "Mission TSS-EURECA" (in stamp 'a') and "Tethered Satellite System" (in stamp 'b') |
| Gabon | Unknown b (Mi none) Unknown ib | |||
| Gabon | Unknown proof | Signed-proof MS4 | ||
| Gabon | Unknown ms fdc Unknown ims fdc | MS4 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC Imperforate MS4 on FDC | ||
| Gabon | Unknown a-d fdc | One of four stamps on FDC | ||
| Italy | None | Printed stamp on aerogramme | 1992 | "Experimento Satellite Tethered" (TSS-1, based on date of issue) |
| Italy | None fdc | Printed stamp and (pictorial) cancel on aerogramme FDC | ||
Below is a list of TSS series launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| Tethered Satellite System (TSS) (pre-launch events) | ||||
| Italy | 1990-03-07 | Torino | (Multi-color printed) cachet (and signatures) on cover | TSS-1 pre-launch: system test |
| Tethered Satellite System (TSS) (Italy) | ||||
| 1992-07-31: TSS-1 (and EURECA-1 deployed by STS-46) | ||||
| France | 1992-07-31 | Paris | (ESA) cachet on cover | STS-46 launch; TSS-1 deployed |
| Germany (West) | 1992-07-31 | Bremen | (Red pictorial) meter and (EURECA red mission patch) cachet on cover | STS-46 launch; TSS-1 deployed |
| Italy | 1992-07-31 | Torino Centro Corriere ZE | (Alenia Spazio Club Filatelico Torino) cachet on cover | STS-46 launch; TSS-1 deployed |
| Italy | 1992-07-31 | Rome | Printed stamp and (multi-color printed) cachet on aerogramme | STS-46 launch; TSS-1 deployed |
| Spain | 1992-07-31 | Robeldo de Chavela, Madrid | (DSS-66 Madrid Station purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-46 launch/tracking; TSS-1 deployed |
| United States | 1992-07-31 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Black and orange printed) cachet (and signature) on cover | STS-46 launch; TSS-1 deployed |
| United States | 1992-07-31 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (ESA printed and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-46 launch; TSS-1 deployed |
| United States | 1992-07-31 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (ESA printed) cachet (same as above item) on cover | STS-46 launch; TSS-1 deployed |
| United States | 1992-07-31 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (EURECA mission patch) cachet on cover | STS-46 launch; TSS-1 deployed |
| United States | 1992-07-31 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Lollini) cachet on cover | STS-46 launch; TSS-1 deployed |
| United States | 1992-07-31 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Alenia Spazio Club Filatelico Torino) cachet on cover | STS-46 launch; TSS-1 deployed |
| United States | 1992-07-31 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Titusville-Moonport Stamp Club) cachet on cover | STS-46 launch; TSS-1 deployed |
| United States | 1992-07-31 | Kennedy Space Center FL (machine cancel) | (STS mission patch) cachet on cover | STS-46 launch; TSS-1 deployed |
| United States | 1992-07-31 | Kennedy Space Center FL (hand cancel) | (STS mission patch) cachet (and signature) on cover | STS-46 launch; TSS-1 deployed |
| United States | 1992-07-31 | Kennedy Space Center FL (machine cancel) | (STS mission patch) cachet (slightly different) on cover | STS-46 launch; TSS-1 deployed |
| United States | 1992-07-31 | Kennedy Space Center FL (hand cancel) | (STS mission patch) cachet (and signature) on cover | STS-46 launch; TSS-1 deployed |
| United States | 1992-07-31 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Colorano Silk Cachet and medallion) cachet on cover | STS-46 launch; TSS-1 deployed |
| United States | 1992-07-31 | Pasadena CA | (Orange printed and black rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on cover | STS-46 launch; TSS-1 deployed |
| United States | 1992-07-31 | Barstow CA | (Space Shuttle black printed and black typed) cachet on cover | STS-46 launch; TSS-1 deployed |
| United States | 1992-07-31 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Shuttle Tracking Team blue rubber-stamp) cachet (and signature) on cover | STS-46 launch; TSS-1 deployed |
| United States | 1992-07-31 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Merritt Island FL Space Flight Tracking magenta and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-46 launch; TSS-1 deployed |
| United States | 1992-07-31 1992-08-08 | Kennedy Space Center FL (machine cancel) Kennedy Space Center FL (hand cancel) | (STS mission patch/sticker) cachet (and signature) on cover | STS-46 launch; TSS-1 deployed STS-46 landing |
| United States | 1992-08-02 | Houston TX | (Colorano Silk Cachet) cachet on cover | EURECA deployed, when flipped horizontally |
| United States | 1992-08-02 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Titusville Moonpost Stamp Club) cachet on cover | EURECA deployed |
| United States | 1992-08-02 | Nassau Bay Branch, Houston TX | (Multi-color printed) cachet on (ESA-EURECA-1) sheet, top-half, also bottom-half, back top-half, and back bottom half | EURECA deployed |
| Australia | 1992-08-03 | Parkes NSW | (CSIRO black sticker and magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | EURECA deployed |
| United States | 1992-08-06 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Black printed) cachet on cover | TSS-1 800 feet from boom |
| United States | 1992-08-06 | Houston TX | (Green and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | "evaluation of atomic oxygen interaction with materials" |
| United States | 1992-08-07 | Nassau Bay Branch, Houston TX | (Magenta rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-46 "Crew conference" |
| United States | 1992-08-08 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Shuttle Tracking Team blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-46 landing |
| 1996-02-22: TSS-1R (deployed by STS-75) | ||||
| United States | 1996-02-22 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (STS mission patch) cachet on cover, also insert | STS-75 launch |
| Italy | 1996-02-23 | Torino Centro Corriere ZE | (Alenia Spazio Club Filatelico Torino) cachet (and signatures) on cover | STS-75 launch |
| United States | 1996-02-25 | Houston TX | (Colorano Silk Cachet) cachet on cover | TSS-1R deployed |
| United States | 1996-02-25 | Houston TX | (Colorano Silk Cachet) cachet (different) on cover | TSS-1R breaks away |
| United States | 1996-03-09 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Brown printed) cachet (and signatures) on cover | STS-75 landing |
| United States | 1996-03-09 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Blue and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-75 landing |
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