00005Sent temperature & geodetic data till Mar 64. 00005Object 58-BETA 2 renamed 58-002B in 1993. 00011Satellite wobble degraded data. Worked for 18 00011days. Object 59-ALPHA 1 renamed 59-001A. 00020Transmitted radiation & micrometeoroid data 00020until 11 Dec 59. 00020Object 59-ETA 1 renamed 59-007A in 1993. 00022Transmitted Earth magnetic field and Solar 00022flare data until 24 Jul 61. 00022Object 59-IOTA 1 renamed 59-009A in 1993. 00029Television and InfraRed Observation Satellite 00029sent back 22,952 weather pictures in 78 days. 00029Object 60-BETA 2 renamed 60-002B in 1993. 00045Navigation satellite for the US Navy. 00045Object 60-ETA 1 renamed 60-007A in 1993. 00046data until Apr 61. 00046Object 60-ETA 2 renamed 60-007B in 1993. 00058Replacement for SCORE satellite with solar & 00058battery power. Worked for 17 days. 00058Object 60-NU 1 renamed 60-013A in 1993. 00060electron distribution in space. 00060Object 60-XI 1 renamed 60-014A in 1993. 0006336,156 cloud pictures through 4 Dec 61. 00063Object 60-PI 1 renamed 60-016A in 1993. 00107Gamma ray counter sent data until 6 Dec 61. 00107Object 61-NU 1 renamed 61-013A in 1993. 00116Object 61-OMICRON 1 renamed 61-015A in 1993. 00116Objects cataloged as 1961-015 = 300. 203 up. 00117till 6 Mar 63. Solrad sent Solar X-ray data 00117till late 1961. 00117Object 61-OMICRON 2 renamed 61-015B in 1993. 00117Objects cataloged as 1961-015 = 300. 202 up. 0016235,033 cloud pictures through 27 Feb 62. 00162Object 61-RHO 1 renamed 61-017A in 1993. 00163Object 61-SIGMA 1 renamed 61-018A in 1993. 00192Included ejection of 350 million 21 mm copper 00192dipoles. Project 'Westford' upset scientists. 00192Object 61-ALPHA-DELTA 1 renamed 61-028A. 00202US Navy navigation sat. Operated to Jul 62. 00202Object 61-ALPHA-ETA 1 called 61-031A in 1993. 0020561-ALPHA-ETA 2 renamed 61-031B in 1993. 00226Object 62-BETA 1 renamed 62-002A in 1993. 00271MIssile Defense Alarm System. Object 0027162-KAPPA 1 renamed 62-010A in 1993. 0030958,226 cloud pictures through 21 Feb 63. 00309Object 62-A ALP 1 renamed 62-025A in 1993. 00340Active repeater transmitted to 21 Feb 63. 00340Object 62-ALPHA-EPSILON 1 renamed 62-029A. 00369Probable weather mission. Object 0036962-ALPHA-OMICRON 1 renamed 62-039A in 1993. 0039766,674 cloud pictures through 11 Oct 63. 00397Object 62-ALPHA-PSI 1 renamed 62-047A. 004241st Canadian satellite. Sent ionospheric data 00424for over 6 years. Object 62-BETA-ALPHA 1 was 00424renamed 62-049A in the summer of 1993. 00446Seems to be a normal geodetic mission. 00446Object 62-BETA-MU 1 renamed 62-060A in 1993. 00503Active communications and Van Allen belt 00503radiation effects on equipment. Transponder 1 00503problems. Transponder 2 good through Feb 65. 00503Object 62-BETA-UPSILON 1 was renamed 62-068A. 00504Object 62-BETA-TAU 2 renamed 62-067B in 1993. 00506Sent micrometeoroid data till 22 Jul 63. 00506Object 62-BETA-CHI 1 renamed 62-070A in 1993. 00573Active repeater commsat till May 65. 00574communication tests were successful. 00574Objects cataloged as 1963-014 = 153. 89 up. 00579Returned Solar cell damage data for 92 days. 00579Objects cataloged as 1963-014 = 153. 91 up. 00589Objects cataloged as 1963-014 = 153. 91 up. 00608Returned Solar cell damage data for 89 days. 00608Objects cataloged as 1963-014 = 153. 91 up. 00614Returned radiation data for over 3 months. 00622ERS 10 not ejected from the main satellite. 00622Missile detection mission (MIDAS 07) was not 00622impaired by Environmental Research Satellite. 00634Operated through 1966. Turned off Apr 69. 006942nd stage. Not considered a spacecraft. 00746double payload. Paired with Electron 2. 00801US Navy navigation satellite. 00812Probable weather mission. 00829Monitored inner Van Allen belt radiation in 00829company with Electron 4. 00858Operated through 1966. Turned off Apr 69. 00869Investigated geomagnetically trapped protons. 00870electron distribution in space. 00876Probable meteorological satellite 00879returned details of vast clouds of hydrogen. 00879130 experiments returned 1.5 mil hrs of data. 00899electron distribution in space. 00932Air density Explorers 9, 19, 24, 25, 39 & 40 00932studied thin air action on satellite motion. 00959Probably a US Navy navigation satellite. 00963Electron particle study. 00965US Navy navigation satellite. 00978Observation Satellite. 010023 transtage burns. Prime experiment was an 01002all solid state X-band transmitter. 012081st 8 payload launch. 01244Stabilization Experiment. 012711st 8 payload launch. Possible ELINT? 01291Returned Solar radiation data. 01292Stabilization Experiment. 01293satellite. Transmitted for 16 days. 01314Broken into 52 pieces by early 1990. 0131769. Temporary service 29 Jun 69 to 13 Aug 69. 01328Ionosphere Explorers 8, 20, 22 & 27 measured 01328electron distribution in space. 01360experiment was a solid state X-band repeater. 01360Also 8 horn electronically switched antenna. 01361sphere for radar calibration. 01377Probably a meteorological mission. 01420Navy Navigational Satellite System. 01506Scout booster flight test. 01514Navy Navigational Satellite System. 01520A 35.56 centimeter sphere painted white. 01580No anomalies reported. 016131st successful OV1. Returned radiation data. 01641Transtage (TITAN 3C-2) reportedly failed to 01641release the LCS 2 and OV2 1 payloads. As of 01641early 2003 NASA reported that instead of SSC 016411624 being the LCS 2/OV2 1 payloads, and SSC 016411641 being payload debris, 1641 is only the 01641OV2 1 payload & all other associated objects 01641are the Transtage debris. We have left the 01641payload name as a combination of LCS 2/OV2 1 01641until LCS 2 is accounted for by NASA. Another 01641minor point is that the payloads were listed 01641as decayed since 1972 and they are now up and 01641flying. 01726to perform geometric geodesy (study of the 01726size and shape of the Earth). 01738US Navy launched to monitor Solar UV rays & 01738to perform geometric geodesy (study of the 01738size and shape of the Earth). 017781st French satellite, transmitted for 2 days. 01804Ionospheric data transmitted for over 6 yrs. 018062. Catalog 1804. 01814VLF wave propagation & ionosphere experiments 01843Probably a meteorological satellite 01982satellite. Ceased operations 8 May 67. 020163rd French satellite, 2nd national launch. 02091survey system. 02122gradient stabilized. 02142orbit the battery failed. 02150Radiation research studies. 02173Returned TV & IR cloud cover pictures until 02173silenced on 18 January 1969. 02201Radiation research. 02207were deployed. 02215Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 0225330.5 m balloon photographed in geodetic study 02253and it gradually broke up from 1975 to 1978. 02401Navy Navigational Satellite System. 024111st of new Geodetic series. 024181st use of Burner II booster. 02435Replaced ESSA 1 in TOS system. Was silenced 024359 Oct 1968. 02481No anomalies reported. 02514Not in geosynchronous orbit due apogee motor 02514failure. Unusable in normal service. 02608Applications Technology Satellite for 02608communications and meteorological tests. 02639Began trans-Pacific comm service 27 Jan 67. 02657Replaced ESSA 2. Camera failure caused its 02657deactivation on 6 Dec 67. 02669No anomalies reported. 02680Good laser & doppler data till 5 Apr 67. 02717Comm service over Atlantic started 7 Apr 67. 02754Navy Navigational Satellite System 02757Replaced ESSA 3. 02807Navy Navigational Satellite System 028250.508 meter surveillance calibration sphere. 02828Gravity Gradient Stabilization Experiment. 02834Gravity Gradient Stabilization Experiment. 02847No anomalies reported. 02861Performed location survey mission. 02866in sub-synchronous orbit when mission ended. 02872No anomalies reported. 02876Investigated formation of Aurora Borealis. 029090.406 meter surveillance calibration sphere. 02920No anomalies reported. 02965Navy Navigational Satellite System 03029Applications Technology Satellite sent back 03029color and black & white pictures of Earth. 03035Sent cloud photos every 6 min. Deactivated 4 03035Nov 69 due bad vidicon & excessive drift out 03035of sun synchronous orbit. 03081Maneuverable. 1st Ocean surveillance system 03081testing. Put in storage orbit 29 Dec 67. 03093US Navy launched to monitor Solar UV rays & 03093to perform geometric geodesy (study of the 03093size and shape of the Earth). 03129Or possibly geodetic. 03138returned details of vast clouds of hydrogen. 03138130 experiments returned 1.5 mil hrs of data. 03158Maneuverable. Possible ocean surveillance. 03173Engineering and radiation experiments. 03174radiation levels. 03229Experimental system. 03284Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 03307Radio astronomy. 4 yrs listening to galactic 03307radio sources. Swamped 1/3rd of time by Earth 03307signals/noise. See Explorer 49 (cat # 6686). 03338Air density Explorers 9, 19, 24, 25, 39 & 40 03338studied thin air action on satellite motion. 03345Replaced ESSA 5 as primary stored data 03345satellite in TOS system. Camera returned 03345cloud cover photos. Recorders failed. 03345Deactivated on 19 July 1969. 03428Measured radiation & energetic particles. 11 03428experiments in classified DoD satellite. 03430Test zero g effects on heat transfer in fluid 03431autonomous station keeping subsystem. Has 03431been in reserve since 1976 with launch of the 034311st Gap Filler. Tested every 5 years. Worked 03431in 1993. Testing was due in Sep/Oct 1998, the 0343130th anniversary of it's launch, but was not 03431done. Maybe in 1999. 03504ASAT warhead that attacked Cosmos 248. 03504Objects cataloged 1968-091 = 110. 54 up. 03530ASAT warhead that attacked Cosmos 248. 03530Objects cataloged 1968-097 = 140. 53 up. 03576Possibly geodetic. 03597Two experiments to map ultraviolet sources 03597in space use 4 & 7 telescope/filter packages. 03605Data relay or ELINT?? 03615No anomalies reported. 03623Off coast of Brazil. Had temporary antenna 03623malfunction on 29 June 69. 03669Study of ionosphere. Continues Alouette study 03673Data relay or ELINT?? 03764Replaced ESSA 7. 038257 experiments on trapped radiation. 5 studies 03825on radiation hazards. 03835No anomalies reported. 03890Returned IR, Ultraviolet, geodetic & TV data 04047No anomalies reported. 04068Applications Technology Satellite. Nutation 04068Damper failure caused flat spin. Only partial 04068success. Meteorological & Comms tests. Placed 04068in sub-synchronous orbit. 04119No anomalies reported. 04132Mission apparently normal. Booster exploded. 04132Objects cataloged as 1969-082 = 270. 105 up. 04138Possibly geodetic. 04166Objects cataloged as 1969-082 = 270. 105 up. 04168Objects cataloged as 1969-082 = 270. 105 up. 042211st German Research Satellite-7 experiments. 04221Earth radiation, Aurorae & Solar particles. 04237Mission apparently normal. Booster exploded. 04237Objects cataloged as 1969-082 = 270. 105 up. 04247Mission apparently normal. Booster exploded. 04247Objects cataloged as 1969-082 = 270. 105 up. 04254Possibly a geodetic? 04256Objects cataloged as 1969-082 = 270. 105 up. 04257Objects cataloged as 1969-082 = 270. 105 up. 04259Objects cataloged as 1969-082 = 270. 105 up. 04295Mission apparently normal. Booster exploded. 04295Objects cataloged as 1969-082 = 270. 105 up. 04297Took over as prime Atlantic comm sat from 04297Intelsat 3 F-2 (cat # 3623) and was relocated 04297to a geostationary position of 329 degrees E. 0432015 June 1970. Pre-launch name TIROS-M. 04327of electron ion engine. 1st engine operated 04327for 3,785 hrs; 2nd for 2,011 hrs. Considered 04327unsuccessful. Radio interference test-3 mos. 04330Japanese test satellite. Operated for 17 hrs. 043531st NATO military communications satellite. 04362Makes worldwide weather pictures twice daily. 04362Transtage exploded 17 Oct 70. 04362Objects cataloged as 1970-025 = 374. 279 up. 04369No anomalies reported. 04376Placed in full time service 8 May 70. 043821st Chinese satellite. Broadcast 'The East is 04382Red' and times as it passed certain points. 04419No anomalies reported. 04478Could be moved to Indian Ocean in 6 days and 04478Pacific Ocean in 5 days if needed. 04507No anomalies reported. 04512No anomalies reported. 04564First operational RORSAT. Nuclear power pack 04564boosted to higher orbit on 4 October. 04578No anomalies reported. 04588No anomalies reported. 04594Approached COSMOS 373. Exploded later. 04594Objects cataloged as 1970-089 = 103. 37 up. 04783Topside ionospheric sounder studies. 04786km - 51.6 degree inclination. Next day change 04786was to 5,082 X 2,577 km and 55.9 degrees. 04786Possibly manned/Lunar related. 04793National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Admin. 04799No anomalies reported. 04813No anomalies reported. 04849No anomalies reported. 04902No anomalies reported. 04952life of one week. 04964Close approach to COSMOS 394, then exploded. 04964Objects cataloged as 1971-015 = 117. 59 up. 05050Target for COSMOS 404. 05104Studies. Measured day & season fluctuation 05104in electron density in upper atmosphere. 05117No anomalies reported. 05174No anomalies reported. 05180No anomalies reported. 052102nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 05238No anomalies reported. 05397Neutral mass spectrometer. 05398trying to get accurate data. US Space Command 05398says it is 1971-67F (SSC 5396) & down. NASA 05398Code 534.4 says 1971-67J (down). RAE says its 053981971-67E (true). MIT Lincoln Lab has 1971-67H 05398[false] but SSC 5398 [true]. 05435meter altitude. 05485Observed solar HF emissions, plasma and 05485cosmic rays. 055473rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 05560Space Test Program. Advanced space technology 05560experiments of the USAF. 05580On-board tape recorder to record real-time 05580data. Occasionally reactivated. 05587No anomalies reported. 05614No anomalies reported. 05678First launch of this US Navy system which is 05678also called 'White Cloud'. 05705Store-Dump type communications satellite. 05721on 4 January 1972. 05729Joint French & Soviet mission to study upper 05729atmosphere & polar lights. 05775Operational over 7 years. TV link for Nixon's 05775visit to China. 05903No anomalies reported. 05917No anomalies reported. 06019No anomalies reported. 06052Operational over 7 years. 06079No anomalies reported. 061174th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 06126system failed 30 Mar 73. Live pix available 06126from then. Retired 16 Jan 78. 06126Objects cataloged as 1972-058 = 227. 52 up. 06148No anomalies reported. 06153Large observatory for stellar radiation in 06153the ultraviolet region. 061731st experimental transit navigation satellite 061921st operational missile warning system. 06206Not known to have been attacked. 06235National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Admin. 06256No anomalies reported. 062625th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 06275No anomalies reported. 06319No anomalies reported. 06323Replaced Cosmos 494. 06350Geophysical research. 06437Did not meet 7 year design life goal. 06659No anomalies reported. 066756th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 06707No anomalies reported. 06796Useful life was over 6 years. 06822No anomalies reported. 06909No anomalies reported. 06916No anomalies reported. 06920Second stage exploded 28 December 1973. 06920Objects cataloged 1973-086 = 198. 181 up. 06938No anomalies reported. 06965USSR military Comms. Replaced by Cosmos 783. 06973No anomalies reported. 069858th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 07003Joint French Soviet study of Auroral Borealis 07213Main purpose to test 3 axis stabilization 07213vice spin stabilization. 07218No anomalies reported. 072501st US domestic communications satellite. 072659th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 07281Possibly a geodetic mission. 07297Nuclear pack moved to higher orbit 30 Jul 74. 07298Stationed initially over Eastern Atlantic. 07318First educational satellite. By May 79 3 of 4 07318thrusters inoperable. On 30 Jun 79 4th used 07318to put it in sub-synchronous orbit. 07337No anomalies reported. 07349No anomalies reported. 07363No anomalies reported. 07369Time Navigation satellite. Program merged 07369with NAVSTAR so this one renamed NTS-1 in a 07369further attempt to confuse everyone. 07392First synchronous Molniya communications. 07411No anomalies reported. 07424Could have been geodetic. 07433Could be navigation or ELINT. 074662nd US domestic communications satellite. 07476No anomalies reported. 075292nd stage exploded 20 August 75. 07529Objects cataloged as 1974-089 = 151. 132 up. 07530Objects cataloged as 1974-089 = 151. 132 up. 07531Objects cataloged as 1974-089 = 151. 132 up. 07544Operational for over 9 years. 07547and Australia Comms. Planned life 3 years. 07547Still active in early 1989. 07574No anomalies reported. 07578French-W. German project. 2 TV & 300 2-way 07578phone circuits connecting Europe, Middle East 07578and Africa. 07593Soviet NAVSAT. Replaced by Cosmos 894. 07615Worked with Landsat 01 (SSC 6126) so combined 07615they gave repetitive coverage every 9 vice 18 07615days. Booster exploded 19 Jun 1975. 07615Objects cataloged 1975-004 = 208. 40 up. 07625No anomalies reported. 07646A 25 cm spheroid. It was early laser 07646reflector for geodetic studies. 0767811th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 07714No anomalies reported. 07734Geodynamic Experimental Ocean Satellite. 07768No anomalies reported. 07780Replaced Molniya 1-25. 07790Means 'brother' in Eskimo. Could handle 10 07790color TV channels or 9,600 phone circuits. 07815On orbit storage for 4 years. 3 years over 07815Indian Ocean & then moved to Atlantic. 0782012th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0782212th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 07924In addition to normal weather data, it was 07924assigned the task of investigating dangers 07924involved in Prudhoe oil recovery. Booster 07924exploded in mid-May [14th? - 15th?] 1991. 07924Objects cataloged as 1975-052 = 237. 190 up. 08015Domestic communications. 080721st for this plane. Replaced by Cosmos 928. 08132Europe, Mid East & Africa. (see catalog 7578) 08195Domestic communications. 08197antenna extension technology. 0828513th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 08325No anomalies reported. 08330Made primary Atlantic satellite in 1976. 08343Replaced Cosmos 676. 08357No anomalies reported. 08366Geostationary Operational Environmental Sat. 08425New plane 360 degrees. Replaced by Moly 3-09. 08458Replaced Cosmos 614. 08473Nuclear power pack moved to higher orbit on 08473the next day, 13 Dec 75. Problem unknown. 08476June 1984 and moved above synchronous orbit. 08513Raduga means rainbow. Communications between 08513Moscow and rest of world. 08585Communications Technology Satellite. Canadian 08585US project to prove powerful satellite could 08585bring TV to all remote areas. 0860714th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 08620Major Atlantic path for 7 years. Launch was 08620probably 2400 GMT on 29 January. 08697Maritime communications. Still in use after 0869712 years. 5 year design life. 08709Ceased to operate after one month. Japanese 08709Ionospheric Sounding Satellite (ISS). 08744Possibly a military scientific mission. 08746mobile sites in MIT Lincoln Lab Experiments. 08747mobile sites in MIT Lincoln Lab Experiments. 08774Replaced in Fall of 1983. Turned off & moved 08774above synchronous orbit. 08799No anomalies reported. 08808Placed at 330 degrees East longitude. Was 08808still operating after 12 years. 08818US Navy Ocean Surveillance System. Project 08818Whitecloud. Possibly passive radar receivers 08818plus maybe Infrared. Some 'fragments' may be 08818additional payloads per R.A.E. SSU 1, 2 & 3 08818are associated payloads probably to ensure 08818better fixes on objects located. 08835Associated with OPS 6431. 08860Multi frequency radio beacon called the (DNA) 08860Defense Nuclear Agency Wideband experiment. 08873No anomalies reported. 08882Used by US Navy to fill void between Tacsat, 08882LES 6 and FLTSATCOMs. Sometimes called GAPSAT 08882or GAP FILLER. Ship to shore communications. 08923Specialized military communications. 090091st Indonesian satellite. Originally at 83 09009degrees East. Name means national unity. 0901171 pieces identified. 69 still up. 09022Replaced Cosmos 773. 09025No anomalies reported. 09047Domestic communications. Placed at 283 East. 090572nd stage exploded 24 Dec 76. 09057Objects cataloged as 1976-077 = 160. 155 up. 09415No anomalies reported. 09443Replaced Cosmos 540. 09478Maritime communications. Although designed 09478for only five years, it is continuing to 09478support communications with the South Pole 09478area through 2006. 09486GMT on 10 Nov 76. 09503Ekran means screen. For TV transmissions. 0958816th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 096101st for this plane. Replaced by Cosmos 1168. 09634Attacked Cosmos 880 at 1430 GMT on 27 Dec 76. 09634Latest count has 79 pieces in orbit. 09637Replaced Cosmos 726. 09661No anomalies reported. 09737No anomalies reported. 09841launched on improved M-3C booster. 09862Placed in orbit at 77 degrees East. Not in 09862use and moved out of synchronous orbit. 09880Replaced Molniya 1-27. 09911Reported to have exploded 8 Jun 78. Only 5 09911pieces cataloged for this launch. 09931Booster failure kept it from geostationary 09931orbit but the apogee motor brought it to at 09931least a partially useful orbit. 09941Replaced Molniya 3-02. 10010Target for Cosmos 910 and Cosmos 918. 10019No anomalies reported. 10024Leased for Atlantic till Dec 77 then major 10024path satellite. 10033No anomalies reported. 10059Exploded 30 Mar 79. Total of 4 pieces 10059cataloged for this launch. 10091precursor. 10095No anomalies reported. 10120Replaced Cosmos 836. 10141Replaced Cosmos 755. 10143Research Program. 2nd stage exploded. 10143Objects cataloged as 1977-065 = 172. 78 up. 10150Exploded 24 October 77. Total pieces are 9. 10159Communications between Moscow and world. 1028217th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 10294Moved to 65 degrees E to enable China to 10294develop geostationary comms in 18 GHz range. 10294Experimental communications satellite. 10352Replaced Cosmos 789. 10370Earth's magnetosphere. Means forecast. 10502Naval Ocean Surveillance System. Project 10502Whitecloud. SS-1, 2 & 3 are part of system. 10512Target for Cosmos 967 and Cosmos 1009. 10516in the quasi-millimetric band. 10529Associated with OPS 8781. 1053171 pieces cataloged through the end of 1992. 10557Leased over the Indian Ocean till 1979 then 10557the primary satellite. 10561No anomalies reported. 10594Associated with OPS 8781. 1063745 cm telescope. Shut down on 30 Sep 96. 10664& sent back to Earth by slow scan TV. Means 10664aurora which was area of study. 10674Studied sources of interference with short 10674wave radio communications. Ionospheric 10674Sounding Satellite. 10684Failed at 1730 GMT on 17 July 1985. 10692Replaced Cosmos 887. 10702Included a multi-spectral scanner subsystem 10702able to detect temperature differences in the 10702vegetation. 2nd stage (78-026C) not a payload 10702but carried 34 kg Plasma Interaction Exper. 10702[PIX-1]. Exploded 0434 GMT 27 January 1981. 10702Objects cataloged as 1978-026 = 211. 146 up. 10703Objects cataloged as 1978-026 = 211. 146 up. 10744Replaced Cosmos 864. 10776Navigational beacon. 1st one acknowledged. 10792Investigated direct home TV with 1 m antenna. 10820No anomalies reported. 10855Orbital Test Satellite. Proved solar sailing 10855could tighten geostationary station keeping. 10855Finally placed in sub-synchronous orbit. 10893week of 8-12 February 1988. 10917Replaced Cosmos 928. 10925Replaced Molniya 1-34. 10953Geostationary Operational Environmental Sat. 10967in mid 1983 & decayed in 1986. 4 more broke 10967off in late 87 to early 88. All decayed in 88 10970Replaced Cosmos 931. 10981Successful orbit but solar cell short circuit 109811 month later degraded 3 of 7 experiments. 10987Communications between Moscow and world. 11015Exploded 10 Oct 78. 7 pieces for this launch. 11027Studied magnetosphere & plasma resonance & 11027echo phenomena for over 3 years. 1104220th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 11054Unusable as of 1715 GMT on 29 April 1992. 11080for manmade and natural pollutants. 11081released 29 Oct 78, Lithium released 6 Nov 78 11084Came apart. 48 pieces cataloged. 11111Replaced Cosmos 841. 1112821st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 11141L-band turned off at 1857 GMT on 14 Oct 1989. 11141L-band enabled 20 Feb 1990, disabled May 90. 111532nd stage carried Delta Redundant Inertial 11153Measurement System (DRIMS) 11158stage failure. 11165Initially thought to be a Meteor 2 satellite. 11165Recent information [2004] indicates that it 11165carried special optical instruments for the 11165observation of artificially created light 11165sources. It carried an electric thruster to 11165adjust its orbit. According to Jonathan 11165McDowell the USSR organization for directed 11165energy weapons was called NPO Astrofizika. 11165The satellite is believed to have operated 11165for two years. 11238Replaced Cosmos 1064. 11251No anomalies reported. 11256Investigate electrical charges in spacecraft 11256in the magnetosphere. Spacecraft Charging AT 11256High Altitudes. 11261Japanese built & launched experimental comm 11261satellite. Failed to achieve geostationary 11261orbit due to impact with the upper stage 11261after separation. Means Sweet Flower. Contact 11261lost on collision of final stage with payload 11266Environment satellite to study the oceans & 11266associated physical properties. 11273For TV transmissions. 11285Carried 9 detectors to study ionosphere. 50 11285countries participated. Sounding rockets & 1128525 balloons carrying complementary equipment 11285fired/released from Kiruna, Sweden. 1129622nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 11308Replaced Cosmos 951. 11320Replaced Cosmos 996. 113261st in this plane. Replaced by Cosmos 1339. 11343Communications between Moscow and world. 11353FLeeT SATellite COMmunications. 71.5 deg E. 11378Replaced Cosmos 985. 11389No anomalies reported. 11416National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration 114164th generation satellite. 11425Replaced Cosmos 990. 11440Telephone and TV communications. 11474Replaced Molniya 1-40. 11484Western Union communications. 11509Exploded 9 Sep 79. Total of 8 pieces. 1153823rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 11561For TV transmissions. 11600No anomalies reported. 11605No anomalies reported. 11621No anomalies reported. 11648Television and telephone communications. 11667Replaced Cosmos 1011. 11680Replaced Cosmos 1091. 11690Turned off 11 May 1984. 11708Communications between Moscow and world. 11715Failed millimetric wave space communication 11715experiment. US apogee kick motor failure. 11720Works with EP-1, EP-2 & EP-3 Satellites. 11731Part of NOSS 03 [OPS 7245] system. 11745Part of NOSS 03 [OPS 7245] system. 11750Used as target by Cosmos 1174. 11765Passed within 8 km of Cosmos 1171 on 20 April 11765and then exploded. 47 pieces. 11783nuclear explosions as part of its mission. 11783Operations terminated at 0342 GMT 6 Mar 1991. 11788Nuclear pack raised (966 X 870 km) 10 Sep 80. 11803Replaced Cosmos 1072. 11821No anomalies reported. 11841Telephone and television communications. 11852Launched in conjunction with OPS 3123. Data 11852relay or ELINT?? 11869Replaced Cosmos 1048. 11896Replaced Molniya 3-09. 11962No anomalies reported. 11964Space Agency & moved to 350 degrees East. 11964Failed in August 1985. 12003B&W Television. Located at 335 degrees East. 12032Replaced Cosmos 1188. 12054Exploded 20 June 1982. 79 objects total. 12065All digital commercial communication system. 12065Satellite Business Systems. Solar panel is a 12065hollow cylinder. 12078Replaced Cosmos 903. 12089Placed at 359 degrees East longitude. 1210726th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 12120Placed at 99 degrees East. 12138Paired with Cosmos 1263. 12149Used as target by Cosmos 1243 & Cosmos 1258. 12154No anomalies reported. 12303Established 5th plane of Missile Warning 12303constellation. On station 23 Feb 81. Exploded 1230320 Oct 81. 8 pieces listed by NASA. 12309Communications Satellite Corp. first owner. 12309Sold to Tongasat, the friendly Islands Comm. 12309Company, in April 2002. NASA still reports 12309this as a USA satellite. It will provide TV, 12309telephone and data services to major portions 12309of Asia and Europe. 12319Nuclear pack raised (985 X 898 km) 19 Jun 81. 12319Paired with Cosmos 1266. 12388Paired with Cosmos 1238. 12409Paired with Cosmos 1249. 12442Cosmos 1110. 12456No anomalies reported. 12464Replaced Cosmos 1077. 1247229 Jul 84. Used to relay GOES 06 data. 12504Objects cataloged as 1981-053 = 306. 276 up. 12544drift stopped at 0/360 degree longitude on 21 12544Jul 81. See Apple. MAGE-1 (Moteur d'Apogee 12544Geostationaire Europeen) used to reach orbit. 125451st indigenous test Communication Satellite. 125451 panel did not deploy. Used MAGE-1 to reach 12545orbit. See Meteosat 2. 12553Coast fishermen improve catches. 12585No anomalies reported. 12618Phone, telegraph & TV at 35 deg East. 1262451, 54 & 55. Study solar energy flow & matter 12624from space through Earth's magnetic field to 12624upper atmosphere. 2nd stage propellant short 12624fall left apogee 2,340 km lower than planned. 12627Replaced Cosmos 1261. Exploded 29 Nov 81. Six 12627pieces reported for this satellite. 12635Placed at 267 deg East as spare but damaged 12635by implosion of Centaur during launch and was 12635finally put in high geosynchronous graveyard. 12635Current geosync position is at Epoch time. 12677research. Put at 104 deg East. Failed mid-84. 12783Reported to have worked with Cosmos 1260. If 12783data correct it could not have worked with 12783Cosmos 1266 as that one was already inactive. 12791Replaced Cosmos 1269. 12803Replaced Cosmos 926. 12818of last stage prevented proper orbit. Last 12818stage did explode later. 7 pieces. 128481st Soviet spacecraft evaluated, developed & 12848installed using French & Soviet facilities. 12848Study Earth's magnetosphere & ionosphere. 12848Arctic auroral density (ARCAD) experiments. 12879First of new generation geodetic satellites. 12897TV, telegraph & telephone at 85 deg East. 12933Exploded 25 Jan 84. 7 pieces. 1297529th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 12994Located at 307 degrees East longitude. 13010Maritime version of European Comm Satellite. 13033Replacement for Cosmos 1150. 13065Replacement for Cosmos 1092. 13069Replaced WESTAR 01. 13083Placed at 325.5 deg East. 13110Replacement for Cosmos 1244. 13120Replacement for Cosmos 1222. 13124Replaced Cosmos 1172. On Station 15 Apr 82. 1312974 degrees E. Jammed antenna released 22 Apr. 13129After eclipse attitude control fuel exhausted 13129and it was abandoned 4 Sep 82. 13148Replacement for Cosmos 1190. 13153Replacement for Cosmos 1184. 13172Data relay or ELINT?? 13175Nuclear pack raised (970 X 892 km) 27 Sep. 13175Paired with Cosmos 1372. 13177Communications: new SHF transponders. 13205and was on station 23 May 82. 13241Replacement for Cosmos 1140. 13243Paired with Cosmos 1365. 13259Target for Cosmos 1379. Close pass made at 132591424 GMT 18 Jun 82. Disintegrated 0350 GMT 21 13259Oct 85 at 63.8 N - 32.7 W. 60 pieces. 13269Western Union domestic communications. 13295Replaced Cosmos 1223. On station 29 Jun 82. 13301Has COSPAS Search & Rescue (SAR) transponder. 13301Replaced Cosmos 1223. On station 29 Jun 82. 13301Had COSPAS transponder. 7 lives were saved in 13301Canada, New Mexico and from capsized boat off 13301New England coast in 1 month. 13353Replacement for Cosmos 1225. 13367Sun synchronous. It gives multi spectral 13367images. Carries maneuver engine to assist in 13367possible retrieval by the shuttle. 13402Replacement for Cosmos 1315. 13431Domestic communications at 255.5 deg East. 13552Paired with Cosmos 1378. 13595channels simultaneously. 13600Reactor boosted (997 X 889 km) 10 Nov. Paired 13600with Cosmos 1402. Launch 2400 GMT 1 October? 13603NAvigation Satellite System. 13606NAvigation Satellite System. 13607NAvigation Satellite System. 13617Replacement for Cosmos 1308. 13631speed data to 50 states. Initial 217 E long. 13636stands for Inertial Upper Stage. 13651Launch from STS 05 for Satellite Business 13651Systems & entered synchronous orbit 2234 GMT 13651on 13 Nov 82. 13718Possibly replaced Meteor 2-06. 13736Military METSAT. 13777Plasma Interaction eXperiment (PIX-2) was 13777attached to 2nd stage - decay about 2383 AD. 13782Japanese business communications satellite. 13782includes facsimile & video service. 13791Believed to carry millimeter wave radar. 13791Works with SSA, SSB, SSC, SSD. SS stands for 13791Surveillance Satellite. Project Whitecloud. 13844Part of NOSS 04 - Surveillance Satellite A. 13874Part of NOSS 04 - Surveillance Satellite C. 13890Replaced Molniya 1-50. On station 29 Mar 83. 13901spectrometers. Spent booster reported to have 13901exploded but NASA does not list any pieces. 13916Joint with US SARSAT (Search And Rescue SAT). 13916By mid 1985 Soviets claimed over 400 lives 13916had been saved by these systems. 13923radio distress beacon was stolen from a North 13923Sea oil platform. It started transmitting on 1392315 Jun 83. SARSAT-COSPAS helped locate beacon 13923and thief in Glasgow, Scotland. Crook paid 139232,099 Pounds in fines & search costs. NOAA 08 13923fragmented 1005 GMT 30 Dec 85. 9 pieces. 13969Space-ground communications for launches. 13969Initially sent to 35,387 X 21,857 km - 2.4 13969degree inclination by malfunctioning IUS. 13969Put at 281 E longitude. Moved in May 1990 to 13969189 E to cover for lost Ku band on TDRS 3. 13974Phone, TV & Telegraph services from 85 deg E. 13984completely solid-state domestic comms. 14032Apparently phased with Cosmos 1470. 14064Objects cataloged as 1983-044 = 159. 3 up. 14077International & maritime services. Placed in 14077synchronous orbit at 342 deg East longitude. 14112Believed to carry millimeter wave radar. 14112Works with GB 1, GB 2 and GB 3 satellites. 14128European phone and TV communications. 14133Domestic communications at 247.5 deg East. 14133Finally turned off in early 1988. 14139Data relay or ELINT?? 14143Part of NOSS 05 [OPS 6432] system. 14147was possibly 2400 GMT on 22 June. 14154High latitude ionosphere research. 14158Hughes TV satellite; channels to lease/buy. 1417133rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 141825 pieces have been cataloged. 14189Changed operational frequency standard from 14189Cesium [Cs] to Rubidium [Rb] on 4 Apr 1992. 14207Follow-on to Meteor Priroda system. 14234Arabia for Arab Satellite Communications 14234Organization [ASCO] in Riyadh. 14240Replacement for Cosmos 1354. 14248Placed at 135 deg East. 14258Second GLONASS flight. 14307Communications from 45 deg East. 14313New orbital plane. On station 5 Sep 83. 14318Indian weather/communications satellite. 14328RCA commercial communications satellite. 14532Placed at 90 deg East. 14546Replacement for Cosmos 1417. 14551Related to Cosmos 1455 & 1470. 14590Third GLONASS launch. 14624Replacement for Cosmos 1386. 14659Japanese direct TV broadcast satellite. 146703rd stage failed. Apogee kick motor fired in 14670low orbit. Intended to be communications sat. 146701st launch from new site in Sichuan Province 14670located at 28.1 N and 102.3 E. 14679Replacement for Cosmos 1428. 14690Believed to carry millimeter wave radar. 14690Works with JD 1, JD 2 and JD 3 satellites. 14725TV, radio and telegraph. 84 degrees E long. 14759Replacement for Cosmos 1420. 14780Sun synchronous-gives multi spectral images. 14780Planned life was 3 years. On 29 Apr 97, it 14780was still performing its primary remote 14780sensing mission. Over 70,000 orbits to date. 14780Although, by mid-2004, the capabilities are 14780degraded the system has enough fuel to keep 14780operating through 2008. 14781Also magnetospheric studies & Earth imaging. 14795Part of the OPS 8737 system. 148991st Chinese geosynchronous orbit. 1 TV and 15 14899radio channels. Transmitted in Cantonese, 14899Spanish, Russian, Burmese, Tagalog, Japanese 14899and Amoy. Located at 125 degrees East long. 14940TV, Telegraph & phone service at 53 deg East. 14965Replacement for Cosmos 1535. 14973Replacement for Cosmos 1383. 14985240 degrees East. Sold to China in 1994. 1499835th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 15027Replacement for Cosmos 1518. 15039Operates on Cesium standard. 15071No anomalies reported. 15085Nuclear reactor moved higher (981 X 907 km) 15085about 1048 GMT on 27 Sep 84. 15095Replacement for Cosmos 1317. 15099240 line cloud cover pictures. 15144TV, telegraph & phones. At 80 deg East. 15152of protons, electrons & alpha particles. Put 15152at 140 deg East longitude. 15158phones. At 7 deg East longitude. 15159352 deg East longitude. 15171No anomalies reported. 15199US Charge Composition Explorer. Detects 15199tracer ions from IRM (AMPTE 2) satellite. 15199AMPTE = Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer 15199Explorer. 15235Satellite Business Systems. 259 deg East. 15236East longitude. 15259Fifth GLONASS launch. 15292Replacement for Cosmos 1550. 15308states in the US covered. 1533366.6. Then to 71 degrees. Final apogee 856 km 15333and perigee 850 km. See Cosmos 1656. 153501661 but 40 degrees east. 15354Earth Radiation Budget Satellite. Orbit was 15354raised in stages on 7, 8 & 9 Oct 84 from 350 15354km to 600 km. 15378on 1 Feb 85. 15383Domestic Canadian comms. At 248.5 deg East on 15383Canadian duty. Then sold to support ARABSAT 15383system. Name changed from ANIK D2. 15384and placed 255 deg East longitude. 15385to the GTE long distance SPRINT service. 15386at 177.5 deg East longitude. 15391NATO 3B in Eastern Pacific. 15398Replacement for Cosmos 1531. 15427Advanced TIROS-N includes SARSAT package. 154691st of new comm system. 6 per launch. 15482Replacement for Cosmos 1570. 15494Replaced Cosmos 1408. 15516In plane 60 degrees west of Meteor 2-11 & 110 15516degrees west of Meteor 2-8. Meteor missions 15516do not have equal spacing of satellites. 15560Inserted into orbit at 19 deg East. 15574a developmental military communications sat. 15574Placed at 335 deg East. 15592Replacement for Cosmos 1470. 15595data lost due premature shutdown of Seasat. 15595US Navy geodetic & geophysical. 15642Last in series of 3 TELSAT satellites. Put at 15642252.5 deg East. Retired on 10 July 1996. 15643Aug & redeployed 1507 GMT 1 Sep 85 by STS 51I 15643crew. Fired 27 Oct & placed at 178 deg East. 15677GTE spacenet corporation for domestic comms. 15677Located at 257 deg East. 15697Sixth GLONASS launch. 15738Replaced Molniya 3-18. Reentry observed from 15738North Carolina to Florida. 15755inclination to 66.6 and then to 71.1. New 15755satellite formation? 15808Replacement for Cosmos 1481. 15821Same as Cosmos 1510. 15824Mexican domestic comms placed at 246.5 deg E. 15825Inserted at 26 deg East longitude. 1582740 degrees west. 15873International & domestic lease services. Put 15873in orbit at 332.5 deg East longitude. 15889Replacement for Cosmos 1633. 15909Established a new plane. On station 7 Aug 85. 15930Nuclear reactor boosted to 950 km at 0930 GMT 15930on 23 Oct 85. 15935Operational Transit based Navigation system. 15935Stacked Oscar On Scout (SOOS) program. Went 15935for in space storage vice ground storage. 15936Stacked Oscar On Scout (SOOS) program. Went 15936for in space storage vice ground storage. 15944Replacement for Cosmos 1536. 15986Orbit maintained by low thrust motor. Nuclear 15986reactor boosted to 992 X 891 km orbit at 1430 15986GMT on 23 Oct 85. 15993Australian Domestic comms. At 156 deg East. 15994at 232 deg East longitude. 15995geosynchronous orbit. Put at 178 deg East? 16064Replacement for Cosmos 1586. 16101International & domestic lease services. Put 16101at 31 deg East longitude. 16129Clock on Rubidium std. Position 4 - Plane C. 16139Fragmented 0838 GMT 22 Nov 85. 13 pieces for 16139this object & total of 20 for launch. 16181Similar to Cosmos 1603 but different launch 16181profile. 161911st for Satellite Data Relay Network (SDRN). 16191New generation weather satellite. 16199Data relay satellite at 95 deg East. 16235Replaced Cosmos 1675. On station 12 Nov 85. 16250TV, radio & telegraph. Placed at 35 deg East. 16250Replaced by Raduga 22 & moved to 70 deg East. 16250Replaced by Raduga 26 & moved to 85 deg East. 16274Plan to be stored in orbit up to 2 yrs until 16274required for domestic service. In operational 16274service in May 89. Original orbit drifting. 16274First operational location 243.5 deg East. 16276Placed at 279 deg East longitude. 16291Replacement for Cosmos 1598. 16326Replacement for Cosmos 1515. 16393On station in early Jan 86. 1644937th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 16450Failed 27 Nov 86. 16456Failed 12 Sep 86. 16482Serves commercial US cable TV networks. 16482Placed at 279 deg East. 16493Replacement for Cosmos 1577. 16526Domestic communications at 103 East. 16591Military mission. 16611Replacement for Cosmos 1544. 16613worldwide. While resolution not exceptional, 16613it can be used for military purposes. SPOT 16613images not sold to Iraq during Gulf war. 16613Booster exploded leaving major debris trail. 16613Placed in standby mode when SPOT 3 launched. 16613Recalled to duty when SPOT 3 shut down. 16613Objects cataloged as 1986-019 = 492. 59 up. 16614properties in auroral regions of ionosphere 16614& magnetosphere. Ceased operations 12 May 87. 16614Objects cataloged as 1986-019 = 492. 59 up. 16631Sub-satellite to USA 15? 16647Nuclear pack boosted to 1,012 km X 925 km at 166471117 21 Jun 86. 16649GTE domestic communications at 255 deg East. 16650Called SBTS-2 before launch. 16681Replacement for Cosmos 1503. 16719Replacement for Cosmos 1626. 16727Replacement for Cosmos 1627. 16735have worked together but Meteor 2-13 failed. 1675838th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 16758Failed 1 Sep 86. 16761Failed 1 Sep 86. 16765Failed 1 Aug 86. 16769Phone, TV & telegraph service from 345 deg E. 16791Replacement for Cosmos 1666. 16860Replacement for Cosmos 1741. 16908Booster test. Decayed normally. Also called 16908EGP - Experimental Geophysical Payload. Name 16908means Hydrangea. Rocket carried MAgnetic 16908Barium-flywheel Experimental System (MABES) & 16908transmitted until 1005 GMT 15 Aug 86. MABES 16908is also known as Jindai. 16917GMT 15 Oct 86. 16922Replaced Cosmos 1547. On station 14 Sep 86. 16961all 3 satellites appeared to be active. 16993Intended to replace Cosmos 1661. 17046TV, telegraph & radio. Placed at 45 deg East. 17070Refurbished transit satellite studying solar 17070flares, magnetic fields & the aurorae. Beacon 17070experiments and auroral research. 17264Replaced Molniya 1-62. On station 11 Jan 87. 17295Replacement for Cosmos 1726. 17303Store-dump comms. Replaced Cosmos 1680. 17328Replaced Molniya 3-22. On station 19 Feb 87. 17369First use of new flight profile. 17525Replacement for Cosmos 1725. 17527Momo means peach blossom. 17535Broke up in orbit 1746 GMT 17 Dec 1987. 17535Objects cataloged as 1987-020 = 111. 45 up. 17561Located above 277 deg East longitude. 17566Replacement for Cosmos 1743. 175823rd launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 17589failure in Dec 85. 17706Republic of the Philippines in August 1996. 17911Replacement for Cosmos 1707. Launch may have 17911been at 2400 GMT on 26 April. 17969TV, telegraph & phone service at 140 deg E. 18009Sub-satellite to USA 22. 18025Sub-satellite to USA 22. 18083and was on station 7 Jun 87. 18122about 1700 GMT 28 Jul 87. 18123earlier & measure intensity. 181292 amateur radio satellites called Radio 10 & 18129Radio 11. Cosmos 1861 replaced Cosmos 1727. 18187Similar to, and phased with, Cosmos 1818. 18214Similar to Cosmos 1500. 18312Phased to Meteor 2-15. Rocket body exploded 18312at 2224 GMT on 15 Feb 98. Approximately 50 18312large pieces cataloged with some ending up at 18312less than 500 km altitude. 18316Domestic communications at 150 deg East. 18328TV for those remote towns from 99 deg East. 18350Domestic communication from 164 deg East. 18361Oscar On Scout (SOOS-2). 18362Stacked Oscar On Scout (SOOS-2). 18384Placed at 80 deg East. 18402Replacement for Cosmos 1759. 18443Data & communications relay at 335 deg East. 18570TV capacity curtailed due to non-deployment 18570of a solar panel. Commercially unusable. 18575Cosmos 1700 at 95 deg East. 18585Replacement for Cosmos 1777. 18631At 128 deg East for TV, Radio & telegraph. 18665finally raised 2107 GMT 30 Sep 88 into 763 X 18665695 km orbit. Exact problems unknown. TASS 18665announced on 3 Oct that the instrument pkg 18665entered the atmosphere over Indian Ocean on 186651 Oct. As usual, the US tracks the nuclear 18665pack as the COSMOS 1900 payload. 18701Replaced Cosmos 1701. On station 24 Dec 87. 18715TV for remote sites at 99 deg East. 18822about 0.5 km. 18877Domestic communications. At 132 deg East. 18922deg East but actually at 88 deg East. 1893741st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 18951position location and 2-way data comms. Put 18951at 273 deg East. 18957on 19 May 88. 18960commercial launch. 19017Telegraph, TV & phone service. At 346 deg E. 19045Similar to Cosmos 1687. 19070Stacked Oscar On Scout. 19071Stacked Oscar On Scout. 19073East longitude. 19090Remote area TV. Located at 99 deg East. 19119Part of a new ELINT constellation. Followed 19119by Cosmos 1980. 19195Standard/normal mission. 19210Replacement for Cosmos 1892. 19217Owned by Pan American Satellite Corp. Planned 19217to serve Central & South America & placed at 19217315 deg East longitude. 19274To obtain Oceanographic information and data 19274on ice conditions. 1st operational satellite 19274of the Cosmos 1500 type. 19324Replacement for Cosmos 1808. 19330placed at 93.5 deg East. 19336temperature of clouds. 19344Located at 346 deg East. 19419U.S. Navy navigation satellite. SOOS-4. 19420SOOS means Stacked Oscar On Scout. 19445Replaced Cosmos 1761. On station 2 Sep 88. 19460Reported as Navy System. 1st stage explosion 19460did not hamper launch. 19467First Chinese meteorological satellite. 1st 19467launch from Tai Yuan in Shanxi Province (37.8 19467North & 111.5 East). 19483apogee motor phase giving unusable orbit at 19483first. GTE spacenet corp slowly moved it to 19483proper orbit at 267 deg East vice planned 19483location of 235 deg East. 19484R02 receiver for position location & 2 way 19484communications. At 238 deg East. 19501Thirteenth GLONASS launch. 19531Has SARSAT Search & Rescue (SAR) transponder. 19548Tracking & Data Relay Satellite at 189 deg E. 19621Launch Agency was Centre National d'Etudes 19621Spatiales (CNES). Life estimate 8 years. 19621French direct TV broadcast at 341 deg East. 19649Phased with Cosmos 1943. 19683More TV for remote areas. At 99 deg East. 19687communications satellite at 359 deg East. 19688for direct TV broadcast. Owner is Societe 19688Europeene des Satellites (SES). 340.5 deg E. 19710A quasi-geosynchronous telecommunications 19710satellite located at 110 deg East. 19749Two Glonass & 1 Etalon on this 14th launch. 19751Cosmos 2024 was the other. A 1,294 mm, 1,415 19751kg, passive laser reflecting sphere. Primary 19751composition is aluminum-titanium with 306 19751laser retroreflecting arrays comprised of 19751over 2,000 fuzed quartz corner reflectors. 6 19751germanium reflectors installed for future 19751Infrared interforometric measurements. 19772International services. 197856th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 19796Replaced Cosmos 1684. On station 16 Feb 89. 19802NAVSTAR Global Positioning System. 1st of 21 19802satellites. Cesium clock. Position 1-Plane E. 19802Decommissioned on 14 April 2000. 19822Satellite is reported to be equipped with 8 19822different observatory tools and will study 19822the formation of auroras in upper atmosphere. 19822Both Aurora Borealis and Auroral Australis. 19874Japanese Communications SATellite. Domestic 19874communications at 150 deg East. Fuel leak in 198741996 will end life by August 1997. JCSAT-4 19874is the replacement. 1987616 European nations. 4 imaging channels. Put 19876at 0/360 deg East longitude. 19883Tracking and Data Relay Satellite. Placed at 19883319 deg East longitude. 1990242nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 19919for Nordiska Satellitaktiebolaget. Placed at 199195 deg East longitude. 19928Telegraph, radio & TV service at 336 deg E. 20024a geodetic mission. Fifteenth GLONASS launch. 20026Cosmos 1989 was the other. A 1,294 mm, 1,415 20026kg, passive laser reflecting sphere. Primary 20026composition aluminum-titanium with 306 laser 20026retroreflecting arrays comprised of 2,000+ 20026fuzed quartz corner reflectors. 6 germanium 20026reflectors installed for future Infrared 20026interforometric measurements. 20040Japanese domestic business communications 20040located at 158 deg East. 20041Bundespost. Located at 23.5 deg East. 20061Clock on Cesium std. Plane B, position 3. 200661st Titan 4 launch. 2008349 deg East location. This position was to be 20083for governmental use not civilian. 20103The name means Hope. 20107TV, telegraph & phone. Put at 140 deg East. 20122demonstration. Located at 341 deg East. 20149Replacement for Cosmos 1864. 20168Direct TV broadcast to Germany & Europe. 20168Located at 341 deg East. 20169reach geostationary orbit because Apogee Kick 20169Motor malfunctioned. Good data returned from 20169modified transfer orbit. 20185Clock on Cesium std. Plane E, position 3. Was 20185decommissioned on 13 Oct 2000. 20193British direct broadcast. 1st commercial by a 20193Delta rocket. Known as BSB-R1 before launch. 20193Located at 329 deg East longitude. Moved off 20193station in mid-May 2003. 20217Japanese METSAT at 140 deg East. 20232Replacement for Cosmos 1909. 20233Replacement for Cosmos 1910. 20234Replacement for Cosmos 1911. 20235Replacement for Cosmos 1912. 20236Replacement for Cosmos 1913. 20237Replacement for Cosmos 1914. 20261Particle & fields experiments. Magnetosphere 20261research. Part of Aktivny IK program. 20281Czech built sub-satellite from Intercosmos 24 20281to receive signals from that satellite for 20281propagation experiments. Ejected 3 Oct 89. 20302decommissioned at 2200 GMT on 11 Sept 2001. 20315335.5 deg East longitude. 20322COsmic Background Explorer. Measures Infrared 20322Radiation. Helium supply depleted 1 Sep 1990 20322and system shut down. 20330Replaced Cosmos 1785. On station 26 Nov 89. 20401satellite located at 6 degrees East. 20410Placed at 178 deg East by 13 Jan 90 for check 20410on system. Then moved to 183 deg East. The US 20410Navy completed use in 1996. Was leased to the 20410Australian Navy for ship to shore comms in 20410early 1998. Will be in use through 2003. 20432Store/dump comms. Replaced Cosmos 1937. 20436same as SPOT 1. Has Doppler Orbitography and 20436Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite 20436[DORIS] system in preparation for joint 1992 20436Franco-US Topex mission. 20437Store & forward packet communications. Cosmic 20437particle experiment. Total [radiation] Dose. 20438CCD Earth imaging camera. Gallium arsenide 20438array. Solar cell technology experiment. 20440BRAMSAT of Brazil. Amateur radio. 20441College, Ogden, Utah. 20452Placed in position 3 in F plane. Cs clock. 20452Was decommissioned on 18 Aug 2000. 20465Replaced Cosmos 1812. 20478Marine observation sat. Name means Peach. 20479Orizuru is crane shaped product from origami. 20499Replaced Raduga 17. Initially at 70 deg East. 20523Unfired Perigee Kick Motor remained attached. 20523Stranded in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Rescued by 20523STS 49 in May 1992. Sent to 325.5 deg East. 20527Replaced Cosmos 1959. 20533Placed in position 2 in B plane. Cs clock. 20533Set unusable on 21 May 1996 and boosted out 20547United States Navy satellite. 20553of GPS constellation on 13 Dec 1996. 20558communications. Located at 105.5 deg East. 20558Apparently counted by USSPACECOM & NASA as 20558CHINA 27. Removed from station on 20030129. 20570Refurbished Palapa-4 satellite. At 118 deg E. 20577Replacement for Cosmos 1904. 20580Intended to be regularly serviced by shuttle 20580astronauts. Mirrors not checked on ground & 20580caused poorer images than planned. Pictures 20580better than from Earth but only after much 20580effort. Repaired in space Dec 93. Second time 20580was in Feb 97. Pictures keep getting better. 20580Third repair mission the end of Dec 99. The 20580fourth service mission took place between 1 20580Mar and 11 Mar 02. Five spacewalks needed for 20580replacement of parts and repairs. Should be 20580good for at least three years. 20583Replaced Molniya 1-71. On station 8 May 90. 20607Multiple Access Communications SATellite. 1st 20607operational use during Iraq 'Desert Shield' 20607operation. 20608operational use during Iraq 'police action'. 20619Sixteenth GLONASS launch. 20638ROentgen SATellite. US/German joint test for 20638studying X-Rays. 20643Placed at 74 deg East. 20659Placed at 90 degrees East longitude. 20663replacement for Cosmos 1977. 20691Probably operates with other USA satellites. 20705French direct TV broadcast. At 341 deg East. 20706Bundespost Telekom in Germany. Placed in 20706orbit at 23.5 deg East. 20707Soviet capability to replace a satellite in 20707non-crisis conditions was 33 days. 20712NASA/DoD payload. Carries 24 chemical packs 20712to be ejected at various altitudes during the 20712next year creating glowing 100 km dia clouds. 20712Battery exploded mid October 1991. 20720launch time was probably 2400 on 29 July. 20724Placed at position 2 on plane E. Cs clock. 20724Was decommissioned on 27 Jan 2003. 207358th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 20762broadcast. Placed near Marcopolo 1 at 329 deg 20762East. Transferred to Norway in Oct 1992. 20767Replaced Cosmos 1966. On station 30 Aug 90. 20771110 deg East longitude. 20776orbit storage at 53 deg East until 4A/B fail. 20776Moved off station on 6 January 2003. 207882nd Chinese polar orbiting flight. 20826Coplanar with Meteor 2-18. NASA changed this 20826name to Meteor 3-04. Then back to 2-20. 20830Placed at position 2 of plane D. Cs clock. 20872capacity of previous SBS sat. 298 degrees E. 20873Westar 3. Moved off station on 8 Jan 2003. 20918Maritime Satellite Organization. Initially 20918checked out at 30 degrees East. 20923Gorizont 20 which was then moved to 346 20923degrees East. So really replaced Gorizont 13. 20941Placed in unique missile warning plane. Could 20941have been testing new equipment. 20945at 223 degrees East. 20946in orbit at 235 degrees East. 20953First dedicated Russian [RSFSR] CommSat. 20959In the 10th year of a planned 7 year life, it 20959was replaced by USA 156 and moved to Slot E5. 20959Decomissioned on 13 Feb 2004. 21006Seventeenth GLONASS launch. 21008ullage motor exploded into 77 large pieces of 21008debris. The pre-event orbit was 18,995 X 520 21008km. In that orbit, the debris will be hard to 21008catalog, but should remain in orbit for quite 21008some time. Withdrawn 15 Aug 1996. 210289th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 21038Placed at 49 degrees East. 21047with United States military communication 21047satellites. 21055Reported to have been placed within 500 m of 21055planned geostationary position at 13.2 East. 21055Check out for 6 months. Life of 7 years. 21087of Geology. Has amateur radio transponders. 21087Radio-M1 for AMSAT-U-ORBITA [USSR] & German 21087RUDAK-2 [Regenrativer Umsetzer fur Digitale 21087Amateurfunk Kommunikation] for AMSAT-DL. 2110044th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 21111Cosmos 2085 but probably not a replacement. 21118Replaced Molniya 1-73. On station 21 Feb 91. 21139design life. 21140to Meteosats. 2.5 km resolution in visible 21140range & 5 km for water vapor & thermal IR. 21147Military mission. 21149network. Placed at 344.5 degrees East. 21196Replaced Molniya 3-33. On station 27 Mar 91. 2121618th GLONASS launch. Withdrawn 14 Nov 1994. 21222located at 282.5 degrees East. Momentum wheel 21222pointing system failed early '94. Regained 21222control 21 Jun 94. Two wheels broken Mar 98. 21227Design life of 10 years [contractor GE Astro 21227Space]. Initially placed at 101 degrees East. 21232for other Meteors, but test for US/French 21232launch in August 1991. 21263National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration 21263satellite. Formerly called NOAA-D. 21392distance service plus relay & data service 21392for GE Americom. Initially at 224 degrees E. 21397Oceanographic research with primary interest 21397in the Arctic areas. 21426Replaced Molniya 1-74. On station 23 Jun 91. 21527Radiation Experiment. Only Scout launch for 215271991. System to test communications equipment 21527in harsh radiation environment of space. 21533satellite is at same location as Gorizont 14. 215332nd dedicated Russian [RSFSR] COMMSAT. First 21533was Gorizont 22 launched 23 Nov 90. 21552Placed in position 1, plane D. Cesium clock. 21574sensors are all weather. Monitor ocean wave 21574height/lengths, wind speed/direction, ice 21574parameters, sea surface & cloud top temps, 21574cloud cover and atmospheric water vapor. 21575UoSAT 4 payload plus enhanced transponder for 21575medical & technical information services. 21576for store-and-forward communications. 21577experimental store-and-forward 'mail' system 21577from Antarctic. Larger version to be released 21577on mission STS 55 / Spacelab D2. 21578students of France's Ecole Superieure 21578d'Ingenieurs en Electrotechnique et 21578Electronique space club. Monitors Jupiter's 21578radio emissions in the 2-15 MHz range. 21639Tracking and Data Relay Satellite for NASA. 21639Formerly called TDRS E. It was ejected from 21639STS 43 about 2100 GMT on 2 Aug 91. Reached 21639geostationary orbit [182 E] about 1000 3 Aug. 21639Planned 2-3 month White Sands checkout. 21653satellite replacement. Can handle 120,000 two 21653way telephone circuits simultaneously. Will 21653be placed at 345.5 degrees East. 21655Spectrometer] as added pkg. Died early 95. 21666Replaced Cosmos 2061. 21668Satellite for Japanese communications. It is 21668a backup for Yuri 3a [AKA BS 3a]. 21694flares in X- and gamma-ray bands. Primary 21694experiments will make high resolution images 21694of flares in hard X-rays. 21701Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite. Released 217010423 GMT 15 Sep 91 from end of robot arm. To 21701study chemical processes acting within & upon 21701stratosphere, mesosphere & lower thermosphere 21726East. By Mar 98, 32 of 54 transponders down. 21728Coplanar with Cosmos 2143-2148. 21729Coplanar with Cosmos 2143-2148. 21730Coplanar with Cosmos 2143-2148. 21731Coplanar with Cosmos 2143-2148. 21732Coplanar with Cosmos 2143-2148. 21733Coplanar with Cosmos 2143-2148. 21765satellite replacement. Initial geostationary 21765location is 332.5 degrees East. 21789Possibly has additional military mission. Put 21789at 346.5 degrees East. Near Cosmos 1961. 21796Replaced Cosmos 2100. 21803Initially placed at 16 degrees East. 21813Syracuse-2 military communications package. 21814be placed over the Pacific Ocean. Initial 21814location at 179 degrees East. 21833stranded in geosynchronous transfer orbit 21833due to under performance of 3rd stage. 21835ejected from Intercosmos 25 on 28 Dec 91. 21835Equipped with a Pulsar engine for multiple 21835orbit corrections. 21847Replacement for Cosmos 2087. 2185319th GLONASS launch. Withdrawn 29 Jun 1993. 21867Earth observation satellite with Synthetic 21867Aperture Radar [SAR] & Optical Sensors. 21875Replacement for Cosmos 2004. 21890plane position A-2. Rubidium clock. 21893162 degrees East. 21894bought it in late 97 to replace INSAT-2D. 21906Launch time possibly 2400 GMT on 13 March. 21922Inserted in 103 degree East location. 21930Placed at position 2, plane C. Cesium clock. 21930Decommissioned in May 1997. Removed fron the 21930broadcast almanac of all GPS satellites on 15 21930August 1997. 21939East location and 10.25 year life. 21940might replace Arabsat 1A at 19 East. 21940Planned to be located over the Pacific Ocean. 21964Planned for location at 118 degrees East. 2197645th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 21987definitive sky map & catalog of extreme ultra 21987violet portion of the electromagnetic 21987spectrum [100-1,000 angstroms]. 219891994 at 337.5 degrees East. Launch may have 21989been 2400 GMT on 9 June. Moved off station on 2198921 August 2002. 22006Replaced Cosmos 2135. 22012Solar, Anomalous, and Magnetospheric Particle 22012EXplorer. To study Solar energetic particles, 22012anomalous cosmic rays, galactic cosmic rays 22012and magnetospheric electrons. 22027placed at 74 degrees East. 22028Initially placed at 6 degrees East. 22036Demonstration satellite for commercial system 22036called Gonets [Messenger]. 22038Demonstration satellite for commercial system 22038called Gonets [Messenger]. 22049NASA and Japanese cooperative mission. 2205620th GLONASS launch. Withdrawn 26 Aug 1996. 22076NASA's The Ocean Topography Experiment was 22076combined with CNES' similar Poseidon payload. 22076To provide long term ocean circulation and 22076sea surface topography with high precision. 22076In January 2006, after 13 years and 62,000 22076orbits the spacecraft lost its ability to 22076maneuver. This brought to a close a very 22076successful mission that included El Nino 22076forecasting, fisheries management and ocean 22076debris tracking. Jason-1 (ssc 26997) is to 22076continue Topex/Poseidon's mission. 22077some communications capability. For Korean 22077Advanced Institute of Technology. 22078communications with mobile van receivers. 22087Australia. Placed at 156 degrees East. 22096Replacement for GE Americom SATCOM 4 which 22096was launched 16 Jan 82 and is at 278 East. 22096SATCOM 4 will then move to 325 East. 22116329 degrees East. 10-12 year life expected. 22161Swedish auroral & magnetospheric experiments. 22175German satellite. Placed at 33.5 East. 22195LAser GEOdynamics Satellite used to determine 22195precise movements of the Earth's crust. 22195Ejected from shuttle at 1355 UT 23 Oct 92. 22195Covered with reflectors and illuminated from 22195ground to determine Earth's crust movement. 22205Hughes satellite to expand 6 satellite 22205network. Planned to be placed at 269 East. 22219Replacement for Cosmos 1943. 22231Position 1, plane F of the GPS network. 22253Communications satellite. 158 degrees East. 22269Drifting as of the end of the year, so the 22269initial location position uncertain. 22275moved to position 1, plane F. With the launch 22275of USA 154 in Nov 2000, it was moved again to 22275position 5, plane F as a backup for that 22275position in December 2000. 22282Last 'GEO-IK' satellite was Cosmos 2088. 22284body exploded without damaging the satellite. 22284Objects cataloged as 1992-093 = 217. 214 up. 22307Replaced Cosmos 2181. 22314Tracking and Data Relay Satellite for NASA. 22314Placed at 298 degrees East. Replaces TDRS 3 22314that gets moved to 189 degrees East replacing 22314TDRS 1 that is banished to 85 degrees East. 22321Replaced Cosmos 2001. 224466 August 2003 at 2200 GMT. 22489Also called Capabilities Demonstration Sat. 22490environment. Will relay meteorological data 22490from ground stations in the Amazon basin. 22512Withdrawn from service 17 Aug 1994. 22513Withdrawn from service 23 Aug 1997. 22514Withdrawn from service 4 Aug 1997. 22557drifted for a while. Placed at 12 degrees E. 22561SL-19 here tentatively as Buran may be called 22561SL-18 by US Space Command. Will correct as 22561soon as data is available if there is change. 22563FLTSATCOMS replacement. A UHF Follow-On [UFO] 22563Atlas 1st stage burn too short. Centaur could 22563not make up the difference. In useless orbit. 22565launch. 22581by NAVSTAR-11 launched in 1985. 22590Replaced Cosmos 2173. 22594Replaced Cosmos 1974. 226262221 and Cosmos 2228 planes. Reminiscent of 22626Cosmos 1805 placement back in 1986. 22638NASA B-52 took off from Edwards AFB and flew 22638about 130 km off West Coast. Released Pegasus 22638at 13.3 km altitude. Payload lost initially. 22638Minimum control/activity available due to 22638problem with solar panel damage/alignment. 22638Can listen to thousands of radio frequencies 22638with payload Blackbeard. 22653by Hughes and has 18 Ku band transponders. 22653Final location to be 19.2 degrees East. 22654Amateur Satellite pour l'ENseignement de 22654l'Espace. Mean access time 12 hours per day. 22671carrying 'Hot Line' communications between US 22671and Russia. 2268716th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 22687Only 44 days since last 'six-pack' launch. 22688Only 44 days since last 'six-pack' launch. 22689Only 44 days since last 'six-pack' launch. 22690Only 44 days since last 'six-pack' launch. 22691Only 44 days since last 'six-pack' launch. 22692Only 44 days since last 'six-pack' launch. 22694will have a 15 year design life - propellant 22694for 12 [twelve] years of operations. Has 30 22694each Ku and C band transponders. 24 primary 22694and 6 each are spares. Total failure on 19 22694May 1998. Went into a spin. 22698Radar Calibration satellite. To operate for 22698a year. Carries experimental device to test a 22698more efficient way of charging satellite 22698batteries from solar panels. 22700Navstar-10 [8 Sep 84]. GPS System complete. 22723Carries 4 military transmitters. To be used 22723to communicate between Spain and Americas. 22723Placed at 270 degrees East longitude. 22724satellite. Communications, weather forecasts, 22724SAR [Search & Rescue], and education. Placed 22724at 83 degrees East longitude. 22739Successful launch and check out. Handed over 22739to NOAA August 12. Stopped working 21 Aug 22739when power stopped flowing from solar panels. 22739Power loss probably due to screw that was 22739extended too far through insulation. 22779Fills GPS constellation plane B position 4. 22782missions. Cosmos 1066 was probably a Meteor 2 22782and thus makes this the 22nd Meteor 2. 22783commercial data relay service - relaying data 22783from environmental platforms. Worked>1 year. 22796Advanced Communications Technology Satellite. 22796Geostationary orbit at 260 East through 2000. 22796Deployed from the shuttle on 12 September 93. 22796since 2000 it was kept active by a consortium 22796led by Ohio University, NASA and the US AFRL. 22796As of 28 April 2004, money ran out and the 22796satellite was turned off for good at 254.8 E. 22823and Aerosol Measurement instrument aboard. 22823Also carries DORIS [Doppler Orbitography and 22823Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite] and 22823POAM II [Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement] 22823secondary payloads. Unexpectedly shut down on 2282317 November 1996. SPOT 1 to replace it on a 22823temporary basis. 22824to Starlette launched in Feb 1975. A passive 22824and autonomous unit. 22825mission is to take CCD pictures, measure 22825radiation and receive/forward messages. 22826applications for Portuguese industry. Receive 22826and transmits images, uses GPS to determine 22826position, make radiation measurements and 22826receive\forward messages. 22827information to medical schools and health 22827documentation centers in Africa. 22829monitoring mobile industrial equipment. 22836moved to 85 degrees East and Raduga 26 was 22836moved out of that location. 22871First of a new generation of Comm satellites. 22871Has 26 C-band and 10 Ku-band transponders. It 22871will first be placed at 121 degrees East and 22871then moved to 174 degrees East. 22888Cosmos 2195 died, Cosmos 2135 was reactivated 22888and now Cosmos 2266 has replaced them both. 22907Placed at 130 degrees East and leased by the 22907RIMSAT corporation of Fort Wayne IN, USA. 22911Located at 109.2 degrees East. It will has 229116 C-, 1 L- & 16 Ku-Bands. Primary CPU died in 229111999 and back up CPU ceased to operate on 27 22911August 2000. The failure stripped TV service 22911to 12,000 mostly rural schools and others. 22912operated by EUMETSAT with location 360 East. 22921USA. Originally placed at 342 degrees East. 22927During a station keeping maneuver it failed. 22927Services now supported by 302 and 402R plus 22927others. Telstar 5 will replace it in 1997. 22930direct to home TV to US users. 22931phone and TV service. 22963New generation COMMSAT. Up links 17.3 to 18.1 22963Ghz. Placed at 44 degrees East. 22969French SCARAB Earth radiation balance 22969instrument and German PRARE Precise Range and 22969Range Rate Experiment for precise orbit data. 22970high precision star trackers. New attitude 22970control concept being tested. 22979Vehicle Evaluation Payload. Test payload to 22979monitor maiden H2 flight performance. 22996Means Practice. Has six science experiments. 2299917th Six-pack. Coplanar with Cosmos 2245-50. 23016located at 227 degrees East. 23027Replaced NAVSTAR-09 & was 24th 2nd generation 23027GPS satellite. Placed plane C, position 1. 23031Has a GPS receiver and an on board processor 23031to validate advanced technologies. 2304322nd Glonass mission. Replaced Cosmos 2079. 23043Withdrawn from service 9 Sep 1999. 23044Withdrawn from service 29 Aug 1997. 23045orbit at first. Later probably used an Ion 23045engine to adjust orbit. Withdrawn 15 Jan 00. 23051Satellite to support NOAA's weather needs. 23051Called GOES NEXT. Expected life was 5 years. 23051It was officialy retired on 5 May 2004. 23097Military satellite. 23099Potential Analyzer to investigate equatorial 23099and low-altitude ionosphere & thermosphere. 23105IDentification EXperiment [SIDEX] and was to 23105work with TEX and REX [USA 57] satellites. 23105Orbit was planned for 833 km. Slightly off. 23108Leased to Rimsat of Fort Wayne, Indiana. 23124Weight quoted is at BOL [beginning of life] 23124on orbit with 700 kg propellant. Has 10 Ku & 2312426 C band transponders. At 359 degrees East. 23125Defence Research Agency [DRA] Farnborough. 23125Experiment to study surface erosion effect on 23125spacecraft materials, cosmic ray detector and 23125gamma ray burst experiment. 23126experiments. Space Technology Research 23126Vehicle for the Defence Research Agency, UK. 23168Stationed at 335 degrees East. Started to 23168drift in mid 1996. No replacement for over a 23168year. 23175Mexican origin plus business data, video and 23175voice traffic. Initially placed at 195 East 23175for check out, then 191 East. Life: 15 years. 23176at 121 East, then 110 East. Life: 7 years. 23178Ariane attached to upper stage. 23185Original slot is 131 degrees East. Owned by 23185Asia Pacific Telecom Sat. Comp. 4th Chinese 23185commercial launch to GEO. Life: 12 years. 23189Minor Military mission. 23191Photovoltaic and Electronics eXperiments. To 23191determine long term effect of harsh radiation 23191and plasma environments. Life: 1-3 years. 23191Last Pegasus launch from a B-52. 2319246 cm dish to receive signal. At 258-9 East. 23192Co-located with DIRECTV-1. Rescheduled from 23192Arianespace launch Feb 1994. Life: 12 years. 23199simultaneous telephone or 28 TV channels. For 23199290 degrees East longitude. Life: 12 years. 23203Withdrawn from service 3 Feb 1999. 23227Third Australian launch by Chinese. Located 23227at 156 East. Life: 13-14 years. 23230degrees East. Launch abort on 18 Aug 1994 due 23230to solid rocket boosters failure to ignite. 23230Launch successful but apogee motor failed and 23230satellite left in bad orbit. Some experiments 23230may be run. Solar panels may fail in 1 year. 23249fuel leak in satellite propulsion system. 23313Placed at 247 degrees East. Life = 14 years. 2331485 degrees East, then 78.5 E. Life = 15 yrs. 233171602, 1766 and 1869. Life expected = 5 years. 23319Prikladnoi Mekhaniki, starts numbering at 11. 23319At 70 deg East for checkout. Life = 5-7 yrs. 23323sensing satellite. 2nd try for PSLV launcher. 23323Life expectancy is only 3 years. 23327Meteorological Satellite]. Announced in 1975. 23327Located at 76 degrees East. Life = 5 years. 23331Lifetime is expected to be 13 years. 23333Part of the ISTP program. Life about 3 years. 23342Launched along with SAFIR-R 01, a German data 23342relay payload. SAtellite for Information 23342Retrieval. Resurs lifetime about 5 years. 234111510, 1660, 1732, 1823, 1950, 2037, 2088 and 234112226. In 82.6 degree inclination were Cosmos 234111312, 1410, 1589 and 1803. 23413Operational life is planned at 11 years. 23426degrees East. Life expected to be 5 years. 234391st SL-19 launch. An SS-19 ICBM with a 3rd 23439stage for space. Launched from silo? Amateur 23439radio satellite. 23455National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Admin. 23455Replacement for NOAA 11. 23463system. Previous Cosmos & Nadezhda names. 23463Replaced Cosmos 2123. 23464circuit caused loss of 3 main experiments but 23464the scientists expect to get full amount of 23464data from the satellite. 23511Replaced Cosmos 2140. 23522Placed at 140 East. Expected life is 5 years. 23522Required replacement in late 2002 and the USA 23522GOES 9 satellite will be leased to Japan 23522until a replacement MT-SAT satellite is to be 23522operational in December 2003. 23533Military weather satellite. 4 year life. 23536simultaneous telephone or 28 TV channels. For 23536295 degrees East. Lifetime to be 12 years. 2353713 degrees East with life span of 11 years. 23545provide position determination [375 m] and 23545messaging services using pocket portable 23545terminals. Problems with system. 23546with this satellite also. Recovered May 95. 23547global lightning to predict major atmospheric 23547storm systems & climate changes. 23553American Mobile Satellite Corp. Put at 259 23553degrees East and has life of 12 years [est]. 23560European Remote Sensing satellite. Prime 3 23560sensors are all weather. Monitor ocean wave 23560height/lengths, wind speed/direction, ice 23560parameters, sea surface & cloud top temps, 23560cloud cover and atmospheric water vapor. 23571Initially located at 304 degrees East then to 23571operate at 307 East. Life of 15 years. 23581Geostationary Operational Environmental 23581Satellite. A NOAA weather satellite. Uses 23581IR imaging and IR thermal sounding. Was to be 23581leased to Japan as a replacement for the very 23581weak Himawari 5 [GMS 5] satellite. Japan will 23581pay for moving the satellite, and leasing it 23581when it becomes operational at 105 degrees E. 23598Direct to your home TV broadcasts. Requires a 2359846 cm dish to receive signal. 12 year life. 23598Located at 259 degrees East. When it lost its 23598primary spacecraft control processor in May 235982002 the controllers started to shift its 23598channels to the other DirecTV satellites. By 23598September it was ready to move the satellite 23598308 km above its geostationary location. In 23598October 2002 it was drifting in orbit. 23603Replaces Cosmos 2230. 23605based on SPOT, to return high [1m] resolution 23605images of Earth. Heliosynchronous orbit. 23606Collided with a piece of the Spot-1 rocket 23606body in July 1996. Tumbling corrected. Damage 23606to system is being evaluated. 23607for microgravity & communications research. 23613Tactical Data Relay Satellite. Located at 210 23613degrees East. 23620In new plane 2, slot 15. Withdrawn 6 Apr 99. 23636To be positioned at 69 degrees East. Lifetime 23636is planned for 15 years. 23639solid-fuel boosters failed to drop off & left 23639it 6,351 km below intended orbit. Internal 23639fuel used to move it to correct orbit will 23639cut life expectancy from 10 to 4.5 years. 23646built by Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, 23646Poland, Slovakia, Romania and Russia. 23651expectancy is 10 years. 23653operated at 80 degrees East. Life = 5 years. 23657SLAR and microwave radiometer. Could not be 23657separated from FASAT-ALPHA. FASAT-ALPHA is a 23657Chilean Air Force satellite with imagery and 23657meteorological capabilities. Polar orbit. 23657Cannot perform its comm & Earth observation 23657mission while attached to SICH-1. 23670Formerly TELSTAR 403. Location is 271 degrees 23670East. Planned life is 13 years. Suffered a 23670power failure in its communications payload 23670on 19 September 2003. 236801st of advanced Luch satellites. Cosmos 1700, 236801897 & 2054, plus Luch-1 were original type. 23680Positioned initially at 77 degrees East. 23686East. Direct TV to Europe. 15 year life. 23710monitor land, sea and ice for five years over 23710the poles. American and Canadian mission. 23711SATellite. Secondary payload to simulate a 23711deep space vehicle by radiating S, X, Ku and 23711Ka Bands. 23715Infrared Space Observatory. Improved IRAS. To 23715observe evidence of planetary formation 23715around distant stars. Expected life was 18-20 23715months because of coolant depletion. Lasted 2371530 months and was turned off on 16 May 1998. 23730Replaces TELECOM 1C at 3 degrees East. The 23730civilian portion has 10 C and 11 Ku band 23730transponders. Syracuse system for military. 23730For use during the 1996 Bosnian 'excursion'. 23731imaging system. Planned life 12 years. 237352/15. Withdrawn 30 Dec 2001. 23736withdrawn on 28 November 2000. 23741to be 15 years. At 265 degrees East. 23751data relating to soil moisture & effects of 23751pest infestations. Life of 3 years. 23752aerothermochemistry and aerobraking as it 23752dips into the atmosphere. Perigee will be 23752lowered to 150 km and dropped lower by 10 km 23752until it reenters. Bus built by Russians. 23757nature of compact X-ray sources by studying 23757fluctuations in X-ray brightness over time 23757scales ranging from micro seconds to years. 23757Planned life is 2 years. 23764Replacement for PAS-3. Located at 317 degrees 23764East. Life expectancy 14 years. 2376591.5 degrees East. Life planned is 12 years. 23768East. 10 year life, 2 years on-orbit storage. 23779late 2000. 23787Commercial store-forward system similar to 23787Cosmos system with six satellites per launch. 23787Half of this launch were for military use. 23787First launch. 23790Cosmos 2299-2304. 23794restart 4th stage to circularize orbit it 23794exploded into 200 plus pieces. Orbit useless. 237941st incident of 4th stage explosion. Pieces 23794not cataloged by US Space Command. 23802Polar Auroral Plasma Physics mission. Nominal 23802mission length of 3 years. 23814successful launch. 23816life is 15 years. 23827To remain operational for 3 years. 23833is 7.5 years. 23833USAF classified payload. Sigint? 23839be located at 64 deg. East. Life: 13 years. 23842is 19.2 degrees East. Life: 15 years. 23851DoD Midcourse Space Experiment. Monitored 23851global warming [or cooling?] & post-burn of 23851ballistic missile warheads. Also tracked 23851debris patterns of Cosmos 2227 in LEO, a 23851Titan transtage booster in GEO and Cosmos 238511278 in a highly eccentric orbit. Completed 23851operations on 26 February 1997. 23853density. 23857Satellite per Astronomia a raggi X. Astronomy 23857satellite for comprehensive observances of 23857celestial X-rays. Renamed for Guiseppe 23857[Beppo] Occhialini, who was a pioneer in 23857Italian gamma and cosmic ray astronomy. 23862Six payloads cataloged from this launch by 23862Space Command. 23865of 10 years. To be put at 356 degrees East. 23877Initially to 237 East then 231 East. 23880relay 16 June 1996 Presidential election to 23880Western Siberia and the Urals. 23908See USA 119. 23915expectancy is 14-15 years. 23936Survivability [TiPS] payload. See USA 119. 23940for the study of Stratospheric ozone. Design 23940life is 2 years, hoped for is 3. 23943to be 12 years. Placed at 77 degrees East. 2394822 Ku and 12 C band transponders. 23949Support for the Ministry of Posts and Comms. 23953series. Expected life is 7.5 years. 24208an experimental European Land Mobile Services 24208[EMS] payload. 24209Planned life is over 10 years. Located over 242093 deg East. 24277Earth's oceans. Repeats track every 41 days. 24277Carries NASA Scatterometer [NSCAT] package & 24277takes 190,000 wind measurements/day. Some 24277adjustment thruster problems. MIDORI = Green. 24277Problems with Solar panels - mechanical or 24277hit by object - and satellite was shut down 2427730 June 97. Major loss for weather forecasts. 24282Bank of China Communications. 7 year life. 242823rd stage motors 2nd burn terminated 48 sec. 24282early. It is in a useless orbit. 24285investigate the auroral region. Abbreviation 24285was changed to confuse us all. 24292International scientific studies. To work in 24292conjunction with Magion 4. Failed soon after 24292launch. Czech controllers awakened it on 15 24292May 1998 after several bursts of signals. 24293called 'Aurora'. International involvement. 24304Cosmos 2327. 24305velocity of meteors using radio doppler echo. 24307located at 28 degrees East. Life = 13 years. 24313Series 7000 unit - 16 Ku band transponders. 24313Planned operational life 10 plus years. 24315RCA SATCOM-K1. Planned life 15 years. Put at 24315257 degrees East. 24320this series. 24435builder, Prikladnoi Mekhaniki, usually starts 24435numbering a series at 11. 24640Replacement for Molniya 3-36. 24645from the Pegasus rocket. When they could not 24645be separated in the first 24-36 hours the 24645internal batteries died. Satellites are dead. 24645High Energy Transient Experiment [HETE] was 24645to study gamma ray burst sources & locations. 24645Satellite de Aplicaciones Cientificas-B was 24645to carry a hard X-ray spectrometer. 24645The HETE and SAC-B payloads were not released 24652Location should be about 20-30 degrees East. 24653launched in January 1996. 24665Planned for 13 degrees East. 15 year life. 246743rd generation International Mobile Satellite 24674Organization. Planned for 157-158 degrees 24674East with a 13 year life expectancy. 24677series be launched in 1996. That's the lowest 24677number since starting that naming convention. 24677Replacement for Cosmos 2239. 24713Ku-band transponders. With a life of 15 years 24713it is to service North America and Hawaii. 24714ordered by German DASA group for Argentine 24714company, Nahuelsat. Design life 12+ years and 24714is equipped with 18 Ku-band transponders. 24720Very Long Baseline Interferometry [VLBI] 24720Space Observatory Program [VSOP]. Will link 24720with ground electro optical stations around 24720the world. Will triple the resolving power of 24720just ground stations and have 1,000 times the 24720resolution of Hubble. Like seeing a grain of 24720rice 9,200 km away. Called Highly Advanced 24720Laboratory for Communications and Astronomy. 24725Cosmos system with six satellites per launch. 24725Second launch. Same plane as Cosmos 2252-57. 24726In same plane as Cosmos 2252-57. 24727In same plane as Cosmos 2252-57. 24728Cosmos 2252-57. 24729In same plane as Cosmos 2252-57. 24730In same plane as Cosmos 2252-57. 24742transponders. 24748Location to be 194 East on 12 year+ mission. 24768for THAICOM-1. Design life = 14 years with 2476816 years of propellant. Lost 50 percent of 24768capability on 7 February 2003 when two solar 24768arrays failed. 24769to the Japanese NHK network. 24779from Gando AFB, Gran Canaria. This makes it 24779a Spanish launch site. Actual launch sequence 24779over the Atlantic at 27.5 N, 15.2 W. Ultra 24779Violet radiation, Gamma ray telescope & study 24779of fluids in microgravity are the experiments 24779on board. 24780that will launch 7 grams of your remains into 24780space [www.celestis.com]. First 24 launched 24780here. Attached to 3rd stage and cataloged as 247803rd stage by US Space Command and NASA. 24786Satellite to support NOAA's weather needs. 247863rd of 3 axis stabilized GOES-Next series. To 24786be used as orbital spare. Trouble with solar 24786arrays not tracking sun. They stopped moving 24786entirely at 0601 GMT on 27 May 1997. GOES 10 24786has now been commanded into a safe hold mode. 24792for telecommunications to mobiles. Originally 2479277 satellites [hence name] plus spares. Two 24792satellites were reported tumbling. Stabilized 24792orbits by June. IRIDIUM-01 to 03 being used 24792as ground test vehicles - at least initially. 24792Plane 4. 24795on 11 Jan 98. Active in November 2002. 24808was purchased - previously Marcopolo-1. It is 24808planned for 359.2 deg. East. Wiring problem 24808discovered on orbit. It was corrected by 24808making changes to the ground receivers. 24812C- and 28 Ku-band transceivers. 24819Initial location is 305-306 degrees East. 24820Initial location at 74 degrees East. Failed 24820on orbit in September 1997. Written off by 24820India which claims insufficient ground tests. 24827maneuvered to 63.4 degrees. No launches from 24827Tyura Tam have done this. 64.8 degrees common 24827for photo missions but altitude is too high. 24827Most probably it is a new mission. Perhaps of 24827interest is the reported inclination of US 24827Ocean Surveillance missions - 63.4 degrees. 24834explosion has been totally rebuilt. Launch 24834was planned for late in 1995. 24836for Russia was on schedule. 12 now on orbit. 24836Numbering sequence has been unique. Placed in 24836Plane 5. Believed to have an anomaly with its 24836antenna system. Called # 914 by NASA. 24842been a momentum wheel failure. Called #911. 24846be initially placed at 174 degrees East. 24873failed to respond to maneuver commands. May 24873have been damaged by booster fairing. # 921. 24876of 10 years planned. Can be launched into any 24876of the required orbits on any day. 24883data for NASA. Part of Earth probe programs. 24883SEAWiFS, a telescope, stands for Sea-viewing 24883Wide Field Sensor. Formerly called SEASTAR. 24883Switched to safe mode on 14 Oct 97 due to the 24883upload of bad ephemeris data. System was back 24883on line in a week. 1-2 km resolution. 24891Position planned for 317 degrees East. 248942209 at 336 degrees East. 24901165 degrees East. 24920To identify bright flashes, less lightning. 24925to test Chinese booster. MFS stands for Mass 24925Frequency Simulators. 24926to test Chinese booster. MFS stands for Mass 24926Frequency Simulators. 24931satellite with Ku-band transceivers for use 24931in European area. Location 13 degrees East. 24932of the Meteosat Transition Program [MTP] 24932satellites. 2 more in the pipeline. Has 2.5 24932meter resolution. 24945communications to other satellites. Fixed. 24947due to a jammed thruster. 24954Built by Final Analysis, Inc. [FAI]. 24957Ocean/Asia-Pacific region. 24965Plane 4. 24971Black & White imager to have 6 m resolution. 24971Should have gone into 800 km circular orbit, 24971but initially went into an 821 X 327 km one. 24971Orbit corrected using on board fuel. This 24971will shorten its operating life. 25004To be located at 298.5 East. 25010Replacement for one lost in Jan 1995. Planned 2501015 year life at 76.5 degrees East. 25017Launched from the US West Coast. Only the 3rd 25017known time that a satellite has been put into 25017a less than 60 degree inclination from here. 25023Launch was a success with some very minor 25023problems. Has attached the TEAMSAT payload 25023with several technology experiments. TEAMSAT 25023ejected the YES satellite. A 20 km tether was 25023not used due to concerns about space debris. 25025radiation and the Solar angle & acceleration. 25045satellite. Expected a 6-8 year life. Failed 25045in March 98 because of on-board synchronizing 25045device malfunction. 250507 year life with 10 years of propellant. 25063Tropospherical Rainfall Measuring Mission or 25063Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. Measures 25063rainfall conditions in tropics/sub-tropics. 25064target satellite, so no attempted docking. A 25064joint German-Japanese effort. Target was to 25064drift 15 km away. Robot arm would capture the 25064target. On 5 Jun 98 target separated by 2 cm 25064and was captured. Full test effort began in 25064July with separations of up to 9 km in at 25064least six maneuvers. 25067To be placed over Pacific for Hawaii-Japan 25067and Asia-Pacific region at 150 degrees East. 25067Planned life is 12 years. 25068Solar Terrestrial Physics [ISTP] program to 25068study the ring current and near Earth plasma 25068sheet in the equatorial region. 25071at 23-24 degrees East. 15 Year life. 25078to its Attitude Orbit Control System [AOCS]. 25104Plane 2/Slot 5. 25110Operated over 64 degrees East. 15 years life. 25117system consists of 24 satellites. This starts 25117Plane A. Name sometimes uses just FM-number. 25126Ground spare. Has 28 C- & 16 Ku-band working 25126transponders. Useless orbit due to 4th stage 25126failure in performing 2nd burn. With internal 25126engine, Hughes Global Services engineers sent 25126satellite around Moon on 7 May 98. After 9 25126day trip plan is to place it in usable orbit. 25134British Ministry of Defence communications. 25157ocean topography and circulation data. 25160space'. The 150 containers are attached to 25160this 4th stage. 25162launch by 1997 was not achieved. 8 Planes. 25162Called GLOBALSTAR-U1 by Space Command. This 25162refers to the 1st from the upper dispenser. 25162Plane 1. 25163all launched by the end of 1998. 8 Planes. 25163AKA GLOBALSTAR-U2. 2nd satellite dispensed to 25163Plane 1 from the upper dispenser. 25164L1 as 1st dispensed from lower dispenser. 25164Plane 1. 25165L2 as 2nd dispensed from lower dispenser. 25165Plane 1. 25169Plane 5. 25175Test Satellite. 2nd, 2nd Stage burn was for 2517544 of planned 192 seconds and satellite is in 25175a useless orbit. Japanese have deployed solar 25175panels and are trying to salvage some of the 25175satellite's experiments. 25233Colorado satellite to study effects of energy 25233from Sun & magnetosphere on density of Nitric 25233Oxide in Earth's upper atmosphere. Student 25233Explorer Demonstration Initiative [STEDI]. 25280Region And Coronal Explorer. To explore the 25280three dimensional magnetic structures which 25280emerge through the visible surface of Sun. 25312to the Japanese NHK network. 25315at Asian area [India & Pakistan]. ?Comms? 25320be due to loss of its primary link system. 25327up an empty slot that had previously been 25327filled by Cosmos 2222 and Cosmos 2076. 25331deployed in the first two weeks of life. 25338National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration 25338weather satellite. Replacement for NOAA 12. 25338Very High Frequency antenna failed to fully 25338deploy. Will not affect main NOAA operations. 25338Imaging system failed on 9 July 2000. Other 25338instruments are still operating. 25342Plane 1. 25358Second Norwegian communications satellite 25358built for Norway. 25363a malfunction in that the satellites were 25363left in an elliptical orbit instead of the 25363usual 1,400 km circular orbit. 25379Replacement for Molniya 3-39 or 3-44. 25383physics. Contact was lost as it approached 25383Mars in December 2003. It is now considered 25383a complete loss and will continue into an 25383orbit around the Sun. 25389Launched from Barents Sea at 69.3 N & 35.3 E. 25389will monitor transmitters on vehicles, marine 25389buoys, and migrating animals. Has store-dump 25389capability to support operators at Technische 25389Universitat Berlin. 253941689 and 1939 plus the one first reported as 25394RESURS O-1. 25395separate from CIS satellite SICH-1 in a CIS 25395launch on 31 August 1995. 25397satellite with Ku band downlink of images. 25399as a store-dump type system. Called SAtellite 25399For Information Retrieval. 25404People's Bank of China. 24 C- and 14 Ku-band 25404transponders. Life expectancy 15 years. 25404Intelsat has leased some C-band channels in 25404the 3400-4200 Mhz band range for their Asia 25404Pacific Region (APR) series. 25406Yuzhnoe Co. of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. 25424the target was again set loose. The next try 25424were re-docking failures. Attempts continued 25424through 27 August when a successful docking 25424was accomplished at 1344 GMT. 25431Used first as ground test vehicle. Placed in 25431Plane 2 as a replacement vehicle. 25460Chunghwa Telecom of Taiwan. To be placed at 2546088 degrees East in support of Middle East and 25460Far East customers. 25462at 28.2 degrees East. 25471Plane 6 space/replacement satellite. 25473orbited over the Indian Ocean 25485possible Missile Warning satellite. USSC and 25485NASA agreed on a Molniya 1 mission. 25489DoD including the Advanced Tether EXperiment. 25489Original names were USA 140 and STEX. Now has 25489no USA number. 25509University of Huntsville satellite to be 25509released upward via a 40 km tether. Tether to 25509be cut at booster end first, then satellite 25509end. SEDSAT-1 to achieve 525 x 330 km orbit. 25509Tether to reenter atmosphere in about a day. 25515WorldSpace satellite at 21 degrees East. Has 25515been having problems with payload interface 25515unit and cannot upload corrective software. 25520Petite Amateur Navy Satellite. A proof of 25520concept experiment for a quick reaction, low 25520cost, direct sequence spread spectrum packet 25520comms. Plus other small experiments. Was 25520ejected from the shuttle [STS 095] at 1845 25520GMT on 30 Oct 98. 25522Builder is Space Systems/Loral. To be placed 25522over the Pacific Ocean. 25527Attitude Control or propulsion system failed. 25530Plane 5 replacement. 25544for the International Space Station. Also 25544called by Russians Zarya [Sunshine]. This 25544first piece of the ISS was listed by NASA as 25544a USA satellite. This piece will move the 25544entire space station to keep it on orbit. On 255444 Feb 2002 the station lost attitude control 25544for several hours. 25546transponders. For domestic use by Media Most 25546and will transmit 50 TV channels to western 25546Russia. Placed at 36 degrees East. 25558it will replace. Operated by Satellites 25558Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. which replaces the 25558Mexican Telecoms Ministry. 25560study how molecular clouds collapse to form 25560stars and planetary systems. It was powered 25560down in the summer of 2004. It was powered up 25560in June 2005 to watch the impact of the Deep 25560Impact projectile on the comet Tempel 1 on 4 25560July 2005. It was then powered down again. 25577Plane 2 spare. Sometimes called # 011A. 2559313 Dec 95. Replaced Cosmos 2235 in Plane 1. 25593Was listed as unusable on 8 Aug 2002. 25594unusable on 5 Aug 2002. Back by 14 August. 25595from service on 8 July 2002. 25615Naval Research Lab [NRL] tried to deploy the 256156,050 meter tether on 16 Jan 99. Reported to 25615have been 'inadvertently' jettisoned after 25615only 21 meters of tether were deployed. Was 25615First referred to as ATEX and USA 142. It is 25615the satellite that deployed on the tether. 25616to be placed in LEO. Taiwan will help build. 25616First in the Republic of China's civilian 25616space program. It hosts space physics, comm 25616and oceanography experiments. 25621Group [FM23, FM40, FM36 & FM38] is the first 25621to use Ikar upper stage built by Starsem of 25621Suresnes, France. 25626C- and 28 Ku-band transponders. 25634Advanced Research & Global Observation Sat. 25634Carries an electric propulsion experiment, 25634ionospheric instruments, experiment for space 25634dust, and the hard X-ray astronomy detectors 25634previously flown on the Spartan 1 mission on 2563417 Jun 85 from the shuttle Discovery. 25635accurate global mapping of the Earth vector 25635magnetic field. 25636industrial & educational space engineering. 25636Carries a stereo color Earth imager & amateur 25636communications equipment for Stellenbosch U. 25638Arab Satellite Communications Organization 25638[ARABSAT]. To be located at 26 degrees East 25638along with ARABSAT 2B. Lost 50 percent of its 25638capability when half of the solar arrays 25638failed in December 2001. 25639by Matra Marconi Space UK. To be deployed at 256396 degrees East. 25642regular Proton-K booster. 25646InfraRed Explorer. Four month mission is to 25646help understand how & when galaxies formed, & 25646subsequent history of star formation. Answers 25646will shed strong light on nature of Universe. 25646Launch good but started to spin at 1 rev/sec. 25646Frozen hydrogen coolant vented into space due 25646to open telescope cover. Mission written off. 25657useless orbit, but saved after trips around 25657Moon. Has 28 C- & 16 Ku-Band transponders. 25657To be located at 105.5 degrees East and take 25657over from the 9 year old AsiaSat-1. 25661off was from Odyssey mobile platform at 206.0 25661degrees East. Third Stage's first burn placed 25661it 735 X 180 km parking orbit. Second burn 25661put it in GTO. Third burn lowered the orbit 25661for a quick reentry. 25666Domestic communications with weather sensor. 25666Planned for 83 degrees East with 17 C-Band 25666transponders & a 1 km resolution CCD camera. 25666Intelsat has leased some C-band transponders 25666for their Asia Pacific Region series. They 25666are using the frequencies in the 3625-4200 25666Mhz range. 25673Upgraded EutelSat satellites. 25682will repeat it's ground trace every 16 days, 25682and be separated from Landsat 5's path by 8 25682days. The Landsat data archives now contain 25682[2004] almost 32 years of material. In May 256822003 there was a permanent sensor glitch. In 25682May 2004 one of the three gyroscopes was lost 25682leaving the satellite with the minimum number 25682of gyroscopes necessary for operations. Also, 25682the Scan Line Corrector, that compensates for 25682the forward motion of the satellite, failed. 25682This is a permanent failure and cannot be 25682corrected from Earth. 25693University of Surrey. Carries mobile radio 25693experiment [MERLION], GPS receiver & imagery 25693cameras. First launch of SS-18 ICBM [Dnepr] 25693modified for space launches. Surrey Nanosat 25693applications Program [SNAP-1] not launched. 25721The survey will be in the 1-10 KeV band with 2572130 arcsecond resolution. The last survey of 25721this kind was in the 1970s by HEAO-1 which 25721had no optics and therefore very poor spatial 25721resolution. The battery failed on 1 May 1999. 25722companies. It carries experimental high bit 25722rate data transmission payload. 25724proper orbit. 25727is in useless orbit & probably unrecoverable. 25727Planned to serve the Asia-Pacific area with 2572733 Ku-band and 10 C-band transponders. 25735Recombinative Ionospheric EUV & Radio Sources 25735built by Boston University-Nickname=Terriers. 25735Solar arrays would not track the Sun and the 25735system is considered a failure. 25736US Army's Communications-Electronic Command 25736[CECOM] experimental system. 25756altimeter, scanning microwave radiometer and 25756thermal IR capability. 25758and the Technical University of Berlin built 25758a small satellite to transmit live video and 25758still pictures as it tracks stars, orbital 25758debris and ground targets. 25770Plane 4. 25785Ka-band transponders. 25789winds [400,000 measurements per day]. Ball 25789Aerospace of Colorado built and launched this 25789satellite in less than a year. 25791the reaction wheels failed in 2001. It was 25791repaired and then a third wheel failed in 25791Dec 2004. One more change and it came back on 25791line in Nov 2005. 25860Oceanographic studies. Carries an attached 25860science package called IRIS-1. 25867Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility-Imager. 25867Renamed Chandra Observatory for Subrahmanyan 25867Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist 25867who won the Nobel Prize in 1983. The CXO was 25867sent on its way to a highly elliptical orbit 25867at 1147 GMT on 23 Jul 99. 25880will operate to 2013. 32 C-band transponders. 25892Part of military navigation satellite system. 25892Replaces Cosmos 2218. 25894be stationed at 116 degrees East. 25896by RKKE and RAO Gasprom, the Russian natural 25896gas monopoly. 12 C-band transponders. 25897by RKKE and RAO Gasprom, the Russian natural 25897gas monopoly. 12 C-band transponders. 25913orbit. Ku-band system to support Dish TV. 25919Ikonos by some. One meter resolution B&W and 25919four meter resolution color cameras. 25922C- and 24 Ku-band transponders. To Provide 25922communications for North America. 25924located at 75 degrees East. Use is for East 25924European - Central Asia communications. 25937on the equator. Location is 259 degrees East. 25937Carries 16 high power Ku-band transponders 25937for service to all 50 states in the USA. 25940Brazil's payload on Chinese platform. Repeats 25940track every 20 days. 20 meter resolution. 25941plasma bubbles, geomagnetism, particle 25941detection, airglow photometry and GPS 25941navigation. 25961Plane 5 initially. 25977In mid-October 2004 the satellite's orbit was 25977lowered by 40 km taking it out of the way of 25977Helios 1A and any follow-on missions. 25989the X-ray Multi-mirror Mission. The XMM will 25989complement NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. 25994clouds, aerosols, radioactive balance, and 25994characterization of terrestrial surface in 25994the morning [AM]. Has 5 instruments with 8 25994sensors. Life expectancy is 5 years. 26033One ACRIM is already aboard the UARS 26033Satellite. 260343rd stage. Not a payload by NASA standards. 26038Largest Commsat ever launched. 40 Ku- & 24 C- 26038band transponders. Will be placed at 261 deg. 26038East initially. Then 253 degrees East. 26058derived from the DFH-3 design. 26061deployed the four other satellites on this 26061mission. Also, the NASA Plasma Experiment 26061Satellite Test [PEST] and Attitude Controlled 26061Platform [ACP] are attached. 26063Stanford University satellite called Orbiting 26063Picosat Automated Launcher. At least 2 of the 260634 picosats are attached by 30 meter tethers. 26064Academy satellite was called Falcon Gold and 26064also FALCONSAT. This is called number 1. 26065high resolution imaging system. 26069First CIS ELINT mission in two years. 26071be placed at 330 degrees East. 26080satellites that were ejected from OPAL-1. 26086the Soyuz-Fregat capabilities. 26089Asia CEllular Satellite system to provide 26089hand-held mobile & fixed-base terminals to 26089SE Asia, China & India. Lockheed-Martin won 26089contract to build 2 A2100 satellites. 26095transponders. Location at 162 degrees East. 26098assigned to the Ekspress-A06 position at 80 26098degrees East. 26102test the imager for treaty monitoring. 26106of a dummy satellite similar to the Cluster-2 26106pair due up this summer. It represents the 26106mechanical behavior of the satellites and has 26106sensors which allowed characterization of the 26106mechanical, thermal & acoustical environment 26106of the satellites [so its not a true dummy]. 26113Exploration. To utilize neutral atom, UV and 26113radio imaging techniques. MID-sized EXplorer. 2624348 degrees East. Life = 10 years. 26352Satellite to support NOAA's weather needs. 26354in a Near Real Time manner. 26356in four tries. 26360is probably the 4,400 attempt to put an 26360object in orbit since Sputnik-1. 26369Planned for 36 degrees East. 26372last of this series. It has 6 C-band, and one 26372each L- and Ku-band transponders. 26374two experiments: Space Technology Research 26374Vehicle-2 [STRV-2] and Compact Environmental 26374Anomaly Sensor [CEASE]. 26382older generation GOES satellites. 26384Carries the COSPAR-SARSAT equipment used to 26384locate distress signals from ships and 26384aircraft. 26385built in the UK. It will rendezvous with the 26385SNAP-1 satellite. 26386Has own navigation, rockets & imaging systems 26386capable of inspecting other satellites in 26386orbit. To rendezvous with TZINGHUA-1. 26388The first of three new TDRS. Replaces older 26388satellites first launched in 1983. Testing to 26388take place at 210 East. Initial operational 26388slot is 189 East. 26390audio services satellite built by Loral. The 26390plan is to serve motor vehicles all over the 26390North American continent with 100 channels of 26390commercial free music, news and sports. Plan 26390is for system to be ready at the end of 2000. 26390Formerly CD Radio, Inc. of Washington, DC. 26394with a five year life. Reached geosynchronous 26394orbit at 0620 GMT on 5 July 2000. 26402Part of Echostar DISH network. Will expand 26402TV channel capacity and expand service to 26402Alaska and Hawaii. To be located at 212 East 26402for testing, and 241 East for operations. 26404nuclei of light elements in the Earth's 26404Atmosphere. Initially USSC did not list MITA 26404as a separate object. However, Telespazio S. 26404p.A. confirms it separated from CHAMP and was 26404acquired by Cordoba TT&C station at 1751 GMT 26404on 15 July. Acronym means Microsatellite 26404Italiano a Technologia Avanzata. 26405studies and forecast the weather. CHAMP means 26405Challenging Mini-satellite Payload. 26406BIRD = Bispectral InfraRed Detection. 26410fast diagnostic tool for studying the Earth- 26410Sun connection and entry of plasma into the 26410magnetosphere. 26411fast diagnostic tool for studying the Earth- 26411Sun connection and entry of plasma into the 26411magnetosphere. 26414Carries a hyperspectral imager for Earth 26414imaging & spectroscopy plus other experiments 26414such as advanced solar arays. 26451Deployed size is 86 m long & 7 m wide. The 24 26451C- & 24 Ku-band transponders have 9.9 kw of 26451power. Covers Latin America & Western Europe. 26451Launch took place at 206 degrees East on the 26451equator. Replaces PAS-05 at 302 East. 26463Revival of the 'Cluster' program is now 26463complete. Using an Arianespace rocket was too 26463expensive, so Two Russian rockets were used. 26463Two Soyuz rockets cost 2/3rds that of an 26463Ariane rocket. Purpose of the 2 year mission 26463is to study the complex interactions of the 26463Earth and the Sun. Using sensors from back-up 26463material for the first Cluster satellites. 26469it's 12 year lifetime. Provide Communications 26469and TV to South America. 26470provide coverage from North Africa to the Far 26470East. Built by ASTRIUM, a joint venture by 26470EADS and British Aerospace. 26476achieved orbit was apparently at the lowest 26476end of the planned orbit. Vibration sensors 26476were on payload to validate performance. Also 26476it was painted with black and white stripes 26476and had reflective material to support USAF 26476and University of Colorado satellite studies. 26477has been called Cosmos 2372 by some. NASA is 26477using the Raduga name. 26481Brazilian satellite [CBERS-1] launched last 26481October. Resolution 20-30 meters. 26483radio system to supply commercial free music, 26483sports and news. System to be ready by the 26483end of 2000. 26487in a fire during a bench test on 18 May 1998. 26487Planned for 10 degrees East. Half of the 26487solar panels failed in August 2005. They can 26487not be brought back on-line. 26494slot at 26.2 degrees East. 26536Environmental Satellite is the first POES 26536satellite launch in the three decades of the 26536NOAA program. Also carries SARSAT equipment. 26538was Cosmos 2290 launched on 26 Aug 1994. This 26538satellite is reported to have the code name 26538Yenisey and be an improved version of the 26538Orlets imagery satellite Cosmos 2290. It may 26538exceed the life of 221 days for Cosmos 2290. 26545used for distant probing of the Earth. 26546environmental control. 26547as and educational and scientific tool. 26548designed for educational & scientific tasks. 26549designed for educational & scientific tasks. 26554A high powered Ku-band replacement satellite. 26554To provide communications coverage to China, 26554Northeast Asia, the Philippines and India. A 2655415 year life is planned. 26561satellite lost in a 4 Nov 96 launch when the 26561satellites did not separate [See PEGASUS]. It 26561is designed to locate mysterious gamma-ray 26561bursts and other explosive cosmic phenomena. 26561Will detect up to 1,000 bursts per year. To 26561provide very detailed information on location 26561and light characteristics [spectra] on about 2656130 of the 1,000. 26564An interim attempt to keep the Glonass system 26564operating with 12 units through 2002. 265781.8 billion people in the Mid-East, Africa, 26578Europe, Central Asia and Indian subcontinent. 26578Can handle 13,750 simultaneous calls. To be 26578placed at 44 degrees East for a 12 year life. 26580Separated from Proton at 0441 GMT 22 Oct 00. 26590Will be used for direct broadcast TV, rural 26590telephones, high speed data and other online 26590services. Using a 61 cm dish receiver, it can 26590reach markets from London to Singapore and to 26590South Africa [and places in between]. 26599Chinese for Northern Dipper, equivalent to 26599Ursa Major. Size of planned constellation is 26599not known. While claimed to be only for 26599civilian purposes, military applications 26599would be improving missile accuracy, and for 26599smart bombs like those used by NATO against 26599the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia. 26603of humans on Station Alpha [ISS]. Docked to 26603the Zvezda rear port at 0921 GMT on 2 Nov. 26603The station hatch was opened 70 minutes later 26603at 1031 GMT. At 1006 GMT on 25 Feb 2001 the 26603crew detatched from the ISS and moved the 26603escape spacecraft to the Earth-facing side of 26603the Zarya module. Redocked at 1037 GMT the 26603same day. The Soyuz-TM 32 crew boarded the 26603Soyuz TM-31 craft late 5 May and undocked 26603from the Zvezda module at 0221 GMT on 6 May. 26603Landed near Arkalyk in Kazakstan at 0541 GMT 26603on 6 May 2001. 26605in December 2000. The are 15 more satellites 26605in the Block IIR series for launch through 266052005 by Delta boosters. 26609addition to multiple frequencies, it carries 26609an ammonia arcjet thruster, a laser comm. 26609experiment, and the first to have deployable 26609solar panels. 26610accelerated life testing of new components & 26610materials in the high radiation environment 26610of GTO. 26611Space Test Program experiment [S97-2], a 26611camera, technology and computer experiments. 26619Earth Observing-1 is a New Millennium program 26619follow-on to the Landsat satellites. EO-1 26619will be following Landsat-7 by about 1 minute 26619so technicians can compare the two systems 26619and test the new technologies. 26620monitor forests with Argentine Multi-spectral 26620Medium Resolution Scanner [MMRS]. This joint 26620Argentine, Brazil, Denmark, France, Italy and 26620USA mission will study Earth's air, land and 26620water. NASA hopes to study earthquake faults 26620while others will study whales. 26621aurora, which occurs when charged particles 26621collide with particles in Earth's atmosphere. 26624band transponders. To be placed at 252.7 deg. 26624East in early 2001 and have a 15 year life. 26624This is the most powerful communications 26624satellite launched to date and will serve 26624customers across North and South America. It 26624has been experiencing solar panel power 26624problems and will be replaced by Anik F1R in 26624late 2005. 26626initial plan. Now part of 3 elliptical orbit 26626satellites. Motorists in the continental USA 26626will, at the start of the millennium be able 26626to hear 50 channels of digital quality news, 26626sports, talk, comedy and children's programs. 26626In addition, another 50 channels will carry 26626all types of music. All commercial free. 26631Remote sensing for Israel. Similar to the 26631Ofeq [Horizon] spy satellites. It will take 26631images of objects as small as 2 meters. They 26631will be downloaded to 14 receiving centers 26631around the world and then distributed to 26631customers. 26638To be placed at 28.2 degrees East with the 26638plan to deliver digital DTH service to the UK 26638and Ireland using 16 Ku-band transponders. 26639GE Americom. Placed at 221 degrees East. With 2663924 C-band transponders, it is planned to 26639service the Alaskan area. 2664040 minutes after launch to test deployment 26640mechanism for the larger antenna to be used 26640on the ETS-8 satellite. It was jettisoned 26640from the upper stage after the test. 26643Ursa Major. Second of planned constellation 26643of unknown size. Positioning of this and 26643future units will confirm either civilian 26643or military purposes of this system. 2666632 Ku-band transponders - 42 degrees East. 26666It will cover Europe, the Middle East & Asia 26666during it's planned 15 year life. 26690Replacement satellite for the degrading unit 26690USA 066 that is three years older than it was 26690expected to last. It will be placed in slot 26690E4, and USA 066 will be moved to slot E5. 26694Allarmi. For 16 degrees East. Was thought to 26694be part of civilian commsat to save money. 26694Original launch was reported to be in 1995. 26695It is the 21st & last of the OTS/ECS class 26695European Communications Satellites first 26695launched in September 1977. 26702satellite payloads include a submillimeter 26702wave astronomy instrument and a radiometer 26702for atmospheric studies. 26713Zvezda -Y port at 0950 GMT on 28 Feb 01. 26719New name for the EUTELSAT W satellites. 26720the second orbital STAR-class TV satellite. 26724was called Rock. Carries S-band transponders. 26736EKRAN replacement - possibly the last. 26745to INSAT-2 satellites. More fuel than planned 26745was used to raise GSAT-1 and it was unable to 26745reach its final geostationary position. 26761S-band radio broadcasting system similar to 26761the Sirius Radio Satellites. These XM units 26761will be in geosynchronous orbits, while the 26761Sirius units [3] are in highly elliptical sun 26761synchronous orbits over North America. 26766To distribute digital TV broadcasts, data and 26766internet services to Asia, Africa, the Middle 26766East and Africa. Life span is 15 years. To be 26766located at 68.5 degrees East and has 24 each 26766C- and Ku-band transponders. 26818of this type was on 26 Aug 1999. 26824Initially for Indian Ocean using C- and Ku- 26824band transceivers. 15 year life over Atlantic 26824Ocean at 342 degrees East. It uses a Ku-spot 26824band for Europe and a C-band for over the 26824Atlantic Ocean region. There are six more of 26824the 900 [IX] series, two of the X series and 26824one all Ku-band APR-3 satellites planned for 26824launch before 2004. 26853programming to Europe from 28.2 degrees East. 26853This is the 12th satellite for the Societe 26853Europeene des Satellites [SES]. Expected life 26853is 15 years. 26857ICO Global Communications]. It will provide 26857mobile communications & data/internet service 26857in the C- and S-bands. It can support 4,500 26857simultaneous calls. New ICO is based in the 26857United Kingdom. 26859radiometer to provide understanding of 26859cosmological structure formation model that 26859describes our universe. MID-sized EXplorer. 26863Advanced Relay and TEchnology MISsion. Former 26863names SAT2 and TM. Demo ion thrusters, nickel 26863hydrogen batteries. To be placed at 15-20 deg 26863East. Failure of the Ariane 510 booster to 26863place the satellite in a proper orbit will, 26863at least, limit the life. Onboard engines can 26863probably boost it to a usuable orbit. 26864be placed at 110 degrees East. Failure of the 26864Ariane 510 booster to place it in its proper 26864orbit may have doomed the mission. 26867a new system. However, All NASA sections have 26867now listed this as Molniya 3-51. 26871A NOAA weather satellite. Has a single solar 26871array, a solar attitude control sail and a 26871new solar soft X-ray imager. 26873radiation instruments to detect Solar events 26873and resulting terrestrial interaction. 26892Believed to be a missile warning satellite 26892similar to Cosmos 2345, launched in Aug 1997. 26899is a conical ballast payload with monitoring 26899instrumentation attached to the second stage. 26899NASA lists this as a rocket body - not as a 26899payload. 26900transceivers. 15 year life. Planned for 66 26900degrees East as a replacement for Intelsat 26900602, which will be moved to 33 degrees East. 26905The USAF announced that the satellite was 26905successfully separated from the booster. 26927To replace Telecom 2A and provide TV, telecom 26927and data services to Europe and transatlantic 26927links as required. 26929geodetic sphere satellite will be observed by 26929school students. 26930ionospheric instruments for USAF experiments. 26931US Naval Academy students. 26932experimental infrared horizon sensors, a 26932voice synthesizer and a digital camera. 26936This upgraded Raduga satellite is believed to 26936be similar in configuration to the Gorizont 26936satellites. The Last Raduga-1 launch was on 2693628 August 2000. 26953To deliver .6 meter resolution images for the 26953DigitalGlobe [formerly Earth Watch] venture. 26957Test Evaluation Satellite to carry out aerial 26957mapping of the coast and the borders with 26957China and Pakistan. Work started in July 1999 26957after Pakistan moved troops into mountains 26957of Jannu and Kashmir. Also is a test of spy 26957or surveillance capabilities for India. 26958debris impact detectors, Earth imaging camera 26958and other experiments. 26959testing a new sensor for Earth imaging study, 26959detecting forest fires and other hot spots. 26959Is also expected to be used for vegetation 26959studies. 26970satellite. This is the second Molniya 3 to 26970be launched this year. 26985Ku-band transponders for 259 degrees East. 26987the Glonass M which is an advanced unit that 26987will have a 7, vice 3, year life. As of 8 Aug 269872002 it has not been listed as active by the 26987Russians. As of that date only five of the 2698724 slots have active glonass satellites. 26988Jan 02. 26989Jan 02. 26997Replacement for Topex-Poseidon, ocean monitor 26997satellite, launched in 1992. Carries the 26997Poseidon-2 and orbital tracking experiments. 26997Satellite 472 kg with 28 kg of propellant. 26998and Dynamics. Previously had a High [-H] and 26998a Low [-L] mission. This is a combined flight 26998to save money. This will be the first mission 26998to conduct a global study of the Mesosphere & 26998Lower Thermosphere/Ionospher [MLTI] region. 26998Planned to collect data for two years. 27001Sage-3 instrument for measuring the Earth's 27001Ozone layer. Meteor's duties are to improve 27001weather forecasts of cyclones and tropical 27001storms. This will help select the best routes 27001for ships and planes, and observe the borders 27001of the ice crust in the Arctic. 27002Built for the IZMIRAN Geophysics Institute & 27002carries a magnetometer and other sensors in 27002order to try and predict earthquakes. 27003Ltd [SIL] of the UK and has an Earth immager. 27004Technical University of Berlin for the Centre 27004Royal de Teledetection Spatiale, Morocco. As 27004it was built for Morocco, they should be the 27004owners. It carries an Earth imagery system & 27004a store-forward communications test system. 27005debris studies. 27053placed in orbit by 0405 GMT. The 2nd stage 27053reentered over N. America on the 6th [1250 27053GMT or 7th [1420 GMT] orbit. 27055military use. Formerly called a 'six-pack'. 27056military use. Formerly called a 'six-pack'. 27057military use. Formerly called a 'six-pack'. 27058use. Started as all six being military types. 27058Rather than refer to these satellites using 27058the 'D1' name, NASA is listing them using the 27058numeric sequence that includes all attempts. 27058Gonets 1 was Cosmos 2199 and Gonets 2 was 27058Cosmos 2201. Add the six successful and three 27058failures and you get these as numbers 12-14. 27059use. Started as all six being military types. 27059Rather than refer to these satellites using 27059the 'D1' name, NASA is listing them using the 27059numeric sequence that includes all attempts. 27059Gonets 1 was Cosmos 2199 and Gonets 2 was 27059Cosmos 2201. Add the six successful and three 27059failures and you get these as numbers 12-14. 27060use. Started as all six being military types. 27060Rather than refer to these satellites using 27060the 'D1' name, NASA is listing them using the 27060numeric sequence that includes all attempts. 27060Gonets 1 was Cosmos 2199 and Gonets 2 was 27060Cosmos 2201. Add the six successful and three 27060failures and you get these as numbers 12-14. 27168the payload fairing separated two minutes 27168later. The Centaur motor fired at 0039 GMT. 27168The satellite was delivered to geostationary 27168orbit at about 0706 GMT. 27298S-band and 30 C-band transponders. Because of 27298the tensions between India and Pakistan, some 27298analysts believe this satellite may have at 27298least some military usage in addition to the 27298commercial TV it is advertised to have. 27367demonstrations of commercial subsystems that 27367include a parallel computer, a soldid state 27367recorder, a nickel-hydrogen battery and solar 27367cells. Also a space environment experiment to 27367monitor heavy ions and magnetic fields. 27368Hypervelocity is a small payload to test the 27368reentry system of the MUSES-C asteroid probe. 27368The reentry speed was expected to be 10 km/s. 27368The normal reentry speed has been 7.5 km/s. 27368The small Vehicle Evaluation Payload is to 27368evaluate the H-2A's performance. Formerly the 27368VEP-3 was listed on the Rocket Body (27369). 27370study particle acceleration & energy release 27370in Solar flares. This sixth Small Explorer 27370has been delayed 18 months and has missed a 27370number of major solar flares at Solar Max. It 27370is expected to see some big ones even now. 27372claims to have 66 active and 7 [now 12] on 27372orbit spares. Launched into Plane 3 and will 27372be moved as needed. NASA is calling the owner 27372USA. Of course they have gone from Iridium to 27372USA to Iridium to USA since 1 Jan 2002. The 27372latest seems to show the objects on orbit are 27372USA, while those decayed are Iridium. 27378uses a Russian RD-180 main stage. It also has 27378a new Common Centaur stretched two engine 27378upper stage. The satellite uses Ku-band 27378transponders and is planned for 241 degrees 27378East. It will replace Echostar IV. 27380life expectancy. It is planned for Indian 27380Ocean operations. 27386Atmospheric sounding, imaging with Advanced 27386Synthetic Aperture Radar, oceanographic data 27386research and ocean surface variations. Using 27386a space thermometer, the Advanced Along Track 27386Scanning Radiometer [AATSR], to measure sea 27386temperatures worldwide. This is the largest 27386satellite to be built by ESA. 27389New Tactical Data Relay Satellite for NASA. 27389This improved version [like TDRS 08] is able 27389to transmit data at speeds 5,000 times faster 27389than a 56K modem. It is essential to NASA's 27389programs - from the shuttle to the newly 27389refurbished Hubble Space Telescope. Reports 27389by mid-March indicated that there was a 27389problem with the fuel. It was the ability to 27389transfer the fuel at high speed. So the fuel 27389was slowly moved to the engine, and the work 27389of moving the satellite progressed. TDRS was 27389moved to its geostationary altitude by early 27389October 2002. 27391measure variations in the Earth's gravity 27391field while flying 220 km from Grace-2. The 27391distance will be maintained by a precise 27391microwave ranging system that will measure 27391the distance to within one-tenth the width of 27391a human hair. The final details may be used 27391to determine where their is oil. 27392measure variations in the Earth's gravity 27392field while flying 220 km from Grace-1. See 27392Grace-1 [SSC 29391] for more details. 27395Resupply for ISS. Docked to ISS on Sunday, 24 27395March 2002 at 2058 GMT. It undocked from the 27395Zvezda module at 0826 GMT on 25 June 02. The 27395vehicle reentered over the South Pacific at 2739546S 144W in a destructive deorbit at 1213 GMT 27395the same day. 27399Japan Satellite System Corporation uses a 27399Hughes HS 601 platform with 16 Ku- and 16 C- 27399band transponders for this eighth unit. It is 27399to replace JCSAT 2. 27403transceivers for voice and data transmission 27403in the Atlantic region. 15 year life planned. 27408was launched with the 'dummies' aboard. When 27408the recovery capsule was deorbited, this part 27408remained in orbit with some functioning 27408experiments aboard. 27409and it's upper stage up through 17 Apr 02. 27414New Skies Satellites N.V. is a wholly owned 27414subsidiary of Intelsat. As it is based in 27414the Netherlands, NASA lists it's owner as the 27414Netherlands. To replace NSS-803 and NSS-K at 27414338.5 degrees East. It has 36 C- and 36 Ku- 27414band transponders. Design life 12 years. 27416for Soyuz TM-33 that's near it's use-by date. 27416Crew is unique in that only the Commander is 27416Soviet/Russian. The Mission Engineer is an 27416ESA astronaut from Italy. The third member is 27416a 'tourist' from South Africa that will be 27416performing some experiments, such as done by 27416mission specialists. The craft remained at 27416the ISS until boarded by the Soyuz TMA-1 crew 27416undocked at 2044 GMT on 9 November 2002. They 27416landed safely at 0004 GMT the next day in 27416Kazakstan. 27421it's HRVIR imaging camera. It also carries a 27421secondary experiment - a 5-band Vegetation-2 27421instrument with 1 km resolution. 27422Ariane rocket. The first French satellite was 27422named Asterix after a famous comic book 27422character - this is his cat. 27424precipitation, terrestrial snow and sea ice, 27424and sea surface temperature and ocean 27424productivity in the afternoon. It has a 27424number of remote sensing experiments. 27426It will replace DirecTV-6 which will then be 27426used as an on-orbit spare. DirecTV-5 will be 27426used primarily for Spanish broadcasting. 27430payload. It may be Feng Yun 1D. Time will 27430tell. 27431weather satellite. As of 19 May 2002, the US 27431Space Command has not determined which of the 27431two payloads on this launch is which. 27434satellite. It may have other intelligence 27434systems aboard. 27438Will direct beams over the America's, Europe, 27438Africa and the Middle East. On-board power is 2743810 KW [BOL] and will decrease to 8 KW in 13 27438years when it is expected to be finished. 27441Carries 12 C- and five Ku-band transponders. 27441It is a replacement for Express-A01. 27445Galaxy IIIC contains 24 C-band and 52 Ku-band 27445transponders that are expected to work for 2744515 years [or more]. The launch platform was 27445located on the equator at 206 degrees E. 27453satellite will be run through tests for about 2745345 days. It is a 'morning' satellite as it 27453crosses the equator at about 1000 hours in 27453the time zone it is crossing. 27454vehicles. It docked with the Zvezda module at 274540623 GMT on 29 June after carrying out tests 27454of the Kurs rendezvous system the previous 27454day. Undocked from Zvezda at 1358 GMT on 24 27454Sep and remained in orbit to take imagery of 27454Earth. It had a controlled deorbit on 18 Oct. 27457Nucleus Tour. Mission was to take images and 27457comparative spectral maps of at least 3 comet 27457nuclei. Lead is Cornell University. It was to 27457remain in Earth orbit until 15 August 2002 27457and then was to fire it's engine and start 27457it's comet chasing tour around the Sun. It 27457was to encounter 2P/Encke on 12 Nov 2003 and 27457comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 on 19 June 274572006. Earth swingby maneuvers are planned for 27457Aug 2003, Aug 2004, Feb 2005 and Feb 2006. 27457The Star 30BP motor was fired at 0849 GMT on 2745715 August. Since then, the CONTOUR mission 27457has not been heard from. Three pieces were 27457seen to leave Earth Orbit. They are expected 27457to return about 16 Aug 2003 and may crash 27457into our own little planet. 27460internet and video communications. Colocated 27460with Telecom 2C at 355 degrees East. 27461communications. It will be placed at 136 27461degrees East. 27464orbit and inclination. Mission is believed to 27464be a Strela-3 communications satellite for 27464the military. It would be a store-forward 27464system and can cover the entire planet. 27465orbit and inclination. Mission is believed to 27465be a Strela-3 communications satellite for 27465the military. It would be a store-forward 27465system and can cover the entire planet. 27470similar to Cosmos 2344 launched back in June 274701997. While the site, booster and inclination 27470match, the apogee is lower by about 950 km & 27470the perigee is higher by about 50 km. This 27470could indicate a modification of the mission 27470profile or that one had some problems with 27470reaching the proper orbit. 27499placed at 13 degrees East to expand EutelSats 27499radio and TV broadcasting to Europe, North 27499Africa and the Middle East. This was the 27499first launch of the new Atlas-5 booster. 27501has Ku-band transponders and will serve the 2750150 United States and Puerto Rico. The USSC 27501reserved SSC numbers 27502 and 27503 for the 275013rd stage and platform of the SL-12. Either 27501they never reached orbit or decayed before 27501they could be cataloged. This is similar to 27501the 'reserved' ssc numbers with the INTELSAT 27501903 launch. Object 27504 is the 4th stage and 27501has been renumbered 2002-039B vice D. 27508business network, internet and telephone 27508service. At 347.5 degrees East, it serves 27508Europe and the east coasts of the Americas. 27508Planned life was 15 years. However, in late 275082003 it started turning itself off and facing 27508away from Earth. Although it can be manually 27508corrected, it continues to cycle through the 27508bad actions. 27509will be joined by two more & provide weather 27509services for Europe for the next ten years. 27509It also carries the GEOSAR search and rescue 27509transponder. NASA lists the owner as the 27509European Organization for the Exploitation of 27509Meteorological Satellites [EUMETSAT]. This 27509organization is reported to have owned the 27509other METSATs [7] but were assigned ownership 27509to ESA. 27513to replace and enhance system capacity by the 27513end of 2003. It is planned for 64 degrees E. 27513With 72 C- and 22 Ku-band transponders, it 27513will have coverage of Europe, Asia, Australia 27513and Africa. It will replace IS-804, which 27513will be moved to 176 degrees East. 27515carries microgravity & technology experiments 27515that were recovered on 29 May 2003. Recovery 27515was planned for 22N 151E. It took place at 27515approximately 2123 GMT on the 29th at 22.5N & 27515151.5E near Japan's Ogasawara Islands. The 27515SEM Service Module remained in orbit and was 27515cataloged as SSC 27815. By late June US Space 27515Command had made some major changes. The 27515Service Module [SEM] was assigned SSC number 2751527515 and the Reentry Module [REM] was given 27515SSC number 27815. Both have a decay date of 2751529 May 2003. More to follow - I am sure. 27516the USA TDRS satellites and will be used for 27516data relay and intersatellite communications. 27525it was launched on the Indian PSLV booster 27525with an upgraded 4th stage. Probably because 27525this was a 'new' launch vehicle, USSC was not 27525able to locate it for nearly two days. 27528several weeks for the satellite to settle 27528into it's geo-slot at 330 degrees East. It 27528will offer services to the Americas, Europe, 27528North Africa and the Middle East. 27531Zvezda at 1700 GMT on 29 September 2002. 27534Nadezhda-M. Nadezhda 07 is from NASA. This 27534satellite will be used to help calibrate 27534navigation systems on Earth. It also carries 27534the COSPAS-SARSAT transponder for the 27534international search and rescue network. 27537Docked with the ISS at 1517 GMT on 9 October. 27537The hatch was opened at 1650 GMT. After three 27537spacewalks the shuttle undocked at 1313 GMT 27537on 16 Oct. Landed Kennedy at 1543 GMT on 18 27537Oct 2002. 27540branch of astrophysics that seeks to unravel 27540the secrets of the highest energy phenomena 27540in the Universe. By combining data from the 4 27540instruments, it will be possible to make 27540simultaneous observations of high-energy 27540phenomena at seven orders of magnitude, from 27540visible light to gamma rays. 27550is superior in technology to the previous one 27550that was launched in September 2000. 27552'Lifeboat' that was launched on 25 April 2002 27552and was at the end of it's 'use by' period. 27552This advanced/upgraded Soyuz should be good 27552as a crew rescue vehicle until April/May 2003 27552when it is exchanged. Docked to the ISS on 1 27552November 2002 at 0501 GMT. Undocked with the 27552ISS Expedition 6 crew at 1043 GMT on 3 May & 27552landed at 0219 GMT the following day. There 27552were some minor problems in the descent in 27552that the recovery was off course, and it took 27552a couple of hours to find the astronauts. 27554is reported to be for the Asian market. It 27554was launched on the first Delta 4 booster, 27554referred to as a Delta 4M+(4,2). 27556and retrieved the Expedition 5 crew. The 27556other main activity was bringing up and 27556installing the P1 Truss. Docking with the ISS 27556took place at 2159 GMT on 25 November. Three 27556two-man space walks were needed to install 27556the P1 truss and get the train working. The 27556shuttle undocked from ISS at 2005 GMT on 2 27556Dec. Due to bad weather on both the East and 27556Left coast landing sites, they were delayed 27556three days. The shuttle touched down on KSC 27556runway 33 at 1937 GMT on 7 December 2002. 27557left the ASTRA 1K payload in a useless orbit. 27557Using its onboard motors the orbit has been 27557raised, but will only keep the satellite up 27557for a short time. Probably long enough for 27557the controllers to bring it down in a safe 27557area like the South Pacific. 27559imagery assistance to rescuers following 27559natural or man-made disasters. The satellite 27559carries a 32 meter resolution imager. Surrey 27559Satellite built the satellite for the Centre 27559National des Techniques Spatiales of Algiers. 27560to the Zeya and Radio-ROSTO satellites. The 27560payload was student built at the Mozhaisky 27560military academy in St. Petersburg. 27561body. Other sources say there is a third 27561payload on this launch called RUBIN-3-DSI. It 27561measures the launch vehicle's performance and 27561environment. This 45 kg payload is probably 27561attached to the rocket body. 27562GMT on 2 December. The two USA DoD PICOSATS 27562are joined by a 15.25 meter non-conducting 27562tether. It will exercise the on-board 27562MicroElectroMechanical System [MEMS] inertial 27562measurement system. The satellite name seems 27562to come from MEms-based PicoSat Inspector. 27566TDRS communications satellites. NASA should 27566be in good shape for the next ten years with 27566this satellite in place. 27597payload SeaWinds. It will augment long term 27597ocean wind studies. 27598launched by the Japanese. It is intended to 27598bring internet services to remote parts of 27598Australia. 27599be used to track whales with attached special 27599transmitters. 27600it also tested the separation mechanism for 27600the Selene Moon probe subsatellites. 27603degrees East. It will service areas from 27603India through China plus Australia. 27605Gavazzi Space organization. 27608University of Roma/La Sapienza. 27609mockup of the transorbital Trailblazer lunar 27609probe payload. 27617number of glonass satellites in the system. 27630the Chinese manned platform. Their Taikonauts 27630are expected to launch in the second half of 276302003 in the fifth launch. Apparent success. 27632weeks for checkout and then serve Northern 27632North America for at least 12 years. 27634was launched with the 'dummies' aboard. When 27634the recovery capsule was deorbited, this part 27634remained in orbit with some functioning 27634experiments aboard. 27640Navy Windsat polarimetric radiometer studies 27640the strength and direction of ocean surface 27640winds. 27642satellite. It is designed to look at the ice 27642sheets at the poles and log the changes in 27642the elevation during the three year mission. 27643called the Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma 27643spectrometer satellite. While ICESAT will be 27643looking at the Earth, CHIPSat will look at 27643the stars. 27647almost 16 day mission. The crew included the 27647first Israeli astronaut. At 1315 GMT on 1 27647February the breaking rockets were fired. 27647Initial reports seem to indicate that some 27647objects started to come off the shuttle when 27647it was over California, and by the time it 27647was over Texas at about 1400 it disintegrated 27647killing all seven astronauts. 2765112,000 meters, 161 km east of the Canaveral 27651AFS when it released the Pegasus XL booster. 27651The SOlar Radiation and Climate Experiment 27651carries four instruments to better determine 27651the effect of the Sun's radiation on the 27651Earth's atmosphere and climate. It will have 27651five years to complete the mission. 27663configuration. 27664about 16 hours after launch. It then flew 27664around the the booster and sent pictures back 27664to Earth. It has a lightweight propulsion 27664system, Guidance and Navigation, miniaturized 27664communications system and an integrated 27664camera and star sensor. Its mission was 27664completed in 24 hours. 27681took place at 1449 GMT on 4 February 2003. It 27681stayed attached to the ISS through August 27 27681to help with the station's attitude control. 27681It was destructively deorbited over the south 27681Pacific on 28 August 2003. 27683be operational in March 2003. It has 76 C- & 2768322 Ku-band transponders that will offer 27683Telephone, corporate networks, internet, 27683video and hybrid/terrestrial solutions to 27683customers in Western Europe & Western Africa 27683with their Ku-bands, plus access to Europe, 27683Africa and the Americas with the C-bands. 27698spy satellites that will be used to view the 27698situations in the Asian area. This one of 27698two launched (see also 27699) will deliver 27698conventional photographic imagery while the 27698other will have radar imaging capabilities. 27698North Korea is supposedly upset with this 27698launch, and threatens to launch its own spy 27698satellites. 27699spy satellites that will be used to view the 27699situations in the Asian area. This is the, 27699reportedly, radar version of the two launched 27699(see also 27698) & will deliver radar images. 27699North Korea is supposedly upset with this 27699launch, and threatens to launch its own spy 27699satellites. 277041990 that is nearing the end of its life. 27707and military communications in the northern 27707latitudes. 27711fourth of the Milstar II satellites. It has 27711both low and medium data rate payloads. 27714communications, weather and search-and-rescue 27714payloads. The primary payload is to provide 27714telecommunications and TV services for the 27714Indian subcontinent. 27715will provide communications links between the 27715continental US, Hawaii and Alaska with its 24 27715C-band transponders. 27718band transponders. It will provide direct TV 27718services to east Asia and Australia. 27775called 'Conglomerate' by the USAF. That name, 27775even though it may have no real meaning, has 27775been included for those who like the obscure. 27775It is believed to be a 71Kh6 US-KMO satellite 27775built by NPO Lavochkin. 27781crew which replaced the current 3 man crew. 27781Docked to the ISS Zarya module at 0556 GMT on 2778128 April 2003. The hatches were opened at 277810727 GMT. Undocked with Yuriy Malenchenko, Ed 27781Lu & Pedro Duque at 2317 GMT on 27 Oct 2003. 27781They landed near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan the next 27781day at 0241 GMT. 27783called Small Explorer or the Galaxy Evolution 27783Explorer. The GALEX will make images in UV of 27783the entire Galaxy. 27807band transponders. It also has a Solar X-ray 27807spectrometer and an ionospheric beacon 27807experiment. 27811This is a planned communications satellite to 27811transmit coverage of the 2004 Athens Olympic 27811Games worldwide. It will also be a main 27811channel for communications between Greeks 27811abroad and both Greece and Cyprus. 27813the Chinese. The other two were launched in 278132000, and have been stable at 80.5 and 140.1 27813degrees East. Both now seem to be moving west 27813to make room for this new unit. The Chinese, 27813like the Russians and Europeans, do not want 27813to be dependant on the US GPS system. This 27813system could be beneficial to guided weapons 27813improvements like cruise missiles. However, 27813the help would only be in the Asian area. 27818This is a Parus-class navigation satellite. 27820band transponders. It will be located at 275 27820degrees East, pending FCC approval, & support 27820communications in North America. 27823and docked to the ISS on Wednesday, 11 June 27823at 1115 GMT. There are now [June 2003] three 27823spacecraft attached to ISS. Progress-M 47, 27823Soyuz TMA-02, and Progress-M1 10. Progress-M 2782347 will remain attached to the ISS through 27823the Fall of 2003. M1-10 undocked from the ISS 27823on 4 Sept 2003 and has been on an Earth 27823observation mission. Deorbit was started on 3 27823October and was destructively sent into the 27823south Pacific around 1205 GMT. 27825the Zenit 3SL placed this L-band mobile phone 27825satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit 27830Coropration will support other similar P/Ls 27830in the 95-96 degree East orbit position. 27831has an Australian Department of Defence P/L 27831aboard. 27834of the country. 27838meter panchromatic & 3.0 meter multispectral 27838images. The L-1011 launched the Pegasus from 27838about 100 km SW of Vandenberg AFB. The 370 27838kg weight probably includes about 50 kg of 27838hydrazine for orbital maneuvers. 27840rocket body. Attached is the Monitor-E mockup 27840and the first cataloged payload. 27841operated by the Astronomical Institute of the 27841Czech Academy of Sciences. It carries an 27841accelerometer to study atmospheric density. 27842lowering the satellites orbit. 27843of STars experiment. It has a 0.15m telescope 27843that will make photometric observations of 27843stars down to mag 6. 27845ELF emissions from seismic activity. 27846Earth observations. 27852Martin, was successfully launched on the 27852Lockheed Martin Atlas V (521). It is expected 27852to be able to deliver up to 468 TV channels. 27852The satellite will be checked out for three 27852months and then go into competition with Dish 27852network and DirecTV. 27854to be EchoStar-09 & only carry Ka- & Ku-band 27854transpondeers in support of the DISH direct 27854broadcast TV network. Space Systems Loral 27854built the satellite with additional C-band 27854transponders and dubbed that portion TelStar 2785413 which will provide cable TV service for 27854North and Central America, Alaska, Hawaii and 27854Puerto Rico. 27856mission based on altitude. This would make it 27856the seventh 'Don' class mission. An alternate 27856possibility would be a 4th Generation film 27856return mission. A trick that both the USA and 27856the Russians use is to make minor changes in 27856mission profiles to confuse the other side's 27856analysts. 27858spectrometer to study the chemestry of the 27858troposphere and stratosphere. Its MAESTRO 27858instrument will study the ozone and aerosol 27858levels in the atmosphere. 278682391 back on 8 July 2002. This is also 27868believed to be a Strela-3 store-dump military 27868communications satellite. 278692391 back on 8 July 2002. This is also 27869believed to be a Strela-3 store-dump military 27869communications satellite. 27871off on its 2.5-5 year mission. This is the 27871last of NASA's Great Observatories and is 27871designed to use its IR detectors to pierce 27871the dusty darkness enshrouding brown dwarfs, 27871planet-forming debris discs around stars and 27871galaxies billions of light years away. SIRTF 27871has a 0.85 meter IR telescope with a liquid- 27871helium cooled focal plane carrying the IRAC, 27871IRS and MIPS instruments. In December 2003 it 27871was renamed the Spitzer Space Telescope for 27871Dr. Lyman Spitzer, Jr. who was at the front 27871of astronomy in the 20th century. 27873about 500 kg of the supplies for the ISS. It 27873docked to the ISS at 0341 GMT on 31 August. 27873It undocked at 0836 GMT on 28 January 2004 27873and deorbited over the Pacific at 1311 GMT. 27939This is a test bed for hardware that may be 27939used in the future Glonass navigation 27939satellites. It was built by students in the 27939Mozhaisk Military Space Academy. 27940stage to measure the launch enviroment and 27940transmit that data back to the control center 27940via the Orbcomm communications satellites. 27941of the disaster monitoring constellation. 27944satellite 27945known as Korea Advanced Institute of Science 27945and Technology SATellite, is a technology 27945demonstration system that is to test new 27945satellite systems. It also has five science 27945experiments provided by an international 27945team of researchers. 27948will be used for data transmission in Europe. 27949Research in Technology' satellite. It is the 27949first robotic mission by ESA to go to the 27949Moon. Using it's ION engine, it will take 16 27949months to reach the Moon. The ion engine was 27949turned off on 30 January 2004 for payload 27949commissioning. At that time the orbit was 2794959,491 X 14,312 km. It reached the Moon's 27949gravity in November 2004. It will continue to 27949adjust its orbit and start its scientific 27949studies of the surface in January 2005. One 27949task is to look for signs of water/ice. The 27949data was still being reviewed as the mission 27949was terminated with a planned crash into the 27949Moon at 0542 GMT on 3 September 2006. 27951will provide a full range of communications 27951services to the Indian sub-continent. It has 2795124 C-band & 12 extended C-band transponders. 27954platform located at 0 North and 206 degrees 27954East. The C-band payload is owned by Panamsat 27954while the HORIZONS-1 payload is jointly owned 27954by Panamsat and the Japanese JSAT corporation 27954[Ku-Band transponders]. 28051carries three cameras for remote sensing with 28051the highest resolution being six meters. This 28051would allow it to ID bridges and airfield 28051facilities if it was a spy satellite. 28052Alexandr Kaleri were joined by the Spanish 28052astronaut Pedro Duque. The latter returned 28052with the expedition 7 crew October 28. Docked 28052with the Pirs module at 0716 GMT on 20 Oct. 280522003. Undocked with the expedition 8 crew and 28052Dutch cosmonaut Andre Kuipers at 2052 GMT on 2805229 April 2004 and landed near 50N 67E at 0012 28052GMT on 30 April 2004. 2805418 October. The previous plan was for this to 28054launch in 1999. There are four of this series 28054still in storage for future launches. 28057to be operated, first by China [18 months], 28057and then by Brazil. There are to be two more 28057of these missions in the future. 28058satellite 28060Verification of Integrated System satellite. 28060It is to qualify a variety of spacecraft 28060components such as navigation, computer, star 28060tracker, batteries and a laser gyro. Its 28060overall purpose is to improve the reliability 28060of Japanese satellites. 28078to the payload. It has been assigned the name 28078of FSW [Fanhui Shi Weixing]. It has been 28078called Jianbin-4 [JB-4 or Pathfinder-4] by 28078some. It is an Earth Resources mission that 28078probably has some military spy imagery 28078capabilities. 28082the location of this satellite. It's reported 28082that this is probably part of the Feng Huo 28082military communications system. 28089Russian Gazcom company. It has 28 C- and 16 28089Ku-band transponders and is expected to be 28089located at 49 degrees East. Initially, it was 28089called CONGLOMERATE in the NASA reports, the 28089same name initially used for Cosmos 2397. 28089Names have been YAMAL A (CIS), then YAMAL 202 28089for India, then YAMAL A for the CIS. 28094Russian Gazcom company. It has 28 C- and 16 28094Ku-band transponders and is expected to be 28094located at 90 degrees East. NASA refered to 28094it as OBJECT B in the first few reports. 28094Names have been YAMAL B (CIS), then YAMAL 201 28094for India, then YAMAL B for the CIS. 28098satellite was a 'Dummy Load', called GVM for 28098the Russian phrase meaning 'Mass and Scale 28098Model'. 28112that includes one of the modified versions. 28112The three payloads will fill Plane 1, Slots 281121, 2 and 4. 28113that includes one of the modified versions. 28113The three payloads will fill Plane 1, Slots 281131, 2 and 4. 28114that includes one of the modified versions. 28114The three payloads will fill Plane 1, Slots 281141, 2 and 4. 28129older unit that requires the controllers to 28129"manually" move the solar panels. 28132as a Central European REgional Satellite. 28134PM and Alcatel Space for GPKS. 28137launched from 206 degrees East on the equator 28137and will be finally located at 297 degrees E. 28137The 41 Ku-band transponders will support 28137communications in Brazil, N & S America, and 28137the Atlantic. This first launch of 2004 has 28137a lower SSC number than the last launch of 281372003. As of late January, controllers were 28137unable to unfold on of the solar arrays. They 28137intend to start operations with only 17 of 28137the transponders. 28140Aboard are five ESA sensors that were tested 28140in China prior to launch. This satellite is 28140traversing at a 28-29 degree inclination. 28142the expedition eight crew. It docked to the 28142Zvezda module at 1313 GMT on 31 January 2004. 28154system with 24 transponders. It will be put 28154at 225 degrees East and replace SATCOM C-4. 28154This HD Prime system is expected to deliver 28154full service in early May 2004. 28163military exercise Bezopasnost'. It was called 28163a Molniya & then Oko early warning satellite. 28163The Russian Space Forces have renamed this a 28163a Molniya satellite. NASA called this Cosmos 281632405 through mid-June 2004 but also called 28163ssc 28352 Cosmos 2406. Molniya 1-91 had this 28163same problem. 28184to beam music and video to portable palm-size 28184terminals in Japan and South Korea. Life at 28184144 degrees East is an expected 12 years. 28187provide distance learning, internet access 28187and telemedicine access for users in Africa. 28187Communications with Europe and the Middle 28187East are also part of the package. 28194was listed as 2406 by the Russians. The 28194mission is almost certainly communications 28194rather than missile warning. The Russian 28194Space Forces have now renamed this satellite 28194Raduga-1 07. 28218named A2 when operational. Its 24 Ku- & 4 Ka- 28218band transponders. It will be placed at 158 28218degrees East where it will broadcast HDTV and 28218business comms across the Pacific area. 28220capability for land resource mapping. 28221technology experiments. 28228along with the Dutch cosmonaut Andre Kuipers. 28228Docked to the Zarya module at 0501 GMT on 21 28228April 2004. Undocked with the Expedition nine 28228crew and the Russian Yuri Shargin, that came 28228up on the Soyuz TMA-5 ship, at 2108 GMT on 2822823 Oct 2004. They landed near Arkalyk at 0036 28228GMT the next day. 28230the 1950s. Orbiting Earth, it will test 28230Einstein's theory that space is curved and 28230that as the Earth rotates, it drags space and 28230time around with it. 28234the French Alcatel Company. On 29 March 2006 28234it was hit by an object that destroyed it's 28234cooling system. It is a total loss and will 28234be placed in a graveyard orbit. 28238commercial satellite into orbit. As the 2nd 28238DirecTV spot bean satellite, it will give the 28238capacity to expand local channel coverage to 2823841 additional markets. 28252states, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. It 28252will be placed at 229 degrees East & replace 28252SATCOM C-3. It will broadcast on 24 C-band HD 28252TV transponders. The satellite was launched 28252on the second last Atlas IIAS booster. 28254Taurus XL booster. The payload has both a 28254black&white imager with 2-meter resolution, 28254and a color imager with 8-meter resolution. 28254It carries 50 kg of hydrazine for maneuvering 28254and raising its orbit. The final orbit is 28254expected to be nearly 900 km. 28261and other supplies. Water was down to two 28261months with 1 month having to be left on the 28261station if it had to be abandoned. Docking 28261was at 1355 GMT on 27 May to the Zvezda's aft 28261port. It undocked from the ISS at 0605 GMT on 2826131 July 2004. 28280has listed this as Cosmos 2409 rather than 28280the next sequential number of 2407. 28350and decayed on 20 Mar 2004. It will support 28350Russian Navy electronic intelligence 28350collection. Because COSMOS 2405 and 2406 have 28350been renamed and are not part of the COSMOS 28350series, this satellite should be COSMOS 2405. 283522369 launched on 3 Feb 2000. 28358customers in August 2004 from 359 degrees E. 28358It has a total of up to 70 C-band and 36 Ku- 28358band 36 MHz equivalent unit transponders. It 28358will offer enhanced European, African and 28358Middle Eastern premium coverage and broad 28358coverage over Asia and the Americas. 28361as a replacement for USA 85. It should become 28361operational in July 2004. USA 85 exceeded 28361its planned life and now will be kept in the 28361F plane as a backup. 28364called Telstar 18. APT Satellite will control 28364the part called APTStar 5. It appears that 28364it will be primarily a US project, making the 28364primary name Telstar 18. 28366SpaceQuest/Aprize of Argentina. 28367container with human ashes attached. The 28367Celestis web site does not list this as one 28367of their payloads. Researching. 28368payloads. 28372SpaceQuest/Aprize of Argentina. 28376Earth Observation Series (EOS). It carries 4 28376instruments to help in the analysis of the 28376Earth we live on: HIRDLS, MLS, OMI and TES. 28376The three key questions it will answer are: 28376is the ozone layer recovering; what controls 28376air quality; and is Earth's climate changing. 28378and digital communications across North 28378America. It carries 100 C-, Ka- and Ku-band 28378transponders. 28382Aboard are five ESA sensors that were tested 28382in China prior to launch. This satellite is 28382traversing Earth at a 90 degree inclination 28382vice the 29 degree inclination of Tan Ce-1. 28393The satellite is listed by NASA as belonging 28393to the CIS but it is built by Astrium for 28393the Spanish company Hispasat. It will be 28393operated by the Brazilian subsidiary Hispamar 28393and may, in time, be listed as belonging to 28393Brazil. It carries C- & Ku-band transponders 28393and will support communications in the 28393Americas. 28396that should remain in orbit until January 283962005. The last Russian imagery mission was 28396Cosmos 2399 that deorbited 9 December 2003. 28396This was reported to be an improved Kobal't 28396mission and expected to perform for another 283963-4 months. The two objects ejected on 8 Jan 283962005 are thought to be unused film cannisters 28396from this advanced system. 28399module at 0501 GMT on 14 August 2004. It was 28399undocked at 1934 GMT on 22 December 2004 and 28399was deorbited over the South Pacific at 2232 28399GMT the same day. 28402type imagery system that is used for Earth 28402resource imagery and military work. This 28402launch is into one of the highest apogee 28402orbit of any previous FSW mission. The launch 28402vehicle was initially reported by NASA as a 28402CHSL-6 [Chinese version of a Russian SL-6?]. 28413were launched on the same booster. 28414were launched on the same booster. 28417This satellite is dedicated exclusively to 28417educational services. It will operated from 28417its designated orbital slot at 74 degrees E. 28417It will be co-located with Kalpana-1 and 28417INSAT-3C. It carries six C-band and 6 Ku-band 28417transponders. 28419store/foreward communications system. It is 28419in a similar orbit to Cosmos 2390/2391 and 28419Cosmos 2400/2401. 28420store/foreward communications system. It is 28420in a similar orbit to Cosmos 2390/2391 and 28420Cosmos 2400/2401. 28424satellite in what has been reported as an 28424Earth Resources mission. The altitude does 28424not indicate that. This is probably a 'Spy' 28424mission of high resolution. 28444the PIRS module at 0416 GMT on 16 October 04. 28444The crew undocked the Soyuz spacecraft at 284440932 GMT on 29 November 2004 from the Pirs 28444module and redocked 19 minutes later at the 28444Zarya module. Final undocking took place at 284441844 GMT on 24 April 2005. The deorbit burn 28444was initiated at 2117 GMT with the landing in 28444Kazakhstan [85 km N of Arkalyk] at 2208 GMT. 28446program. It will serve the DISH TV network. 28446It has 12 Ka-band spot beams and 24 Ku-band 28446transponders. It will be located at 255 28446degrees East. 28451type. The first was destroyed in a ground 28451fire ten years ago. 28454One of two tiny [0.1 meter] satellites from 28454Micro Labsat. They are the Remote Inspection 28454Technology Experiments [RITE]. This one was 28454released at 0140 GMT on 14 March 2003. 28455Micro Labsat. They are the Remote Inspection 28455Technology Experiments [RITE]. This one was 28455released at 0150 GMT on 14 March 2003. 28463and is reported to have L- C- and Ku-band 28463transponders. 28470called an Earth resources satellite. With a 284703 meter or better resolution, it probably has 28470a military role in addition to the implied 28470civilian mission. 28472degrees East. It carries 24 Ku-band 36 MHz 28472transponders along with 12 Ka-band 125 MHz 28472transponders. 28479satellite by NASA. Johnathan McDowell calls 28479it Shiyan-2. It is believed to be an imagery 28479type satellite. Possibly for both military & 28479civilian usage. 28485a near circular 600 km orbit. With a search 28485telescope to warn the main sensors of a Gamma 28485Ray burst, the satellite will then search 28485that area of the sky to capture the data in 28485the few seconds that the data is available. 28492built in France. 28493experiments for the Spanish. 28494intelligence satellites. 28495intelligence satellites. 28496intelligence satellites. 28497intelligence satellites. 28498formation. 28500early Jan 2005 it was called 'DELTA IV DEMO 28500SPACECRAFT'. 28503crew had depleted the food supply faster than 28503usual], supplies and Christmas presents. It 28503docked with the Zvezda module at 2358 GMT on 28503Christmas day. It departed the ISS at 1606 28503GMT on 27 Feb 2005. It remained in orbit 28503conducting new types of orientation tests for 28503ten days. 28505listed as a Ukrainian payload, NASA now calls 28505it the property of the CIS. The planned orbit 28505was a 650 km circular orbit. The 3rd stage 28505failed to achieve that orbit. This payload 28505is reported to have an onboard motor that can 28505boost it to the planned orbit. 28507an Imagery test payload. Initially called the 28507property of the Ukraine, it is listed as a 28507CIS object in early 2005. The planned orbit 28507was a 650 km circular orbit. The 3rd stage 28507failed to achieve that orbit. This payload 28507is not reported to have an onboard motor that 28507can boost it to the planned orbit. 28508It was initially listed as 'OBJECT A'. 28509It was initially listed as 'OBJECT B'. 28510It was initially listed as 'OBJECT C'. 28521apparently ended up in a slightly lower orbit 28521than usual by about 40 km. Further evaluation 28521indicates that this lower altitude was due to 28521a heavier fairing and the extra payload. 28523radiation. It was built to celebrate the 28523250th anniv. of Moskovskiy Gosudarstvenniy 28523Universitet. 28526payload testing at 292.5 degrees East. Some 28526time in April 2005 it will be ready for duty 28526with it's 33 C-band transponders. Eighteen of 28526transponders have been purchased by Star One 28526of Brazil. This satellite will support data 28526services and digital video to N & S America 28526plus Europe and Africa. It replaces SATCOM C1 28526[SSC 20945] which had exceed its design life. 28542This satellite is owned by Hisdesat/XTAR of 28542Spain. It is for military use but it is 28542reported that 8 of the X-band transponders 28542will be leased to commercial users. 28544of fluids in space. It carries 33.5 liters of 28544water and was developed by the Netherlands 28544Aerospace Laboratory. 28545stage. It studied the actions of the Ariane 285455ECA during the launch. 28547satellite from the ISS was given the Progress 28547international number. The 'launching' took 28547place during a spacewalk at 0830 GMT on 28 28547March 2005. It is a German experiment to test 28547orbital control and communications systems 28547for small satellites. 28622This is a multi-purpose satellite. It carries 28622L-band and GPS transponders for its air 28622traffic control mission and it also has a 28622meteorological capability. It will be placed 28622at 140 degrees East and is expected to last 28622for 10 years. It will replace Himawari 5 [AKA 28622GMS 5] [SSC 23522]. The area of coverage is 28622from Alaska/Hawaii to Australia to Siberia.` 28624equipment, movies, CDs personal items & fuel. 28624Also included were 50 snails for biological 28624experiments - not dinner. It docked to the 28624Zvezda module at 2010 GMT on 2 Mar 2005. It 28624undocked at 2016 GMT on 15 June 2005 and was 28624directed to a self-destructive deorbit over 28624the south Pacific Ocean at 2357 GMT. 28626early because the solar panels on XM-1 and -2 28626had problems. Launch took place from the Sea 28626Launch platform at 206 degrees East on the 28626equator. The operational location will be at 28626275 degrees East. 28628internet access. To cover the world with 28628samples and messages (and Spam?), 28629Company. Built by Alcatel Space. Service life 28629is planned for 12 years. It will be placed at 2862980 degrees East. 28638It is reported to carry 28-38 C- and 12-16 28638Ku-band transponders. It is expected to be 28638placed into 68, 80 or 92 degree geostationary 28638location. 28640[ESA] visiting crew member who will return 28640with the ISS-10 crew. They docked with the 28640ISS at 0019 GMT on 17 April 2005. Undocked 28640from the Pirs module at 1038 GMT on 19 July 286402005 and redocked with the Zarya module at 286401108 GMT. They undocked with the US tourist 28640at 2149 GMT on 10 October 2005. Landing was 28640in north-central Kazakhstan at 0109 GMT on 11 28640October. 28642a Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous 28642Technology. It was to have rendezvoused to 28642within 5 meters of the MUBLCOM satellite [SSC 2864225736]. It operated only on internal computer 28642commands - no ground commands. It made its 28642rendezvous about 0400 GMT on the 16th and, it 28642is now reported, bumped into the MUBLCOM 28642target rather than the first report that it 28642came within 100 meters. It then detected that 28642it was low on fuel and backed off from the 28642target and ended the mission prematurely. The 28642planned 24 hour mission was reduced to less 28642than half that time. 28644degrees East on the Eauator. Inclination was 28644perfect (0), the apogee was 34,132.4 km (high 28644by 4.4 km, the perigee was low by 0.01 km. 28644The four Spaceway Ka-band satellites planned 28644will allow DirecTV to deliver more than 1,500 28644local and national HD TV channels plus other 28644advanced programming services. This satellite 28644has 48 Ka-band transponders. Geostationary 28644location is planned for 257.2 degrees East. 28649Cartosat is a remote imaging satellite that 28649will sand bach images of the Earth. It is the 2864911th Indian remote imaging satellite. 28650two transponders, both of which use UHF and 28650VHF frequencies. 28654forecasting capabilities in addition to being 28654able to monitor the environment. It is also 28654the fourth of the Polar-orbiting Operational 28654Environmental Satellites (POES). 28659It will replace some of the capabilities of 28659the older DirecTV satellites at 259 degrees 28659East, giving coverage of Alaska, Hawaii and 28659the 'lower 48'. 28686experiments lost on 15 October 2002 when the 28686FOTON-M01 satellite failed to reach orbit. 28686The instruments account for about 660 kg of 28686total weight. The 'Favorite' [Fixed Alkaline 28686Vapor Oxygen Reclamation In-flight Technology 28686Experiment] technology demonstration is to 28686test new ways to generate oxygen from water 28686modules. It was landed in Kazakstan at 0736 28686GMT on 16 June 2005. Mission was a success. 28700craft docked to the Zvezda module at 0042 GMT 28700on 19 June 2005. Commander Krikalyov took 28700over manual control to dock the craft. At 287001026 GMT on 7 September 2005 it undocked and 28700was destructively deorbited into the Pacific 28700Ocean at about 1455 GMT the same day. 28702for the Americas, the Caribbean, Alaska and 28702Hawaii from its location at 271 degrees East. 28702This will be the first Intelsat satellite 28702that has a Ka-band capability. 28707East. It carries L-, C-, and Ku-band 28707transponders. 28737this series to launch from Jiuquan. The 28737satellite is not expected to be recovered. 28773that was lost in a launch failure in 2000. 28773Once it was launched, the name was changed 28773from Astro E2 to Suzaku. Suzaku means Red 28773Bird. The satellite carries five X-ray 28773telescopes. It has been reported that the XRS 28773instrument has ceased to operate. This was 28773the primary X-ray instrument aboard, and the 28773loss is considered significant. 28775days it docked to the ISS at 1118 GMT [28 28775July]. Along with the shuttle was the Italian 28775resupply module, Raffaello, on its third 28775mission. The Raffaello's weight at launch was 287758,240.1 kg. On the 30th, the first spacewalk 28775was performed in which the astronauts did a 28775practice repair of shuttle tiles. NASA did 28775report that large sections of foam flew off 28775the external tank. Some minor damage to the 28775reentry heat tiles has been reported. 28775It undocked at 0724 GMT on 6 Aug 2005. Due to 28775cloud cover over the Cape Canaveral runway 28775the mission was extended one day. At 1211 GMT 28775on 9 August, a successful landing took place 28775on runway 22, Edwards AFB, California. 28776'return science and technology' mission. Its 28776orbit indicates that it is an imagery mission 28776in the FSW series with possibly scientific 28776experiments on board. US Space Command lists 28776it as 'FSW-3 21' (14 August 2005). It was 28776reported that it had deorbited the payload on 2877628 August 2005. The main object did not come 28776down until October. 28786iPSTAR or Thaicom. It has a mission life of 2878612 years. It provides internet access and 28786broadband services to businesses and other 28786consumers with 84 spot beams, three shaped 28786beams and seven regional broadcast beams to 2878614 Asian Pacific countries. 28790This is part of Panamsat's domestic USA 28790satellite network. It was launched with more 28790propellant because the SL-04 Fregat put it in 28790a different orbit than an Ariane-5, the first 28790choice, would have. 28809Engineering Test Satellite carries a laser 28809communications experiment that will use ESA's 28809Artemis geostationary satellite for tests. 28810demonstration auroral imager. 28822satellite has a projected life span of five 28822years. ITAR-TASS reported that there was a 28822loss of communications with the satellite in 28822the first few hours, but was soon corrected. 28824imagery satellites. The series has a high 28824perigee (200 km) group that is followed by a 28824lower perigee (166 km) satellite. China has 28824reported that the 'capsule' was recovered on 2882416 September 2005. Space Command reported 28824the object as on orbit through early October. 28824Perhaps this object has multiple capsules and 28824the first capsule deorbited as claimed. 28841generation NRT system. 28866fuel, clothing, experiments and an oxygen 28866regeneration unit. It docked to the Zvezda 28866module at 1442 GMT on 10 September. Undocked 28866at 1006 GMT on 3 March 2006 and three hours 28866later the vehicle was commanded into a self- 28866destructive deorbit into the South Pacific. 288682000. Anik F1 has had solar panel power 28868problems. This unit has both C- and Ku-band 28868transponders. 28871It is a technology demonstrator whose 28871objective is to demonstrate rapid response, 28871short mission life, low Earth orbit space 28871technologies and gather information about the 28871low Earth orbit environment. Instruments 28871include an ion gauge and an atomic oxygen 28871sensor. 28874GPS IIR satellites. It has been listed by the 28874SatNews people as GPS IIR-14(M). It is to be 28874filling the Plane/Position C4 along with USA 28874091. It carries two new military signals and 28874a second civilian signal. 28877and Engineer plus a millionaire 'tourist' who 28877will actually have some scientific duties. 28877It docked with the ISS on 3 October at 0527 28877GMT. It undocked at 0846 GMT on 18 Nov 2005 & 28877redocked to the Zarya module at 0905 GMT. At 288770649 GMT on 20 March 2006 the crew undocked 28877from the ISS and redocked to the aft end of 28877the Zvezda module at 0711 GMT. Finally, it 28877Undocked at 2028 GMT on 8 April 2006. The 28877engines were fired at 2258 GMT and landed in 28877Kazakhstan at 2348 GMT with crew 12 and the 28877Brazilian cosmonaut. 28879were successfully launched on a five day 28879mission. The vehicle landed safely in Inner 28879Mongolia at 2032 GMT on 16 October 2005. 28883this section is left in orbit. In the past, 28883it has contained scientific experiments or 28883even imagery equipment. This makes it a 28883payload. 28884one will deliver HDTV to North America. It 28884also carries an L-band transponder as part of 28884the US Federal Aviation's Geostationary 28884Communications and Control Segment [GCCS] 28884program. It will relay GPS navigation data to 28884in-flight aircraft, providing very accurate 28884guidance to pilots at airports with no 28884precision landing capability. 28885French military. Limited information is 28885available. 28890This is part of the worldwide disaster and 28890earthquake monitoring. It has one camera 28890that is able to monitor areas 600 X 600 km. A 28890second camera will take pictures of a 24 km 28890wide strip with a four meter resolution. This 28890makes the system particularly useful in 28890assessing earthquakes and flooding in urban 28890areas. 28891meter black & white resolution capability. 28891The color resolution is five meters. 28892this communications nano-satellite. 28893reported to have a mission of communications 28893and monitoring natural disasters [and spy 28893imagery?]. 28894the next project, the European Student Earth 28894Orbiter planned for launch in 2008. It had 28894three small satellites that are reported to 28894have been ejected. NCUBE 2 of Norway has not 28894been heard from and some think it was not 28894ejected. By the end of the first week SSETI 28894was not responding - the batteries were not 28894charging. 28895University of Tokyo. It was ejected from the 28895SSETI Express satellite. It was reported as 28895operating as planned. 28896Probe and had been aboard the ISS until it 28896failed. During a spacewalk on 7 November 2005 28896it was removed from the ISS and 'thrown' 28896overboard. 28898second stage. Rubin had some technology 28898experiments and was planned to remain with 28898the rocket body. It is reported that the CIS 28898student built Mozhayets 5 satellite was not 28898ejected so the laser communications mission 28898was a failure. 28899speed mobile service in the Americas for 13 28899years. Asingle global beam covers about 1/3rd 28899of the Earth's surface. It also has 19 wide 28899spot beams and 228 narrow spot beams. Its 28899final location will be 307 degrees East. 28902This payload and the Spaceway-2 represent the 28902heaviest payload launched to date by an 28902Ariane 5. The satellite has 24 C-Band 28902transponders with a 15 year planned life. It 28902will be stationed at 108 degrees East. 28903heaviest payload launched to date by an 28903Ariane 5. This Ka-Band system for DirecTV is 28903capable of delivering more than 1,500 HDTV 28903channels to consumers in North America. It 28903will be stationed at 260.8 degrees East. 28906parts, repair gear, life support & equipment 28906hardware. Also 880 kg of propellant, 83 kg of 28906oxygen, 210 kg of water & Christmas presents. 28906It docked to the Pirs docking compartment at 289061954 GMT on 23 December 2005. It undocked at 289061406 GMT on 19 June 2006. It reentered over 28906the South Pacific at 1741 GMT that same day. 28908communications satellite for the military. It 28908was called Rodnik by ITAR-TASS news agency. 28909messenger store-dump communication satellite. 28911for the Indians. It has 12 C- and 12 Ku-band 28911transponders that will provide coverage over 28911the Indian sub-continent. 28912declared operational. It will provide high 28912resolution imagery of Earth's weather 28912activity, as well as measurements of Earth's 28912radiation balance. 28915they consisted of one Uragan and two improved 28915Uragan-M. 28916they consisted of one Uragan and two improved 28916Uragan-M. 28917they consisted of one Uragan and two improved 28917Uragan-M. 28922the first test vehicle for the future Galileo 28922Navigation Satellite System. This is a follow 28922on system to the USA GPS and the CIS Glonass 28922systems. Glonass operates at 19,100 km and a 2892264.8 degree inclination. GPS operates at 2892220,100 km and 55 degrees. GIOVE is at 23,600 28922km and 56 degrees. 28924East. From this location, it will be able to 28924communicate between California, USA and 28924Bangladesh; and Alaska to Australia and New 28924Zealand. The 20 Ku-band transponders have 28924been tailored to the long haul airline routes 28924over the Pacific. The 18 C-band transponders 28924will be used by cable programmers, internet 28924service providers, governments, education 28924institutions and others. 28931Also called the Advanced Land Observing 28931Satellite (ALOS). It carries a Synthetic 28931Aperture Radar (SAR), a 2.5 m resolution 28931mapping camera and a 10 m resolution near-IR 28931radiometer. 28933up to the ISS on the Pirs Module in 2001. It 28933then had the radio equipment added that had 28933been brought up by the Progress-M 54 in Sept 289332005. The radio was to transmit and have 28933some questions for students worldwide. After 28933about two orbits it appeared that the battery 28933died due to the cold and the 'suit' ceased to 28933operate. It should decay in a few weeks. 28935HDTV and interactive TV plus international 28935coverage. The satellite is expected to have a 2893515 year life span. 28937relay between aircraft and air traffic 28937controllers, GPS augmentation navigation for 28937aircraft, and transmit the location of A/C to 28937air traffic control. It will also have a 28937weather capability with visual and IR imagers 28937on board. 28939that will be able to look in the near and far 28939IR ranges. The helium is expected to last for 28939about 1.5 years. It will then have to rely on 28939mechanical coolers which will allow limited 28939observations in the near IR range for up to 28939five years. 28940contains a solar sail made of aluminized 28940polymer film that deployed to a diameter of 28940about 10.7 meters. Now USSC says it is debris 28941several months and then be manually disposed. 28941It carries amateur radio equipment as a 28941training tool for the students at the Tokyo 28941Institute of Technology. Before it's disposal 28941it will deploy a 91.4 m electrically charged 28941tether for a deorbit test. 28943failure of the Briz-M upper stage to complete 28943its planned burn. The payload and the Briz-M 28943have been separated. Estimate is that the 28943payload may be able to reach its planned 28943position of 26 degrees East. It had 24 C- and 2894320 Ku-band transponders. New life=@2-3 years. 28943The final decision was to fire the apogee 28943engine at 0020 GMT on 24 March and cause the 28943payload to reenter over the South Pacific at 28943about 0207 GMT. 28945but it might include some civilian access. It 28945can give some NATO support on the X-band 28945transponders. Also has Ka-band transponders 28945and will be positioned at 330 degrees East. 28946band transponders. Life expectancy is 15 yrs. 28946Operational location is 13 degrees East. 28980but the real mission is to demonstrate the 28980full functionality of small objects. The 28980three will operate in trail that will enlarge 28980to 220 km. By 24 May the constellation was 28980complete. The mission was declared successful 28980and the system shut down on 30 June 2006. 28981but the real mission is to demonstrate the 28981full functionality of small objects. The 28981three will operate in trail that will enlarge 28981to 220 km. By 24 May the constellation was 28981complete. The mission was declared successful 28981and the system shut down on 30 June 2006. 28982but the real mission is to demonstrate the 28982full functionality of small objects. The 28982three will operate in trail that will enlarge 28982to 220 km. By 24 May the constellation was 28982complete. The mission was declared successful 28982and the system shut down on 30 June 2006. 28996Vinogradov, Engineer Jeffrey Williams and 28996Brazilian Marcos Pontes. Pontes will return 28996to Earth with crew 12 on 9 April. Docking was 28996accomplished to the Zarya port at 0419 GMT on 289961 April 2006. 29045platform located at 206 degrees East on the 29045Equator. It has S-, C- and Ku-band 29045transponders that will support businesses in 29045Asia for at least 12 years. 29047Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere 29047and Climate. The six satellites will study 29047the effects of atmosphere on GPS signals. 29048Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere 29048and Climate. The six satellites will study 29048the effects of atmosphere on GPS signals. 29049Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere 29049and Climate. The six satellites will study 29049the effects of atmosphere on GPS signals. 29050Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere 29050and Climate. The six satellites will study 29050the effects of atmosphere on GPS signals. 29051Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere 29051and Climate. The six satellites will study 29051the effects of atmosphere on GPS signals. 29052Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere 29052and Climate. The six satellites will study 29052the effects of atmosphere on GPS signals. 29055at 19.2 degrees East. The 32 Ku-band 29055transponders will be capable of transmitting 29055over 300 TV channels. 29057repair equipment and science gear. It also 29057carried 870 kg of propellant, 299.8 kg of 29057water and 46.7 kg of oxygen and air. It 29057docked to the ISS at 1741 GMT on 26 Apr 2006. 29057NASA listed this as Sphere 1. It undocked 29057from the ISS at 0028 GMT on 19 September 2006 29057and was destructively deorbited over the 29057South Pacific shortly thereafter. 29079as a distant Earth probe according to TASS. 29079It has a .7 m resolution capability. It can 29079remain in orbit for six years. 29092experiments, land and agriculture surveys and 29092disaster monitoring. 29107and aerosols. 29108Pathfinder Satellite Observations. Part of a 29108two satellite launch to study cloud and 29108aerosol formation, evolvement and interaction 29108for scientists who study Earth's water cycle. 29111mission. It will return some film cannisters 29111and then the final batch of exposed film and 29111the camera. 29155weather observatories. It will be placed at 29155270 degrees East for testing and was named 29155GOES-N before it was launched & checked out. 29155It will be in a storage orbit initially. 29157was launched by the submarine K-84 and is the 291572nd satellite placed in orbit from a 29157Submarine. 29162service to Mexico and the rest of North and 29162Latin America. 29163transponders for telecom and TV in the Asia- 29163Pacific region. It will replace Thaicom-3. 29228deliver pictures at one meter resolution. It 29228has advanced communications capability that 29228improves its response time. 29230satellite that will support communications to 29230users in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, 29230Turkmenistan and parts of Russia. It has 12 29230Ku-band transponders and a life of 12 years. 29230AFSPC lists this as a CIS owner. 29236transponders and an expected life of 15 yrs. 29245This Resupply satellite docked to the ISS at 292451625 GMT on 26 June. It was filled with 2,268 29245kg of propellant, oxygen, water, spare parts, 29245experiment hardware & life support equipment. 29247probably an EORSAT. 29251STS 121 docked to the ISS Destiny module at 292511452 GMT on 6 July 2006. The next day the 29251Leonardo Multi Purpose Logistic Module [MPLM] 29251was attached to the Unity module and the 292512,268 kg of supplies & equipment was unloaded 29251for the ISS crew. Undocking took place on 15 29251July 2006 at 1008 GMT. The landing at KSC was 29251at 1314 GMT on 17 July 2006. 29252complex near the city of Dombarovskiy. The 29252Genesis-1 spacecraft is a test of an 29252inflatable type of space station. This one 29252will inflate from 1.9 meters to 3.8 meters. 29260mission. 29268with a considerably improved high resolution 29268camera (1 meter). Color images will be on the 29268order of 4 meter resolution. The South Korean 29268imagery interpreters will now have a much 29268better view of what North Korea is doing. 29270built in Europe. The Solar panels will be 45 29270meters across. It will operate for 15 years 29270using 64 Ku-band transponders. This is three 29270times the capacity of previous Hot Birds. 29272service to Japan, the Asia-Pacific region and 29272Hawaii with 12 C- & 30 Ku-band transponders. 29272It is designed for at least a 15 year service 29272life. 29273will operate nine Super High Frequency [SHF] 29273and six Extremely High Frequency [EHF] 29273channels. They will allow the French military 29273and political authorities to communicate with 29273operating units deployed worldwide. It is to 29273be deployed at 355 degrees East. 29349The 24 Ku-band transponders are for civilian 29349use in the Asia-Pacific area. The 4 Ka-band 29349transponders and the 8 SHF channels will be 29349used by the military. It will be located at 29349113 degrees East and have a 15 year life. 29385take 215 kg of seeds into space and recover 29385them for planting. The Chinese have found 29385that seeds that have been flown in space are 29385more productive than those that have remained 29385on Earth. 29391Monday, 11 September 2006. This is the first 29391ISS assembly mission since late 2002. They 29391brought up the P3/P4 trusses that were 29391attached to the ISS during three spacewalks. 29391It undocked at 1250 GMT on 17 September and 29391some checks for safety, it landed at KSC at 293911021 GMT on 21 September. 29398expected to be placed at 98 degrees East. It 29398will probably replace ZX-22. It is planned 29398for an eight year life. 29400docked with the ISS at 0521 GMT on 19 Sept. 29402film return mission. 29479optical telescope and an X-ray telescope. It 29479replaces Solar-A that decayed 12 Sept 2005. 29480be this mission. It is called a payload here 29480to ensure knowledge of another payload. 29480HIT-SAT stands for Hokkaido Institute of 29480Technology. They built this cubesat. 29481be this mission. It is called a payload here 29481to ensure knowledge of another payload. 29481This is a government sponsored Solar Sail 29481experiment.