00002Satellite 1. Metal sphere. Transmitted for 21 00002days atmospheric density & temperature. 00002Object 57-ALPHA 2 renamed 57-001B in 1993. 00003Carried the dog Laika to test weightlessness 00003on living organisms. Not recovered. Payload 00003release failed. Called 57-BETA 1 now 57-002A. 000041st US satellite. Temperature, cosmic ray and 00004meteorite data transmitted for 111 days. Belt 00004of radiation starting at 965 km confirmed. 00004Object 58-ALPHA 1 renamed 58-001A in 1993. 00005Sent temperature & geodetic data till Mar 64. 00005Object 58-BETA 2 renamed 58-002B in 1993. 00006Cosmic ray, meteorite and temperature data. 00006Stored 2 hrs of data & dumped it in 5 sec to 00006ground station. Transmitted until 16 Jun 58. 00006Object 58-GAMMA 1 renamed 58-003A in 1993. 00008Studied Earth's upper atmosphere & radiation. 00008Object 58-DELTA 2 renamed 58-004B in 1993. 00009Mapped Project Argus radiation till 6 Oct 58. 00009Object 58-EPSILON 1 renamed 58-005A in 1993. 00010World's first communications satellite. Used 00010real-time & store-dump modes. Active 13 days. 00010Prime objective was to orbit Atlas missile, 00010not communications testing. 00010Object 58-ZETA 1 renamed 58-006A in 1993. 00011Satellite wobble degraded data. Worked for 18 00011days. Object 59-ALPHA 1 renamed 59-001A. 00013First Polar orbit. Test propulsion, guidance, 00013staging & comms. No telemetry possibly due to 00013antenna damage when Agena separated. First 00013launch of the then Top Secret CORONA project 00013to recover spy pictures from space. Lost due 00013to tumbling. It probably crashed near South 00013pole. Object 59-BETA 1 renamed 59-002A. 00014Capsule deorbited early during rev 17 and 00014landed in Arctic/Norway. Basis for novel Ice 00014Station Zebra. The 88 kg hemispherical 00014capsule had a working life support system. 00014Object 59-GAMMA 1 renamed 59-003A. 00015Study radio waves in ionosphere. Map Earth's 00015magnetic fields & cloud cover. 1st picture of 00015Earth. Transmitted until 6 Oct 59. 00015Object 59-DELTA 1 renamed 59-004A in 1993. 00018Similar to Discoverer 2 with working life 00018support system. Camera failed on revolution 1 00018but spin rocket failure caused retro-rocket 00018to accelerate capsule into higher orbit. It 00018decayed 11 Feb 61. Initially 59-EPSILON 1. 00019Capsule ejected on rev 17 but not recovered. 00019Camera failed on revolution 2. Retrorocket 00019malfunctioned. Initially 59-ZETA 1. 00020Transmitted radiation & micrometeoroid data 00020until 11 Dec 59. 00020Object 59-ETA 1 renamed 59-007A in 1993. 000211st spacecraft to pass behind the Moon and to 00021send back TV pictures of the Moon's far side. 00021Object 59-THETA 1 renamed 59-008A in 1993. 00022Transmitted Earth magnetic field and Solar 00022flare data until 24 Jul 61. 00022Object 59-IOTA 1 renamed 59-009A in 1993. 00024Poor stabilization - capsule not ejected. 00024Agena malfunction. Object was 59-KAPPA 1. 00025Bad orbit and camera failure. Capsule ejected 00025but overshot recovery area. No parachute. In 00025early launches managers wanted to cover the 00025window on the payload from view. Plan was to 00025use paper with ping pong balls to act as rip 00025chord. Tested on side of sports car traveling 00025145 KPH on Bayshore Freeway. Results: 1. idea 00025worked; 2. CHP can catch speeders at 145 KPH. 00027Solar orbit. Returned solar flare/wind data. 00027Object 60-ALPHA 1 renamed 60-001A 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. 00031First navigation satellite to help Polaris 00031submarines. Worked for three months. 00031Object 60-GAMMA 2 renamed 60-003B in 1993. 00032First mission where camera worked for all 17 00032revs due to change from acetate to polyester 00032based film. Capsule ejected on rev 17 but 00032recovery failed due to spin rocket failure. 00034Probable test flight for a Vostok mission. 00034Capsule ejected into higher orbit. (SSC 36) 00034Object 60-EPSILON 1 renamed 60-005A in 1993. 00034Possibly launched at 2400 on 14 May. 00036Capsule from Sputnik 4 that ejected upward. 00036Object 60-EPSILON 3 renamed 60-005C in 1993. 00036Possibly launched at 2400 on 14 May. 00043MIssile Defense Alarm System. IR sensors. Had 00043telemetry failure on orbit. 00043Object 60-ZETA 1 renamed 60-006A in 1993. 00045Navigation satellite for the US Navy. 00045Object 60-ETA 1 renamed 60-007A in 1993. 000461st sub-satellite. Transmit Solar radiation 00046data until Apr 61. 00046Object 60-ETA 2 renamed 60-007B in 1993. 00048Capsule ejected on rev 17 & capsule was not 00048hooked in the air by Capt Harold E. Mitchell 00048as planned. It was recovered from the sea by 00048recovery ship before it sank. 1st successful 00048recovery of object from space. This was a 00048diagnostic flight with no camera aboard. 0004930.48 meter inflated balloon - passive comms. 00049Object 60-IOTA 1 renamed 60-009A in 1993. 00054Capsule ejected on rev 17 and recovered in 00054air by C-119 piloted by Capt Harold Mitchell. 00054Capt Mitchell had been pulled from prime area 00054due to his failure in Discoverer 13 recovery. 00054First successful KH-1 mission. Photo coverage 00054of USSR more than all U-2 photo missions from 000544 July 1956 through 1 May 1960. Area coverage 000545,659,000 sq km versus 3,430,000 sq km [U-2]. 000552nd Vostok test. Carried dogs Belka & Strelka 00055who were recovered after 18 orbits. 00055Object 60-LAMBDA 1 renamed 60-011A in 1993. 00057Capsule apparently fell outside recovery area 00057and could not be recovered from rough seas. 00057Problem due to wrong reentry pitch attitude. 00058Replacement for SCORE satellite with solar & 00058battery power. Worked for 17 days. 00058Object 60-NU 1 renamed 60-013A in 1993. 00060Ionosphere Explorers 8, 20, 22 & 27 measured 00060electron distribution in space. 00060Object 60-XI 1 renamed 60-014A in 1993. 00061Film capsule air recovery on orbit 31. Camera 00061malfunction-no usable film. Was 60-OMICRON 1. 0006336,156 cloud pictures through 4 Dec 61. 00063Object 60-PI 1 renamed 60-016A in 1993. 00065Vostok test that failed. Dog killed. 00065Object 60-RHO 1 renamed 60-017A in 1993. 00067Film capsule air recovery on orbit 48. First 00067successful KH-2. Was 60-SIGMA 1. 00068IR experiments. 'Radiometric mission'. Object 0006860-TAU 1 renamed 60-019A. 00070Satellite And Missile Observation System. TV 00070pictures taped & returned to earth for 1 mo. 00070Object 61-ALPHA 1 renamed 61-001A in 1993. 00071Reportedly test flight for Sputnik 8. Orbital 00071insertion bad. 61-BETA 1 renamed 61-002A. 00077Launched Venera 1 from its parking orbit. Now 00077would be considered a platform, not payload. 00077Object 61-GAMMA 3 renamed 61-003C in 1993. 000801st Soviet planetary flight-Venus. Lost radio 00080contact 7,560,000 km from Earth. Was launched 00080from Sputnik 8's parking orbit. 00080Object 61-GAMMA 1 renamed 61-003A in 1993. 00081Air density Explorers 9, 19, 24, 25, 39 & 40 00081studied thin air action on satellite motion. 00081Object 61-DELTA 1 renamed 61-004A in 1993. 00083Programmer error. No film capsule ejected. 00083Camera also failed. Was 61-EPSILON 1. 00084IR experiments/No capsule - see SSC 68. Also 00084called 'Radiometric mission'. Was 61-ZETA 1. 000872nd stage & satellites failed to separate. 00087Object 61-ETA 1 renamed 61-007A in 1993. 00091Vostok test with dog Chernushka recovered. 00091Object 61-THETA 1 renamed 61-008A in 1993. 00095Vostok test with dog Zvezdochka recovered 00095after 1 orbit. Gagarin launch 18 days later. 00095Object 61-IOTA 1 renamed 61-009A in 1993. 00098Magnetic field data. 61-KAPPA 1 now 61-010A. 00100Film capsule ejection was in error like the 00100Discoverer 5 capsule sent into higher orbit. 00100Payload down 1 year & 8 days, capsule 37 days 00100later. But camera worked. Was 61-LAMBDA 1. 001031st manned spacecraft. Completed one orbit. 00103The word Vostok means "East". 00103Object 61-MU 1 renamed 61-012A in 1993. 00107Gamma ray counter sent data until 6 Dec 61. 00107Object 61-NU 1 renamed 61-013A in 1993. 00108Film capsule water recovery on orbit 33. Was 00108called 61-XI 1. 00110Failed to reach the Moon but did discover the 00110extent of Earth's radiation bands. 00110Object 58-ETA 1 renamed 58-007A in 1993. 00111Failed to reach the Moon but discovered the 00111Earth's second radiation belt. 00111Object 58-THETA 1 renamed 58-008A in 1993. 00112Missed Moon by 5,955 km. 1st craft to reach 00112the '2nd cosmic velocity' of 40,234 km/hr. 00112Object 59-MU 1 renamed 59-012A in 1993. 00113Passed Moon at 59,983 km. In solar orbit. 00113Object 59-NU 1 renamed 59-013A in 1993. 00114First spacecraft to reach another celestial 00114body. Carried pennants from Soviet Union. 00114Object 59-XI 1 renamed 59-014A in 1993. 00116US Navy navigation satellite. 00116Object 61-OMICRON 1 renamed 61-015A in 1993. 00116Objects cataloged as 1961-015 = 300. 203 up. 00117Failed to separate. Injun sent radiation data 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. 00160Film capsule recovered on orbit 33. Camera 00160failed on rev 22 so only partial success. 0016235,033 cloud pictures through 27 Feb 62. 00162Object 61-RHO 1 renamed 61-017A in 1993. 001631st MIDAS launch from WTR. Time operational=? 00163Object 61-SIGMA 1 renamed 61-018A in 1993. 00168Reason for jump from 1 to 17 revolutions was 00168desire for a suitable landing site in USSR. 00168Object 61-TAU 1 renamed 61-019A in 1993. 00170Radiation and Solar wind data till 6 Dec 61. 00170Object 61-UPSILON 1 renamed 61-020A in 1993. 00173Attempt to reach Lunar orbit failed. 00173Object 61-PHI 1 renamed 61-021A in 1993. 00180Micrometeoroid mission. Orbit too low. 00180Object 61-CHI 1 renamed 61-022A in 1993. 001811st KH-3 film capsule air recovery on orbit 0018133. Object 61-PSI 1 renamed 61-023A. 00182Film capsule air recovery on orbit 33. Object 0018261-OMEGA 1 renamed 61-024A. 00183Flew successful 1 hr 49 min total checkout. 00183Object 61-ALPHA-ALPHA 1 renamed 61-025A. 00186Film capsule separation problem/power failure 00186resulted in no recovery. Was 61-ALPHA-BETA 1. 00189Film capsule air recovery on orbit 18. Object 0018961-ALPHA-GAMMA 1 renamed 61-027A. 00192Included ejection of 350 million 21 mm copper 00192dipoles. Project 'Westford' upset scientists. 00192Object 61-ALPHA-DELTA 1 renamed 61-028A. 00197Film capsule ejection failed. No recovery. 00197Object 61-ALPHA-EPSILON 1 renamed 61-029A. 00201Film capsule recovered on orbit 18. Object 0020161-ALPHA-ZETA 1 renamed 61-030A. 00202US Navy navigation sat. Operated to Jul 62. 00202Object 61-ALPHA-ETA 1 called 61-031A in 1993. 00205Transit Research And Attitude Control. Object 0020561-ALPHA-ETA 2 renamed 61-031B in 1993. 00206Attempt to reach Lunar orbit failed. Object 0020661-ALPHA-THETA 1 renamed 61-032A in 1993. 00208Enos, a chimp, tested life support functions 00208in 3 hr 16 min flight. Cut from 3 to 2 orbits 00208due to system problems. 79 undeserved shocks 00208given Enos by malfunctioning console. Object 0020861-ALPHA-IOTA renamed 61-033A in 1993. 00213Film capsule deorbited 19 December. Object 0021361-ALPHA-KAPPA 1 renamed 61-034A. 00214Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio. 002141st HAM radio satellite. Operated 18 days. 00214Object 61-ALPHA-KAPPA 2 renamed 61-034B. 00217SAMOS program transmitting TV pix. Object 0021761-ALPHA-LAMBDA 3 renamed 61-035C. 00221Missed Moon by 23,000 km. Solar orbit. Object 0022162-ALPHA 1 renamed 62-001A in 1993. 0022632,593 cloud pictures through 10 June 62. 00226Object 62-BETA 1 renamed 62-002A in 1993. 00240Friendship 7. Placed first American in orbit. 00240Splashdown in Atlantic 64.5 km short of the 00240predicted recovery area. 00240Object 62-GAMMA 1 renamed 62-003A in 1993. 00242Nuclear detection satellite. 00242Object 62-DELTA 1 renamed 62-004A in 1993. 00247Last officially named Discoverer mission. 1st 00247KH-4 mission and film capsule recovered in 00247midair on 3 March after 65 orbits. Object 0024762-EPSILON 1 renamed 62-005A in 1993. 00255Orbiting Solar Observatory. 140+ Solar flares 00255seen. 77 days near perfect Solar observation. 00255Object 62-ZETA 1 renamed 62-006A in 1993. 00256Imagery reconnaissance mission probable. 00256Object 62-ETA 1 renamed 62-007A in 1993. 00266Used radio methods to study the structure of 00266the ionosphere. Object 62-THETA 1 renamed 0026662-008A in the summer of 1993. 00269Studied radiation belts and cosmic rays. 00269Object 62-IOTA 1 renamed 62-009A in 1993. 00271MIssile Defense Alarm System. Object 0027162-KAPPA 1 renamed 62-010A in 1993. 00276Low resolution imagery system with film air 00276recovered. 00280Did not miss Moon. Crashed on 26th. Object 0028062-MU 1 renamed 62-012A in 1993. 00281Studied radiation belts and cosmic rays. 00281Object 62-NU 1 renamed 62-013A in 1993. 00285Sent ionosphere & X-ray data until Nov 64. 00285Object 62-OMICR 1 renamed 62-015A in 1993. 00286Probable imagery system. Object 62-PI 1 was 00286renamed 62-016A in 1993. 002873 day mission. Had biological and weather 00287equipment. 1st announced Cosmos [film] 00287recovery. Object 62-XI 1 renamed 62-014A. 00290System worked until parachute failed to eject 00290and resulted in no recovery. 00292Successful imagery system. Object 62-SIGMA 1 00292was renamed 62-018A in 1993. 00295Aurora 7. 2nd American placed in orbit. The 00295Atlantic recovery area overshot by 420 km. 00295Object 62-TAU 1 renamed 62-019A in 1993. 00297Monitored artificial radiation: see Cosmos 4. 00297Object 62-UPSILON 1 renamed 62-020A in 1993. 00302Successful imagery system. Was 62-PHI 1. 00304Torn parachute - no recovery. Was 62-CHI 1. 00305HAM radio satellite. Transmitted for 18 days. 00305Object 62-CHI 2 renamed 62-022B in 1993. 00307Probable imagery system. Object 62-PSI 1 was 00307renamed 62-023A in the summer of 1993. 00308Probable ELINT system. Object 62-OMEGA 1 was 00308renamed 62-024A. 0030958,226 cloud pictures through 21 Feb 63. 00309Object 62-A ALP 1 renamed 62-025A in 1993. 00315Successful flight. Was 62-ALPHA-BETA 1. 00316Successful recovery. Was 62-ALPHA-GAMMA 1. 00338Object 62-ALPHA-DELTA 1 was renamed 62-028A. 00340Active repeater transmitted to 21 Feb 63. 00340Object 62-ALPHA-EPSILON 1 renamed 62-029A. 00343Probable imagery system. Object 62-ALPHA-ZETA 003432 was renamed 62-030B in the summer of 1993. 00344Successful film recovery. Was 62-ALPHA-ETA 1. 00345Successful film recovery. 003464 day low resolution film return mission. It 00346also watched for Solar flares during Vostok 3 00346and Vostok 4 manned missions. Object was 0034662-ALPHA-IOTA 1 & renamed 62-033A. 00360Film recovered. Was 62-ALPHA-KAPPA 1. 00361Probable imagery system. Object 0036162-ALPHA-LAMBDA 1 renamed 62-035A in 1993. 003631st group flight with Vostok 4. 1st TV of men 00363from space. Demonstrated weightlessness. 00363Object 62-ALPHA-MU 1 renamed 62-036A in 1993. 003651st group flight with Vostok 3. 1st TV of men 00365from space. Demonstrated weightlessness. 00365Object 62-ALPHA-NU 1 renamed 62-037A in 1993. 00367Object 62-A XI 1 renamed 62-038A in 1993. 00369Probable weather mission. Object 0036962-ALPHA-OMICRON 1 renamed 62-039A in 1993. 00371Probable Venus probe failure. 62-ALPHA-PI 1 00371was renamed 62-040A in 1993. 003741st successful Venus flyby. Measured surface 00374temp. (428 C), magnetic field and atmosphere. 00374Object 62-ALPHA-RHO 1 was renamed 62-041A. 00377Film recovered. Was 62-ALPHA-SIGMA 1. 00381Probable Venus probe failure. Object 0038162-ALPHA-TAU 1 was renamed 62-043A in 1993. 00385Film recovered. Was 62-ALPHA-UPSILON 1. 00389Probable Venus probe failure. Object 0038962-ALPHA-PHI 1 was renamed 62-045A in 1993. 00396Environmental Research Satellite failed to 00396eject from the KH-4 main payload. Film was 00396recovered. Was 62-ALPHA-CHI 1. 0039766,674 cloud pictures through 11 Oct 63. 00397Object 62-ALPHA-PSI 1 renamed 62-047A. 00422Radiation data collection. Object 0042262-ALPHA-OMEGA 1 was renamed 62-048A in 1993. 004241st Canadian satellite. Sent ionospheric data 00424for over 6 years. Object 62-BETA-ALPHA 1 was 00424renamed 62-049A in the summer of 1993. 00427Film recovered. Was 62-BETA-BETA 1. 00432Sent magnetosphere data till 8 Oct 63. 00432Object 62-BETA-GAMMA 1 was renamed 62-051A. 00433Sigma 7. Textbook flight of 6 orbits. Landed 00433only 7.24 km from recovery ships. Object 0043362-BETA-DELTA 1 was renamed 62-052A in 1993. 00436Film recovered. Was 62-BETA-EPSILON 1. 004374 day low resolution film return mission. 0043762-BETA-ZETA 1 was renamed 62-054A in 1993. 00439Moon near miss. Mission failure. Solar orbit. 00439Object 62-BETA-ETA 1 renamed 62-055A in 1993. 00441Object 62-BETA-THETA 1 was renamed 62-056A. 00443Exploded when accelerated to escape velocity. 00443Some documents list as Sputnik 22. When 00443debris passed BMEWS radar it looked like ICBM 00443attack. Even though it was during Cuban 00443Missile Crisis, alarm defused in seconds. 00443Object 62-BETA-IOTA 1 was renamed 62-057A. 00444Returned radiation data through 18 Jan 63. 00444Also was an engineering test vehicle for the 00444for the Keyhole program. Was 62-BETA-KAPPA 1. 00445Transmitted radiation data till 9 Feb 63. 00445Object 62-BETA-LAMBDA 1 was renamed 62-059A. 00446Seems to be a normal geodetic mission. 00446Object 62-BETA-MU 1 renamed 62-060A in 1993. 00450World's 1st Mars probe. Lost communication on 0045021 Mar 63 because antenna couldn't be pointed 00450at Earth. Over half way to Mars. Object 0045062-BETA-NU 3 renamed 62-061C in July 1993. 00451Disintegrated during attempt to set it on 00451course to Mars. Some call it Sputnik 24. 00451Object 62-BETA-XI 1 renamed 62-062A in 1993. 00453Film recovered. Was 62-BETA-OMICRON 1. 00455Probable imagery system. Was 62-BETA-PI 1 00481Successful film recovery. Was 62-BETA-RHO 1. 00490Film recovered. Was 62-BETA-SIGMA 1. 00502Possible ELINT satellite. Object 0050262-BETA-TAU 1 was renamed 62-067A 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. 00504Transmitted radiation data till 3 Nov 63. 00504Object 62-BETA-TAU 2 renamed 62-067B in 1993. 00505Successful film recovery. Was 62-BETA-PHI 1. 00506Sent micrometeoroid data till 22 Jul 63. 00506Object 62-BETA-CHI 1 renamed 62-070A in 1993. 00507Surveillance calibration system. Object 0050762-BETA-TAU 3 was renamed 62-067C in 1993. 00508Surveillance calibration system. Object 0050862-BETA-TAU 4 was renamed 62-067D in 1993. 00509US Navy navigation sat. Lost power 1st day. 00509Object 62-BETA-PSI 1 renamed 62-071A in 1993. 00513Calibration satellite. Object 62-BETA-TAU 5 00513was renamed 62-067E in July 1993. 005178 day low resolution film return mission. 0051762-BETA-OMEGA 1 renamed 62-072A in July 1993. 00521Probable Lunar probe failure. 00525Successful film recovery. 00527Probable ELINT system. 00533Probable weather mission. 00553Communications lost at orbital injection. 005548 day low resolution photo return mission. 00562Successful film recovery. 00564Sent atmospheric research data till 10 Jul 63 00566Aimed at solving problem of soft-landing 00566instrument containers. Lost contact. 00567First Soviet meteorological satellite. 005695 day low resolution photo return mission. 0057110 day low resolution photo mission. 00573Active repeater commsat till May 65. 00574Like MIDAS 04, ejected Westford dipoles. The 00574communication tests were successful. 00574Objects cataloged as 1963-014 = 153. 89 up. 00576Faith 7. Longest American flight to date. Had 00576some equipment problems. Splashdown 6.44 km 00576from recovery aircraft carrier. 00578Agena failed in flight. No film recovered. 00579Returned Solar cell damage data for 92 days. 00579Objects cataloged as 1963-014 = 153. 91 up. 00580Scientific missions unknown. 005869 day low resolution photo mission. 00589Objects cataloged as 1963-014 = 153. 91 up. 00590Successful film recovery. 005912nd group flight with Vostok 6. Established 00591manned duration record which stood for 5 yrs. 00594US Navy navigation satellite. 005952nd group flight with Vostok 5. Brought 1st 00595woman into space. 00597Surveillance calibration satellite. 00598Probable ELINT system. 00599Returned Solar radiation data. 00600Returned radiation dosimeter data. 00601Very Low Frequency experiment. 00604Over 125,000 cloud photos through 3 Feb 66. 00608Returned Solar cell damage data for 89 days. 00608Objects cataloged as 1963-014 = 153. 91 up. 00609Film canister successfully recovered. 00612Geophysical Research Satellite experiment of 00612space gas. Data ceased after 13 months. 00613Probable ELINT system. 00614Returned radiation data for over 3 months. 00618Probable high resolution imagery system. 00621Successful film recovery. 00622ERS 10 not ejected from the main satellite. 00622Missile detection mission (MIDAS 07) was not 00622impaired by Environmental Research Satellite. 00624Mission unknown. 00626Camera failed after 32 hours. Film recovered. 00632Experiments unknown. 00634Operated through 1966. Turned off Apr 69. 00635Returned radiation damage data for 111 days. 00636First KH-4A with two film recovery vehicles 00636[RV]. RV-1 recovered, RV-2 was lost. 00637Successful film recovery. 00638Probably for radar calibration. 00641Probable high resolution imagery system. 00668Recovery vehicle [RV] 1 recovered. RV-2 lost. 00670US Navy navigation satellite. 00671Charged particles experiment. 006738 day Low resolution photographic satellite. 00674Planned before 1958. 100,000 km orbit to be 00674180 degrees out of phase with Vela 1. 00675Environmental Research Satellite. 00677Probable high resolution imagery system. 00681Successful film recovery. 00682Mission unknown - possibly ELINT? 006831st spacecraft to exhibit extensive maneuver 00683capabilities. ASAT related mission. 00687Failed to leave Earth orbit. 006891st high resolution photo mission. 6 day. 00692Planned before 1958. 100,000 km orbit to be 00692180 degrees out of phase with Vela 2. 006931st Interplanetary Monitoring Platform (IMP). 006942nd stage. Not considered a spacecraft. 00695Agena failed in flight preventing recovery. 00704US Navy navigation satellite. 00705Experiments unknown. 00707Second Soviet weather satellite. 00711Probable high resolution imagery system. 007129 day low resolution photo mission. 00714Air density Explorers 9, 19, 24, 25, 39 & 40 00714studied thin air action on satellite motion. 00716Over 100,000 cloud photos through 1 Jul 67. 00718Last KH-4. Film recovered successfully. 00719Mission unknown - data relay / ELINT? 00728Gravity Gradient Stabilization Experiment. 00729Pin pointed Pacific islands. 00730Returned Solar radiation data to Jul 66. 00731Possibly scientific - Solar radiation. 00734Probable weather mission. 00735Probable weather mission. 00737Comms experiments conducted until 26 Sep 65. 00740Passive comms. 1st joint experiment with USSR 00740but not used much for communication tests. 00740Inflated sphere had 41.148 meter diameter. 00744Saturn booster test. Not really a spacecraft. 00746Studied Van Allen radiation belt. 1st Soviet 00746double payload. Paired with Electron 2. 00747TV system failed. Crashed on Moon. 00748Studied outer radiation belt. Paired with 00748Electron 1. 1st Soviet double payload. 00752Both RVs successfully recovered. 00754Probable imagery system. 00757Experiments unknown. Military in nature? 00759Probable imagery system. Maybe ELINT. 00764Probable imagery system. 00766New magnetometer used. 00771Returned British experiment data till Nov 64. 00772Probable Venus probe failure. 007798 day low resolution photo mission. 007821st test of system. Everything worked well. 00784Carried out maneuvers first day in orbit. 00785Venus probe. Lost contact. Solar orbit. 00786Probable imagery system. 007917 day low resolution photo mission. 00796No on orbit operations. Agena failure. RV [or 00796whole system] impacted in Venezuela. 007978 day high resolution photo mission. 00799Probable imagery system. 00800Boiler plate Apollo module and second stage. 00801US Navy navigation satellite. 00802Successful recovery of both film canisters. 00803Minor military mission. 008078 day low resolution photo mission. 00811Successful recovery. Experimental features? 00812Probable weather mission. 00813Probable weather mission. 00814Successful film recovery of 2 RVs. 008168 day low resolution photo mission 008228 day high resolution photo mission. 00824Probable imagery system. Possible ELINT? 00825Probable imagery system. 00826Unknown military mission. 00828Both RVs recovered. 00829Monitored inner Van Allen belt radiation in 00829company with Electron 4. 00830Studied outer Van Allen belt magnetosphere in 00830company with Electron 3. 008338 day low resolution photo mission. 00836Nuclear detection mission paired with Vela 4. 00837Nuclear detection. Paired with Vela 03. 00838Environmental Research Satellite. 008421st close lunar views. 4,308 pictures taken. 00842Impact was in Sea of Clouds. 00844Minor military mission. 00846Both RVs successfully recovered. 008488 day low resolution photo mission. 00850Probable imagery system. 00851Unknown mission - possibly data relay/ELINT. 008531st Soviet triple launch. See Cosmos 39 & 40. 008541st Soviet triple launch. See Cosmos 38 & 40. 008551st Soviet triple launch. See Cosmos 38 & 39. 00858Operated through 1966. Turned off Apr 69. 00861Successful film recovery. 008641st Soviet double launch. See Cosmos 43. 008671st Soviet double launch. See Cosmos 42. 00869Investigated geomagnetically trapped protons. 00870Ionosphere Explorers 8, 20, 22 & 27 measured 00870electron distribution in space. 0087227,000 cloud photos through 23 Sep 64. 00876Probable meteorological satellite 00879Orbiting Geophysical Observatory. 6 in series 00879returned details of vast clouds of hydrogen. 00879130 experiments returned 1.5 mil hrs of data. 008805 day high resolution photo mission with a 00880weather reporting experiment on board. 00882Successful recovery of both film canisters. 00883Boiler plate Apollo modules and second stage. 00884Probable imagery system. 008858 day low resolution photo mission. 00889Interplanetary Monitoring Platform (IMP). 00890Film RV-1 recovered. Film RV-2 not recovered. 00891Probable manned precursor. 00897US Navy navigation satellite. 00899Ionosphere Explorers 8, 20, 22 & 27 measured 00899electron distribution in space. 00900Radar calibration sphere. 00902Radar calibration sphere. 009041st 3 man flight. Crew didn't use spacesuits. 009086 day low resolution photo mission. 00911Both RVs recovered. RV-2 was a water recovery 00911due to bad weather. 00912Probable imagery system. 00913Measured Earth's IR & UV radiation flux. 00914Unknown military mission. 00919Exploded on 8th day. Total of 97 pieces. All 0091997 cataloged pieces had decayed by 17 Nov 64. 00921Both cameras failed on revolution 52. Film 00921was recovered so mission was partial success. 00922Possible imagery system. Possible ELINT? 00923Was to photograph Mars. Failed to achieve 00923speed from parking orbit. Missed Mars. 00924122 micrometeoroid hits recorded 1st year. 00924Transmitted through July 66. 00930Included orbiting radio beacon ionospheric 00930satellite experiment. Main mission was a film 00930return mission with both RVs recovered. 00931Air density Explorers 9, 19, 24, 25, 39 & 40 00931studied thin air action on satellite motion. 00932Air density Explorers 9, 19, 24, 25, 39 & 40 00932studied thin air action on satellite motion. 0093821 photos showed Mars heavily cratered, very 00938dry, thin atmosphere. Entered solar orbit. 00945Passed Mars. Went into solar orbit. 00946Probable imagery system. 00947Measured luminosity of starry sky. 00949Booster test, not considered a spacecraft. 00951Booster test, not considered a spacecraft. 00957Measured atmospheric density. 00959Probably a US Navy navigation satellite. 00961Successful recovery of both film RVs. 00963Electron particle study. 00964Probable imagery system. ELINT?? 00965US Navy navigation satellite. 009688 day Low resolution mission. 00972Successful recovery of both film RVs. 009731st use of Thor-Altair booster. 00978Turned off 15 February 1967. Television & IR 00978Observation Satellite. 00980Probable imagery system. 00983Cosmic Ray studies. 00987Orbiting Solar Observatory for X-ray, gamma 00987ray and UV data. Transmitted till Nov 1965. 01001Successful vehicle test. 01002Lincoln Experimental Satellite ejected after 010023 transtage burns. Prime experiment was an 01002all solid state X-band transmitter. 01085213.7 sq m micrometeoroid sensors. Silenced 01085Aug 1968. 010867,137 photos of Sea of Tranquillity area. 010892nd triple launch. See Cosmos 55 & 56. 010902nd triple launch. See Cosmos 54 & 56. 010912nd triple launch. See Cosmos 54 & 55. 01093Exploded. Probably a manned precursor. 168 01093pieces cataloged. All decayed by 6 Apr 65. 01096Successful recovery of both film RVs. 01097Probable meteorological satellite. 011918 day high resolution mission. 012081st 8 payload launch. 012441st 8 payload launch. Gravity Gradient 01244Stabilization Experiment. 01246Probable Lunar probe failure. 01247Probable imagery system. 012501st 8 payload launch. Failed to operate as 01250planned. 012673rd triple Soviet launch. 01267Objects cataloged as 1965-020 = 150. 22 up. 012683rd triple Soviet launch. 01268Objects cataloged as 1965-020 = 150. 22 up. 012693rd triple Soviet launch. 01269Objects cataloged as 1965-020 = 150. 22 up. 012711st 8 payload launch. Possible ELINT? 012721st 8 payload launch. Normal. 01273No anomalies reported. 01274Problem on reentering Voskhod by ballooning 01274spacesuit. Manual spacecraft Earth reentry. 01291Returned Solar radiation data. 012921st 8 payload launch. Gravity Gradient 01292Stabilization Experiment. 012931st 8 payload launch. Amateur 'Ham' radio 01293satellite. Transmitted for 16 days. 012941st live TV show from Moon. 5,814 pictures. 01301The Molly Brown. Computer calculations 01301allowed for manual orbital maneuvers. 01303Navy Navigational Satellite System. 013058 day low resolution photo mission. 01307Successful recovery of RV-1 and RV-2. 013101st 8 payload launch. Surveillance 01310calibration for NAVSPASUR system. 01314Operated at more than 500 watts for 43 days. 01314Broken into 52 pieces by early 1990. 01315Failed to operate as planned. 01317In commercial comm service 28 Jun 65. Off Jan 0131769. Temporary service 29 Jun 69 to 13 Aug 69. 013208 day high resolution film return mission. 013241st Soviet communications satellite. 01327Probable imagery system. 01328Ionosphere Explorers 8, 20, 22 & 27 measured 01328electron distribution in space. 01329Unknown military mission. ELINT?? 01330Successful recovery of film RV-1. RV-2 lost. 01360Lincoln Labs Experimental Satellite. Primary 01360experiment was a solid state X-band repeater. 01360Also 8 horn electronically switched antenna. 01361Lincoln Labs Calibration Satellite. A passive 01361sphere for radar calibration. 013628 day low resolution mission. 013661st soft-landing attempt. Retrorocket failed 01366and the craft impacted. 01367Unknown military mission. ELINT?? 01374Successful recovery of film RV-1 and RV-2. 01377Probably a meteorological mission. 01381Micrometeoroid detection silenced Aug 68. 013828 day high resolution mission. 01386Probable imagery system. 01388Interplanetary Monitoring Platform (IMP). 01390Mission highlighted by White's spacewalk. 01390Computer failure forced a manual reentry. 01390Gemini 4 docking target was debris 1965-43B. 01393Missed Moon due to maneuver engine misfire. 01396Air recovery of RV-1. Water recovery of RV-2. 014048 day low resolution mission. 01412Not considered a spacecraft. 01420Navy Navigational Satellite System. 014218 day high resolution mission. 01422Data relay or ELINT?? 01424Probable imagery system. 01430Abandoned 3 July 1967. 01431Possibly a scientific mission. 014411st Soviet 5 payload launch. 014421st Soviet 5 payload launch. 014431st Soviet 5 payload launch. 014441st Soviet 5 payload launch. 014451st Soviet 5 payload launch. 01447Secret DoD mission. Probably normal. 01454Returned photographs of lunar far side. 01457Successful air recovery of both film RVs. 01458Experimental nuclear test detection. Used in 01458conjunction with Vela 06. It was located 01458visually by Rob McNaught and confirmed by 01458Mike McCants in early 2004. The orbit is as 01458listed in the maun files. 01459Experimental nuclear test detection. Used in 01459conjunction with Vela 05. Lags by 180 degrees 01460Monitored radiation for 104 days. 01464No anomalies reported. 01466Physics lab. Heaviest Soviet payload to date. 01467Micrometeoroid detection silenced Aug 68. 01467Alternate name refers to booster - 1965-060B. 014698 day high resolution mission. 01471Probable imagery mission. 01472Data relay or ELINT?? 01503Early version of Surveyor spacecraft. 015058 day low resolution mission. 01506Scout booster flight test. 01510Extended twelve 7.62 meter antennas. 01512A 35.56 centimeter sphere painted dull black. 01513Partial success as the forward camera failed. 01513Both film Recovery Vehicles had air recovery. 01514Navy Navigational Satellite System. 01515Satellite to assist US Navy tracking system. 01516Mission proved man could tolerate weightless 01516environment for travel to Moon and back. 01518Radar Evaluation Pod launched from Gemini 05. 01520A 35.56 centimeter sphere painted white. 015238 day high resolution mission. 015702nd Soviet 5 payload launch. 015712nd Soviet 5 payload launch. 015722nd Soviet 5 payload launch. 015732nd Soviet 5 payload launch 015742nd Soviet 5 payload launch. 01577Rectangular package with beacon transmitter. 015788 day high resolution mission. 01580No anomalies reported. 015843rd Soviet 5 payload launch. 015853rd Soviet 5 payload launch. 015863rd Soviet 5 payload launch. 015873rd Soviet 5 payload launch. 015883rd Soviet 5 payload launch. 01602Both film RVs successfully air recovered. 016038 day high resolution mission. 01609Probable imagery system. 01610Crashed Ocean of Storms. Retrorocket failed. 016131st successful OV1. Returned radiation data. 01615Both film RVs recovered. 01620Orbiting Geophysical Observatory. 6 in series 01620returned details of vast clouds of hydrogen. 01620130 experiments returned 1.5 mil hrs of data. 01621Used for USSR-France communications link. 016268 day high resolution film capsule returned. 01629No anomalies reported. 016368 day high resolution mission. 01637Both film RVs recovered by aircraft. 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. 01701Complex high energy physics lab. 01706Broke up on 3rd day in orbit. 24 pieces were 01706cataloged. All have deorbited 01726US Navy launched to monitor Solar UV rays & 01726to perform geometric geodesy (study of the 01726size and shape of the Earth). 01727Data relay or ELINT?? 01728Probable imagery system. 01730Passed Venus 27 Feb 66. No data returned. 01733Impacted Venus 1 Mar 66. 1st to reach a 01733planet. Failed to return data. 01738US Navy launched to monitor Solar UV rays & 01738to perform geometric geodesy (study of the 01738size and shape of the Earth). 01742Possible Venus probe. Left in parking orbit. 017771st experiment with measuring MASERS. Tested 01777molecular quantum generation and checked 01777aspects of theory of relativity. 017781st French satellite, transmitted for 2 days. 017808 day low resolution mission. Orbit odd. 01804Ionospheric data transmitted for over 6 yrs. 01806Ionospheric data study complementing Alouette 018062. Catalog 1804. 01810Crashed Ocean of Storms. Retrorocket failed. 01812First space rendezvous - with Gemini 6. The 01812crew stay in space set a record that lasted 01812for 4.5 years until Soyuz 09 stayed 17 days. 01814VLF wave propagation & ionosphere experiments 01816There was some control gas loss but both film 01816RVs were successfully recovered by aircraft. 018178 day low resolution. 17th mission for 1965. 01839Crew rendezvoused with Gemini 7 and then 01839returned to Earth. 01841Sent back first data on Solar atmosphere. 01841Solar Wx station network with Pioneers 7/8/9. 01843Probably a meteorological satellite 01846No anomalies reported. 01863Transtage separation failed. 01864Navy Navigational Satellite System. 01866Both film RVs recovered by aircraft. 01867Test of the RORSAT type system. 01868No anomalies reported. 01870Initially only partially functional due power 01870non-availability. Corrected after 5 days. 01902Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio. 019038 day Low resolution mission. 01939Probable imagery system. 01940Data relay or ELINT?? 01941Not really a communications satellite. Used 01941for UHF signal propagation measurements. 019458 day low resolution mission. 01949A minor military mission? 01952Navy Navigational Satellite System 019541st successful soft-landing & TV Transmission 01954from surface during different sun angles. 01968Both film RVs trapped by aircraft. 019821st operational environmental survey 01982satellite. Ceased operations 8 May 67. 01997Secret DoD mission. Probably normal. 019988 day low resolution mission. 02002Upper atmosphere & Solar studies. 02012Probable imagery system. 02014No anomalies reported. 02015No anomalies reported. 020163rd French satellite, 2nd national launch. 020198 day high resolution mission. 02070Biological test with dogs Veterok & Ugolyok. 02070Successful recovery after 330 orbits. 02091Completed initial ESSA global environmental 02091survey system. 02093Probable Lunar probe failure. 02099Both film RVs recovered by aircraft. 02104Target vehicle for 1st docking in space. 02105Docked with Agena rocket. Jammed thruster 02105required emergency splash down 2 days early. 021071st launch from Plesetsk. 8 day - Low res. 02109Probable imagery system. 02112Data relay or ELINT?? 021148 day high resolution mission. 02119Navy Navigational Satellite System. 02121Sent zero g thermal control experiment data. 02122Optical radiation test that was gravity 02122gradient stabilized. 02125No anomalies reported. 021261st lunar satellite. Studied magnetic field & 02126surface radiation. Contact for 2 months. Had 02126initial parking orbit of 1017 X 349 km. Sent 02126lunar & circumlunar data till 30 May 1966. 021338 day high resolution. 2nd from Plesetsk. 02136Both film RVs recovered by aircraft. 02139Not considered a spacecraft/payload. 02142Orbiting Astronomy Observatory. On 2nd day in 02142orbit the battery failed. 02146Probable imagery system. 021478 day low resolution mission. 02150Radiation research studies. 02151Also transmitted cloud cover images. 02152No anomalies reported. 021638 day low resolution mission. 02168Probably a meteorological satellite. 02171Probable imagery system. 02172Data relay or ELINT?? 02173Returned TV & IR cloud cover pictures until 02173silenced on 18 January 1969. 02176Navy Navigational Satellite System. 02181Both film RVs recovered by aircraft. 02182Possibly a communications test. Russia says 02182it had a shroud failure. 021836 aeronomy experiments sent data till Dec 66. 021851st fully controlled soft-landing in Ocean of 02185Storms. Returned wide range of photographs. 021862nd Gemini docking target attempt. The ATDA 02186fairing separation failed. 02191Original crew killed in aircraft crash. Delay 02191in launch. Highlighted by Cernan's spacewalk. 02192Probable imagery system. 02194Data relay or ELINT?? 02195Orbiting Geophysical Observatory. 6 in series 02195returned details of vast clouds of hydrogen. 02195130 experiments returned 1.5 mil hrs of data. 021968 day low resolution mission. 02200No anomalies reported. 02201Radiation research. 02202Carried 5 metal to metal bonding experiments. 02205No anomalies reported. 02207Gravity Gradient Test Satellite. Two booms 02207were deployed. 022108 day high resolution mission. 02215Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 02216Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 02217Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 02218Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 02219Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 02220Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 02221Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 02227Both film RVs recovered by aircraft. 0225330.5 m balloon photographed in geodetic study 02253and it gradually broke up from 1975 to 1978. 02254Launch witnessed by General Charles de Gaulle 02258Interplanetary Monitoring Platform (IMP). 02289Saturn IVB blown up. Not a spacecraft. 02290Heavy weight research. 02295A minor military mission? 02322Probable imagery system. 023249.1 meter wire mesh sphere for passive tests. 023258 day low resolution mission. 02348Raised Gemini 10's apogee to 761 km. 02349Docked with Agena rocket, Gemini 8's target. 02349Collins completed an EVA to retrieve dust. 02351Test of the RORSAT mission. 023689 day high resolution mission. 02376Probable new high resolution imagery system. 02389Radiation research. 023918 day high resolution mission. 02393Both film capsules recovered by aircraft. 02394Revealed "mascons", mass concentrations with 02394strong gravitational effects. Selection of 02394future landing sites for Apollo program. 02396Probable imagery system. 02397Data relay or ELINT?? 02398Observed Earth's magnetic tail extending 3 02398times deeper in space than before detected. 02398Solar Wx station network with Pioneers 7/8/9. 02401Navy Navigational Satellite System. 02403No anomalies reported. 02406Initial 1200 X 159 km orbit. TV system failed 024098 day high resolution mission. 024111st of new Geodetic series. 02412Five cold welding experiments. 02414Raised Gemini 11's apogee to 1368 km. 30 m 02414tether attached & pair cartwheeled in first 02414artificial gravity experiment. 02415Highlights: direct ascent rendezvous/docking, 02415first attempt to create artificial gravity. 024181st use of Burner II booster. 02419Probable imagery system. 02420Data relay or ELINT?? 02425Crashed when one vernier retro-engine failed. 02427Both film RVs recovered by aircraft. 02433Probable imagery system. 02435Replaced ESSA 1 in TOS system. Was silenced 024359 Oct 1968. 024371st unannounced launch. No name assigned by 02437the USSR. Payload exploded into 53 pieces. 02437All decayed. 02481No anomalies reported. 02489Probable imagery system. 02490Data relay or ELINT?? 024917 day low resolution mission. 02501Domestic Communications - Still test stage. 025028 day high resolution mission. 025081739 X 100 km orbit. Large scale pictures of 02508Sea of Rains. Tested Lunokhod wheel motor. 02512Not considered a spacecraft. 02514Not in geosynchronous orbit due apogee motor 02514failure. Unusable in normal service. 02517Radiation research. 02520No anomalies reported. 02523Probable imagery system. 02524Modified Titan II tank with 9 experiments. 02525Data relay or ELINT?? 02526Receiver for "whispering gallery" experiments 02526and associated with catalog number 2528. 02527No anomalies reported. 02528Transmitter for "whispering gallery" tests 02528and associated with catalog number 2526. 02534Photographed surface for Apollo landings. 02534Studied lunar gravity and radiation. 025362nd unannounced Soviet launch. No name given. 02536Exploded into 41 pieces. All have decayed. 02537Both film RVs recovered by aircraft. 02565Positioned Gemini 12 for Solar eclipse photos 02565and artificial gravity experiments. 025661st fully successful EVA by Aldrin. Crew 02566conducted artificial gravity experiments. 025688 day high resolution mission. 025998 day low resolution mission. 02601First flight of a Soyuz capsule. 026038 day high resolution mission. 02606Probable imagery system. 02608Applications Technology Satellite for 02608communications and meteorological tests. 02610Studied biological hazards from radiation. 02611Gravity stabilized radiation experiments. 02612No anomalies reported. 02618Probable imagery system. 026248 day low-res. 21st imagery mission for 1966. 02626Arms extended to measure soil density and 02626surface radiation. 2nd soft-landing. 02627Radiation and particle studies. 02632Failed to return Biosatellite 1 capsule. 02634Secret DoD mission. Probably normal. 02639Began trans-Pacific comm service 27 Jan 67. 02642Both film RVs recovered by aircraft. 02645Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 026468 day low resolution mission. 02649Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 02650Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 02651Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 02652Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 02653Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 02654Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 02655Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 026561st Fractional Orbital Bombardment System. 02656The concept was to launch a ballistic missile 02656to the South into orbit. Then deorbit it over 02656the USA in an attack from the South, where US 02656ABM protection was not planned. 02657Replaced ESSA 2. Camera failure caused its 02657deactivation on 6 Dec 67. 02664Probable imagery system. 02666Photographed surface for Apollo landings. 02666Studied lunar gravity and radiation. 02667Believed to be Soyuz precursor. 02669No anomalies reported. 026708 day high resolution mission. 02674Operational in spite of low apogee. 02678Normal mission. 02680Good laser & doppler data till 5 Apr 67. 02686Both film return RVs recovered by aircraft. 02687Probable imagery system. 026938 day low resolution mission. 02695Similar to Cosmos 122. Formed operational 02695system with Cosmos 156, 184 and 206. 02697Lunar mission that failed to leave orbit. 02703Orbiting Solar Observatory - 9 experiments. 02705Probably manned precursor. 027108 day low resolution imagery mission. 02712No anomalies reported. 02714Earth oriented. 027158 day high resolution imagery mission. 02717Comm service over Atlantic started 7 Apr 67. 02720No anomalies reported. 02722No anomalies reported. 02736Both film RVs recovered by aircraft. 027408 day high resolution imagery mission. 02743Applications Technology Satellite. Elliptical 02743orbit prevented gravity gradient tests. 02744A military communications mission? 02745Probably a manned precursor. Failed to reach 02745the planned orbit. 027508 day imagery mission. 02754Navy Navigational Satellite System 02756Rough landing in Ocean of Storms. Used scoop 02756to make excavation and bearing tests. Scoop & 02756TV returned to Earth by Apollo 12 crew. 02757Replaced ESSA 3. 02759Parachute failed on reentry. Delayed program. 02759Next Soyuz not for 18 months. 02761Measured atmospheric density. 02762Formed system with Cosmos 144, 184 and 206. 02765Earth oriented nuclear detection system. 02766Lags Vela 07 by 180 degrees for joint mission 02766of nuclear explosive detection. 02767Radiation research. 02768Radiation research system. 02769Materials research system. 02772Returned first pictures of Lunar south pole. 02773First all British satellite. Measured radio 02773noise from lightning and galactic sources too 02773low to penetrate the atmosphere for 2+ years. 02779Both film RVs recovered by aircraft. 02780Data relay or ELINT?? 027818 day low resolution imagery mission. 02801Possible store-dump test. 02805Possible Zond or even manned precursor. 028062nd test of FOBS. There were 15 test shots. 02807Navy Navigational Satellite System 028128 day high resolution imagery mission. 02813Probable high resolution imagery system. 02816Data relay or ELINT?? 02817Interplanetary Monitoring Platform (IMP). 02822Test stage for domestic communications. 028250.508 meter surveillance calibration sphere. 02826Secret DoD mission. Probably normal. 028278 day low resolution imagery mission. 02828Gravity Gradient Stabilization Experiment. 02831Probable imagery system. 02832No anomalies reported. 02834Gravity Gradient Stabilization Experiment. 028366 day low resolution mission. 02840Transmitted data during descent to surface. 02840Impacted 18 Oct 67. Studied atmosphere. 02842Possibly radar calibration. 02845Identified electrified ionosphere at the top 02845of the atmosphere. Surface temperature 267 C. 02847No anomalies reported. 02848Solar radiation mission similar to Cosmos 215 02848[catalog number 3205]. 02850Aircraft pickup on RV-1, water on RV-2. 02851Data relay or ELINT?? 02852Probably a Venus probe. Planned orbit was not 02852reached. 02858Probable imagery system. 02861Performed location survey mission. 02862Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 02863Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 02864Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 02865Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 02866Experimental military comm satellite. Placed 02866in sub-synchronous orbit when mission ended. 02867DoD Gravity gradient Experiment. 028698 day low resolution imagery mission. 02872No anomalies reported. 02873Secret DoD mission. Probably normal. 02874Secret DoD mission. Probably normal. 02875Lost contact before touchdown on the Moon. 02876Investigated formation of Aurora Borealis. 028783rd FOBS mission. See Cosmos 139. 02884Interplanetary Monitoring Platform. During 11 02884year solar cycle, studied Earth's radiation. 02890Secret DoD mission. Probably normal. 028934 experiments including cosmic ray telescope. 02895Orbiting Geophysical Observatory. 6 in series 02895returned details of vast clouds of hydrogen. 02895130 experiments returned 1.5 mil hrs of data. 02901Solar flare activated radiological 02901observatory. 029024th FOBS mission. See Cosmos 139. 02907Used to select landing sites for Apollo. 02907Returned to Earth orbit for use as a target. 029090.406 meter surveillance calibration sphere. 02910Both film RVs recovered by aircraft. 029115th FOBS mission. See Cosmos 139. 029148 day high resolution imagery mission. 02919Probable imagery system. 02920No anomalies reported. 02921Possibly radar calibration. 02925Probably a communication satellite failure. 0293513 experiments with strontium 85 radiation on 02935weightless plant and animal specimens. 3 day 02935mission cut to 45 hours due to comm problems. 02935Plant cells more affected by weightlessness. 029371st on site chemical soil analysis. Returned 02937photographs from Sea of Tranquillity area. 029398 day high resolution imagery mission. 02942Possible radar calibration. Rocket exploded. 02946First KH-4B. Both RVs recovered by aircraft. 029478 day low resolution imagery mission. 029516th FOBS mission. See Cosmos 139. 02952Probable imagery system. 029627th FOBS mission. See Cosmos 139. 02965Navy Navigational Satellite System 029668 day low resolution imagery mission. 02969Trans-Pacific service started 4 Nov 67. 02973Testing of domestic communications. 02980No anomalies reported. 029818 day low resolution imagery mission. 029958 day high resolution imagery mission. 03000Orbiting Solar Observatory sent 1st picture 03000of Sun in extreme Ultra Violet. 030018th FOBS mission. See Cosmos 139. 03008Planes/replacements for Molniyas not certain. 03010Reported to carry ionosphere experiments and 03010part of Meteor system with Cosmos 144, 156 03010and 206. 03012Probable imagery system. 03013Possible ASAT precursor. Another metsat? 03014First automatic docking. With Cosmos 188. 030169th FOBS mission. See Cosmos 139. 03020First automatic docking. With Cosmos 186. 03021Possibly an ELINT/ferret satellite. 03024Both film RVs recovered by aircraft. 03025Data relay or ELINT?? 030268 day high resolution imagery mission. 03029Applications Technology Satellite sent back 03029color and black & white pictures of Earth. 03031Sent over 30,000 photos from Sinus Medii. 1st 03031take off from lunar surface. Rose 3 meters & 03031landed 2.4 meters away. 03032Test Saturn 5-Apollo launch system. 03035Sent cloud photos every 6 min. Deactivated 4 03035Nov 69 due bad vidicon & excessive drift out 03035of sun synchronous orbit. 03043Possible radar calibration? 03047No anomalies reported. 030528 day low-res imagery mission. 030541st Australian satellite. Property of Weapons 03054Research Establishment. Reentry in 5 days. 030558 day high-res imagery mission. 03057Transmitted ionosphere data for 5 days. 03058Probable imagery system. 03063Both film return RVs recovered by aircraft. 03066Returned solar wind & cosmic ray data. 03066Defined tail of Earth's magnetosphere. 03067Apollo tracking network TEst & TRaining sat. 030718 day low-res. 22nd photo mission for 1967. 03074Upper atmosphere research. 03079Possible radar calibration. 03081Maneuverable. 1st Ocean surveillance system 03081testing. Put in storage orbit 29 Dec 67. 03091Chemical Lunar soil analysis suggested debris 03091had once been molten. Flashed 1 watt laser 03091beam to earth. It was received. 03093US Navy launched to monitor Solar UV rays & 03093to perform geometric geodesy (study of the 03093size and shape of the Earth). 03097Secret DoD mission. Probably normal. 03098Probable imagery system. 03099Early malfunction when rocket body failed to 03099separate from payload. Too much fuel used by 03099payload to maintain attitude. Finally, would 03099not deorbit and was blown up. Low resolution. 03100Possibly an ELINT. 03106Unmanned test for Saturn 1B. Conducted firing 03106of lunar module's ascent stage. 03107Unmanned test for Saturn 1B. Conducted firing 03107of lunar module's descent stage. 03113Both film return RVs recovered by aircraft. 03114Data relay or ELINT?? 031188 day high resolution imagery mission. 03128Possibly radar calibration. 03129Or possibly geodetic. 03133Navy Navigational Satellite System 03134Tested systems in distant regions of space. 03134Possibly a manned Lunar precursor. Russian 03134sources say this object reentered in a few 03134days in a highly elliptical orbit. 03138Orbiting Geophysical Observatory. 6 in series 03138returned details of vast clouds of hydrogen. 03138130 experiments returned 1.5 mil hrs of data. 03139Possibly radar calibration/military science. 031408 day low resolution imagery mission. 03141Returned Solar radiation data despite less 03141than nominal orbit. 03148Probable imagery system. 03150Part of Meteor system with Cosmos 144, 156 & 03150184. 20 minutes behind Cosmos 184 as a check 03150on its data. Others 6 hours apart. 03152Both film return RVs recovered by aircraft. 03153Data relay or ELINT?? 031548 day high resolution imagery mission. 031561st 12 day low-res photographic mission. 03158Maneuverable. Possible ocean surveillance. 031688 day low resolution imagery mission. 03170Unmanned. Tested altitude control, navigation 03170and guidance systems and the heat shield. 03173Engineering and radiation experiments. 03174Power system failed after 1 week. Measured 03174radiation levels. 03178870 X 160 km parking orbit. Studied Moon's 03178gravitational field and stability of radio 03178transmissions near Moon. 03181Possibly a radar calibration satellite. 03183Second automatic docking. With Cosmos 213. 031835 months before Soyuz 2 & 3, manned missions 03183which did not succeed in docking. 03193Second automatic docking. With Cosmos 212. 031935 months before Soyuz 2 & 3. Those manned 03193missions did not succeed in docking. 03199Probable imagery system. 032038 day high resolution imagery mission. 03205Similar Solar radiation mission to Cosmos 03205166 plus 8 mirror telescopes, X-ray telescope 03205& 2 photometers to check hot star radiation. 032078 day low resolution imagery mission. 03209Still evaluating this type satellite. 03216Possible ASAT test that failed. 0321710th FOBS mission. See Cosmos 139. 03220Charged particle studies. 03228Both film return RVs recovered by aircraft. 03229Experimental system. 03233Solar and Cosmic radiation study. 03266No anomalies reported. 03269Possibly radar calibration. 03272Possibly radar calibration. 032748 day low resolution imagery mission. 032768 day high resolution imagery mission. 03278Probable imagery system. 03279Included electron flux & cosmic ray tests. 03282No anomalies reported. 03284Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 03285Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 03286Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 03287Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 03288Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 03289Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 03290Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 03291Initial US DoD Comms. Average life 5 years. 032948 day high resolution imagery mission. 03296Both film return RVs recovered by aircraft. 03297Data relay or ELINT?? 0329812 day low resolution photo mission. 033048 day high resolution imagery mission. 03307Radio astronomy. 4 yrs listening to galactic 03307radio sources. Swamped 1/3rd of time by Earth 03307signals/noise. See Explorer 49 (cat # 6686). 03308Solar physics experiments. 03310Planes/Replacements still not established. 033168 day low resolution imagery mission. 03318Air density/Solar radiation correlation. 03319Ionospheric drag experiments. 033228 day high resolution imagery mission. 03326Possible radar calibration. 033326 day high resolution imagery mission. 03334No anomalies reported. 03335Probable imagery system. 03336Both film return RVs picked up by aircraft. 03337Air density Explorers 9, 19, 24, 25, 39 & 40 03337studied thin air action on satellite motion. 03338Air density Explorers 9, 19, 24, 25, 39 & 40 03338studied thin air action on satellite motion. 033398 day low resolution imagery mission. 03344Applications Technology Satellite. 2nd stage 03344restart failure prevented geostationary orbit 03345Replaced ESSA 5 as primary stored data 03345satellite in TOS system. Camera returned 03345cloud cover photos. Recorders failed. 03345Deactivated on 19 July 1969. 03347Possibly an ELINT. 033488 day high resolution imagery mission. 03351Manned precursor. 033538 day high resolution imagery mission. 03375Probable imagery system. 03388One week low resolution photo mission. 033941st satellite to circumnavigate Moon & return 03394to Earth. 1st Soviet sea recovery (Indian O). 033988 day high resolution imagery mission. 03408Forward camera failed but both film capsules 03408recovered for a partial success. 03409Data relay or ELINT?? 03414Possibly radar calibration. 034181st satellite to study thermal emissions from 03418Earth & its atmosphere. Antarctic ice map 03418made showing temperature distributions in the 03418world. 11 day low resolution mission. 03428Measured radiation & energetic particles. 11 03428experiments in classified DoD satellite. 03429Measure trapped radiation & temporal/spectral 03429characteristics of low energy proton/electron 03429populations at near synchronous altitudes. 03430Test zero g effects on heat transfer in fluid 03431Lincoln Experimental Satellite. Had prototype 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. 0344911th FOBS mission. See Cosmos 139. 03457Possible radar calibration. 034598 experiments - measure energy & distribution 03459& density of auroral particles. 03469Last 'individual' Molniya satellite. 03472Secret DoD mission. Probably normal. 034735 day 'tactical' high-res photo mission. 034848 day low resolution imagery mission. 034861st manned Apollo flight. Tested operation 03486and maneuvering of Command module & LM. 03503Target for Cosmos 249. 03504ASAT warhead that attacked Cosmos 248. 03504Objects cataloged 1968-091 = 110. 54 up. 03510Military weather satellite. Standard mission. 03511Unmanned. Launched as target for Soyuz 3. 03516Rendezvous with Soyuz 2. Photographed snow & 03516cloud cover. Studied typhoons & cyclones. 03526Possibly an ELINT. 0352818 day. 1st 3rd generation high-res photo. 03528Also made radio astronomy & gamma ray tests. 03530ASAT warhead that attacked Cosmos 248. 03530Objects cataloged 1968-097 = 140. 53 up. 03531Both film capsules picked up by aircraft. 03532Probable imagery system. 035334th American solar probe. In solar orbit. 035342nd TEst & TRaining satellite for Apollo that 03534was ejected from the second stage. 03535Filmed lunar far side. Recovered within USSR. 035425 day low resolution imagery mission. 03544Measured cosmic ray energy spectra, collision 03544dynamics & particles with small elect charge. 035628 day high resolution imagery mission. 035748 day low resolution imagery mission. 03576Possibly geodetic. 03578Possible radar calibration. 03594Probable imagery system. 03595Multiple experiments including cosmic 03595radiation, Solar wind & magnetosphere. 03597Two experiments to map ultraviolet sources 03597in space use 4 & 7 telescope/filter packages. 036028 day low-res. 29th imagery mission for 1968. 03604Film was degraded by unknown [outside CIA] 03604causes, but both film capsules were recovered 03604and the mission was logged as a success. 03605Data relay or ELINT?? 03612Radio propagation and ionosphere studies. 03615No anomalies reported. 03619Molniya failure or missile warning? 03623Off coast of Brazil. Had temporary antenna 03623malfunction on 29 June 69. 03624Soviet Union & 6 Eastern Bloc nations study 03624upper atmospheric density & polar aurora. 03624Possibly launched at 2400 on 19 December. 036261st manned Lunar flight. SPS motor for 20 hr 03626Lunar orbit fired behind Moon. Successful. 03629UV & soft X-ray radiation studies of stars, 03629Sun and Earth's upper atmosphere. 03642Entered on dark side. Transmitted for 53 min. 03642before being crushed on 16 May 69. Traveled 0364236 km into atmosphere. 03648Revealed Venus' atmosphere to be primarily 03648Carbon dioxide. Temperatures 28 C to 360 C. 036518 day low resolution imagery mission. 03654Docked with Soyuz 5. Took on 2 cosmonauts for 03654return to Earth. 1st space rescue rehearsal. 03656Docked Soyuz 4. 1st space rescue rehearsal. 03663Orbiting Solar Observatory studies X-ray, UV 03663extreme UV wavelengths + zodiacal light. 03665Probable imagery system. 0366713 day high resolution photographic mission. 03667Also had galactic radio source system. 03669Study of ionosphere. Continues Alouette study 03672Aft camera failed but both capsules recovered 03672by aircraft. Partial success. 03673Data relay or ELINT?? 03674Initially over Pacific. 03675Possibly radar calibration. 03691Experimental communications satellite. 03759Arrived 31 Jul 69. 24 near encounter photos 03759in 68 min. Equatorial area search. Volcano 24 03759km high called Nix Olympica had 64 km crater. 037618 day low resolution imagery mission. 03764Replaced ESSA 7. 037658 day high resolution imagery mission. 03769Separation/redocking of CM & LM in simulated 03769lunar landing. CM Gumdrop. LM Spider. 03771Went 182 km from Command Module & fired the 037711,590 kg thrust engine. Returned to CM & 03771jettisoned the assent & descent modules. 03772Probable imagery system. 03773Possible space physics experiment. 03773Possibly radar calibration. 03775Possibly ELINT. 037778 day high resolution imagery mission. 038078 day high resolution imagery mission. 03818Possibly Geodetic. 03823Study Solar radiation. 03824Studied Ionosphere, measured radio 03824interference, electric fields & radiation. 038257 experiments on trapped radiation. 5 studies 03825on radiation hazards. 038262 radio beacons mounted on OV1 17 propulsion 03826module. 03829Mission terminated due to Agena failure. It 03829is listed as a partial success so some film 03829must have been recovered. 03830Data relay or ELINT?? 038318 day low resolution imagery mission. 038338 day high resolution imagery mission. 03835No anomalies reported. 03837Arrived 5 Aug 69. 33 near in photos of south 03837Pole and hemisphere sent in 74 min. 03846Possible Solar flare monitor. 038547 day high resolution imagery mission. 03855Possible radar calibration. 038838 day low resolution imagery mission. 03885Plane 360 degrees. Replaced by Molniya 1-17. 03889No anomalies reported. 03890Returned IR, Ultraviolet, geodetic & TV data 03891US Army geodetic studies. 038938 day high resolution imagery mission. 03895Probable imagery system. 0390613 day high resolution photographic mission. 03906Also weather and charged particle studies. 03914Mission successful but the film was degraded 03914by unannounced conditions. 03915Data relay or ELINT?? 039398 day low resolution imagery mission. 03941Landing rehearsal. CM Charlie Brown in orbit. 03941LM Snoopy descended to 14.5 km of surface. 039448 day high resolution imagery mission. 03947Completed 1st global communication satellite 03947system. 03949Called Snoopy. Both modules brought to 14.5 03949km of Moon in simulated landing tests. 03949Descent portion (1969-043C) jettisoned and 03949classified as debris, not a payload. 03950VLF plasma wave detector for deep space. 03951Solar flare particle detectors. 03952Solar flare, radiation & low energy detectors 03954Advanced nuclear explosion detection system. 03954Last of Vela series to be turned off on 27 03954Sep 1984. Mission assumed by IMEWS series. 03954Was 'administratively deorbited' by US Space 03954Command in May 1993 to clear computer. 03955Trails Vela 09 by 180 degrees. The US Space 03955Command 'Admin. deorbited' it in May 1993. 03955Satellite detected a nuclear explosion over 03955the Indian Ocean on 22 Sep 1979 with optical 03955sensor. EMP sensor inoperative. The Carter 03955Administration, for political reasons, said 03955it was not true. South Africa now confirms 03955they fired a nuclear weapon at that time. 03957Possibly radar calibration. 039718 day high resolution imagery mission. 03983Possible Solar flare monitor. 03984Probable imagery system. 03986Orbiting Geophysical Observatory. 6 in series 03986returned details of vast clouds of hydrogen. 03986130 experiments returned 1.5 mil hrs of data. 039888 day high resolution imagery mission. 03990Interplanetary Monitoring Platform (IMP). 039918 day low resolution imagery mission. 039948 day high resolution imagery mission. 04000Bonny [pig tailed monkey] had 24 sensors 04000implanted in body. Became unhappy in space & 04000refused to work. 30 day mission cut to 9. 040345 day high resolution photographic mission. 04036In Moon orbit 16 July-2 hr before Apollo 11 04036liftoff. Attempt to return Moon samples to 04036Earth. Failure during lunar landing-crashed. 040391st men on Moon. Crew quarantined on return. 04039CM Columbia, LM Eagle. 04041Called Eagle. Landed Tranquility base at 2117 04041GMT on 20 Jul 1969. First manned vehicle to 04041land & take off from another celestial body. 040428 day low resolution imagery mission. 04043Plane 270 degrees. Replaced by Molniya 1-15. 04047No anomalies reported. 04050Forward camera failed. RV-1 water recovery; 04050RV-2 aircraft recovery. Partial success. 040513rd stage malfunction caused unusable orbit. 04051Had been scheduled for use over Atlantic. 04054Secret DoD mission. Probably normal. 04058Possibly a failed ASAT test vehicle. 04062Color photographs of lunar far side & Earth. 04065Orbiting Solar Observatory viewed Sun's ultra 04065violet spectrum and x-rays emissions. 04066Package Attitude Control. Test of semi-active 04066gravity gradient stabilization technique. 04068Applications Technology Satellite. Nutation 04068Damper failure caused flat spin. Only partial 04068success. Meteorological & Comms tests. Placed 04068in sub-synchronous orbit. 04070Experimental navigation satellite. 0407212 day low resolution imagery mission. 040748 day high resolution imagery mission. 04076Possible co-orbital test or radar calibration 04078Probable imagery system. 040808 day high resolution imagery mission. 040828 day high resolution imagery mission. 0409212th FOBS mission. See Cosmos 139. 04097Four day high resolution imagery mission. 04102Last KH-4A mission. Both film RVs recovered 04102by aircraft. 04103Data relay or ELINT?? 04104Failed to leave Earth orbit. 041068 day low resolution imagery mission. 04111Mission apparently normal. Booster exploded. 04111Objects cataloged as 1969-082 = 270. 105 up. 04114Ionosphere & auroral experiments. Booster 04114malfunction caused early decay of system. 04119No anomalies reported. 04122Group flight with Soyuz 7 & 8. Tested Vulkan 04122welding equipment. 04124Group flight with Soyuz 6 & 8. Performed a 04124manual rendezvous with Soyuz 8. 04126Group flight with Soyuz 6 & 7. Performed a 04126manual rendezvous with Soyuz 7. 04128USSR & 6 East European nations study Solar UV 04128& X-rays on Earth's upper atmosphere. 041308 day high resolution imagery mission. 04132Mission apparently normal. Booster exploded. 04132Objects cataloged as 1969-082 = 270. 105 up. 04136Possibly radar calibration. 04138Possibly geodetic. 04150Possibly two modules. Failed to leave orbit. 04166Mission apparently normal. Booster exploded. 04166Objects cataloged as 1969-082 = 270. 105 up. 04168Mission apparently normal. Booster exploded. 04168Objects cataloged as 1969-082 = 270. 105 up. 0418212 day low resolution imagery mission. 04184Possible radiation & geo-astrophysical msn. 04186Probable imagery system. 04219Possibly radar calibration. 042211st German Research Satellite-7 experiments. 04221Earth radiation, Aurorae & Solar particles. 042238 day low resolution imagery mission. 04225Deployed Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment 04225Package (ALSEP). Returned parts for exposure 04225study. CM Yankee Clipper. LM Intrepid. 04225The third stage, that was in heliocentric 04225orbit, passed by the Moon on 15 June 2002 and 04225has been captured by Earth's gravity. It is 04225expected to remain in Earth orbit for about a 04225year before going back to heliocentric orbit. 042328 day high resolution imagery mission. 04237Mission apparently normal. Booster exploded. 04237Objects cataloged as 1969-082 = 270. 105 up. 04246Called Intrepid. Remained on Moon 31.5 hrs. 04246ALSEP 12, a science station was left on Moon 04246at 2.94 S & 23.45 W. Transmitted till 701001. 04247Mission apparently normal. Booster exploded. 04247Objects cataloged as 1969-082 = 270. 105 up. 042501st British military defense comm satellite. 04252Possibly radar calibration. 04254Possibly a geodetic? 04256Mission apparently normal. Booster exploded. 04256Objects cataloged as 1969-082 = 270. 105 up. 04257Mission apparently normal. Booster exploded. 04257Objects cataloged as 1969-082 = 270. 105 up. 04259Mission apparently normal. Booster exploded. 04259Objects cataloged as 1969-082 = 270. 105 up. 0426212 day low resolution imagery mission. 04264Both film RVs recovered by aircraft. 04266Possibly radar calibration. 04273Possibly geodetic. 0428032nd photo mission for 1969. 13 day high-res. 04282Possibly a maneuver test or even a FOBS. In 04282either event, it appears to have failed. 04285USSR & 6 East European nations involved in 04285studies of ionosphere & other areas. 0429212 day low resolution imagery mission. 04295Mission apparently normal. Booster exploded. 04295Objects cataloged as 1969-082 = 270. 105 up. 04296Probable imagery system. 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. 04299Possibly radar calibration. 04301No anomalies reported. 04308Geomagnetic and ionospheric studies. 043158 day high resolution imagery mission. 04320Improved TIROS satellite. Became operational 0432015 June 1970. Pre-launch name TIROS-M. 043215th amateur radio. Transmitted for 46 days. 04327Space Electric Rocket Test. 1st orbital test 04327of electron ion engine. 1st engine operated 04327for 3,785 hrs; 2nd for 2,011 hrs. Considered 04327unsuccessful. Radio interference test-3 mos. 043288 day high resolution imagery mission. 04330Japanese test satellite. Operated for 17 hrs. 04331No anomalies reported. 04336Plane 180 Degrees. Replaced by Molniya 1-18. 04338Probably radar calibration. 043408 day low resolution imagery mission. 04342Both film RVs recovered by aircraft. 04343Data relay or ELINT?? 043441st foreign payload launched by France. 04344Measured hydrogen composition of Earth's 04344central equatorial atmosphere & radiation. 043468 day low resolution mission. 04349No anomalies reported. 04351Probable radar calibration. 043531st NATO military communications satellite. 0435513 day high resolution imagery mission. 0435712 day low resolution mission. 04360No anomalies reported. 04362Makes worldwide weather pictures twice daily. 04362Transtage exploded 17 Oct 70. 04362Objects cataloged as 1970-025 = 374. 279 up. 04363US Army's SECOR type tactical survey. 043648 day high resolution imagery mission. 04366Advanced nuclear explosion detection. Lost by 04366US Space Command for years. 'Administratively 04366deorbited' in 1993 to clear computer records. 04368Trailed VELA 11 by 180 degrees. Lost by US 04368Space Command for years. 'Administratively 04368deorbited' in 1993 to clear computer records. 04369No anomalies reported. 04371Mission aborted. Oxygen tank ruptured on 13 0437113 Apr. Circled Moon on 14 Apr. Astronauts 04371transferred to Command module and jettisoned 04371service & lunar modules on 17 Apr. While it 04371failed in Moon landing objective, the flight 04371was very impressive. CM Odyssey. LM Aquarius. 0437313 day high resolution mission. 04375Probable imagery system. 04376Placed in full time service 8 May 70. 04378Possible radar calibration. 04380Ultraviolet studies. 043821st Chinese satellite. Broadcast 'The East is 04382Red' and times as it passed certain points. 043831st Soviet launch of 8 payloads. 043841st Soviet launch of 8 payloads. 043851st Soviet launch of 8 payloads. 043861st Soviet launch of 8 payloads. 043871st Soviet launch of 8 payloads. 043881st Soviet launch of 8 payloads. 043891st Soviet launch of 8 payloads. 043901st Soviet launch of 8 payloads. 04393No anomalies reported. 044018 day low resolution imagery mission. 044038 day high resolution imagery mission. 04405Both film capsules recovered by aircraft. 04406Data relay or ELINT?? 044071st manned night launch. Duration record of 04407424 hours eclipsed Gemini 7's (cat # 1812). 04407Studied/photographed ocean phenomena. 04409One week high resolution imagery mission. 04411Possible radar calibration. 04413Corpuscular streams. 044168 day high resolution imagery mission. 04418No anomalies reported. 04419No anomalies reported. 04422Probable imagery system. 0442512 day low resolution imagery mission. 04427Possible radar calibration. 04430Plane 90 degrees. Replaced by Molniya 1-16. 044468 day high resolution imagery mission. 0445512 day low resolution imagery mission. 04477Both film RVs recovered by aircraft. 04478Could be moved to Indian Ocean in 6 days and 04478Pacific Ocean in 5 days if needed. 0448113th FOBS mission. 04482Soviet Union & 6 Eastern Bloc nations studied 04482protons, electron & alpha particles. 044848 day high resolution imagery mission. 04487Atmospheric and ionospheric studies. 04489Returned data on "powerful chromospheric 04489flame" which began 10 Dec 70. Compared data 04489with Lunokhod 1, satellites & ground site 04489readings. Sent data for 23 min after landing. 04492Probable imagery system. 04493To have been 2nd UK military commsat. Apogee 04493motor & telemetry failed on 25 August. 04495No anomalies reported. 04497No anomalies reported. 04501Probably original Venera 08 but failed to 04501achieve escape velocity. 04503No anomalies reported. 04507No anomalies reported. 0450810 day high resolution imagery mission. 04510No anomalies reported. 04512No anomalies reported. 0452413 day high resolution imagery mission. 04527Landed on Moon 20 Sep. Retrieved soil by full 04527automatic recovery. Return module lifted off 0452721 Sep. See also SSC 97001. 04536Possible radar calibration. 0453812 day low resolution imagery mission. 0455310 day high resolution imagery mission. 0455614th FOBS mission. 0456112 day low resolution imagery mission. 04564First operational RORSAT. Nuclear power pack 04564boosted to higher orbit on 4 October. 04569Replaced Molniya 1-12. 045716 day low resolution imagery mission. 04573Possible radar calibration. 0457613 day high resolution imagery mission. 04578No anomalies reported. 04580Soviet Union & 6 Eastern Bloc nations studied 04580Solar UV & X-rays on upper atmosphere. 04583No anomalies reported. 04588No anomalies reported. 04590Target for COSMOS 374. 04591Spacecraft photographed by optical telescope. 04591Photos of Earth and Moon. 2nd sea recovery. 04594Approached COSMOS 373. Exploded later. 04594Objects cataloged as 1970-089 = 103. 37 up. 04596Probable imagery system. 04598Attacked COSMOS 373 & exploded. 47 pieces. 0459913 day high resolution imagery mission. 04630No anomalies reported. 04690Orbiting Frog Otolith. 2 male bullfrogs of 04690species rana esbiana. Study otolith response 04690in zero g. All flight objectives met. 046911st lunar robot, Lunokhod 1, made physical & 04691mechanical soil analysis and took pictures. 04691Operated for 11 months. 04692Radiation & Meteoroid Satellite. 0469512 day low resolution imagery mission. 04713Ionospheric and cosmic ray studies. 04721Both film capsules recovered by aircraft. 04722Data relay or ELINT?? 04760Probably Lunar related. Extensive maneuvers. 04762Possible radar calibration. 04779Replaced Molniya 1-14. 04783Topside ionospheric sounder studies. 04786Within 5 days orbit adjusted to 5,072 X 1,615 04786km - 51.6 degree inclination. Next day change 04786was to 5,082 X 2,577 km and 55.9 degrees. 04786Possibly manned/Lunar related. 0478713 day high resolution imagery mission. 0479112 day low resolution photographic mission. 04791Capsule (70-105E) ejected 17 Dec 1970. 04793National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Admin. 04794Cylindrical Electrostatic Probe. 047971st US satellite launched by another nation. 04797Small Astronomy Satellite to detect high 04797energy celestial X-ray sources. 04799No anomalies reported. 04801Preliminaire a EOLE (Aeolus-Greek wind god). 04801Meteorological experiment to gather wind and 04801other data from constant altitude balloons. 0480413 day high resolution imagery mission. 04806No anomalies reported. 04811No anomalies reported. 04813No anomalies reported. 04829Replaced Molniya 1-11. 0484513 day high resolution imagery mission. 04847No anomalies reported. 04849No anomalies reported. 0487212 day low resolution imagery mission. 04874Probable imagery system. 04881In service 26 Mar 71. 04884Possibly radar calibration. 049003rd lunar landing. Completed 2 EVAs totaling 049009 hrs 25 min. 44 kgs soil returned. Last crew 04900to be quarantined. CM Kitty Hawk, LM Antares. 04902No anomalies reported. 04905Called Antares. 3rd manned lander on Moon. 04905ALSEP 14 science station on moon at 3.67 S & 0490517.46 W. Transmitted until 1 Oct 1977. 04922Target for COSMOS 397. 04952Demonstration of launcher. Operated for full 04952life of one week. 04953No anomalies reported. 04955No anomalies reported. 04957No anomalies reported. 04958No anomalies reported. 0495913 day high resolution imagery mission. 04963No anomalies reported. 04964Close approach to COSMOS 394, then exploded. 04964Objects cataloged as 1971-015 = 117. 59 up. 04966Extensive maneuvers. Lunar/manned related? 05003Two week high resolution imagery mission. 05007Solar power to transmit until Jun 79. Rocket 05007had battery powered transmitter. Died 12 days 05043Interplanetary Monitoring Platform (IMP). 05050Target for COSMOS 404. 05053Satellite Data System. 05059Both film RVs recovered by aircraft. 0508613 day high resolution imagery mission. 05104International Satellite for Ionospheric 05104Studies. Measured day & season fluctuation 05104in electron density in upper atmosphere. 05105Nuclear pack moved to higher orbit 19 Apr 71. 0510812 day low resolution mission. 05113Passed close to COSMOS 400 and then deorbited 05113into the Pacific ocean. 05117No anomalies reported. 0512410 day high resolution mission. 051285 experiments to study solar radiation in 05128the ultraviolet range. 05142No anomalies reported. 051601st space station. Visited by Soyuz 10 & 11. 05160Remained in orbit for 6 months. 05171Probable imagery system. 05172Performed manual docking with Salyut 1, but 05172did not enter. Early return due to illness. 05174No anomalies reported. 05176Atmospheric studies. 05177Possible radar calibration. 05180No anomalies reported. 05204Stationed over Panama Canal for Sub launches. 0520712 day low resolution imagery mission. 052102nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 052112nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 052122nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 052132nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 052142nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 052152nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 052162nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 052172nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 05221First use of Proton (SL-12) for planetary 05221mission. 1st of 3 craft for Mars. 4th stage 05221separation problems. Decayed in 2 days. 0523011 day high resolution imagery mission. 05232No anomalies reported. 05234Established atmosphere to be primarily carbon 05234dioxide after 27 Nov 71 arrival. 2nd Martian 05234artificial satellite. Lander crashed. 05238No anomalies reported. 05246No anomalies reported. 0524813 day high resolution mission. 05252Arrived 2 Dec 71. Returned data for 3 months. 05252Lander sent 20 Sec of TV before dust storm 05252overwhelmed the system. 05253No anomalies reported. 05261Arrived 13 Nov 71. Detailed photographs of 05261violent dust storms and changing seasons plus 05261moons Phobos & Diemos. 90 day expected life 05261lasted to 349 days. 7,329 photos. 05281No anomalies reported. 05283Spent mission at Salyut. Rapid decompression 05283during reentry resulted in crew deaths. 05285Space Experiments Support Program. 0528912 day high resolution mission. 05297Reported to be first KH-9 [Hexagon] [AKA Big 05297Bird] film return satellite. Also called LASP 05297[Low Altitude Surveillance Platform]. It had 052974-6 capsules for the return of the film. They 05297were able to maneuver it to extend lifetime. 0530512 day low resolution imagery mission. 05317Measured solar electromagnetic and stellar 05317radiation. 05327No anomalies reported. 05329No anomalies reported. 0533113 day high resolution imagery mission. 0534013 day high resolution imagery mission. 053511st to use Rover. Deployed ALSEP 15 (see SSC 053514225) to detect quakes. Transmitted data to 053511 Oct 1977. Left on Moon at 26.11 N & 3.66 E. 05351Retrieved tapes from satellite. CM Endeavour, 05351LM Falcon. 0536412 day low resolution imagery mission. 05366Called Falcon. Landed 2116 GMT 30 Jul. 3 days 05366on Moon. Had TV on Rover show lift off. Left 05366ALSEP 15 on Moon at 26.11 N & 3.66 E. Sent 05366quake data until 1 Oct 1977. 05367Replaced Molniya 1-13. 05377Scientific satellite launched from CM. 0537913 day high resolution imagery mission. 05382Triaxial acceleration. 05383Drag experiment. 05394Energetic proton analyzer. 05396Unknown experiment. 05397Neutral mass spectrometer. 05398This satellite best displays the problem of 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]. 05401No anomalies reported. 05402Deorbited this last [15th] FOBS short of 1st 05402orbit at 0125 GMT. 05406No anomalies reported. 05407Extensive maneuvers. Described as a 'Lunar 05407cabin' in 1981 after it decayed. 05409Probable imagery system. 05410No anomalies reported. 05435Interrogated 500 balloons drifting at 12,000 05435meter altitude. 05441No anomalies reported. 05448Intended soft-lander. Contact lost. Impacted. 05461No anomalies reported. 05466No anomalies reported. 05468Both film capsules recovered by aircraft. 05469Data relay or ELINT?? 0547513 day high resolution imagery mission. 0547811 day low resolution imagery mission. 05480No anomalies reported. 05485Observed solar HF emissions, plasma and 05485cosmic rays. 0548612 day high resolution imagery mission. 05488140 X 140 km orbit. Studied gravitational 05488field effects of its mascons. Also TV of Moon 05488& observation of 10 powerful solar flares. 05491Solar studies. 05492TEst and TRaining for Apollo communications. 0549313 day high resolution imagery mission. 0553612 day low resolution imagery mission. 055473rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 055483rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 055493rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 055503rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 055513rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 055523rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 055533rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 055543rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 05557No anomalies reported. 0555813 day high resolution imagery mission. 05560Space Test Program. Advanced space technology 05560experiments of the USAF. 05563Possible radar calibration. 05565This is the 2nd stage for NOAA 02-1. Payload 05565failed to reach orbit. See SSC number 97110. 05575Probable imagery system. 05580On-board tape recorder to record real-time 05580data. Occasionally reactivated. 05585Two week high resolution imagery mission. 05587No anomalies reported. 05588No anomalies reported. 05598Examined energetic particles & studied Earth 05598magnetosphere. Possibly decayed in 1990. 05608No anomalies reported. 0561113 day high resolution imagery mission. 05614No anomalies reported. 05620Domestic communications. 05623No anomalies reported. 05625Target for COSMOS 462. 05628No anomalies reported. 05641Continued study of charged particles begun in 05641Intercosmos 03. Czech & Soviet team. 05643Gamma ray studies. 05646Attacked COSMOS 459. 29 pieces. All decayed. 056615 day high resolution imagery mission. 05667Successful soft-landing. Broadcast 20 sec. 05667Details obscured by a dust storm. 056706 day high resolution imagery mission. 05675Continued electron density & radio noise, etc 05675experiments through Apr 73. Then used on 05675occasion to support sounding rocket tests. 05678First launch of this US Navy system which is 05678also called 'White Cloud'. 05680Associated with OPS 7898-P/L-1. SSC 5678. 05681Associated with OPS 7898-P/L-1. SSC 5678. 05682Associated with OPS 7898-P/L-1. SSC 5678. 05683No anomalies reported. 0568711 day high resolution imagery mission. 05704No anomalies reported. 05705Store-Dump type communications satellite. 05709Operational over 12 years. 05712Replaced Molniya 1-15. 05721Nuclear power source boosted to higher orbit 05721on 4 January 1972. 0572710 day low resolution imagery mission. 05729Joint French & Soviet mission to study upper 05729atmosphere & polar lights. 05731No anomalies reported. 057391st unsuccessful attempt at soft-landing. 0576413 day high resolution imagery mission. 05769Probable imagery system. 05772Data relay or ELINT?? 05775Operational over 7 years. TV link for Nixon's 05775visit to China. 05804Possibly radar calibration. 05814Highly Eccentric Orbit Satellite discovered 05814plasma mantle. 0582112 day low resolution film return mission. 05821Watched for Soviet ICBM launches & tests. 05835Orbited 17 Feb & landed Sea of Crisis 21 Feb. 05835Collected grey rock samples. See SSC 97201. 0583913 day high resolution mission. 05846No anomalies reported. 05851No anomalies reported. 05852No anomalies reported. 05860Passed through Asteroid Belt. Sent pictures 05860of Jupiter, her moons and enormous magnetic 05860tail. Passed Saturn's orbit. Escaped Solar 05860system 13 Jun 83. 9.4 billion km from Earth 05860in September 1995. Spacecraft healthy with 5 05860active instruments that send back valuable 05860scientific observations in 1995/6. Comm link 05860cut 31 Mar 97 at >10 billion km from Earth. 05860NASA kept checking probe until 22 Jan 2003 05860when it replied but sent no data. At 12.2 05860billion km, with the radioisotope power pack 05860decayed, the satellite did not respond at all 05860on 7 Feb 2003. No further tests are planned. 05860It will reach the red star Aldebaran [Taurus] 05860in approximately the year 2002003. 0586212 day low resolution imagery mission. 05879British & Belgium satellite surveyed 95% of 05879sky & observed 15,000 stars thru UV eyes. 0588513 day high resolution mission. 05888Probable imagery system. 05894No anomalies reported. 05903No anomalies reported. 05905No anomalies reported. 05906Geomagnetic studies. 05912Transmitted temp, pressure and light level. 05912Lower surface light level than Earth. 05917No anomalies reported. 05919Probably intended to be Venera 09. Escape 05919stage fired only partially. 0592412 day high resolution imagery mission. 05927Replaced Molniya 1-17. 05928Study of radiation effects on solar cells. 0593312 day low resolution mission. 05936Nuclear photo emulsion unit recorded several 05936thousand collisions of cosmic ray particles. 05936Studied by Polish, Hungarian, Czech, Romanian 05936and Soviet scientists. 05938No anomalies reported. 05941Means 'Forecast'. Studies of solar radiation. 05941Space communications problems in near Earth, 05941upper atmosphere & outside magnetosphere. 0594513 day high resolution mission. 06000Difficulties during separation/redocking of 06000CM Casper & LM Orion. Special diet prevented 06000heart irregularities. 06003Both film capsules recovered by aircraft. 06005Called Orion. Landed 0223 GMT on 21 Apr. Used 06005Rover during 3 EVAs. Left ALSEP 16 science 06005station on moon at 9 degree S, 16 degrees E. 06005Transmitted through 1 Oct 1977. 06006No anomalies reported. 06009Scientific satellite launched from CM Casper. 0601613 day high resolution imagery mission. 06019No anomalies reported. 0602112 day low resolution photographic mission. 06021Reported to have ejected Cosmic Ray package C 06021on 7 Jun 72. International # 1972-36D. 06031Domestic communications. 0603513 day high resolution imagery mission. 06037Both film RVs recovered by aircraft. Last of 06037the 'CORONA' film return missions. 0604913 day high resolution imagery mission. 06052Operational over 7 years. 0605312 day low resolution imagery mission. 06059New Military Commsat. Replaced by Cosmos 540. 0606013 day high resolution imagery mission. 06066Possible test of manned satellite equipment. 06066Possible redesigned Salyut-Soyuz hatch. 06068Means 'Forecast'. Studies of solar radiation. 06068Space communications problems in near Earth, 06068upper atmosphere & outside magnetosphere. 06075Soviet, GDR & Czech team in upper atmospheric 06075studies of short wave solar irradiations. 06076Possible radar calibration. 06079No anomalies reported. 06086No anomalies reported. 0609011 day high resolution imagery mission. 06094Probable imagery system. 06096Data relay or ELINT?? 06097No anomalies reported. 06099No anomalies reported. 0610512 day low resolution imagery mission. 0611412 day high resolution imagery mission. 061174th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 061184th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 061194th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 061204th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 061214th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 061224th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 061234th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 061244th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 06126Earth Resources Technology Satellite. Tape 06126system failed 30 Mar 73. Live pix available 06126from then. Retired 16 Jan 78. 06126Objects cataloged as 1972-058 = 227. 52 up. 0613012 day low resolution imagery mission. 0613513 day high resolution imagery mission. 06142Meteoroid experiments. 06148No anomalies reported. 0615013 day high resolution imagery mission. 06152Observed plasma waves & density, electron 06152flux and geomagnetism. 06153Large observatory for stellar radiation in 06153the ultraviolet region. 06154Nuclear pack moved to higher orbit 21 Sep 72. 0616812 day low resolution imagery mission. 06172Probable imagery system. 061731st experimental transit navigation satellite 061869 day low resolution imagery mission. 0618810 day high resolution imagery mission. 061921st operational missile warning system. 06197Interplanetary Monitoring Platform (IMP). 06197Initial orbit 237,429 X 260 km. 2 days later 06197it was 235,600 X 201,100 km. 06206Not known to have been attacked. 06208Domestic communications. 06212No anomalies reported. 06217Contains experiments in UV & gamma radiation. 0621913 day high resolution imagery mission. 06222No anomalies reported. 06227Probable imagery system. 06229No anomalies reported. 06231Replaced Molniya 1-20. 06235National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Admin. 06236Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio. 0624811 day low resolution imagery mission. 06254No anomalies reported. 06256No anomalies reported. 0626013 day high resolution imagery mission. 062625th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 062645th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 062655th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 062665th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 062675th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 062685th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 062695th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 062705th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 06272No anomalies reported. 06275No anomalies reported. 06278First Canadian communications satellite. 06282Small Astronomy Satellite explored dynamics 06282of the Milky Way. 06285Studied ionosphere & found temperature of 06285upper atmosphere over poles was higher than 06285over the equator. Reverse of beliefs. 0628712 day low resolution imagery mission. 06291Bulgarian, East German, Czech & Soviet study 06291of the Earth's ionosphere. 06294Replaced Molniya 1-16. 063001st US night launch. Heat flow experiments. 06300Discovered soil of a volcanic nature. 06300CM America. LM Challenger. 06305No anomalies reported. 06307Called Challenger. Landed 1955 GMT 11 Dec. 06307Lifted of with 113 kg of Moon rocks. Left 06307ALSEP science station on Moon at 20.17 N & 0630730.75 E. Transmitted until 1 Oct 1977. 06308Domestic communications. 0631113 day high resolution imagery mission. 06315Dipped into upper atmosphere 3,844 times to 06315measure short wave ultraviolet radiation. 06317No anomalies reported. 06319No anomalies reported. 06321Probable imagery system. 06323Replaced Cosmos 494. 0632612 day low resolution mission. 06328No anomalies reported. 06333Deployed Lunokhod 2, edge of Sea of Serenity. 06333Returned pictures and magnetic measurements. 0633913 day high resolution imagery mission. 06343No anomalies reported. 06348No anomalies reported. 06350Geophysical research. 0635312 day low resolution imagery mission. 06356Replaced Molniya 1-18. 0635913 day high resolution imagery mission. 06364Means 'Forecast'. Studies of solar radiation. 06364Space communications problems in near Earth, 06364upper atmosphere & outside magnetosphere. 06373No anomalies reported. 0637610 day high resolution imagery mission. 06378Two week high resolution mission. 06380No anomalies reported. 06382Probable imagery system. 06392No anomalies reported. 0639412 day low resolution imagery mission. 06398Never occupied. It broke up on 14 April 1973 06398into 26 pieces. 06418Domestic communications. 06421Confirmed Jupiter to be primarily a liquid 06421planet & that its magnetic field consists of 064212 regions. 1st visit to Saturn. Determined 06421magnetic field to be 1,000 times Earth's. In 06421late Sep 95 there was insufficient power to 06421operate instruments. At 6.5 billion km from 06421Earth it can no longer point antenna at Earth 06421and will drift as ghost ship from mid 1996. 06427Possibly radar calibration. 06432Returnable payload exploded into 197 pieces, 06432all of which have decayed. High-res mission. 06433Soviet-Polish. 500th anniversary of Polish 06433scientist's birth. Recorded radio frequencies 06433of the Sun's radiation. 06437Did not meet 7 year design life goal. 06440Military and ice reconnaissance. Low-res. 06446Military and ice reconnaissance. High-res. 06498Possible back-up for Salyut. Booster failure. 06498All Soviet programs seem to have even number 06498of missions. Therefore this, or SSC 97301, 06498would be the best candidates for Salyut '8'. 06633US space laboratory. Demonstrated ability to 06633live & work in space. Visited by 3 crews. 06640Probable imagery system. 06645Possibly an ELINT mission. 066475 day high resolution imagery mission. 0665213 day high resolution imagery mission. 06655Docked with Skylab 1. Difficulty with docking 06655and solar panels. Solar observations made. 0665712 day low resolution imagery mission. 06659No anomalies reported. 06665Possibly an ELINT mission. 0666712 day high resolution imagery mission. 066756th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 066766th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 066776th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 066786th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 066796th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 066806th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 066816th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 066826th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0668413 day high resolution mission. New type? 06686Radio astronomy. Moon orbit of 1120 X 1109 km 06686to shield from Earth signal interference 06686experienced by Explorer 38 (cat # 3307). 4 06686radio antennas formed huge 'X' 458 m across. 06691No anomalies reported. 06694Unmanned Soyuz test flight. 06707No anomalies reported. 0670912 day low resolution imagery mission. 0671312 day low resolution imagery mission. 06722Domestic communications. 06727Probable imagery system. 06742Retrorocket failed. Sent pictures & radio 06742occultation data as it passed 10 Feb 74. 06742Paired with Mars 5. 0674513 day high resolution imagery mission. 06754Arrived 12 Feb 74 in 32,500 X 1760 km orbit 06754inclined 35 degrees. Returned a few excellent 06754southern hemisphere pictures where future 06754landings were planned. Paired with Mars 4. 06757Docked Skylab 1. Expected emergency return 06757for ill crew was not needed. 0675912 day low resolution imagery mission. 06768Conducted investigations of radio emissions 06768from Sun & solar plasma. Arrival 12 Mar 74. 06768Used French equipment. U.S. Viking mission 06768modified due high argon gas level findings. 06776Almost complete failure. Arrived 9 Mar 74. 06776Descent module separated due on-board system 06776failure. French equipment. Paired Mars 6. 06787No anomalies reported. 0678913 day high resolution imagery mission. 06791No anomalies reported. 06793Possibly an ELINT mission. 06796Useful life was over 6 years. 0679813 day high resolution imagery mission. 06802No anomalies reported. 06805Replaced Molniya 1-19. 0680913 day low resolution imagery mission. 06818Two week high resolution imagery mission. 06822No anomalies reported. 06825No anomalies reported. 06828No anomalies reported. 06832Two week high resolution imagery mission. 06836Tested post disaster modifications in the 06836structure, flight systems and controls. 06837Probable imagery system. 068457th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 068467th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 068477th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 068487th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 068497th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 068507th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 068517th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 068527th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 068566 day low-res mission. Yom Kippur War. 068586 day high-res mission. Yom Kippur War 068626 day high-res mission. Yom Kippur War. 0686713 day low-res mission. Yom Kippur War. 068737 day high-res mission. Yom Kippur War. 06875No anomalies reported. 06877Domestic communications. 068859 day high-res mission. Yom Kippur War. 06893Interplanetary Monitoring Platform (IMP). 06893Orbit changed to 288,857 X 141,185 km. Solar 06893flare & radiation monitoring. 0690013 day high-res mission. Yom Kippur War. 06907No anomalies reported. 06909No anomalies reported. 06911Study electromagnetic connections between the 06911magnetosphere and the ionosphere. 06913Animal flight test of manned system. To study 06913reaction to weightlessness of several dozen 06913rats, 6 boxes of tortoises, a mushroom bed, 069134 beetles & living bacterial spores. 06916No anomalies reported. 06919Venus flyby 5 Feb 74. Cloud photos using UV 06919filter at 5760 km. Mercury flyby (271 km) on 0691929 Nov 74. Determined to be magnetized from 06919within. Photos returned. 1st dual planet try. 06920Second stage exploded 28 December 1973. 06920Objects cataloged 1973-086 = 198. 181 up. 0692612 day high resolution imagery mission. 06928Probable imagery system. 06931Data relay or ELINT?? 06932Replaced Molniya 1-21. 06936Docked Skylab 1. Mission simultaneous with 06936Soyuz 13. Communication not possible. 06938No anomalies reported. 06941Possibly an ELINT mission. 0694313 day high resolution imagery mission. 06950No anomalies reported. 06952Possibly an ELINT mission. 0695313 day high resolution imagery mission. 06957An unmanned Soyuz test flight. 06958Replaced Molniya 1-23. 06965USSR military Comms. Replaced by Cosmos 783. 06971Possible ELINT mission. 06973No anomalies reported. 06974No anomalies reported. 06977Upper atmospheric monitor. Every few weeks it 06977had perigee reduced to 120 km for testing. 06977Then raised to keep from decaying. 0697911 day low resolution imagery mission. 06982Flight simultaneous with Skylab 3. Carried 06982Oasis 2 'greenhouse'. Landed in heavy snow. 069858th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 069868th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 069878th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 069888th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 069898th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 069908th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 069918th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 069928th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0699513 day high resolution imagery mission. 07000Domestic communications. 07003Joint French Soviet study of Auroral Borealis 07005Nuclear power pack moved higher on 11 Feb 74. 07008No anomalies reported. 07094No anomalies reported. 07096First communications satellite built outside 07096US/USSR. Launch failure placed it in useless, 07096tumbling, orbit. Builder was Marconi Space & 07096Defence Systems, United Kingdom. 0710012 day low resolution imagery mission. 07104Two week high resolution imagery mission. 07109No anomalies reported. 07117Two week high resolution imagery mission. 07121Probable imagery system. 07122Confirmed launch performance and satellite 07122attitude controls. 07154Measured energy from sun in the equatorial 07154zone. Data compared to Explorer 51 readings 07154from the auroral zone. 07187No anomalies reported. 07209No anomalies reported. 07211Possibly an ELINT mission. 07213Main purpose to test 3 axis stabilization 07213vice spin stabilization. 0721612 day low resolution imagery mission. 07218No anomalies reported. 07223Atmospheric analysis. Crashed on descent. 07224Non-lander as it missed Mars by 1300 km. 07225Two week high resolution imagery mission. 072291st Soviet synchronous orbit. 07234Unmanned Soyuz test. 07240Ice survey mission. High resolution. 07242Probable imagery system. 07244Data relay or ELINT?? 07245Ice survey mission. Low resolution. 07247No anomalies reported. 072501st US domestic communications satellite. 07260Replaced Molniya 1-22. 072659th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 072669th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 072679th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 072689th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 072699th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 072709th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 072719th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 072729th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 07274No anomalies reported. 07276Domestic communications. 0728012 day high resolution imagery mission. 07281Possibly a geodetic mission. 07291Nuclear power pack moved higher on 25 Jul 74. 072928 day high resolution imagery mission. 0729312 day low resolution imagery mission. 07297Nuclear pack moved to higher orbit 30 Jul 74. 072981st Synchronous Meteorological Satellite. 07298Stationed initially over Eastern Atlantic. 07299GDR, Czech & Soviet instruments to study the 07299solar ultraviolet radiations & the upper 07299atmosphere of Earth. 07306No anomalies reported. 07313An unmanned Soyuz test. 07315220 X 220 km orbit on 1 Jun. Rock analysis 07315from orbit. Low altitude TV 9-13 Jun. 07317Two week high resolution imagery mission. 07318First educational satellite. By May 79 3 of 4 07318thrusters inoperable. On 30 Jun 79 4th used 07318to put it in sub-synchronous orbit. 07325Studied solar wind. 0732812 day low resolution imagery mission. 07330Probable imagery system. 0733413 day high resolution imagery mission. 07337No anomalies reported. 07339No anomalies reported. 07342Visited by Soyuz 14. Operated for 7 months. 07342Ejected a reentry module on 27 September 74 07342during revolution 1451. 07347No anomalies reported. 07349No anomalies reported. 0735112 day low resolution imagery mission. 07352No anomalies reported. 07361Docked with Salyut 3. Assessed military 07361reconnaissance potential of Salyut. 07363No anomalies reported. 0736713 day high resolution imagery mission. 07369Time Navigation satellite. Program merged 07369with NAVSTAR so this one renamed NTS-1 in a 07369further attempt to confuse everyone. 07371Upper atmosphere research. Data 'acceptable'. 07376Domestic communications. 0738313 day high resolution imagery mission. 07385No anomalies reported. 0738913 day low resolution mission. 07392First synchronous Molniya communications. 07405Possibly an unmanned Soyuz. 0740913 day high resolution imagery mission. 07411No anomalies reported. 07413Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) precursor. 07416Probable imagery system. 07417No anomalies reported. 07421Emergency return after crew was unable to 07421dock due to failure in docking system. 074239 day high resolution imagery mission. 07424Could have been geodetic. 07427Netherlands' first. Studied ultraviolet 07427spectrum of young hot stars and both soft & 07427hard X-rays from cosmic sources. 07433Could be navigation or ELINT. 0743510th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0743610th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0743710th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0743810th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0743910th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0744010th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0744110th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0744210th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0744512 day low resolution imagery mission. 07447Possibly an ELINT mission. 074662nd US domestic communications satellite. 07469No anomalies reported. 07471British experiments to study X-ray sources. 07471Discovered 60 new sources of X-ray signals. 0747312 day high resolution imagery mission. 07476No anomalies reported. 07478Specially trained albino rats subjected daily 07478to gamma ray doses from on board system. Some 07478rats developed lung, blood & bone problems. 07480Replaced Molniya 1-26. 0748312 day high resolution imagery mission. 07490No anomalies reported. 07491Landed in unfavorable area. Device for taking 07491rock samples damaged. Abandoned after 3 days. 07495Reportedly imaged Middle East & observed 16 07495Soviet ships unloading arms that may have 07495included SA-6 SAMs and SCUD SSMs. 07498Data relay or ELINT?? 07499Contained accelerometers, ionization gauges, 07499Solar UV tests, mass spectrometer electro- 07499static analysis & an ELF receiver. 07500Continued Intercosmos studies. Romanian 07500instruments included for the first time. 0750212 day low resolution imagery mission. 0750912 day low resolution mission. 075292nd stage exploded 20 August 75. 07529Objects cataloged as 1974-089 = 151. 132 up. 07530HAM [amateur] radio satellite. 07530Objects cataloged as 1974-089 = 151. 132 up. 07531Spain's first. An ionospheric beacon. 07531Objects cataloged as 1974-089 = 151. 132 up. 0753313 day high resolution imagery mission. 07538No anomalies reported. 07540Plane 180 degrees. Replaced by Molniya 3-05. 07544Operational for over 9 years. 07547Placed in orbit over the Indian Ocean for UK 07547and Australia Comms. Planned life 3 years. 07547Still active in early 1989. 0755112 day low resolution imagery mission. 07561Successful rehearsal for Apollo-Soyuz. 075671st close in observation of solar surface & 07567winds. Detected 15 micrometeorites close in. 0757112 day low resolution imagery mission. 07574No anomalies reported. 07576No anomalies reported. 07578French-W. German project. 2 TV & 300 2-way 07578phone circuits connecting Europe, Middle East 07578and Africa. 07583Domestic communications. 07587First EORSAT. Exploded: 51 pieces. All down. 07591Occupied by Soyuz 17 & 18 crews for 93 days. 07591Attached by unmanned Soyuz 20 for 91 days. 07593Soviet NAVSAT. Replaced by Cosmos 894. 0759613 day high resolution imagery mission. 07604Experimented with recovery of evaporated body 07604water. Studied upper atmosphere and surface. 0760612 day low resolution imagery mission. 07611No anomalies reported. 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. 07617Two week high resolution imagery mission. 07623No anomalies reported. 07625No anomalies reported. 07637No anomalies reported. 07641Domestic communications. 07646A 25 cm spheroid. It was early laser 07646reflector for geodetic studies. 07648Synchronous Meteorological Satellite. 07663No anomalies reported. 0766413 day imagery mission. 07671Orbit planned for 2,000 X 250 km. Still able 07671to monitor solar X-rays & ultraviolet rays. 07675Two week high resolution imagery mission. 0767811th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0767911th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0768011th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0768111th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0768211th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0768311th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0768411th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0768511th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 07687Satellite Data System. 0769113 day high resolution imagery mission. 0769611 day low resolution imagery mission. 07705Ice survey. Looks at Arctic ice conditions to 07705support Arctic resupply convoys movements. 0770913 day high resolution imagery mission. 07710Czech & Soviet studies of cosmic radiation, 07710spectral composition of protons in Earth's 07710radiation belts & low energy electrons. 07714No anomalies reported. 07718Moved Nuclear power pack up on 16 May 75. 07727Nuclear power pack to higher orbit 12 Jun 75. 07730No anomalies reported. 07734Geodynamic Experimental Ocean Satellite. 07736Soviet NAVSAT replaced by Cosmos 887. 07738New plane 90 degrees. Replaced by Moly 3-07. 0774212 day high resolution imagery mission. 0774511 day low resolution imagery mission. 07747Probable imagery system. 07752X-ray astronomy. Indian transformer failed 07752after only a few days. 07768No anomalies reported. 07770Ice reconnaissance for 1975 Arctic convoys. 07780Replaced Molniya 1-25. 07788Small Astronomy Satellite explored dynamics 07788of the Milky Way. 07790Means 'brother' in Eskimo. Could handle 10 07790color TV channels or 9,600 phone circuits. 07801Carried microrocket experiments. 07802Carried an accelerometer. 07807Failed to achieve usable orbit due to booster 07807guidance malfunction. 07808Failed to achieve usable orbit due to booster 07808guidance malfunction. 0781012 day low resolution imagery mission. 07815On orbit storage for 4 years. 3 years over 07815Indian Ocean & then moved to Atlantic. 07816Defense Meteorological Support Program. 07818Docked with Salyut. Studied ripening crops, 07818polar lights and noctilucent clouds. 0782012th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0782113 day high resolution imagery mission. 0782212th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0782312th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0782412th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0782512th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0782612th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0782712th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0782812th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0787712 day mission. 0790012 day high resolution imagery mission. 07903Replaced Molniya 1-24. 07910Test of Meteosat cooling system. 079151st Venus Orbiter 22 Oct 75. Relayed 1st 07915surface picture of another planet. Surface 07915found to be very rocky. 07918Probable imagery system. 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. 0792513 day high resolution imagery mission. 07937No anomalies reported. 07947With Venera 9, returned large scale composite 07947cloud blanket photo. French spectrometer used 07947to study ratios of hydrogen & deuterium in 07947the upper atmosphere. 07963No anomalies reported. 07968No anomalies reported. 07970Orbiting Solar Observatory carrying French & 07970United States ultraviolet telescopes. 07982Probable SIGINT mission. 0798513 day high resolution imagery mission. 0799012 day low resolution imagery mission. 0800613 day high resolution imagery mission. 08009No anomalies reported. 08015Domestic communications. 08026No anomalies reported. 08030Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Performed joint 08030experiments, exchanged gifts & greetings. 08032Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Conducted joint 08032experiments, exchanged gifts & greetings. 08032Docking module separated from Saturn 1 on 15 08032July & attached to Apollo 18 until 24 July. 08036No anomalies reported. 0804012 day low resolution imagery mission. 08043No anomalies reported. 08053Possibly some military mission as no details 08053on the satellite were released. Or a failure. 0805913 day high resolution imagery mission. 080621st ESA satellite. Celestial Observation Sat 08062for gamma ray studies. Transmitters turned 08062off on 26 April 1982. 0806913 day high resolution imagery mission. 080721st for this plane. Replaced by Cosmos 928. 08108Arrived 19 Jun 76. Returned photos of islands 08108& channels cut by massive water flows. Took 08108photos of proposed Chryse landing area. Too 08108rough - two week delay. Ejected lander 20 Jul 08108for new site called Chryse Planitia. 08127No anomalies reported. 08132French-W. German project. Communications for 08132Europe, Mid East & Africa. (see catalog 7578) 0814713 day high resolution imagery mission. 08187Replaced Molniya 1-28. 08191Exploded 6 September 75. 77 pieces-all down. 08191No photographs returned. 08195Domestic communications. 08197Test of launcher, satellite tracking and 08197antenna extension technology. 08199Arrived 7 Aug 76. Found new landing area, 08199Utopia Planitia, 7420 km NE Viking 1 site. 08199Ejected lander on 3 September. 0827511 day low resolution imagery mission. 08281Two week high resolution imagery mission. 0828513th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0828613th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0828713th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0828813th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0828913th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0829013th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0829113th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0829213th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 08293No anomalies reported. 0832212 day low resolution imagery mission. 08325No anomalies reported. 0832713 day mission. 08330Made primary Atlantic satellite in 1976. 08332France's last national launch. Ultraviolet 08332radiation from Sun & hot new stars studied. 08338Soyuz test flight. 08343Replaced Cosmos 676. 08345Two week high resolution imagery mission. 08353Sampled nitric oxide in upper atmosphere. 08357No anomalies reported. 08360Probable imagery system. 08361Communications & navigation. US Navy. 08366Geostationary Operational Environmental Sat. 0836912 day low resolution imagery mission. 08411Found Venus to be very rocky. 1st photographs 08411returned from surface of another planet. 08416Exploded 25 January 76. 63 pieces - all down. 08419First for this plane. Replaced Cosmos 971. 08420Two week high resolution imagery mission. 08423Found old mountain formations in desert 08423landing. Descent studied atmospheric makeup. 08425New plane 360 degrees. Replaced by Moly 3-09. 08430Auto-docking with Salyut 4 at 1619 on 19 Nov. 08440Dipped into upper atmosphere to study changes 08440in the total ozone field. 0844212 day low resolution imagery mission. 08444No anomalies reported. 08450As direct result of Apollo-Soyuz mission US 08450experiments included. 14 experiments from 7 08450countries using rats, seeds, crayfish, fruit 08450flies, tortoises and plants. NASA pleased. 08452Capsule recovered 2 Dec 75. Photo mission? 08458Replaced Cosmos 614. 08463Ice reconnaissance of Arctic regions. 08467Probable imagery system. 08468Probably a military mission (prime) but also 08468carried scientific experiments like S3-1. 08471Studied low frequency electromagnetic 08471fluctuations in Earth's magnetosphere and the 08471structure of the ionosphere. 08473Nuclear power pack moved to higher orbit on 08473the next day, 13 Dec 75. Problem unknown. 08476Replaced by 1R in mid-1983. Turned off in 08476June 1984 and moved above synchronous orbit. 08482Integrated Missile Early Warning Satellite. 08482For ICBM & SLBM detection. 08488Similar orbit to China 03. Possibly military. 0848913 day high resolution imagery mission. 08492Domestic comms. Probably decayed June 1990. 08510To study differences between the upper 08510atmosphere and beyond the magnetosphere. 08513Raduga means rainbow. Communications between 08513Moscow and rest of world. 08519No anomalies reported. 08521New plane 270 degrees. Replaced by Moly 3-06. 08530No anomalies reported. 0855113 day high resolution imagery mission. 08582Traveled closer to Sun. Expanded on previous 08582discoveries about solar wind and surface. 08585Communications Technology Satellite. Canadian 08585US project to prove powerful satellite could 08585bring TV to all remote areas. 08591First for this plane. Replaced by Cosmos 951. 08601New plane-45 degrees. Replaced by Moly 1-43. 08604No anomalies reported. 0860714th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0860814th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0860914th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0861014th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0861114th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0861214th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0861314th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0861414th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0861612 day low resolution imagery mission. 08620Major Atlantic path for 7 years. Launch was 08620probably 2400 GMT on 29 January. 08645No anomalies reported. 08658No anomalies reported. 08681Two week high resolution imagery mission. 08688Target for Cosmos 804 & Cosmos 814. 08694Passed close to Cosmos 803 between 0950 and 086941620 GMT 16 Feb. Deorbited into Pacific. 08696No anomalies reported. 08697Maritime communications. Still in use after 0869712 years. 5 year design life. 0869920 day high resolution photographic mission. 08699Jettisoned engine apparently not tracked. 08709Studied frequency interference in ionosphere. 08709Ceased to operate after one month. Japanese 08709Ionospheric Sounding Satellite (ISS). 0873713 day high resolution imagery mission. 08741New plane-135 degrees. Replaced by Moly 1-42. 08741Probably decayed in Aug 1990. 08744Possibly a military scientific mission. 08746Military. Operates with variety of fixed and 08746mobile sites in MIT Lincoln Lab Experiments. 08747Military. Operates with variety of fixed and 08747mobile sites in MIT Lincoln Lab Experiments. 08748Solar studies. Circular 126,820 km orbit. 08749Solar studies. Circular 126,820 km orbit. 08754No anomalies reported. 0875812 day low resolution imagery mission. 08762New plane-225 degrees. Replaced by Moly 1-40. 08770Probable imagery system. 0877213 day high resolution imagery mission. 08774Replaced in Fall of 1983. Turned off & moved 08774above synchronous orbit. 0878112 day low resolution imagery mission. 08794No anomalies reported. 08799No anomalies reported. 0880112 day mission. 08806Passed close to Cosmos 803 about 1800 (45 min 08806after launch) & then intentionally deorbited. 08808Placed at 330 degrees East longitude. Was 08808still operating after 12 years. 0881113 day mission. 08812No anomalies reported. 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. 08820LAser GEOdynamic Satellite. 0882313 day high resolution imagery mission. 08833Replaced Molniya 3-01. Probably decayed in 08833early January 90 based on orbital decay seen. 08833June 89 perigee was 345 km. September 89 it 08833was 203 km. By December it dropped to 88 km. 08833NASA continued it as active through June 90. 08835Associated with OPS 6431. 08836Associated with OPS 6431. 08838Domestic communications. Placed at 288 East. 08845No anomalies reported. 08851No anomalies reported. 0885312 day low resolution imagery mission. 0885613 day mission. 08860Multi frequency radio beacon called the (DNA) 08860Defense Nuclear Agency Wideband experiment. 0886213 day high resolution imagery mission. 08865No anomalies reported. 08871Highly elliptical orbit used for comms to 08871northern units & for KH-11 imagery relay. 08873No anomalies reported. 0887713 day high resolution imagery mission. 08882Used by US Navy to fill void between Tacsat, 08882LES 6 and FLTSATCOMs. Sometimes called GAPSAT 08882or GAP FILLER. Ship to shore communications. 08884Associated with OPS 6431. 0888915th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0889015th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0889115th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0889215th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0889315th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0889415th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0889515th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0889615th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0889813 day high resolution imagery mission. 08903Prototype Automated Unified Orbital Station 08903[AUOS]. Process data on board & transmit to 08903ground stations. Some outside USSR - a first. 08911Visited by Soyuz 21 & 24 crews. Prob military 08911mission. Ejected reentry module (film?). 08914Arctic survey work performed. 08916Initial orbits unconfirmed. 0892213 day high resolution imagery mission. 08923Specialized military communications. 08927Probably a Molniya attempt. Final stage shut 08927down prematurely. 08932Exploded 17 May 71. 41 objects - all down. 08934Possible military nature. Emergency return 08934due to unbearable acrid odor in Salyut. Dock 08934to Salyut 5 at 1341 on 7 July, undocked at 089341507 on 24 August 1976. 09006Probable imagery system. 09007Small magnetosphere experiment. 09008Data relay or ELINT?? 090091st Indonesian satellite. Originally at 83 09009degrees East. Name means national unity. 09011Target for Cosmos 843. Exploded 27 Sep 77. 0901171 pieces identified. 69 still up. 0901912 day low resolution imagery mission. 09022Replaced Cosmos 773. 09024Touchdown at 8.7 km/hr. 1st on site Martian 09024photos. Tested soil & found more oxygen than 09024expected. Also had morning fog. 09025No anomalies reported. 09043Probably intended to pass close to Cosmos 839 09046Exploded 25 Jul 76. All 249 pieces are down. 09046No photos returned - high resolution mission. 09047Domestic communications. Placed at 283 East. 09049New plane-315 degrees. Replaced by Moly 1-41. 09053No anomalies reported. 09055Replaced Swedish-Soviet mission (SSC 97503) 09055which failed. Carried an ultraviolet 09055spectrometer polarimeter. 090572nd stage exploded 24 Dec 76. 09057Objects cataloged as 1976-077 = 160. 155 up. 09061No anomalies reported. 0921413 day high resolution imagery mission. 09270Highly elliptical orbit used for comms to 09270northern units & KH-11 imagery relay. 09272115 X 115 km orbit 14 Aug. Moon landing 18 09272Aug. Collected soil. See SSC 9384. 0928013 day low resolution imagery mission. 09382No anomalies reported. 09384Returned soil sample (? 300 gm). Low-titanium 09384high-iron basalt content. Landed W Siberia. 09387No anomalies reported. 09389No anomalies reported. 0939113 day high resolution imagery mission. 09394No anomalies reported. 09398Believed to be a failed Molniya. Final stage 09398failed to ignite. 09403Transit navigation satellite (NAVSAT). 0940513 day mission. 09408Very soft landing. Checked for Marsquakes. 09408Found frost on surface after Martian winter. 09415No anomalies reported. 09416Communications between Moscow and world. 09421Docked Salyut. Photographed NATO exercise. 09426Probable imagery system. 0943312 day low resolution imagery mission. 0943513 day low resolution imagery mission. 0943913 day high resolution imagery mission. 09443Replaced Cosmos 540. 0947111 day high resolution imagery mission. 09477Rendezvous with Salyut 5 at 1912 GMT on 15th. 09477Electronics failed preventing docking with 09477Salyut. Emergency splashdown in Lake Tengiz. 09478Maritime communications. Although designed 09478for only five years, it is continuing to 09478support communications with the South Pole 09478area through 2006. 09481No anomalies reported. 09486Nuclear pack boosted to higher orbit at 1843 09486GMT on 10 Nov 76. 09494Nuclear pack boosted on 20 Dec 76. 09495Came apart 15 Mar 77. 14 pieces. 09499Two week high resolution imagery mission. 09503Ekran means screen. For TV transmissions. 09509First for this plane. Replaced by Cosmos 996. 0951512 day low resolution imagery mission. 0953212 day high resolution imagery mission. 0955213 day low resolution imagery mission. 09557Means forecast. Monitors solar radiation and 09557the interaction with Earth's magnetosphere. 09561No anomalies reported. 09564No anomalies reported. 09573No anomalies reported. 09574Domestic communications. 09587Fragment (possibly spacecraft) decayed 9 Dec. 09587Capsule recovered about 0700 GMT on 10 Dec. 09587Booster apparently decayed on 29 Dec. 0958816th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0958916th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0959016th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0959116th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0959216th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0959316th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0959416th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0959516th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 0959913 day mission. 09601Target for Cosmos 886. Disintegrated into 0960151 pieces. 09606Man related. 09607No anomalies reported. 096101st for this plane. Replaced by Cosmos 1168. 0961412 day high resolution imagery mission. 09615Possibly interceptor related. Disintegrated 09615into 19 pieces in Mar-Apr 77. 09627Reportedly first of KH-11 missions. CIA code 09627name was Kennan. Built by TRW for USAF under 09627project 1010. Had maneuver engine to give it 096273 year life. Worked as pair with OPS 4515. 09634Attacked Cosmos 880 at 1430 GMT on 27 Dec 76. 09634Latest count has 79 pieces in orbit. 09635Replaced Molniya 3-04. 09637Replaced Cosmos 726. 0965813 day high resolution imagery mission. 09661No anomalies reported. 0973512 day low resolution imagery mission. 09737No anomalies reported. 09785Originally placed at 300 degrees East. 09801No anomalies reported. 09803No anomalies reported. 09804Renew Salyut 5. Used water regeneration. Did 09804medical & crystal growing experiments. Docked 098041912 GMT on 8 Feb & undocked 25 Feb 77. 0981213 day high resolution imagery mission. 09829Domestic communications. 09833No anomalies reported. 09841Tested satellite attitude stabilization. Was 09841launched on improved M-3C booster. 09846Replaced Cosmos 700. 098521st Japanese geostationary satellite. 09853No anomalies reported. 0985713 day high resolution imagery mission. 0986013 day high resolution imagery mission. 09862Placed in orbit at 77 degrees East. Not in 09862use and moved out of synchronous orbit. 09863Probable imagery system. 0987113 day low resolution imagery mission. 09880Replaced Molniya 1-27. 09883No anomalies reported. 09898Included Czech and East German ionosphere & 09898magnetosphere experiments. 09903No anomalies reported. 09905No anomalies reported. 0990813 day mission. 09911Reported to have exploded 8 Jun 78. Only 5 09911pieces cataloged for this launch. 09930Two week high resolution imagery mission. 09931Booster failure kept it from geostationary 09931orbit but the apogee motor brought it to at 09931least a partially useful orbit. 09937First long duration [30 day] photo mission. 09937High resolution with film return capsules. 09938No anomalies reported. 09941Replaced Molniya 3-02. 0994411 day low resolution imagery mission. 10000No anomalies reported. 10001No anomalies reported. 10007Two week high resolution imagery mission. 10010Target for Cosmos 910 and Cosmos 918. 10014Approached Cosmos 909 at 1312 GMT and then 10014deorbited. As less than 1 orbit it is really 10014not considered a satellite. 10016Initial orbital data is approximate. 10019No anomalies reported. 1002113 day low resolution imagery mission. 10024Leased for Atlantic till Dec 77 then major 10024path satellite. 10028No anomalies reported. 1003013 day low resolution imagery mission. 10033No anomalies reported. 1003813 day high resolution imagery mission. 1004011 day low resolution imagery mission. 10059Exploded 30 Mar 79. Total of 4 pieces 10059cataloged for this launch. 10061Geostationary Operational Environmental Sat. 10064Studied gamma radiation in the galaxies & 10064performed star cataloging. 10065May have passed close to Cosmos 909. 10070No anomalies reported. 1008613 day high resolution imagery mission. 10091Navigational Technical Satellite. 1st NAVSTAR 10091precursor. 10092Replaced Molniya 1-31. 10095No anomalies reported. 10111Probable imagery system. 10113First Meteor in sun synchronous orbit. 1011513 day low resolution imagery mission. 10120Replaced Cosmos 836. 10129No anomalies reported. 10134No anomalies reported. 101371st for this plane. Replaced by Cosmos 1304. 1013913 day high resolution imagery mission. 10141Replaced Cosmos 755. 10143Japanese contribution to Global Atmospheric 10143Research Program. 2nd stage exploded. 10143Objects cataloged as 1977-065 = 172. 78 up. 10146Test module to increase space station size. 10146Deorbited over Pacific Ocean. 10149No anomalies reported. 10150Exploded 24 October 77. Total pieces are 9. 1015313 day high resolution photographic mission. 10153Identified South African nuclear device about 10153to be exploded in atmosphere. Test stopped 10153due to international pressure. 10157No anomalies reported. 10159Communications between Moscow and world. 1016413 day low resolution imagery mission. 1016813 day mission. 101729 countries participated. 7 US experiments. 10172Czechoslovakia had the rat concession again, 10172providing 30 bacteria free rats. 10217High Energy Astronomy Observatory. Launch was 10217intended for 15 Apr 77 but attitude control 10217system problems forced the delay. In 6 months 10217mapped X-ray sky. Known X-ray sources jumped 10217from 350 to almost 1,500. 10271Followed Voyager 1 after both passed through 10271asteroid belt at end of 1978. Passed Jupiter 10271at 650,000 km 9 Jul 79. Saw moons on inbound 10271run. Passed Saturn [101,300 km] 25 Aug 81. 10271Took closer look at rings. Passed Uranus at 1027172,400 km 26 Jan 86 & found 11+ rings/10 more 10271moons. Skipped by Neptune [4,750 km] 25 Aug 1027189. Active mid-1995-7 billion km from Earth. 10278No anomalies reported. 1028113 day high resolution imagery mission. 1028217th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1028617th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1028717th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1028817th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1028917th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1029017th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1029117th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1029217th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 10294Italy's 1st experimental communications sat. 10294Moved to 65 degrees E to enable China to 10294develop geostationary comms in 18 GHz range. 10294Experimental communications satellite. 1029913 day high resolution imagery mission. 10315Replaced Molniya 1-29. 1031913 day mission. 10321Launched after Voyager 2 & passed it in 1978. 10321Through asteroid belt in Oct 78. On 5 May 79 10321passed Jupiter [278,000 km]. Imaged 8 active 10321volcanos on moon Io. Next Saturn on 12 Nov 80 10321[124,000 km] and found 4 new moons. Then to 10321escape solar system. In mid-1995 over 9.15 10321billion km from Earth and still reporting 10321back to its creator. May operate to 2015. 103262nd 30 day high resolution imagery mission. 10351Two week high resolution imagery mission. 10352Replaced Cosmos 789. 10358No anomalies reported. 1035913 day high resolution imagery mission. 10361Performed maneuvers through 1 Nov 77. Still 10361had attitude stabilization to 6 Jan 78. Lost 10361pressurization & started to tumble. Impacted 10361in Canada's Northwest Territories near Great 10361Slave Lake. Operation Morning Light initiated 10361by U.S. & Canada to recover radioactive parts 10361of the satellite. Reactor believed burned up. 10361Radioactive 'dust' hit area south of lake. 10362No anomalies reported. 10365For TV transmissions. 10370Monitor solar radiation and interaction with 10370Earth's magnetosphere. Means forecast. 10374Probable imagery system. 10375No anomalies reported. 103761st operational Automated Unified Orbital 10376Station (AUOS). Measure electrons & mass and 10376speed of meteorites. Sends to ground stations 10376after pre-processing of data. Stations in GDR 10376USSR, Czechoslovakia, Cuba, Hungary, Bulgaria 10382Joined by 18 Soyuz, 2 unmanned & 12 Progress. 10382Reentered with Cosmos 1267 expansion module. 10382In all, 106 objects or pieces of debris are 10382associated with this object. All deorbited. 1038513 day high resolution imagery mission. 10401Planned to dock with Salyut 6. Rendezvous at 104010405 GMT on 10 Oct. Abort due to human error? 1040313 day low resolution imagery mission. 10419Target for Cosmos 961. 10422In "Halo" orbit (gravity of Sun & Earth-Moon 10422balance) 1,600,000 km from Earth. NASA bird. 10423In "Halo" orbit (gravity of Sun & Earth-Moon 10423balance) 1,600,000 km from Earth. ESA bird. 10430No anomalies reported. 10434Passed close to Cosmos 959 at about 0700 GMT 10434on 26 October. Deorbited into Pacific near 1043436 N & 143 E. Seen from Japan. 10455Replaced Molniya 3-05. 10457Navy Navigational Support System. 10459No anomalies reported. 10489Operational for only 2 of 3 planned years. 10491No anomalies reported. 1049813 day high resolution imagery mission. 10501No anomalies reported. 10502Naval Ocean Surveillance System. Project 10502Whitecloud. SS-1, 2 & 3 are part of system. 10506Docked Salyut 6 (2nd air lock) at 0307 GMT. 10506Checked for damage by Soyuz 25. First double 10506link with Soyuz 27. Undocked 16 Jan 78. 10508No anomalies reported. 1051012 day low resolution imagery mission. 10512Target for Cosmos 967 and Cosmos 1009. 10514No anomalies reported. 10516World's first experiments in domestic comms 10516in the quasi-millimetric band. 10520Replaced Cosmos 923. 10527Two week high resolution imagery mission. 10529Associated with OPS 8781. 10531Passed close to Cosmos 967 & then exploded. 1053171 pieces cataloged through the end of 1992. 10536Replaced Cosmos 778. 10539No anomalies reported. 1054013 day high resolution imagery mission. 10544Associated with OPS 8781. 1055413 day high resolution imagery mission. 10557Leased over the Indian Ocean till 1979 then 10557the primary satellite. 105601st double link up with Soyuz 26 & Salyut 6. 10560Delivered messages/mail. Solar observations. 10560Docked to 1st air lock at 1410 GMT, 11 Jan. 10560Undocked at 0755 GMT, 16 Mar 78. 10561No anomalies reported. 1058118th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1058418th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1058518th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1058618th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1058718th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1058818th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1058918th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1059018th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1059213 day low resolution imagery mission. 10594Associated with OPS 8781. 10599Replaced Cosmos 894. 106031st resupply craft for Soviet space stations. 10603Docked Salyut 6 on 22 Jan 78 at 1005 GMT. Is 10603used as trash removal vehicle for Salyuts. 10603Undocked 2nd air lock at 0600 GMT 25 Feb 78. 10605Replaced Molniya 3-03. Probably decayed in 10605early Oct 89. NASA had same 85 km perigee in 10605Sep 89, Dec 89 & Mar 90. Last observation on 106051 Oct 89 had an apogee 36197-perigee 85. NASA 10605administratively deorbited it on 24 Apr 90. 10605RAE deorbit on 5 Dec 89 - possibly late also. 1060714 day maneuverable high resolution mission. 10611Recovered. Possibly with a dog inside. 10637International Ultraviolet Explorer. Used a 1063745 cm telescope. Shut down on 30 Sep 96. 10639Two week high resolution imagery mission. 10664Took 1 second 'snapshots' of auroral activity 10664& sent back to Earth by slow scan TV. Means 10664aurora which was area of study. 1066612 day high resolution imagery mission. 10669FLeeT SATellite COMmunications. 260 deg East. 10672Two week high resolution imagery mission. 10674Studied sources of interference with short 10674wave radio communications. Ionospheric 10674Sounding Satellite. 10676Replaced Cosmos 968. 10684Also called Naval Developmental Satellite. 10684Failed at 1730 GMT on 17 July 1985. 10688Highly elliptical orbit used for comms to 10688northern units & KH-11 imagery relay. 10692Replaced Cosmos 887. 106941st international crew. Conducted light tasks 10694to check capacity of international crew. Dock 10694to Salyut 6 1710 GMT 3 Mar 78 at 2nd air lock 10694and undocked at 1019 GMT on 10 Mar 78. 10696Replaced Molniya 1-30. 1069913 day high resolution imagery mission. 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. 10703Amateur Radio [HAM] satellite. 10703Objects cataloged as 1978-026 = 211. 146 up. 1072513 day high resolution imagery mission. 10731No anomalies reported. 10733Probable imagery system. 10734Data relay or ELINT?? 1073513 day mission. 10744Replaced Cosmos 864. 10770Manned precursor? Launch 2400 GMT March 29? 10771Possible manned precursor. 1077313 day high resolution imagery mission. 10776Navigational beacon. 1st one acknowledged. 10778Over Indian Ocean. 107831st test of new Soyuz T. Several maneuvers. 1078513 day high resolution imagery mission. 10787Experimental Ballistic Missile Early Warning 10787satellite. 10792Investigated direct home TV with 1 m antenna. 10811Two week high resolution imagery mission. 10818Heat Capacity Mapping Mission. Also called an 10818Applications Explorer Mission. 10820No anomalies reported. 1084613 day low resolution imagery mission. 10855Orbital Test Satellite. Proved solar sailing 10855could tighten geostationary station keeping. 10855Finally placed in sub-synchronous orbit. 10860No anomalies reported. 10862No anomalies reported. 10893L1 signal power permanently turned off during 10893week of 8-12 February 1988. 1089513 day high resolution imagery mission. 10898No anomalies reported. 10904May have passed close to Cosmos 967. Probably 10904reentered at 10 N - 147 E. 10911Mapped 93% of Venusian surface. Used radar to 10911see surface. 243 day study lasted 14 years. 10911Contact lost 8 Oct 1992 when satellite dipped 10911into atmosphere. Probably decayed 15 Oct 92. 1091513 day mission. 10917Replaced Cosmos 928. 1091913 day high resolution imagery mission. 10925Replaced Molniya 1-34. 1093019th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1093119th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1093219th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1093319th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1093419th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1093519th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1093619th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1093719th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1093913 day high resolution imagery mission. 10941No anomalies reported. 1094413 day high resolution imagery mission. 10947Worked as pair with OPS 5705 taking morning 10947images. Then with OPS 2581 which took after 10947noon images of early stages of Iran-Iraq war. 109521st 100+ day mission. Retrieved experiments 10952placed outside before Salyut 6 was launched. 10952Docked at 1st air lock 2205 GMT on 16 June. 10952Undocked 3 September 1978. 10953Geostationary Operational Environmental Sat. 10961Replaced Cosmos 858. 10967Experimental ocean survey. 1 piece broke off 10967in mid 1983 & decayed in 1986. 4 more broke 10967off in late 87 to early 88. All decayed in 88 10968Material processing experiment to produce new 10968semiconductor. Photographed Poland. Docked 10968to Salyut 6 at 2nd air lock 1702 GMT, 28 Jun. 10968Undocked 1019 GMT on 5 July 1978. 10970Replaced Cosmos 931. 10973No anomalies reported. 10975Domestic telephone service. 109774 day high resolution imagery mission. 10979To Salyut 6. Docked to 2nd air lock 1258 GMT 10979on 28 Jun 78. Undocked 1019 GMT 2 Aug 78. 10979Deorbited over Pacific Ocean - standard. 10981Successful orbit but solar cell short circuit 109811 month later degraded 3 of 7 experiments. 10984Replaced Molniya 1-35. 10987Communications between Moscow and world. 10991No anomalies reported. 10993Highly elliptical orbit used for comms to 10993units in north & KH-11 digital imagery relay. 1099530 day high resolution photographic mission. 10999To Salyut 6. Docked at 2nd air lock 0001 GMT 10999on 10 Aug 78. Undocked 21 Aug 78. 11001Venus multi-probe carried 4 reentry capsules. 11004In "Halo" orbit (gravity of Sun & Earth-Moon 11004balance) 1,600,000 km from Earth. NASA bird. 11007Replaced Molniya 1-33. 11010Tested new photographic techniques. Rare 11010crystal growth in 0 g. Joined Soyuz 29 crew. 11010Docked 2nd air lock 1634 GMT 27 Aug 78. 11010Undocked & moved to 1st air lock on 7 Sep 78. 11010Undocked at 0741 GMT 2 Nov 78. 1101210 day high resolution imagery mission. 11015Exploded 10 Oct 78. 7 pieces for this launch. 11020Recorded 21 bursts of Gamma radiation and 11020dozens of weak bursts from the Sun on trip. 1102213 day high resolution imagery mission. 11025Relayed information to Earth for lander. 11027Studied magnetosphere & plasma resonance & 11027echo phenomena for over 3 years. 1102913 day mission. 1103913 day mission. 11040To Salyut 6. Docked 2nd air lock 0058 GMT on 110406 Oct 78. Undocked 1312 GMT 24 Oct 78. 1104220th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1104420th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1104520th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1104620th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1104720th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1104820th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1104920th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1105020th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 11052No anomalies reported. 11054Unusable as of 1715 GMT on 29 April 1992. 11055No anomalies reported. 11057Replaced Molniya 3-06. 11060TV and InfraRed Observation Satellite. 1106513 day high resolution imagery mission. 110801st satellite designed to monitor atmosphere 11080for manmade and natural pollutants. 11081Actually second stage of Nimbus 7. Barium 11081released 29 Oct 78, Lithium released 6 Nov 78 11082ESA provided electric field experiment in 11082cooperation with Moscow. Czechoslovakia's 1st 11082satellite (catalog 11110) was ejected. 11084Came apart. 48 pieces cataloged. 11085Amateur radio satellite. 11086Amateur radio satellite. 11088Monitored solar radiation and the interaction 11088with Earth's magnetosphere. Means forecast. 1109812 day low resolution imagery mission. 11101High Energy Astronomy Observatory. Detailed 11101observations of X-ray sources observed by 11101HEAO 1 (catalog # 10127). 1110813 day high resolution imagery mission. 11110MAGnetospheric IONospheric studies. 1st Czech 11110satellite. Intercosmos 18 ejected it 14 Nov. 11111Replaced Cosmos 841. 11115NATO communications satellite. 1111813 day high resolution imagery mission. 11121Two week high resolution imagery mission. 1112821st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1112921st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1113021st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1113121st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1113221st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1113321st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1113421st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1113521st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 11137No anomalies reported. 1113913 day low resolution imagery mission. 11141L-band turned off at 1857 GMT on 14 Oct 1989. 11141L-band enabled 20 Feb 1990, disabled May 90. 11144No anomalies reported. 11145No anomalies reported. 1114813 day high resolution imagery mission. 11150No anomalies reported. 111532nd stage carried Delta Redundant Inertial 11153Measurement System (DRIMS) 11155No anomalies reported. 11158TV and telephone communications. Had orbital 11158stage failure. 11161Rocket failed to circularize orbit at apogee. 11163Possibly radar calibration. 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. 11168No anomalies reported. 1116913 day high resolution imagery mission. 1117313 day low resolution imagery mission. 112299 day low resolution imagery mission. 1123313 day high resolution imagery mission. 11238Replaced Cosmos 1064. 11240Replaced Molniya 3-08. 11251No anomalies reported. 1125513 day high resolution imagery mission. 11256Investigate electrical charges in spacecraft 11256in the magnetosphere. Spacecraft Charging AT 11256High Altitudes. 11259Manned precursor. 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 11262Possibly a radar calibration mission. 11266Environment satellite to study the oceans & 11266associated physical properties. 11268No anomalies reported. 11270Stratospheric Aerosol & Gas Experiment. Dust 11270& liquid droplets study of upper atmosphere 11270by measuring their filter effect on sunlight. 11272Study soft X-ray region of spectrum. 'Swan'. 11273For TV transmissions. 112768 day high resolution imagery mission. 11278USAF ionosphere & magnetosphere study. Was 11278used as an ASAT target by USAF on Friday, 13 11278Sep 85. See also MHV 3 [SSC 98505]. 11278Objects cataloged as 1979-017 = 288. 9 up. 11281Interior repairs and exterior inspection of 11281Salyut 6. Possible military observation. 11281Docked 1st air lock 1326 GMT 26 Feb 79. 11281Undocked without Cosmonauts 13 Jun 79. 1128312 day high resolution imagery mission. 11285Carried 9 detectors to study ionosphere. 50 11285countries participated. Sounding rockets & 1128525 balloons carrying complementary equipment 11285fired/released from Kiruna, Sweden. 11288No anomalies reported. 11292Docked Salyut 6's 2nd air lock 0726 GMT on 14 11292Mar 79. Undocked 1605 GMT 3 Apr 79. 11294Two week high resolution imagery mission. 1129622nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1129722nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1129822nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1129922nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1130022nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1130122nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1130222nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1130322nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 11305Probable imagery system. 11306Data relay or ELINT?? 11308Replaced Cosmos 951. 1131313 day high resolution imagery mission. 11320Replaced Cosmos 996. 11324Called off docking due to an engine failure. 11324Closest approach about 1912 GMT on 11 Apr 79. 11324Used reserve engine for ballistic reentry. 113261st in this plane. Replaced by Cosmos 1339. 11328Replaced Molniya 1-32. 11331No anomalies reported. 11333Reported to have exploded 17 Sep 79. Only 3 11333pieces listed in catalog. 11335Two week high resolution imagery mission. 11343Communications between Moscow and world. 11346No anomalies reported. 1134830 day high resolution photo return mission. 11353FLeeT SATellite COMmunications. 71.5 deg E. 11356Docked to Salyut 6's 2nd air lock 0614 GMT on 1135615 May 79. Undocked at 0755 GMT 8 Jun 79 only 1135612 hours before Soyuz 34 arrived. 1135813 day high resolution imagery mission. 1136013 day mission. 11362Manned precursor. 11363No anomalies reported. 1136813 day mission. 11372Probable imagery system. 11376Two week high resolution imagery mission. 11378Replaced Cosmos 985. 11382High energy UK astrophysics satellite. 11384Replaced Molniya 3-07. 11387Returned Soyuz 32 crew. Docked 1955 GMT 8 Jun 1138779 to 2nd air lock 12 hours after Progress 6 11387departed. Undocked 1619 GMT 14 Jun 79 & moved 11387to 1st air lock. Undocked 19 Aug 79. 11389No anomalies reported. 11392Indian built Earth observation satellite. 11392Bhaskar Acharya 7th century Indian astronomer 1139413 day mission. 11397No anomalies reported. 1139913 day mission. 11404Two week high resolution imagery mission. 1141313 day mission. 11416National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration 114164th generation satellite. 11417Exploded in Sep 79. 9 pieces cataloged. 11421To Salyut 6. Docked 2nd air lock 1117 GMT on 1142130 Jun 79. Undocked 18 Jul 79. 11425Replaced Cosmos 990. 1142915 day low resolution imagery mission. 11440Telephone and TV communications. 11443Rocket body disintegrated creating 27 added 11443pieces. All 26 objects have decayed. 1144713 day high resolution imagery mission. 11449No anomalies reported. 1145113 day mission. 11457No anomalies reported. 1146313 day high resolution imagery mission. 1146513 day mission. 11474Replaced Molniya 1-40. 1147812 day mission. 11484Western Union communications. 1148513 day high resolution imagery mission. 1148730 day high resolution photo mission. 1149113 day mission. 1149613 day mission. 11509Exploded 9 Sep 79. Total of 8 pieces. 11510Replaced Cosmos 1023. 11515Two week low resolution imagery mission. 1152013 day low resolution imagery mission. 1152913 day high resolution imagery mission. 115323rd & last High Energy Astronomy Observatory. 11532Measured cosmic & gamma rays, not X-rays. 115369 countries including USSR, US, France in 1st 11536attempt to breed mammals (2 male + 5 female 11536mice) Control group on ground. Neither had 11536litters. Quail egg incubator failed day 13. 1153638 Czech rats included in the experiments. 1153823rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1153923rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1154023rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1154123rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1154223rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1154323rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1154423rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1154523rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 11548Two week high resolution imagery mission. 11558No anomalies reported. 11561For TV transmissions. 1156413 day high resolution imagery mission. 11573Replaced Cosmos 1125. 11585Replaced Cosmos 971. 11589Replaced Molniya 1-38. 1159213 day high resolution imagery mission. 11600No anomalies reported. 11604Measured near earth magnetic field & crustal 11604anomalies. 11605No anomalies reported. 11609Monitor sea temperature, wave formation 11609process and ice/open water borders. 1161132 day high resolution imagery mission. 11621No anomalies reported. 11622No anomalies reported. 11629No anomalies reported. 11632No anomalies reported. 11635Contact lost during apogee motor firing. 11638Two week high resolution imagery mission. 11640Unmanned. Maneuver tests. Docked 1st air lock 116401410 GMT 19 Dec. Undocked 2107 GMT 23 Mar 80. 11645Vehicle test. 3rd stage exploded 1 Mar 80. 11645Capsule Ariane Technologique. 1st ESA/Kourou 11645launch. 217 kg capsule plus 1,385 kg ballast. 11648Television and telephone communications. 1164913 day high resolution imagery mission. 1165214 day high resolution photo mission. 11662Replaced Molniya 1-37. 11667Replaced Cosmos 1011. 11669FLeeT SATellite COMmunications. 337 deg East. 11671No anomalies reported. 1167813 day high resolution photo mission. 11680Replaced Cosmos 1091. 11682No anomalies reported. 1168514 day high resolution photo mission. 11687Worked with OPS 4515. 11690Turned off 11 May 1984. 1169124th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1169224th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1169324th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1169424th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1169524th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1169624th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1169724th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1169824th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 11700Probably a missile warning or Molniya mission 11700which failed due to final stage problems. 11703Solar Maximum Mission. Observed solar flares 11703& Halley's Comet near sun. 1st satellite 11703repaired in orbit. SM-11 (SSC 14897) crew. 11706Tested subsystems for scientific satellites. 11706Tested future scientific subsystems. 11708Communications between Moscow and world. 1171313 day high resolution photo mission. 11715Failed millimetric wave space communication 11715experiment. US apogee kick motor failure. 11720Believed to carry millimeter wave radar. 11720Works with EP-1, EP-2 & EP-3 Satellites. 1172214 day high resolution photo mission. 11729Exploded 15 July 1981. Total pieces = 13. 11731Part of NOSS 03 [OPS 7245] system. 11732Part of NOSS 03 [OPS 7245] system. 11735Replaced cosmos 883. 11741No anomalies reported. 11743Supplied Salyut 6. Docked 2nd air lock 1955 11743GMT 29 Mar 80. Undocked 0810 GMT 25 Apr 80. 11745Part of NOSS 03 [OPS 7245] system. 1174711 day high resolution photo mission. 11750Used as target by Cosmos 1174. 11753Docked 1st air lock of Salyut 6 at 1522 GMT 11753on 10 Apr 80. Undocked 3 Jun 80. 11758Replaced Cosmos 1164. 1176311 day high resolution photo mission. 11765Passed within 8 km of Cosmos 1171 on 20 April 11765and then exploded. 47 pieces. 11767Probably a failed Molniya or missile warning. 11783Was 1st NAVSTAR to take over detection of 11783nuclear explosions as part of its mission. 11783Operations terminated at 0342 GMT 6 Mar 1991. 11784Docked 2nd air lock of Salyut 6 0810 GMT 29 11784Apr 80. Undocked 1858 GMT 20 May 80 and 11784deorbited over the Pacific Ocean. 11788Nuclear pack raised (966 X 870 km) 10 Sep 80. 1178944 day high resolution photo mission. 1179315 day low/medium resolution photo mission. 11796Failed to achieve proper orbit. 11798Civilian geophysical studies. 11803Replaced Cosmos 1072. 11808No anomalies reported. 11811Tested psychological states. Studied material 11811processing and misalignment of instruments. 11811Docked 2nd air lock 1955 GMT 27 May 80. Moved 11811to 1st air lock 1634 GMT 4 Jun 80. Undocked 118111155 GMT 31 Jul 80. 1181614 day low/medium resolution photo mission. 11819Failed to achieve a usable orbit. 11821No anomalies reported. 11825Tested new spacecraft systems, solar panels 11825and spacesuits. Landed with new parachutes. 11825Docked 2nd air lock 1605 GMT 6 Jun 80. 11827No anomalies reported. 11829No anomalies reported. 1183714 day high resolution photo mission. 11841Telephone and television communications. 11844Replaced Cosmos 1024. 11848Combined meteorological and Earth resources. 11850Returned film canisters of the Iran Iraq war. 11852Launched in conjunction with OPS 3123. Data 11852relay or ELINT?? 11856Replaced Molniya 1-36. 1186314 day high resolution photo mission. 11867Docked Salyut 6's air lock 2 at 0600 GMT on 118671 Jul 80. Undocked 2219 GMT 17 Jul 80. 11869Replaced Cosmos 1048. 11871Exploded 12 May 1981. Total of 5 pieces. 1187525th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1187625th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1187725th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1187825th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1187925th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1188025th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1188125th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1188225th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1188414 day high resolution photo mission. 11890Failed to achieve geostationary orbit. 11894No anomalies reported. 11896Replaced Molniya 3-09. 118991st successful Indian launch. 1-2 year life 11899to monitor launcher and self. 11905Earth resources experiments and photographed 11905Vietnam to study tidal flooding and erosion. 11905Docked 2nd air lock 2002 GMT 24 Jul 80. Moved 11905to 1st air lock at 1648 GMT 1 Aug 80. 1190714 day high resolution photo mission. 11915No anomalies reported. 11917No anomalies reported. 1192414 day high resolution photo mission. 11932No anomalies reported. 11938No anomalies reported. 1194529 day high resolution photo mission. 11950No anomalies reported. 11962No anomalies reported. 11964Imaging system failed Nov 82. Lent to Europe 11964Space Agency & moved to 350 degrees East. 11964Failed in August 1985. 11977Photographed resources of Cuba. Crew wore 11977shoes to prevent flat feet. Joined Soyuz 35. 11977Docked 2nd air lock of Salyut 6 at 2053 GMT 1197719 Sep 80. Undocked 26 Sep 80. 1198014 day high resolution photo mission. 1198211 day high resolution photo mission. 11985No anomalies reported. 11993Docked Salyut 6's 2nd air lock 1702 GMT 30 11993Sep 80. Undocked 1019 GMT 9 Dec 80. 1199714 day high resolution photo mission. 12003Part of Orbita network. Telegraph, Radio & 12003B&W Television. Located at 335 degrees East. 1200813 day high resolution photo mission. 12016No anomalies reported. 1201914 day low/medium resolution photo mission. 12027Discovered basic components of atmosphere to 12027be carbonic acid and nitrogen. Also argon. 12028Revealed clouds to be drops of concentrated 12028sulfuric acid, with a layer of gas below. 12032Replaced Cosmos 1188. 1203943 day high resolution photo mission 12046Placed at 172 deg East longitude. 1205013 day high resolution photo mission. 12054Exploded 20 June 1982. 79 objects total. 1205814 day low/medium resolution photo mission. 12065All digital commercial communication system. 12065Satellite Business Systems. Solar panel is a 12065hollow cylinder. 12066Replaced Molniya 1-43. 12071No anomalies reported. 12077Repairs/rejuvenation of Salyut 6. Studied the 12077problem of repairing portholes. 1st 3 man 12077Soyuz since Jun 71 (Soyuz 11). Docked 1st air 12077lock at 1550 28 Nov 80. 12078Replaced Cosmos 903. 1208414 day high resolution photo mission. 12087Replaced Cosmos 1089. 12089International & domestic lease services. 12089Placed at 359 degrees East longitude. 12091Replaced Cosmos 1000. 12093Used to communicate with U.S. military forces 12093in the northern regions. 1210012 day high resolution photo mission. 12103Venus sounder probe. Landed 0 South, 43 West. 12103transmitted for 68 min from surface of Venus. 12104Venus north probe. Landed 75 North, 20 East. 12104Found atmospheric pressure 100 times Earth's. 12105Venus day probe. Landed 26 South, 45 West. 12106Venus night probe. Landed 27 South, 45 East. 1210726th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1210826th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1210926th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1211026th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1211126th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1211226th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1211326th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1211426th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 12116Research plus Solar wind interaction with the 12116Earth's magnetosphere. 'Administratively 12116deorbited' in 1993. Status uncertain. 12120Placed at 99 degrees East. 1212125 day high resolution photo mission. 1213014 day low/medium resolution photo mission. 12133Replaced Molniya 3-10. On station 14 Jan 81. 12138Paired with Cosmos 1263. 1214012 day high resolution photo mission. 1214328 day high resolution photo mission. 12149Used as target by Cosmos 1243 & Cosmos 1258. 12152To Salyut 6. Docked 1550 GMT 26 Jan 81 to 2nd 12152air lock. Undocked 1814 GMT 19 Mar 81. 12154No anomalies reported. 12156Replaced Molniya 1-41. On station 13 Mar 81. 12160Approached to 8 km of Cosmos 1241 about 0531 12160GMT on 2 Feb (2nd rev), then deorbited. 12162Study of sea surface temp, wave formation 12162process and ice borders. 12295Japanese engineering test satellite. 12297Replaced Cosmos 1104. 1229914 day medium resolution photo mission. 1230123 day high resolution photo mission. 12303Established 5th plane of Missile Warning 12303constellation. On station 23 Feb 81. Exploded 1230320 Oct 81. 8 pieces listed by NASA. 12307Observed spectrum of solar hard x-ray flares. 12307Name means Firebird. 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. 12315Probable imagery system. 1231730 day high resolution photo mission. 12319Nuclear pack raised (985 X 898 km) 19 Jun 81. 12319Paired with Cosmos 1266. 1232027th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1232127th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1232227th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1232327th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1232427th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1232527th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1232627th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1232727th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 12334Crew continued efforts in 'greenhouses' and 12334tested holographic photography equipment. 12334Docked Salyut 6's 1st air lock 2038 GMT on 1233414 Mar 81. 12337Attacked Cosmos 1241. Passed within 8 km and 12337then deorbited. 123393 satellite system called DSP for Defense 12339Support Program or TRW Block 647. Operational 12339units & on orbit spares placed at 69, 226 and 12339290 deg East. Covers ICBM & SLBM launch areas 1234114 day high resolution photo mission. 12351Telephone, Telegraph & TV. 12364Replaced Cosmos 1167. Exploded 8 May 1982. 1236469 pieces observed & reported by NASA. 12366Crew Assessed Mongolia's natural resources. 12366TV exchanges of holographic images. Docked to 12366Salyut 6's 2nd air lock 1634 GMT 23 Mar 81. 12366Undocked 30 Mar 81. 12368Replaced Molniya 3-11. On station 28 Mar 81. 12376Exploded 12 May 1981. 7 pieces noted. 1238514 day high resolution photo mission. 12388Paired with Cosmos 1238. 123991st test of systems reusability. Recovered 12399Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB). Landed at 12399Edwards AFB in California. 1240014 day medium resolution photo mission. 1240212 day high resolution photo mission. 12409Nuclear pack raised (965 X 891 km) 26 Apr 81. 12409Paired with Cosmos 1249. 12418Used to communicate with U.S. military in 12418northern regions. 12419Module to enlarge space stations. Docked with 12419Salyut 6 at 0755 GMT 19 Jun 81. Deorbited 12419with Salyut 6 over Pacific the next year. 1242314 day high resolution photo mission. 12442Store-Dump communications system. Replaced 12442Cosmos 1110. 12454Crew studied upper atmosphere & its magnetic 12454field. Joined Soyuz T-4 crew aboard Salyut 6. 12454Docked to 2nd air lock 1955 GMT 15 May 81. 12454Undocked 1034 GMT 22 May 81. 12456No anomalies reported. 12458Improved US Navy navigation satellite. 1246130 day high resolution photo mission. 12464Replaced Cosmos 1077. 1246614 day medium resolution photo mission. 12469No anomalies reported. 12472Visible/infrared Atmospheric Sounder failed 1247229 Jul 84. Used to relay GOES 06 data. 12474International services at 174 deg East. 12491Planned orbit was 834 X 296 km. 1249530 day high resolution photo mission. 12504Replaced Cosmos 1141. Exploded 24 July 1981. 12504Objects cataloged as 1981-053 = 306. 276 up. 12512Replaced Molniya 3-14. On station 13 Jun 81. 12517No anomalies reported. 1252014 day medium resolution photo mission. 12544Entered synchronous orbit 0419 GMT 20 Jun and 12544drift stopped at 0/360 degree longitude on 21 12544Jul 81. See Apple. MAGE-1 (Moteur d'Apogee 12544Geostationaire Europeen) used to reach orbit. 12545Ariane Passenger PayLoad Experiment. India's 125451st indigenous test Communication Satellite. 125451 panel did not deploy. Used MAGE-1 to reach 12545orbit. See Meteosat 2. 12546Capsule Ariane Technologique. 12547Reported to have exploded December 1986. NASA 12547lists only 5 pieces for this satellite. 12553NOAA system claimed that it helped US West 12553Coast fishermen improve catches. 12556Replaced Molniya 1-42. On station 30 Jun 81. 12564Placed at 99 deg East. 1257114 day medium resolution photo mission. 12577No anomalies reported. 1258314 day low/medium resolution photo mission. 12585No anomalies reported. 12587Amateur radio satellite built by Moscow 12587Aviation Institute. Decay date approximate. 1258830 day high resolution photo mission. 12598No anomalies reported. 12614No anomalies reported. 12618Phone, telegraph & TV at 35 deg East. 12624Complimented 3 ISEE & 3 atmospheric Explorers 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. 12625Complimented 3 ISEE & 3 atmospheric Explorers 1262551, 54 & 55. Study solar energy flow & matter 12625from space through Earth's magnetic field to 12625upper atmosphere. 2nd stage propellant short 12625fall left apogee 286 km lower than planned. 12627Replaced Cosmos 1261. Exploded 29 Nov 81. Six 12627pieces reported for this satellite. 12631Broke in half/exploded 29 Sep 82. NASA lists 126313 pieces. R/B down 4 Aug 81. Payload 16 Oct 1263182; Piece identified 2-12 Oct down 22 Oct 82. 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. 1263628th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1263728th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1263828th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1263928th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1264028th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1264128th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1264228th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1264328th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 12645Ionosphere and magnetosphere studies. 12677Replaced Himawari 1 in global atmospheric 12677research. Put at 104 deg East. Failed mid-84. 12681Replaced Cosmos 1181. 1268731 day high resolution photo mission. 1271612 day high resolution photo mission. 1277642 day high resolution photo mission. 12783Nuclear pack raised (984 X 906 km) 6 Sep 81. 12783Reported to have worked with Cosmos 1260. If 12783data correct it could not have worked with 12783Cosmos 1266 as that one was already inactive. 12785No anomalies reported. 12788No anomalies reported. 12791Replaced Cosmos 1269. 12799Was operational for 1177 days. 1280114 day medium resolution photo mission. 12803Replaced Cosmos 926. 12818Probably a Molniya attempt. Early shut down 12818of last stage prevented proper orbit. Last 12818stage did explode later. 7 pieces. 12828Possible launch vehicle malfunction. Took 8 12828days to reach operational orbit of 442 X 430 12828km. Exploded 12 July 1982. 9 pieces - all 12828down. Replacement for Cosmos 1260. 1283013 day low/medium resolution photo mission. 12835Replaced Cosmos 1275. 1283713 day high resolution photo mission. 128421st Chinese multiple launch. Space physics 12842experiments. This was balloon & sphere. 128431st Chinese multiple launch. Experiments in 12843physics. Truncated cone & octagonal prism. 128451st Chinese multiple launch. Experiments in 12845physics. Truncated cone & octagonal prism. 128481st Soviet spacecraft evaluated, developed & 12848installed using French & Soviet facilities. 12848Study Earth's magnetosphere & ionosphere. 12848Arctic auroral density (ARCAD) experiments. 12852No anomalies reported. 12855Satellite Business Systems Corporation. 12871No anomalies reported. 12879First of new generation geodetic satellites. 1288114 day high resolution photo mission. 12887Solar Mesosphere Explorer. Study atmospheric 12887ozone-forming & destroying processes. 12888University of Surrey amateur radio satellite. 1289513 day mission. 12897TV, telegraph & telephone at 85 deg East. 12903Replacement for Cosmos 1154. 1290514 day high resolution photo mission. 12915Replaced Molniya 3-12. On station 21 Oct 81. 12927300,000,000 km trip. Relayed messages of the 12927descent craft (SSC 15599) back to Earth. 12930All data provisional. 12933Exploded 25 Jan 84. 7 pieces. 1293631 day high resolution photo mission. 12938Flight similar to Venera 13 (SSC 12927). 12938Venera 14 descent craft is SSC 15600. 129531st craft to make 2nd flight. Carried OSTA-1 12953[Office of Space & Terrestrial Applications] 12953payload. Not deployed. Mission cut short due 12953to faulty fuel cell. 1295414 day high resolution photo mission. 12959Replaced Molniya 1-39. On station 4 Dec 81. 12967Serves commercial US cable TV networks. 12968Returned TV images of Indian subcontinent. 1297529th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1297629th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1297729th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1297829th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1297929th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1298029th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1298129th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1298229th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 12987New ELINT group. Replaced by Cosmos 1515. 1298914 day high resolution photo mission. 12994Business Services & domestic lease services. 12994Located at 307 degrees East longitude. 12997Amateur radio satellite. 12998Amateur radio satellite. 12999Amateur radio satellite. 13000Amateur radio satellite. 13001Amateur radio satellite. 13002Amateur radio satellite. 1300831 day high resolution photographic mission. 13008Launched 3 hours later than other photo msns 13008at this inclination. South Atlantic coverage? 13008See write up for Cosmos 1336. 13010Maritime version of European Comm Satellite. 13011Capsule Ariane Technologique. 13012Replaced Molniya 1-45. On station 30 Dec 81. 13027Replacement for Cosmos 1302. 1303131 day high resolution photo mission. 13033Replacement for Cosmos 1150. 13035Serves commercial US cable TV networks. 1303614 day medium resolution photo mission. 13040Possible military reconnaissance mission. 13042Replacement for Cosmos 1186. 1304527 day high-res launched about 3 hours later 13045than normal for inclination. Possibly for 13045South Atlantic coverage. Six photo missions 13045launched after 1129 GMT into this inclination 13045and all were around time of Falkland's war. 13045Cosmos 1330, 1336, 1368, 1373, 1381 & 1439. 13045They could have been pre-, during & post-war 13045coverage. Falkland Islands 51.45 degrees S. 13056Domestic communications at 99 deg East. 13061Paired with Cosmos 1306. 1306314 day low resolution photo mission. 13065Replacement for Cosmos 1092. 13067Replacement for Cosmos 1206. 13069Western Union domestic communications. 13069Replaced WESTAR 01. 13070Replaced Molniya 1-47. On station 3 Mar 82. 13080Replace Cosmos 1247. On station 10 Mar 82. 13083International & domestic lease services. 13083Placed at 325.5 deg East. 1308414 day high resolution photo mission. 13086Reported as 'Development of spacecraft 13086techniques and technologies'. 13092Located at 53 deg East. 1309614 day high resolution photo mission. 131063rd test. Landed White Sands, New Mexico. Had 13106OSS-1 (Office of Space Science) and 160 kg 13106Plasma Diagnostic Package in cargo bay. 13107Replaced Molniya 3-15. On station 10 Apr 82. 13110Replacement for Cosmos 1244. 13113No anomalies reported. 13118Possibly Electronic Intelligence collection. 13120Replacement for Cosmos 1222. 1312249 day high resolution maneuverable mission. 13122Launched day Argentina invaded the Malvinas. 13122Inclination normal for 2-4 week missions. 13122Possibly film return system planned to watch 13122war in Falklands. Or normal system devoted 13122only to war. Launch date and the 2 month life 13122coincidental? Was Soviet intelligence better 13122than British, or was mission changed quickly? 13124Replaced Cosmos 1172. On Station 15 Apr 82. 13127Replacement for Cosmos 1153. 13129Weather reporting & communications. Placed at 1312974 degrees E. Jammed antenna released 22 Apr. 13129After eclipse attitude control fuel exhausted 13129and it was abandoned 4 Sep 82. 1313431 day high resolution photo mission. 13138Joined by 10 Soyuz, 3 Cosmos & 16 Progress. 13138Placed in auto mode May 85. Last visited by 13138Soyuz T-15 crew, 6 May-25 Jun 86. Boosted to 13138492 X 474 km storage orbit 25 Aug 86. 201 13138pieces observed with this object. All down. 13142Possibly electronic Intelligence collection. 1314414 day medium resolution photo mission. 1314613 day mission. 13148Replacement for Cosmos 1190. 13150Exploded or disintegrated between 8 & 17 Aug 1315083. 30 pieces cataloged and all down by 7 Mar 1315084. Paired with Cosmos 1405. 13153Replacement for Cosmos 1184. 1316030th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1316130th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1316230th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1316330th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1316430th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1316530th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1316630th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1316730th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 13170Probably returned film of Falklands War. 13170Reported to be KH 9-17 or -18 depending on 13170the source. 13172Data relay or ELINT?? 13173Brought up ISKRA 2 amateur radio satellite. 13173Research in geology, oceanology and forestry. 13173Docked Salyut 7 1st air lock 1131 GMT 14 May. 13175Nuclear pack raised (970 X 892 km) 27 Sep. 13175Paired with Cosmos 1372. 13176Amateur radio satellite. Released from Salyut 131767 disposal chute. 13177Communications: new SHF transponders. 13205Established 9th plane of Early Warning system 13205and was on station 23 May 82. 1320813 day - high resolution. See Cosmos 1336. 132101st resupply to Salyut 7. Docked 2nd air lock 132100755 GMT 25 May. Undocked 0629 GMT 4 Jun 82. 1321314 day 3rd generation photo mission. 1321944 day high resolution photo mission. 13237Replaced Molniya 1-44. On station 3 Jun 82. 13241Replacement for Cosmos 1140. 13243Nuclear pack raised (956 X 929 km) 11 Aug 82. 13243Paired with Cosmos 1365. 1324414 day - high resolution. See Cosmos 1336. 13257Single orbit with recovery in Indian Ocean 13257after 109 minutes. Landed near Cocos Islands 13257at 17 S 98 E. Sub-scale space plane. 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. 1326314 day 3rd generation photo mission. 1326544 day high resolution photo mission. 13269Western Union domestic communications. 13271Phased with Cosmos 1300 & Cosmos 1328. 13281Made close pass on Cosmos 1375 at 1424 GMT on 1328118 Jun 82. Then made a destructive deorbit. 13282Supposed to replace Cosmos 1225. Final stage 13282failed to fire at apogee & circularize orbit. 1328313 day medium resolution mission. One task 13283was Falkland War coverage? See Cosmos 1336. 13292Docked Salyut 7's 2nd air lock 1800 GMT on 25 13292Jun 82. Undocked 1200 GMT 2 Jul 82. 13295Replaced Cosmos 1223. On station 29 Jun 82. 133001st DoD and GAS (Get Away Special) payloads. 13300CIRRIS (Cryogenic InfraRed Radiation Imaging 13300System) carried in cargo bay. 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. 1330330 day high resolution photo mission. 1334514 day mission. 13353Replacement for Cosmos 1225. 13361Docked Salyut 7 1146 GMT on 12 Jul 82 to 2nd 13361air lock. Undocked 11 Aug 82. 1336513 day mission. No major maneuvers noted. 13367Sun synchronous. It gives multi spectral 13367images. Carries maneuver engine to assist in 13367possible retrieval by the shuttle. 1337531st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1337631st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1337731st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1337831st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1337931st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1338031st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1338131st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1338231st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 13383Replaced Molniya 1-46. On station 27 Jul 82. 1339114 day high resolution photo mission. 13394No anomalies reported. 13396Did not make any major maneuvers. 10 day low 13396resolution photo mission. Last Low-res. 1339943 day high resolution photo mission. 13402Replacement for Cosmos 1315. 13425Short notice of 2nd woman being included. 13425Studied Savitskaya's adapting to 0 g. Docked 13425Salyut 7's 2nd air lock 1829 GMT 20 Aug 82. 13425Moved to 1st air lock 29 Aug 79. Undocked on 1342510 Dec 82. 1342714 day 3rd generation photo mission. 13431Domestic communications at 255.5 deg East. 13432Replaced Molniya 3-13. On station 25 Sep 82. 13441Reactor reentered 23 Jan 1983 over Indian 13441Ocean. Fuel core, given International number 134411982-084C, decayed 7 Feb 83 in S Atlantic. 1344814 day medium resolution photo mission. 1344914 day medium resolution photo mission. 13492Japanese engineering test satellite. 13508Paired with Cosmos 1355. Disintegrated or 13508exploded 10-23 Dec 83. 33 pieces. All down. 1351913 day mission. 13521Probable film capsule recovered 14 September. 13521Altitude would indicate high resolution. 1354631 day high resolution photo mission. 13552Paired with Cosmos 1378. 13554Domestic Communications at 99 deg East. 13558Docked Salyut 7's 2nd air lock 0614 GMT on 20 13558Sep 82. 13585Replaced Cosmos 1217. On station 28 Sep 82. 13589Phased with Cosmos 1312. 13595Can operate 12,000 voice and 2 color TV 13595channels simultaneously. 1359714 day high resolution photo mission. 13600Reactor boosted (997 X 889 km) 10 Nov. Paired 13600with Cosmos 1402. Launch 2400 GMT 1 October? 136031st launch of new navigation system. GLObal 13603NAvigation Satellite System. 13606New generation navigation system. GLObal 13606NAvigation Satellite System. 13607New generation navigation system. GLObal 13607NAvigation Satellite System. 1361114 day high resolution photo mission. 13617Replacement for Cosmos 1308. 13624Domestic communications at 90 deg East. 13627No anomalies reported. 13631Serves commercial US cable TV networks & high 13631speed data to 50 states. Initial 217 E long. 136361st use of IUS. Launched with DSCS 3-01. IUS 13636stands for Inertial Upper Stage. 13637Launched with DSCS 2-15. 13638Docked Salyut 7's 2nd air lock 1326 GMT on 2 13638Nov 82. Undocked 1536 GMT 13 Dec 82. 1364114 day high resolution photo mission. 13648Replacement for Cosmos 1331. 136501st mission to carry and deploy commercial 13650satellites. Solid Rocket Boosters recovered. 13651Launch from STS 05 for Satellite Business 13651Systems & entered synchronous orbit 2234 GMT 13651on 13 Nov 82. 13652Entered synchronous orbit on 16 Nov 82. 13659Reported to have operated with OPS 3984 and 13659then with USA 06. 1366114 day high resolution photo mission. 13663Amateur radio relay released by Salyut 7. 13669World wide Soviet comms at 35 Deg East. 1367714 day high resolution photo mission. 13685Last stage exploded on ignition. 33 pieces. 13685Intended to replace Molniya 1-48. 13718Possibly replaced Meteor 2-06. 1372543 day high resolution photo mission. 13736Military METSAT. 1373914 day medium resolution photo mission. 137451st 5th generation imagery mission. 67 days. 13750Possibly related to ASAT calibration. 13757Replacement for Cosmos 1333. 1376132nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1376232nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1376332nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1376432nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1376532nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1376632nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1376732nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1376832nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 13770No anomalies reported. 13777Joint US, UK, Neth InfraRed Astronomy Sat. A 13777Plasma Interaction eXperiment (PIX-2) was 13777attached to 2nd stage - decay about 2383 AD. 1377911 day high resolution photo mission. 13782Japanese business communications satellite. 13782includes facsimile & video service. 1378416 day high resolution. See Cosmos 1336. 13791Believed to carry millimeter wave radar. 13791Works with SSA, SSB, SSC, SSD. SS stands for 13791Surveillance Satellite. Project Whitecloud. 13792Part of NOSS 04 - Surveillance Satellite D. 1379314 day mission. 13818No anomalies reported. 13829X-ray observations of the sky. Tenma means 13829Pegasus. 13844Part of NOSS 04 - Surveillance Satellite A. 13845Part of NOSS 04 - Surveillance Satellite B. 1385045 day high resolution photo mission. 13868Space station supplies for Salyut 7. Docked 138680922 10 Mar 83. Separated 14 Aug. 1387014 day medium resolution photo mission. 13874Part of NOSS 04 - Surveillance Satellite C. 13875Replaced Molniya 3-17. On station 7 Apr 83. 13878Domestic communications at 99 deg East. 13883Test of sub-scale space plane similar to 13883Cosmos 1374. Made 1.25 orbits & landed 556 km 13883south of the Cocos Islands. 1388614 day high resolution photo mission. 13890Replaced Molniya 1-50. On station 29 Mar 83. 13901Soviet UV telescope/sensors & French X-ray 13901spectrometers. Spent booster reported to have 13901exploded but NASA does not list any pieces. 13916Has COSPAS Search & Rescue (SAR) transponder. 13916Joint with US SARSAT (Search And Rescue SAT). 13916By mid 1985 Soviets claimed over 400 lives 13916had been saved by these systems. 13923Has SARSAT (Search & Rescue) transponder. A 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. 13949Replacement for Cosmos 1344. 1395515 day medium resolution photo mission. 13964Replaced Molniya 1-52. On station 7 Apr 83. 139681st use Kaiser Electronics Heads Up Display. 139681st EVA in nine years. Deployed TDRS-A which 13968then became TDRS 1. 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. 13972Possible ELINT or ASAT calibration. 13974Phone, TV & Telegraph services from 85 deg E. 1397514 day high resolution photo mission. 13984Serves commercial US cable TV networks. 1st 13984completely solid-state domestic comms. 13991Replacement for Cosmos 1371. 14001Probable imagery system. 14002Carried 2 cameras & L-band beacon. 14006No anomalies reported. 14014Radar antenna measuring distance/speed failed 14014forcing docking attempt to be aborted. Passed 14014close to Salyut 7 about 1430 GMT 21 Apr 83. 1401730 day high resolution photo mission. 14032Apparently phased with Cosmos 1470. 14034Replaced Cosmos 1191. On station 28 Apr 83. 14034Exploded that day into total of 10 pieces. 1403943 day high resolution photo mission. 1404413 day mission. 14050NOAA weather satellite. Put at 225 deg East. 14057Replacement for Cosmos 1349. 1405814 day medium resolution photo mission. 14064Phased with Cosmos 1507. Exploded 11 Mar 85. 14064Objects cataloged as 1983-044 = 159. 3 up. 1407114 day mission. 14075Possible military or ionosphere research. 14077International & maritime services. Placed in 14077synchronous orbit at 342 deg East longitude. 14084Replacement for Cosmos 1295. 14087No anomalies reported. 1408941 day high resolution photo mission. 14095European X-ray Observatory SATellite. 1410012 day medium resolution photo mission. 14104Carried terrain-imaging radar equipment. 14104Revealed plains, small hills and mountains. 14104Entered 24 hour orbit 10 Oct 83. 14107Obtained high resolution radar photos of the 14107surface while orbiting the poles. Entered 24 14107hour orbit on 14 Oct 83. 1411014 day mission. 14112Believed to carry millimeter wave radar. 14112Works with GB 1, GB 2 and GB 3 satellites. 1412310 day high resolution photo mission. 14128European phone and TV communications. 14129West German amateur radio relay. 141321st satellite retrieval (SPAS 01). Diverted 14132to Edwards AFB (Planned to land Kennedy). 14132Carried OSTA-2 pallet in cargo bay. 14133Domestic communications at 247.5 deg East. 14133Finally turned off in early 1988. 14134Means 'Fruit of Effort'. Put at 108 deg East. 14137Probable imagery system. 14139Data relay or ELINT?? 14142West German pallet released by the Remote 14142Manipulator System (RMS) at 0810 22 Jun 83. 14142It moved 0.3 km away. Then retrieved at 1229 14142GMT the same day. 14143Part of NOSS 05 [OPS 6432] system. 14144Part of NOSS 05 [OPS 6432] system. 14147Apparently phased with Cosmos 1455. Launch 14147was possibly 2400 GMT on 22 June. 14152EVA added 2 solar panels. Leaking propellant 14152left crew in cold/damp by the end of mission. 14152Docked Salyut 7 at 1048 GMT 28 Jun 83. 14154High latitude ionosphere research. 1415630 day high resolution photo mission. 14158Hughes TV satellite; channels to lease/buy. 14160Located at 346 deg East. Launch 2400 June 30? 14163Only Prognoz at this apogee. Contained Soviet 14163Czechoslovak and French equipment. It can 14163survey 72 sections of Sun in 1 rotation and 14163map the visible universe in 6 months. 1416914 day mission. 1417133rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1417233rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1417333rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1417433rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1417533rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1417633rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1417733rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1417833rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 14180Part of NOSS 05 [OPS 6432] system. 14182Replaced Cosmos 1285. Last stage exploded and 141825 pieces have been cataloged. 1418514 day mission. 14189Changed operational frequency standard from 14189Cesium [Cs] to Rubidium [Rb] on 4 Apr 1992. 14199Replaced Molniya 1-49. On station 25 Jul 83. 1420414 day 3rd generation photo mission. 14207Follow-on to Meteor Priroda system. 1421014 day medium resolution photo mission. 14234AT&T communications satellite. Sold to Saudi 14234Arabia for Arab Satellite Communications 14234Organization [ASCO] in Riyadh. 14237Military communications in north polar areas. 14240Replacement for Cosmos 1354. 1424514 day 3rd generation mission. 14248Placed at 135 deg East. 1425114 day medium resolution photo mission. 1425644 day high resolution photo mission. 14258Second GLONASS flight. 14259Second GLONASS flight. 14260Second GLONASS flight. 14283Docked Salyut 7's 2nd air lock at 1341 GMT on 1428319 Aug 83. Undocked 1146 GMT 17 Sep 83 and 14283deorbited 12 hours later. 14288Film capsule recovered 24 August. 1429914 day medium resolution photo mission. 14307Communications from 45 deg East. 143121st night launch/landing. Crew studied space 14312sickness. Increased areas of photography. 14312Cargo bay carried PFTA (Payload Flight Test 14312Article), a 3,484 kg dumbbell shaped object. 14312Made night landing at Edwards AFB California. 14313New orbital plane. On station 5 Sep 83. 14316No anomalies reported. 14318Indian weather/communications satellite. 1432013 day 3rd generation mission. 1432642 day high resolution photo mission. 14328RCA commercial communications satellite. 1433014 day medium resolution photo mission. 1433415 day 3rd generation mission. 1433914 day medium resolution photo mission. 14365Hughes TV satellite. Channels to lease/buy. 14372New orbit to cover Polar regions. 14377Domestic service at 99 deg East. 14380Similar to Cosmos 1311. 14395Possibly related to ASAT calibration. 14401Replaced Cosmos 1486. 1440353 day high resolution photo mission. 14421Domestic lease & maritime service - 66 deg E. 14422Docked Salyut 7's 2nd air lock 1131 GMT on 22 14422Oct 83. Undocked 0307 GMT 13 Nov 83. 1442514 day medium resolution photo mission. 14450Replacement for Cosmos 1304. 14452Phased with Meteor 2-07 & 2-09. 14455Phased with Cosmos 1461. 14483No anomalies reported. 1449014 day high resolution photo mission. 14506Military meteorological satellite. 14516Replaced Molniya 1-48. On station 10 Dec 83. 14521Related to Cosmos 1312 & 1410. 14523Physical/psychological experiments. Explosion 14523of 2 APUs caused fire on landing. Possibly 14523caused by fuel line cracking after exposure. 14523Carried European Spacelab 1 - not separated. 1453044 day high resolution photo mission. 14532Placed at 90 deg East. 1454214 day medium resolution photo mission. 14546Replacement for Cosmos 1417. 14549Soviet-US mission with 2 Rhesus monkeys, 18 14549rats plus insects and plants. 14551Related to Cosmos 1455 & 1470. 14570Replaced Molniya 3-16. On station 25 Dec 83. 1458344 day high resolution photo mission. 14585Single orbit with recovery in Black Sea. 14585Sub-scale space plane similar to Cosmos 1374 14585and Cosmos 1445. 14587Replaced Cosmos 1341. On station 4 Jan 84. 14590Third GLONASS launch. 14591Third GLONASS launch. 14592Third GLONASS launch. 1461134th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1461234th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1461334th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1461434th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1461534th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1461634th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1461734th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1461834th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1462214 day medium resolution photo mission. 14624Replacement for Cosmos 1386. 1463444 day high resolution photo mission. 14659Japanese direct TV broadcast satellite. 1466614 day high resolution photo mission. 14668No anomalies reported. 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. 14675US military comm. May not have reached orbit. 14679Replacement for Cosmos 1428. 14681Tested MMUs. Lost WESTAR and PALAPA B2 after 14681deployment. 1st landing at Kennedy. MMU means 14681Manned Maneuvering Unit. 14688Communication satellite. PAM nozzle failure. 14688Recovered by STS 51A on 14 Nov. Maneuvered 14688extensively in Oct 84 to make recovery work. 14689Inflatable or Integrated Rendezvous Target. 14689A 2.0 m balloon that broke up when inflated. 14689Used remainder to make practice dockings. 14690Believed to carry millimeter wave radar. 14690Works with JD 1, JD 2 and JD 3 satellites. 14692Indonesian communications satellite. PAM 14692failure. Recovered by STS 51A on 12 Nov. Was 14692maneuvered extensively in Oct 84 to make the 14692rendezvous & capture successful. 14699New ELINT group. Replaced by Cosmos 1674. 14701Photographic observation of oceans. Completed 14701medical exam on crew every other day. Docked 14701Salyut 7's 1st air lock 1438 GMT 9 Feb 84. 14701Undocked 0726 GMT 11 Apr 84. 14722Middle Atmosphere Program. Optically senses 14722atmosphere and ionosphere. Ohzora means 'The 14722Sky'. 14725TV, radio and telegraph. 84 degrees E long. 14728Part of the OPS 8737 system. 14729Part of the OPS 8737 system. 147371st Earth resources mission in 1984. 14 days. 14757Docked Salyut 7's 2nd air lock 0824 GMT on 23 14757Feb 84. Undocked 0930 GMT 31 Mar 84. 14759Replacement for Cosmos 1420. 1476341 day high resolution photo mission. 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. 14781University of Surrey built Amateur radio. 14781Also magnetospheric studies & Earth imaging. 14783Placed at 79 degrees E longitude. 14786International & maritime service. 180 deg E. 14790Replacement for Cosmos 1278. 1479314 day medium resolution photo mission. 14795Part of the OPS 8737 system. 1479726 day high resolution photo mission. 14819New ELINT group. Replaced by Cosmos 1733. 14821TV for remote areas. 99 degrees East long. 14825Replacement for Molniya 1-51. 1484915 day medium resolution photo mission. 14867Communications relay at 337 degrees East. 14872Crew did medical experiments with yoga. Metal 14872Metal smelting & crystalization experiments. 14872Docked Salyut 7's 2nd air lock 1424 GMT 4 Apr 1487284. Moved to 1st air lock 1034 13 Apr 84. 14884Replacement of Cosmos 1382. 148971st satellite retrieved/repair/return to 14897orbit was Solar Max (SMM). Deployed LDEF & 14897planned retrieval for Feb 85. Got it Jan 90. 14898Long Duration Exposure Facility. Effects of 14898space environment on organisms/electronics. 14898Retrieved by STS 32 on 12 Jan 90. 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. 1490245 day high resolution photo mission. 14930Probably IMEWS, possibly DSCS. 14932Docked Salyut 7's 2nd air lock 0922 GMT on 17 14932Apr 84. Undocked 1746 GMT 6 May 84. 14935Military photo-recce. Maneuvered several 14935times before reentry on 13 Aug. Reportedly 14935the last of about 50 KH-8 high resolution 14935photo reconnaissance satellites. 1493814 day medium resolution photo mission. 14940TV, Telegraph & phone service at 53 deg East. 14961Docked Salyut 7's 2nd air lock 0015 GMT on 10 14961May 84. Undocked 0936 GMT 26 May 84. 14965Replacement for Cosmos 1535. 1496712 day high resolution photo mission. 14971173 day 5th generation imagery mission. 14973Replacement for Cosmos 1383. 14977Fourth GLONASS launch. 14978Fourth GLONASS launch. 14979Fourth GLONASS launch. 1498213 day mission. 14985Initially a GTE communications satellite at 14985240 degrees East. Sold to China in 1994. 1499344 day high resolution photo mission. 14996Docked Salyut 7's 2nd air lock 1550 GMT on 30 14996May 84. Undocked 1341 GMT 15 Jul 84. 1499835th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1499935th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1500035th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1500135th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1500235th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1500335th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1500435th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1500535th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 15009No anomalies reported. 1501113 day medium resolution photo mission. 15027Replacement for Cosmos 1518. 15031Replacement for Cosmos 1452. 15034Centaur stage's 2nd burn cut off prematurely 15034preventing transfer orbit being achieved. 1503615 day medium resolution photo mission. 15039Operates on Cesium standard. 1504614 day mission. 150519 day high resolution photo mission. 15055Replacement for Cosmos 1339. 15057Domestic communications at 128 deg East. 1506015 day mission. 15063Possible imagery system. 1507059 day high resolution photo mission. 15071No anomalies reported. 15077Replacement for Cosmos 1464. 15080No anomalies reported. 15085Nuclear reactor moved higher (981 X 907 km) 15085about 1048 GMT on 27 Sep 84. 1509014 day high resolution photo mission. 15095Replacement for Cosmos 1317. 15099Carried new higher resolution equipment for 15099240 line cloud cover pictures. 15119Crew produced anti-influenza vaccine. Worked 15119with electron beam welding equipment. Docked 15119Salyut 7's 2nd air lock 1912 GMT on 18 Jul 84 15119and undocked 29 Jul 84. 1512114 day mission. 1512315 day medium resolution photo mission. 1513114 day mission. 1514259 day high resolution photo mission 15144TV, telegraph & phones. At 80 deg East. 15147Replacement for Cosmos 1456. 15152Japanese meteorological satellite. Plus study 15152of protons, electrons & alpha particles. Put 15152at 140 deg East longitude. 15158European Communications Satellite for TV & 15158phones. At 7 deg East longitude. 15159French domestic & military communications. At 15159352 deg East longitude. 1516318 Aug 84 maneuver. 25 day mission. Med-res. 15167Exploded 1843 GMT 23 Feb 1986. 46 pieces. 15171No anomalies reported. 15182Replacement for Molniya 1-53. 15193Docked Salyut 7's 2nd air lock 0810 GMT on 16 15193Aug 84. Undocked 1619 GMT 26 Aug 84. 1519714 day mission. 15199US Charge Composition Explorer. Detects 15199tracer ions from IRM (AMPTE 2) satellite. 15199AMPTE = Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer 15199Explorer. 15200German satellite which releases ions to react 15200with CCE and UKS AMPTE satellites. Ion 15200release module (Barium & Lithium). 15201UK satellite to measure disturbances caused 15201by ions from IRM (AMPTE 2). 15214Replacement for Molniya 1-54. 15219TV to remote areas from 99 deg East longitude 15226Possibly a CommSat. 1523214 day mission. 15234New launch profile, lighter wings. Pre-launch 15234fire/evacuation. Erected solar arrays. OAST-1 15234solar panel extended 31 m from cargo bay 1-3 15234September 1984. 15235Satellite Business Systems. 259 deg East. 15236Hughes Leasat - Navy communications. 255 deg 15236East longitude. 15237Placed at 235 deg East longitude. 1525714 day high resolution photo mission. 15259Fifth GLONASS launch. 15260Fifth GLONASS launch. 15261Fifth GLONASS launch. 15267Replacement for Cosmos 1348. 15271Changed from Cesium to Rubidium std 6 Feb 92. 15279Film capsule recovered on 17 September 1984. 1528713 day mission. 15292Replacement for Cosmos 1550. 15308Located at 266.5 East. With Galaxy 2, all 50 15308states in the US covered. 1531856 day high resolution photo mission. 1532414 day medium resolution photo mission. 15326No anomalies reported. 15331No anomalies reported. 15333Maneuvered from 51.6 degree inclination to 1533366.6. Then to 71 degrees. Final apogee 856 km 15333and perigee 850 km. See Cosmos 1656. 15350Replaced Cosmos 1367. Coplanar with Cosmos 153501661 but 40 degrees east. 15353Demonstrated technique for on orbit refueling 15353of satellites. First two woman crew. OSTA-3 15353pallet & 2.1 m X 10.7 m SIR-B imaging radar 15353carried in cargo bay. Not deployed. 15354Earth Radiation Budget Satellite. Orbit was 15354raised in stages on 7, 8 & 9 Oct 84 from 350 15354km to 600 km. 15359Replacement for Cosmos 1459. 15362Transit based Navy navigation satellite. 15369Replacement for Cosmos 1455. 15378Nuclear pack raised (997 X 909 km) 1130 GMT 15378on 1 Feb 85. 15382Retrieval of crippled Palapa B2 1425 GMT 12 15382Nov 84. Retrieved Westar 1200 GMT 14 Nov 84. 15382Research in growth of organic crystals. 15383Domestic Canadian comms. At 248.5 deg East on 15383Canadian duty. Then sold to support ARABSAT 15383system. Name changed from ANIK D2. 15384Hughes communication satellite leased by Navy 15384and placed 255 deg East longitude. 15385Placed at 291 deg East. It is mostly devoted 15385to the GTE long distance SPRINT service. 15386Maritime comm/SAR. Replaced Marecs B1. Placed 15386at 177.5 deg East longitude. 15391Reportedly placed at 222 deg East similar to 15391NATO 3B in Eastern Pacific. 1539333 day high resolution photo mission. 1539514 day medium resolution photo mission. 15398Replacement for Cosmos 1531. 1540351 day high resolution photo mission. 15406Launch vehicle failed to shut down at perigee 15406and satellite decayed near 71.2 N & 1.6 W. 1541425 day medium resolution photo mission. 15423Military mission. 15427Advanced TIROS-N includes SARSAT package. 15429Replacement for Molniya 1-55. 154329 countries participated. Studied Venus, went 15432on to Halley's. Left a capsule on Venus. 15432Arrived Venus 10 Jun 85. Was 8,890 km from 15432Halley's comet at 0726 GMT 6 Mar 86. 15442Single orbit with recovery in Black Sea. 15442Sub-scale space plane similar to Cosmos 1374, 154421445 and 1517. 15446No anomalies reported. 15449Sent Venus probe to volcanic area. Studied 15449cloud properties & lightning flashes. Sent 15449pictures/data of Halley's coma and core. Nine 15449countries participated in this event. Arrived 15449Venus 14 Jun 85. About 8,030 km from Halley's 15449comet at 0726 GMT on 9 Mar 86. 15453Launch time may have been 2400 GMT 21 Dec. 15464Japan's 1st deep space probe. Carried various 15464equipment for encounter with Halley's Comet. 15464Left Earth orbit 1424 GMT 11 Jun 85. Flew by 15464Halley's comet at 6,900,000 km distance. Time 15464of closest approach was 0419 GMT 11 Mar 86. 1546754 day high resolution photographic mission. 15467Looked at the Soviet war in Afghanistan. 154691st of new comm system. 6 per launch. 154701st of new comm system. 6 per launch. 154711st of new comm system. 6 per launch. 154721st of new comm system. 6 per launch. 154731st of new comm system. 6 per launch. 154741st of new comm system. 6 per launch. 15476Replacement for Molniya 3-19. 15479Two week medium resolution mission. 15482Replacement for Cosmos 1570. 15484TV, telegraph & phone placed at 140 deg East. 15492Possible EORSAT, like 1984-053A, which failed 15492to circularize orbit at apogee. Decay seen 15492from Shetland Islands at 0618 GMT 25 Jun 85. 15494Replaced Cosmos 1408. 15496Primary objective: DoD/ELINT launch. Research 15496on diseases in human blood samples. 15505Replacement for Cosmos 1448. 1551414 day medium resolution mission. 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. 15543Combined roles? 15546Possibly military communications. 15560Arab Satellite Communication Organization. 15560Inserted into orbit at 19 deg East. 15561Embratel domestic comm sat. 295 deg East. 15574Probably a missile early warning satellite or 15574a developmental military communications sat. 15574Placed at 335 deg East. 1558255 day high resolution mission. Maneuverable. 15584Possibly some ELINT capability. 1558914 day high resolution mission. Maneuvered. 15592Replacement for Cosmos 1470. 15595Ocean mapping using radar altimeter. Replaces 15595data lost due premature shutdown of Seasat. 15595US Navy geodetic & geophysical. 15597Replacement for Cosmos 1513. 15599Venera 13 ejected it at 36,000 km alt. Landed 15599at 7.5 lat & 303 long. Color pictures showed 15599yellow Venus & orange sky. 1st soil testing. 1560062 minute descent from Venera 14. Landed 13.2 15600lat & 310 long. Temp 465 C. Lava like soil. 1561736th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1561836th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1561936th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1562036th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1562136th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1562236th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1562336th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1562436th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 15626TV to remote areas from 99 deg East. 15629International service. At 335.5 deg East. 15634207 day high resolution mission. Maneuvered. 15636Two week medium resolution mission. 156411st unscheduled EVA to save failed Leasat 3. 15641Mission extended 2 days. Used 'fly swatter' 15641on end of RMS to try & activate motor. Did 15641not work. Taped 0 g experiments for schools. 15642Last in series of 3 TELSAT satellites. Put at 15642252.5 deg East. Retired on 10 July 1996. 15643Perigee kick motor failed. Retrieved on 31 15643Aug & redeployed 1507 GMT 1 Sep 85 by STS 51I 15643crew. Fired 27 Oct & placed at 178 deg East. 15645Scientific experiments in 'materiology'. 15653Phased with Cosmos 1567 & 1588. Later 1682. 1565553 day high resolution mission. Monitored the 15655Israeli pull out of Lebanon. 1565911 day high resolution mission. Recovered 3 15659days early. 15661Developed with Czechoslovakia "to study the 15661structure of interplanetary and near-Earth 15661shock waves arising from the clash of solar 15661wind plasma and the Earth's Magnetosphere". 15661Mission lifetime announced as 4 days. 1566515 experiments. French crystal growth and 15665several GAS experiments. Spacelab 3 in cargo 15665bay with 2 squirrel monkeys and 24 rats. 15666Air traffic control radar calibration. Built 15666by Weber State College, Ogden UT. Northern 15666Utah SATellite is the full name. 15677GTE spacenet corporation for domestic comms. 15677Located at 257 deg East. 15678French domestic comms at 355 deg East. 1569414 day medium resolution mission. 15697Sixth GLONASS launch. 15698Sixth GLONASS launch. 15699Sixth GLONASS launch. 15732Two week mission. 15734Probably 29 days of high resolution coverage. 15734Deliberately exploded 21 Jun 85. 19 pieces & 15734all were down by 18 Aug 85. 15738Replaced Molniya 3-18. Reentry observed from 15738North Carolina to Florida. 15751Replacement for Cosmos 1447. 15755Maneuvered like Cosmos 1603. From 51.6 degree 15755inclination to 66.6 and then to 71.1. New 15755satellite formation? 158041st partial crew rotation. Studied flow of 15804high energy electrons and positions. Docked 158041st air lock Salyut 7 at 0853 GMT 8 Jun 85. 15804Undocked 0405 GMT 25 Sep 85 & landed 220 km 15804NE of Dzhezkazgan. 1580614 day mission. 15808Replacement for Cosmos 1481. 15818Two week medium resolution mission. 15821Same as Cosmos 1510. 15823SDI laser beam trial. 100th person carried by 15823Shuttle. Experiments included 3 West German. 158231 research platform. 15824Mexican domestic comms placed at 246.5 deg E. 15825Arab Satellite Communication Organization. 15825Inserted at 26 deg East longitude. 15826AT&T comm satellite at 284 deg East. 15827Maneuverable. Coplanar with Cosmos 1604 but 1582740 degrees west. 15831Free flying astronomical research platform. 15831Retrieved 22 Jun. Maximum separation 192 km. 15831Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for 15831AstroNomy released 1605 GMT 20 Jun 85. 15833Released possibly simulated warheads. 15838Docked Salyut 7's 2nd air lock 0253 GMT on 23 15838Jun 85. Undocked 0824 GMT 15 Jul 85. 1584014 day mission. 15842Possible SL-16 test. No UN registration. The 15842payload did not reach orbit. All pieces had 15842decayed by 28 June 1985. 15856Venus landing 15 Jun 85. Operated for 22 min. 15856Soil, anorthositetroctolite, rare on Earth 15856but found in the Lunar Highlands. 15857Slowed the lander. Circled Venus for 2 days. 15858Venus landing 11 Jun 85. Drill started auto 15858sequence 16 km above surface. Not a success. 15859Slowed the lander. Circled Venus for 2 days. 158609 day high resolution mission. Maneuverable. 15873International & domestic lease services. Put 15873in orbit at 332.5 deg East longitude. 15875Probed Halley's. Found large jets of dust 15875rich in nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen & oxygen, 15875from cracks in dark crust. Irregular shape. 15875Earth escape was 1926 GMT 3 Jul 85. Comet 15875fly by at 605 km on 14 Mar 86. 15877Two week high resolution mission. 15889Replacement for Cosmos 1633. 15891Carried 2 rhesus monkeys, 10 male rats & 10 15891salamanders in weightlessness adaption test. 15891Also had fish, insects and plants. 1590614 day high resolution mission. 15909Established a new plane. On station 7 Aug 85. 15918Progress like resupply ferry to Salyut 7. 15918Docked 2nd air lock 1507 GMT 21 Jul. Undocked 159182150 GMT 28 Aug 85. 159251 day mission extension. Landed Edwards AFB. 15925Carried Spacelab-2. 15929Free flying Plasma Diagnostic Package. Was 15929released & retrieved on 1 Aug 85. 15930Nuclear reactor boosted to 950 km at 0930 GMT 15930on 23 Oct 85. 15931Two week high resolution mission. 15935Operational Transit based Navigation system. 15935Stacked Oscar On Scout (SOOS) program. Went 15935for in space storage vice ground storage. 15936Transit Navigation system. Orbital spare. 15936Stacked Oscar On Scout (SOOS) program. Went 15936for in space storage vice ground storage. 15940Maneuverable. 1594242 day high resolution mission. 15944Replacement for Cosmos 1536. 15946Domestic communications at 45 deg East. 15952Replacement for Cosmos 1581. 1595959 day high resolution mission. Maneuverable. 15967Halley's Comet probe. Studied water content 15967and the changes in the solar wind around it. 15967Closest approach was 151,000 km at 1312 GMT 15967on 8 Mar 86. 15977Replaced Molniya 1-61. On station 28 Aug 85. 15986Orbit maintained by low thrust motor. Nuclear 15986reactor boosted to 992 X 891 km orbit at 1430 15986GMT on 23 Oct 85. 15992Solar observations and plasma experiments. 15992British X-ray telescope to determine if Black 15992Hole exists at center of Milky Way. Captured, 15992repaired & released Syncom IV-03. During 15992rescue a .3 m X .17 m L-shaped power tool was 15992lost. Cataloged as 1985-076H (16013), it 15992decayed on 28 Feb 86. 15993Australian Domestic comms. At 156 deg East. 15994Owned by American Satellite Company. Placed 15994at 232 deg East longitude. 15995Contact lost on 6 Sep 85 after achieving 15995geosynchronous orbit. Put at 178 deg East? 1599714 day mission. 1599950 day high resolution photographic mission. 15999Several film return capsules used. 16011Replacement for Cosmos 1538. 1601813 day mission. 160511st mission ended by illness. Analysis of 16051interaction of sea & atmosphere. Docked 2nd 16051air lock 1410 GMT 18 Sep 85. Landed 180 km 16051SE of Dzhezkazgan. 16054Phased with Cosmos 1567 and Cosmos 1646. 16054Exploded 2024 GMT 18 Dec 85. 24 pieces. 1605615 day medium resolution mission. 16064Replacement for Cosmos 1586. 16088Two week medium resolution mission. 1609520 Ton nonrecoverable resupply module. Also 16095used to enlarge Salyut 7. Docked 1st air lock 160950922 GMT on 2 Oct 85. 16101International & domestic lease services. Put 16101at 31 deg East longitude. 16103Replaced Cosmos 1409. On station 17 Oct 85. 16107May have Intelligence collection role. 16110Natural resource information collection. 16112Established new plane. On station 30 Oct 85. 161151st flight of Atlantis. DoD launch. Studied 16115damage by cosmic rays to biological matter. 16116Possibly Communications. 16117Possibly Communications. 16129Clock on Rubidium std. Position 4 - Plane C. 161382nd launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 161392nd launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 16139Fragmented 0838 GMT 22 Nov 85. 13 pieces for 16139this object & total of 20 for launch. 161402nd launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 161412nd launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 161422nd launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 161432nd launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 1616914 day high resolution mission. 16177Film recovered 0350 GMT 26 Oct. Mission is 16177Earth resources per Chinese official. 16181Similar to Cosmos 1603 but different launch 16181profile. 16183Replaced Cosmos 1541. On station 27 Oct 85. 16187Replaced Molniya 1-58. On station 29 Oct 85. 161911st for Satellite Data Relay Network (SDRN). 16191New generation weather satellite. 1619859 day high resolution mission. 16199Data relay satellite at 95 deg East. 16220Replaced Molniya 1-56. On station 21 Nov 85. 162301st foreign funded mission, GSOC (German 16230Space Ops Center). Experiments ranged from 16230production of turbine blades to medicine. 16230Carried Spacelab D-1 in cargo bay. 16231Small test satellite to control & interrogate 16231earth based military sensors from space. 16231Global Low Orbiting Message Relay satellite. 16235Replaced Cosmos 1675. On station 12 Nov 85. 16247Two week medium resolution mission. 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. 16262Replacement for Cosmos 1674. 16273Assembled/dismantled a tower and pyramid. 16273Blood and crystal growth experiments. 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. 16275Domestic communications. Placed at 156 deg E. 16276Serves commercial US cable TV networks. 16276Placed at 279 deg East longitude. 16277Orbiter EXperiment. STS 61-B docking target. 16277Auto pilot software package to provide 16277precise station-keeping capability. 16291Replacement for Cosmos 1598. 1629614 day medium resolution mission. 1630660 day high resolution mission-film capsules. 16326Replacement for Cosmos 1515. 16328Instrumented Target Vehicle. Canister with 16328balloon which will inflate to a 1.83 m target 16328for an F-15 launched ASAT. See MHV program. 16329Instrumented Target Vehicle. Canister with a 16329balloon which will inflate to a 1.83 m target 16329for an F-15 launched ASAT. See MHV program. 16331Two week mission. 16368Replacement for Cosmos 1610. 16393Established final plane of new constellation. 16393On station in early Jan 86. 16396New launch profile. Seventh GLONASS launch. 16397New launch profile. Seventh GLONASS launch. 16398New launch profile. Seventh GLONASS launch. 16408Failed soon after Meteor 2-14 in orbit. 1642926 day high resolution mission. 16434Similar to Cosmos 1697 but a booster failure. 1644714 day high resolution mission. 1644937th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1645037th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 16450Failed 27 Nov 86. 1645137th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1645237th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1645337th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1645437th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1645537th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1645637th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 16456Failed 12 Sep 86. 16481Columbia's 8th launch. Materials processing 16481experiments. SDI surveillance equipment 16481testing. Mission cut short to ensure on time 16481launch of STS 51-L. Landed Edwards AFB 1359 16481GMT. Cargo bay carried Hitchhiker G-1. 16482Serves commercial US cable TV networks. 16482Placed at 279 deg East. 1649059 day high resolution mission. 16493Replacement for Cosmos 1577. 16495Replacement for Cosmos 1606. 16497Domestic TV, radio & telegraph at 335 deg E. 16510Replacement for Cosmos 1506. 1651214 day high resolution mission. 16526Domestic communications at 103 East. 16527Replaced Cosmos 1569. On station 9 Feb 86. 165409 day high resolution mission. 16589238 day high resolution digital imagery. 16591Military mission. 16593Standard geodetic mission. 16597Domestic communication at 117 deg East. 16609Scientific station whose name means peace. It 16609has six docking ports. Weighs about 20 tons. 16609Decay of the booster was observed by a Trans 16609Atlantic flight crew. By mid 1990 3 modules 16609added. Mass approached 100 tonnes. Now, in 16609the mid 1990's it is 130 tonnes. When objects 16609sent to MIR & ejected they get MIR Intnl No. 16609Objects cataloged as 1986-017 = 284. 44 up. 16609Mission ended with destructive deorbit over 16609the South Pacific [40S 200E] about 0600 GMT. 16611Replacement for Cosmos 1544. 16613Remote sensing/Earth resources. Images sold 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. 16614Studying magnetic, electric and ultraviolet 16614properties in auroral regions of ionosphere 16614& magnetosphere. Ceased operations 12 May 87. 16614Objects cataloged as 1986-019 = 492. 59 up. 1661859 day high resolution mission. 16620New altitude to permit repeating 3 day 16620coverage. 16624Sub-satellite to USA 15? 16625Sub-satellite to USA 15? 16631Sub-satellite to USA 15? 166432nd live TV coverage of Soviet space launch. 166431st mission to travel between space stations. 16643Docked front port Mir 1341 GMT 15 Mar 86. 16643Undocked 1214 GMT 5 May & docked 2nd air lock 16643Salyut 7 1702 GMT 21 Mar. Undocked 1453 GMT 1664325 Jun & redocked Mir front port 1941 GMT 26 16643Jun. Undocked 0907 GMT 16 Jul 86 & landed 55 16643km NE of Arkalyk. 72 days Mir. 51 Salyut 7. 166451st Mir resupply. Dock rear port 1117 GMT 21 16645Mar 86. Undock 1926 GMT 20 Apr 86. 16647Nuclear pack boosted to 1,012 km X 925 km at 166471117 21 Jun 86. 16648New type orbit. Coupled with Cosmos 1735. 16648Extends coverage into the Polar regions. 16649GTE domestic communications at 255 deg East. 16650Embratel domestic comms at 290 deg East. 16650Called SBTS-2 before launch. 16667Possibly a new system. Put at 346 deg East. 1667759 day high resolution mission. 1667913 day medium resolution mission. 16681Replacement for Cosmos 1503. 16683Replaced Molniya 3-23. On station 29 Apr 86. 16687Mir radio problems delayed docking 1 day. 16687Docked to Mir rear port 2122 GMT 26 Apr 86. 16687Undocked 1829 GMT 22 Jun & deorbited 1843 GMT 16687on 23 Jun 86. 16717Two week medium resolution mission. 16719Replacement for Cosmos 1626. 167221st Soyuz TM (modernized). Unmanned launch as 16722is usual Soviet practice. Automatic dock to 16722Mir front port 1410 GMT 23 May, 18 days after 16722Soyuz T-15 crew left for Salyut 7. Undocked 167220936 GMT 29 May 86, 26 days before the T-15 16722crew returned. Contained microgravity & heat 16722transfer experiments. 16724Materials processing experiments. Precursor 16724for the Foton (AKA Photon) series. 16727Replacement for Cosmos 1627. 16729TV for remote areas at 99 deg East. 16735In plane 25 degrees from Meteor 2-13. Would 16735have worked together but Meteor 2-13 failed. 1673714 day mission. 3rd generation photo. 16745Two week high resolution mission. 1675838th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 16758Failed 1 Sep 86. 1675938th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1676038th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1676138th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 16761Failed 1 Sep 86. 1676238th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1676338th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1676438th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1676538th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 16765Failed 1 Aug 86. 1676759 day high resolution mission. 16769Phone, TV & telegraph service from 345 deg E. 1677214 day mission. 3rd generation photo. 16791Replacement for Cosmos 1666. 16798Replacement for Cosmos 1634. 16800Two week medium resolution mission. 16802Replaced Molniya 3-20. On station 2 Jul 86. 16849Replaced Cosmos 1698. On station 8 Jul 86. 1685514 day mission. 3rd generation photo. 16860Replacement for Cosmos 1741. 1686156 day high resolution mission. 16874Two week medium resolution mission. 16881Similar to Cosmos 1500. 16883Unknown payload. Died 1 Aug 86 & decayed 16883naturally over the Indian Ocean. 16885Replaced Molniya 1-59. On station 9 Aug 86. 1689014 day mission. 3rd generation photo. 16895Phased with Cosmos 1682. Exploded 21 Sep 86. 16895Total of 5 pieces cataloged. 16897180 day high resolution imagery mission. 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. 16909Amateur radio Satellite. Name means Wisteria. 16917Nuclear pack boosted (999 X 915 km) by 0450 16917GMT 15 Oct 86. 1691813 day medium resolution mission. 1692055 day high resolution mission. 16922Replaced Cosmos 1547. On station 14 Sep 86. 16926Two week high resolution mission. 16928Released at least 26 'simulated warheads'. 16934Replaced Molniya 1-57. On station 17 Sep 86. 16937Separated into two parts. USA 19 observed the 16937launch of Aries rocket from White Sands. Then 16937USA 19 attacked USA 19 Rocket in SDI test. 16937Target (1986-069B) destroyed over Pacific. 16937Total for all USA 19: 18 pieces. All decayed. 16952Replacement for Cosmos 1733. 16961First flight in 8 GLONASS launches in which 16961all 3 satellites appeared to be active. 16962All 3 payloads appeared active. 8th launch. 16963All 3 payloads appeared active. 8th launch. 1696614 day medium resolution mission. 16969Carried SARSAT (Search & Rescue) transponder. 16986Possibly replaced Cosmos 1733. 16993Rocket failure left satellite in bad orbit. 16993Intended to replace Cosmos 1661. 17001Improved photo equipment for Earth resources. 17001Capsule returned 0419 GMT 11 Oct 86. System 17001transmitted through 0824 GMT 14 Oct 86. 1700336 day high resolution mission. 17031Replaced Cosmos 1596. On station 21 Oct 86. 17038Replaced Molniya 3-21. On station 30 Oct 86. 17042Mission unknown. 1704413 day high resolution mission. 17046TV, telegraph & radio. Placed at 45 deg East. 17050Might have Intelligence collection mission. 1705414 day mission. 3rd generation photo. 17056Two week high resolution mission. 17066Replacement for Cosmos 1553. 1706853 day high resolution mission. 17070Refurbished transit satellite studying solar 17070flares, magnetic fields & the aurorae. Beacon 17070experiments and auroral research. 17078Replaced Molniya 1-60. On station 29 Nov 86. 17083Telegraph, TV & phone service at 90 deg East. 17134Replaced Cosmos 1687. On station 26 Nov 86. 1713839th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1713939th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1714039th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1714139th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1714239th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1714339th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1714439th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1714539th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 17159Replacement for Cosmos 1605. 17177Standard flight. 1717914 day medium resolution mission. 17181Military mission. 17191New spacecraft/plane. 17213Replaced Cosmos 1729. On station 16 Dec 86. 1721738 day high resolution mission. 17239Replacement for Cosmos 1598 and Cosmos 1704. 17241Studied radio wave propagation in ionosphere. 17262259 day high resolution digital imagery. 17264Replaced Molniya 1-62. On station 11 Jan 87. 17290Phased with Meteor 2-14. 1729235 day high resolution mission. 17295Replacement for Cosmos 1726. 17297Medium resolution mission. System failure. 17297Deliberately destroyed 0600 29 Jan 87. 195 17297pieces, all down. No film returned. 17299Docked to Mir rear port 0726 GMT 18 Jan 87. 17299Undocked 1131 GMT on 23 Feb 87. 17303Store-dump comms. Replaced Cosmos 1680. 17326Might have Intelligence collection mission. 17328Replaced Molniya 3-22. On station 19 Feb 87. 17359Replacement for Cosmos 1574. 17365Rocket failed at 1034 GMT 30 Jan 87 to put in 17365geosynchronous orbit. 17369First use of new flight profile. 17480Studies X-rays and gamma rays. Means Galaxy. 17482Docked to Mir front port 2331 GMT 7 Feb 87. 17482Undocked 2038 GMT 29 Jul 87 and landed 140 km 17482NE of Arkalyk. 1748411 day high resolution mission. 17506Military System. 17523Rocket test with normal decay of satellite. 17523Similar to Cosmos 1767. 17525Replacement for Cosmos 1725. 17527Used for remote ocean sensing/observation. 17527Momo means peach blossom. 17533Two week high resolution mission. 17535Broke up in orbit 1746 GMT 17 Dec 1987. 17535Objects cataloged as 1987-020 = 111. 45 up. 1755955 day high resolution mission. 17561Located above 277 deg East longitude. 17564Docked to Mir rear port 1243 GMT 5 Mar 87. 17564Undocked 0502 GMT 26 Mar 87. 17566Replacement for Cosmos 1743. 1757714 day medium resolution mission. Rocket 17577engine observed over Colorado Springs at 0224 17577GMT 30 Aug 88. 175823rd launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 175833rd launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 175843rd launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 175853rd launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 175863rd launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 175873rd launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 175891st flight after the Cosmos 1714 launch 17589failure in Dec 85. 17611Radio, TV & telegraph service at 85 deg East. 17706Domestic comms at 113 deg East. Sold to the 17706Republic of the Philippines in August 1996. 17845Attempted docking to Mir 5 Apr. Docked 0043 17845GMT 9 Apr 87 to rear port. Used to enlarge 17845Mir. Mir brought to 33 tonnes. Service module 17845[1987-030C] to move Kvant to Mir undocked 178452024 GMT 12 Apr 87 & boosted to higher orbit. 17845Before this it was integral part of Kvant. 17845Mission ended with destructive deorbit over 17845the South Pacific [40S 200E] about 0600 GMT. 17847Temporarily phased with Cosmos 1735. 1784956 day high resolution mission. 17876230 day high resolution digital imagery. 17878Docked to Mir-Kvant 1 rear port 1702 GMT 23 17878Apr 87. Undocked 0307 GMT 11 May 87. 178806 day mission. 3rd generation photo. 17902Upper stage failed to place in proper orbit. 17903Upper stage failed to place in proper orbit. 17904Upper stage failed to place in proper orbit. 17907Materials processing experiments. 17911Replacement for Cosmos 1707. Launch may have 17911been at 2400 GMT on 26 April. 17940Two week medium resolution mission. 17969TV, telegraph & phone service at 140 deg E. 17973Similar to Cosmos 1833. 1797514 day medium resolution mission. 17997Works with other military missions. 17999Docked to Mir-Kvant 1 rear port 0600 GMT 21 17999May 87. Undocked 0015 GMT 19 Jun 87. 18004Two week mission. 3rd generation photo. 18009Sub-satellite to USA 22. 18010Sub-satellite to USA 22. 1801157 day high resolution mission. 1801714 day medium resolution mission. 18025Sub-satellite to USA 22. 18083Filled constellation hole left by Cosmos 1604 18083and was on station 7 Jun 87. 18095Replacement for Cosmos 1763. 18103Replaced Cosmos 1658. On station 15 Jun 87. 1811340th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1811440th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1811540th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1811640th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1811740th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1811840th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1811940th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1812040th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 18122Nuclear reactor boosted to 953 X 945 km orbit 18122about 1700 GMT 28 Jul 87. 18123Microwave sensor to identify tropical storms 18123earlier & measure intensity. 18129Cosmos 1861, a navigation satellite, carried 181292 amateur radio satellites called Radio 10 & 18129Radio 11. Cosmos 1861 replaced Cosmos 1727. 18152Replacement for Cosmos 1703. 18155Two week medium resolution mission. 18160Replacement for Cosmos 1821. 1816237 day high resolution mission. 18184High resolution mission. Engine failed to 18184shut down & propellant depleted prematurely. 18184Deliberately destroyed in orbit 26 Jul 87. 18184Seven pieces cataloged. No film returned. 18187Similar to, and phased with, Cosmos 1818. 18192Similar to Cosmos 822. 18214Radar antenna failed to deploy properly. 18214Similar to Cosmos 1500. 18222Docked Mir-Kvant 1 rear port 0336 GMT on 24 18222Jun 87. Moved to front port 0005 GMT 31 Jul. 18222Crew did remote sensing & material processing 18222before undocking 0600 29 Dec 87. Landed 80 km 18222from Arkalyk. 182251st of new multi-discipline satellites. Had 182252 15 m long antenna for SAR resolution of 25 18225to 30 meters. 182591st retrograde test of SL-16. Reentered near 1825918.9 N and 176.2 E. 18283Docked to Mir-Kvant 1 rear port 2234 GMT 5 18283Aug 87. Undocked at midnight 21/22 Sep 87. 18306Capsule recovered 0531 GMT on 10 August. Had 18306microgravity experiment. System transmitted 18306through 0502 14 Aug 87. 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. 1831411 day high resolution mission. 18316Domestic communications at 150 deg East. 18318Booster test. Decayed near 50 deg N, 124 deg 18318W. Similar to Cosmos 1871. 18326Two week high resolution mission. 18328TV for those remote towns from 99 deg East. 183344th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 183354th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 183364th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 183374th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 183384th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 183394th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 18341Film capsule recovered 0448 GMT 15 Sep 87. 18341Transmitted for another week. 18343201 day high resolution digital imagery. 18343Replacement for Cosmos 1810. 18348Three week mission. 18350Domestic communication from 164 deg East. 18351European Communications Sat. at 10 deg East. 18355Tenth GLONASS launch. 18356Tenth GLONASS launch. 18357Tenth GLONASS launch. 18361Listed variously as Oscar 27 or 31. Stacked 18361Oscar On Scout (SOOS-2). 18362Listed variously as Oscar 28, 29 or 32. 18362Stacked Oscar On Scout (SOOS-2). 1836646 day high resolution mission. 18376Docked to Mir-Kvant 1 rear port 0112 GMT 26 18376Sep 87. Undocked 0405 GMT, moved 2.5 km away, 18376and redocked at 0546 GMT 10 Nov. Undocked at 183761926 GMT 17 November 1987 and deorbited. 18380Biological studies of fish, insects, frogs, 18380rats & 2 macaque monkeys [Yerosha & Dryoma]. 18380Recovered after 13 days some 3,000 Km from 18380planned landing area. 18384Placed at 80 deg East. 1839414 day medium resolution mission. 18396Phased with Cosmos 1834. 18402Replacement for Cosmos 1759. 18421Replacement for Cosmos 1825. 1843255 day high resolution mission. 18441Military mission. 18443Data & communications relay at 335 deg East. 1849115 day high resolution mission. 1853541 day high resolution mission. 18568Docked to Mir-Kvant 1 rear port 0141 GMT 23 18568Nov 87. Undocked 0810 GMT 19 Dec 87. 18570TV capacity curtailed due to non-deployment 18570of a solar panel. Commercially unusable. 18575Data & communications relay for Mir. Replaces 18575Cosmos 1700 at 95 deg East. 18583Military satellite. 18585Replacement for Cosmos 1777. 18625Two week high resolution photo mission. 18631At 128 deg East for TV, Radio & telegraph. 18665Maneuvered until 10 Apr 88. Nuclear pack was 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. 1866651 day high resolution mission. 18668Similar to Cosmos 1502. 18699Docked to Mir-Kvant 1 rear port 1258 GMT 23 18699Dec 87. Moved to front port just after 0900 18699GMT 30 Dec 87. Brought up long term (1+ year) 18699crew. Undocked 0614 GMT 16 Jun 88. Landed 205 18699km SE of Dzhezkazgan. 18701Replaced Cosmos 1701. On station 24 Dec 87. 18709Replacement for Cosmos 1709. 18711Two week high resolution mission. 18713Satellite malfunction. Blown up 1102 GMT 31 18713Jan 88. 38 pieces & all down. Was a new model 18713[3rd generation] Earth resources satellite. 18715TV for remote sites at 99 deg East. 1872014 day medium resolution mission. 18748Replacement for Cosmos 1782. 187885th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 187895th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 187905th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 187915th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 187925th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 187935th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 18795Docked to Mir-Kvant 1 rear port 0014 GMT 23 18795Jan 88. Undocked 0336 GMT 4 Mar 88. 1880915 day high resolution mission. 18820Phased with Meteors 2-15 and 2-16. 18822Replaced DMSP 5D-1-F7. Resolution reported at 18822about 0.5 km. 18823High resolution mission. It was deliberately 18823destroyed 0448 GMT 27 Feb 88. All debris down 18823before USSPACECOM put them in catalog? NASA 18823lists 2. Probably no film capsules returned. 18847Military mission. 18857Both SL-12 & satellite deployment failed. Two 18857objects reentered near Australia. Glonass 18857launch number 11. 1886020 day mission. 3rd generation photo. 18875Two week medium resolution mission. 18877Domestic communications. At 132 deg East. 18881Replaced Cosmos 1806. On station 29 Feb 88. 189223 Domestic TV channels. Registered for 87.5 18922deg East but actually at 88 deg East. 1893112 day high resolution mission. 1893741st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1893841st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1893941st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1894041st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1894141st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1894241st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1894341st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1894441st launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 18946Replaced Molniya 1-65. On station 17 Mar 88. 18951Carries GEOSTAR RO1 L-band receiver for 18951position location and 2-way data comms. Put 18951at 273 deg East. 18952French domestic communications at 5 deg East. 18957Nuclear pack raised (1011 X 923 km) 2136 GMT 18957on 19 May 88. 18958Replacement for Cosmos 1758. 18960Indian Remote Sensing satellite. 1st Soviet 18960commercial launch. 18980Replaced Molniya 1-64. On station 23 Mar 88. 18985Replacement for Cosmos 1802. 18992Docked to Mir-Kvant 1 rear port 2219 GMT 25 18992Mar 88. Undocked 0141 GMT 5 May 88 and 18992deorbited in 6 hours. 1901115 day high resolution mission. 19013Univ. of Rome, NASA & W. Germany collaborated 19013to explore structure, dynamics & aeronomy of 19013the equatorial thermosphere. 1901549 day high resolution digital imagery. 19017Telegraph, TV & phone service. At 346 deg E. 19038Store/dump comms. Replaced Cosmos 1898. 1904113 day high resolution mission. 19043Microgravity materials processing. 19045Similar to Cosmos 1687. 19070U.S. Navy navigation satellite. SOOS-3. 19070Stacked Oscar On Scout. 19071U.S. Navy navigation satellite. SOOS-3. 19071Stacked Oscar On Scout. 19073Placed at 336 deg East. Then moved to 12 deg 19073East longitude. 1907914 day high resolution mission. 19090Remote area TV. Located at 99 deg East. 1911553 day high resolution mission. Retro fire 19115was observed from Zambia 2002 GMT. 19117Docked to Mir-Kvant 1 rear port 0210 GMT 15 19117May 88. Undocked 1117 GMT & deorbited 2024 19117GMT on 5 Jun 88. 19119Part of a new ELINT constellation. Followed 19119by Cosmos 1980. 19121Replaced INTELSAT 5A-F03. Put at 307 deg East 1912336 day high resolution mapping mission. 19123Western media representatives were invited to 19123see this launch. 1913112 day high resolution photo mission. 19163Twelfth launch. Replaced Cosmos 1917-1919. 19164Twelfth launch. Replaced Cosmos 1917-1919. 19165Twelfth launch. Replaced Cosmos 1917-1919. 19189Replaced Molniya 3-29. On station 31 May 88. 19193Worked with Cosmos 1834 & Cosmos 1890. 19195Standard/normal mission. 1919714 day mission. 19204Joined Mir-Kvant 1 rear port 1550 GMT 9 Jun 1920488. Moved to front port about 1015 GMT 18 Jun 1920488. Undocked 2248 GMT 5 Sep & finally landed 19204after 3 attempts 160 km SE of Dzhezkazgan at 192040043 Z on 7 Sep 88. 19206Two week high resolution mission. 19210Replacement for Cosmos 1892. 192151st Ariane 4 launch. Put at 0/360 deg East. 19216Amateur radio satellite. 19217Owned by Pan American Satellite Corp. Planned 19217to serve Central & South America & placed at 19217315 deg East longitude. 19223U.S. Navy navigation satellite. 19256Store/dump comms to replace Cosmos 1850. 1925859 day high resolution mission. 1926314 day mission. 19274To obtain Oceanographic information and data 19274on ice conditions. 1st operational satellite 19274of the Cosmos 1500 type. 1927614 day mission. 1928113 nations & European Space Agency study of 19281Mars & moons. Contact lost in early Sep 88. 19287Scientists of 13 nations & European Space 19287Agency involved. Breaking rockets fired 1255 19287GMT 29 Jan 89 after 179,000,000 km journey. 19287Contact lost in March 1989. 19320Similar to Cosmos 1902. 19322Docked Mir-Kvant 1 rear port 2234 GMT 20 Jul 1932288. Undocked 0838 12 Aug 88. 19324Replacement for Cosmos 1808. 19330Indian communications & weather satellite 19330placed at 93.5 deg East. 19331European Comm Satellite at 13 deg East. 19336Carried an Infrared system to tell the 19336temperature of clouds. 19338Radar cal. Released 'simulated warheads'. 19344Located at 346 deg East. 19368Chinese satellite with West German COSIMA-1 19368microgravity experiment. Transmitted until 1936817 Aug. Capsule returned 0517 GMT 13 Aug 88. 19372Two week high resolution mission. 19377Replaced Molniya 1-66. On Station 17 Aug 88. 1938447 day high resolution mission. 19397TV, phone & telegraph service at 80 deg East. 1941215 day high resolution mission. 1941430 day mission. 19419U.S. Navy navigation satellite. SOOS-4. 19420U.S. Navy navigation satellite. SOOS-4. 19420SOOS means Stacked Oscar On Scout. 19443Docked Mir-Kvant 1 rear port 0531 GMT 31 Aug. 19443Moved to front port about 0126 GMT 8 Sep 88. 19443Undocked 0336 GMT 21 Dec 88 & landed after 2 19443orbit delay 180 km SE of Dzhezkazgan. 19445Replaced Cosmos 1761. On station 2 Sep 88. 19458Upper stage failure? Useless orbit? Orbital 19458data registered with U.N. is inconsistent. 19460Reported as Navy System. 1st stage explosion 19460did not hamper launch. 194629 day high resolution mission. 19467First Chinese meteorological satellite. 1st 19467launch from Tai Yuan in Shanxi Province (37.8 19467North & 111.5 East). 19483Improperly loaded fuel caused tumbling during 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. 19484Satellite Business Systems. Carries GEOSTAR 19484R02 receiver for position location & 2 way 19484communications. At 238 deg East. 19486Docked to Mir-Kvant 1 rear port 0126 GMT 12 19486Sep 88. Undocked 1214 GMT on 23 Nov 88. 1948814 day mission. 1949559 day high resolution mission. 19501Thirteenth GLONASS launch. 19502Thirteenth GLONASS launch. 19503Thirteenth GLONASS launch. 19508Domestic telephone service at 136 deg East. 19519First Israeli satellite. Launched west from 19519Negev Desert site. Mission 'experimental' but 19519possibly ELINT or other Intelligence mission. 19519Launch site called Palmachim and is located 19519at 31.9 North & 34.7 East. 1952118 day medium resolution mission. 19531Has SARSAT Search & Rescue (SAR) transponder. 19541Replaced Molniya 3-25. On station 4 Oct 88. 19547First U.S. shuttle mission in 32 months. 7th 19547launch of Discovery. On board experiments 19547include biological ones related to AIDS. 19547Landed Edwards AFB, California. 19548Tracking & Data Relay Satellite at 189 deg E. 19554Replaced Cosmos 1774. On station 7 Oct 88. 19573Replacement for Cosmos 1862. 1958214 day medium resolution mission. 19596TV, radio & telegraph service at 35 deg East. 19608Replaced Cosmos 1851. On station 29 Oct 88. 1961214 day high resolution mission. 19621Launch Agency was Centre National d'Etudes 19621Spatiales (CNES). Life estimate 8 years. 19621French direct TV broadcast at 341 deg East. 19625Unknown Department of Defense (DoD) Mission. 19625Russians say it is an imagery reconnaissance 19625payload. 19637First launch of Soviet Shuttle. Circled Earth 19637twice and made successful remote landing at 19637Tyuratam. Name means 'Snowstorm'. VKK is the 19637acronym for Air-Space Ship in Russian. 19647Worked with Cosmos 1890 & Cosmos 1949. Orbit 19647maintained by low thrust motor. 19649Phased with Cosmos 1943. 19651Two week high resolution mission. 19660Docked to MIR-Kvant 1 rear port 1717 GMT 28 19660Nov 88. Moved to front port about 0658 GMT 22 19660Dec 88. Undocked 2331 GMT 26 Apr 89 & landed 196603 1/2 hours later 140 km NE of Dzhezkazgan. 1966214 day medium resolution mission. 19670Used by Department of Defense. Deployed one 19670satellite (SSC 19671) & the crew performed 19670other DoD experiments. 3rd shuttle dedicated 19670to DoD activity. Landed Edwards AFB, CA. 19671Shuttle launched satellite. Launched late in 19671the day between the shuttle's 4th-6th orbit. 19672Two week high resolution mission. 19683More TV for remote areas. At 99 deg East. 19687United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) 19687communications satellite at 359 deg East. 19688First satellite for the Luxembourgers. It is 19688for direct TV broadcast. Owner is Societe 19688Europeene des Satellites (SES). 340.5 deg E. 1970559 day high resolution film return mission. 19705Rocket [1988-110B] decay seen from Paris. 19710A quasi-geosynchronous telecommunications 19710satellite located at 110 deg East. 19713Replaced Molniya 3-26. On Station 29 Dec 88. 19720Probably radar calibration. Released several 19720dummy warheads. 19728Docked to MIR-Kvant 1 rear port 0531 GMT 27 19728Dec 88. Undocked 0643 GMT 7 Feb 89. 19730Replaced Molniya 1-63. On station 12 Jan 89. 1973444 day high resolution film return system. 19734Maneuvered several times. Probably returned 19734several film capsules. 19749Two Glonass & 1 Etalon on this 14th launch. 19750Two Glonass & 1 Etalon on this 14th launch. 197511st of 2 Etalon satellites launched in 1989. 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. 1975630 day mission to image seismically active 19756regions like Armenia to study seismotectonic 19756conditions for construction. 1975814 day medium resolution mission. 19765TV, phone & telegraph service at 53 deg East. 19769Replacement for Cosmos 1814. 19772Last in the 5A series. Put at 60 deg East. 19772International services. 1977458 day high resolution system with several 19774film capsules. Maneuvered several times. 19783Docked to Mir-Kvant 1 rear port 1034 GMT 12 19783feb 89. Undocked 0141 GMT 3 Mar 89. After 19783undocking 2 external structures automatically 19783deployed in structure deployment test. Was 19783reason for nearly 2 day delay in deorbiting. 197856th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 197866th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 197876th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 197886th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 197896th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 197906th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 19792Medium resolution wide area Earth resource 19792coverage. Based on 3rd generation photo sats. 19796Replaced Cosmos 1684. On station 16 Feb 89. 19800Orbit odd for minor military mission. Also, 19800release of 10 'warheads' soon after launch 19800for highly elliptical orbit a 1st. 'Warheads' 19800decayed between 3 & 11 March 1989. 19802NAVSTAR Global Positioning System. 1st of 21 19802satellites. Cesium clock. Position 1-Plane E. 19802Decommissioned on 14 April 2000. 19807Replaced Molniya 1-67. On station 23 Feb 89. 1981814 day high resolution mission. 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. 19826Replaced Cosmos 1891. 19851Replaced Meteor 2-15. 1986254 day high resolution system. 19874Japanese Communications SATellite. Domestic 19874communications at 150 deg East. Fuel leak in 198741996 will end life by August 1997. JCSAT-4 19874is the replacement. 198761st of 3 meteorological satellites. To serve 1987616 European nations. 4 imaging channels. Put 19876at 0/360 deg East longitude. 19882Conducted microgravity experiments after the 19882deployment of the TDRS-D (TDRS 4) satellite. 19882Landed Edwards AFB, California. 19883Tracking and Data Relay Satellite. Placed at 19883319 deg East longitude. 1989315 day medium resolution mission. 19895Docked to Mir-Kvant 1 rear port 2053 GMT 18 19895Mar 89. Undocked 0141 GMT 21 Apr 89. 19900184 day high resolution digital imagery. 1990242nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1990342nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1990442nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1990542nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1990642nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1990742nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1990842nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 1990942nd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 19911SDI system to check on launch detection 19911capabilities versus missile plumes. Turned 19911off Dec 1989. 19919Scandinavian business telecommunications & TV 19919for Nordiska Satellitaktiebolaget. Placed at 199195 deg East longitude. 19921Replacement for Cosmos 1934. 1992313 day high resolution mission. 19928Telegraph, radio & TV service at 336 deg E. 1993860 day high resolution film system. 19941Microgravity materials processing. Carried 19941French experiments. 199681st shuttle to carry an interplanetary probe. 19968Carried Mesoscale Lightning Experiment and 19968Fluid Experiment Apparatus. Landed Edwards 19968AFB, California. 19969Planned Venus surface mapping with synthetic 19969aperture radar. 1st year it will cover all 19969of Venus except area south of 68 S & some 19969near 35 deg longitude. Arrived on schedule 1996910 Aug 90. Produced sharp images but there 19969were some computer problems. 1997213 day high resolution mission. 19976Military mission. 1998659 day high resolution film return mission. 2000043 day high resolution film return system. 20000Reported as a topographical mapping mission. 20006Remote sensing. Carried 2 sub-satellites, 20006Pion 1 & 2. 200242nd Glonass mission with 3rd satellite being 20024a geodetic mission. Fifteenth GLONASS launch. 20025Fifteenth GLONASS launch. 200262nd of 2 Etalon satellites launched in 1989. 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. 2003514 day high resolution film mission. 20040Japanese domestic business communications 20040located at 158 deg East. 20041Multipurpose telecommunications for Deutsche 20041Bundespost. Located at 23.5 deg East. 20045Replacement for Cosmos 1745. 20052Replaced Molniya 3-24. On station 15 Jun 89. 20056Passive atmospheric density research built 20056by students of Korolev Aviation Institute. 20056Separated from Resurs-F 01 at 1900 GMT 8 Jun. 20060Passive atmospheric density research. Ejected 20060from Resurs-F 01 at 2130 9 Jun 89. 20061Clock on Cesium std. Plane B, position 3. 20064Radar calibration. 200661st Titan 4 launch. 2007320 day high resolution mission. 20083Radio, telegraph & TV service. First to use 2008349 deg East location. This position was to be 20083for governmental use not civilian. 20095Two week mission. 3rd generation photo. 20103Replaced Cosmos 1791. Had COSPAS transponder. 20103The name means Hope. 2010514 day mission. 20107TV, telegraph & phone. Put at 140 deg East. 20122European high power communications technology 20122demonstration. Located at 341 deg East. 20124High resolution with film return capsules. 20124Destroyed by ground command 0500 GMT 28 Jul 2012489. All parts decayed before being cataloged. 20134Deployed 2 sub-satellites called Pion 3 & 4. 2013644 day new type high-res photo satellite. 20136Destroyed by ground command 1900 GMT 31 Aug 2013689. Eleven pieces cataloged. All decayed. 2014514 day high resolution mission. 20147Coplanar with Cosmos 1949 and 1979. 20149Replacement for Cosmos 1864. 20151Two week high resolution mission. 20160Passive atmospheric research. Student built 20160at the Korolev Aviation Institute, Kuibyshev. 20160Separated from Resurs-F 03 on 7 Aug 89. 20161Passive atmospheric research. Student built 20161at the Korolev Aviation Institute, Kuibyshev. 20161Separated from Resurs-F 03 on 7 Aug 89. 201644th dedicated DoD mission. Landed Edwards AFB 20167Military system. 20168Direct TV broadcast to Germany & Europe. 20168Located at 341 deg East. 20169To measure positions of the stars. Failed to 20169reach geostationary orbit because Apogee Kick 20169Motor malfunctioned. Good data returned from 20169modified transfer orbit. 20172Miliyary mission. 2017530 day mission. 3rd generation photo. 20185Clock on Cesium std. Plane E, position 3. Was 20185decommissioned on 13 Oct 2000. 2018814 day high resolution mission. 20191Docked to front port of Mir-Kvant 1 0517 GMT 2019125 Aug 89. Undocked 0907 GMT 1 Dec 89. 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. 20196Apparently a normal mission. 20202Geostationary location unknown. 20203Geostationary location unknown. 20217Japanese METSAT at 140 deg East. 20218Docked Mir-Kvant 1 rear port 2219 GMT 7 Sep 2021889. Moved to front port 0824 GMT 12 Dec 89. 20218Undocked at midnight 19 Feb 90 & deorbited 20218about 3 revolutions later. Landed 55 km NE of 20218Arkalyk in the Soviet Union. 20220Mission undetermined, but something military. 20222Carried West German microgravity experiment 20222COSIMA-2. Landed 105 km SW of Aktyubinsk. 202327th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 20232Replacement for Cosmos 1909. 202337th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 20233Replacement for Cosmos 1910. 202347th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 20234Replacement for Cosmos 1911. 202357th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 20235Replacement for Cosmos 1912. 202367th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 20236Replacement for Cosmos 1913. 202377th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 20237Replacement for Cosmos 1914. 20242Carried 2 Macaque monkeys named Zhakonya and 20242Zabiyaka plus rats, fish, insects & plants. 2024229 US/USSR cooperative experiments. 8 others 20242involved. Recovered 165 km South of Kustanay. 2024410 day high resolution photo mission. 20253Last Atlas launch for NASA. Put at 337 deg E. 20255Replaced Molniya 1-69. On station 14 Oct 89. 20259Established new orbital Plane. 20261Particle & fields experiments. Magnetosphere 20261research. Part of Aktivny IK program. 20263TV, phone & telegraph at 96.5 deg East. 2027949 day high resolution photo mission. 20281Czech built sub-satellite from Intercosmos 24 20281to receive signals from that satellite for 20281propagation experiments. Ejected 3 Oct 89. 202929 day high resolution mission. 202971st to this inclination. Launched Galileo. 20297NASA Shuttle Solar Background UltraViolet 20297[SSBUV] instrument. Took pictures of Africa, 20297Australia & Brazil during Mesoscale Lightning 20297Experiment. Landed Edwards AFB, California. 20298Swung by Venus on 10 Feb 90. 1st Earth pass 20298on 8 Dec 90. Flew within 304 km of South 20298Atlantic on 8 Dec 92. After this 3rd gravity 20298assist it went to the asteroid Ida. It passed 20298within 960 km on 28 Aug 93. Probe released 13 20298July 1995. Started Jovian orbit 7 Dec 1995. 20298After seven years of data collection, Galileo 20298is being sent on one last loop [out to 26 20298million km] before it crashes into Jupiter in 20298Sept 2003. No data collection planned after 2029828 Feb 2003. After traveling 4,631,778,000 km 20298and returning 30 gigabytes of data, including 2029814,000 pictures, Galileo was sent plunging 20298into Jupiter. At 2150 GMT it was 71,492 km 20298from the planet's center, and subject to the 20298pressure of 1 Earth sea-level atmosphere. 20302Clock on Cesium std. Plane A, position 4. Was 20302decommissioned at 2200 GMT on 11 Sept 2001. 20305Normal weather mission. 20315New generation of Intelsat birds. Placed at 20315335.5 deg East longitude. 20320214 day high resolution digital imagery. 20322COsmic Background Explorer. Measures Infrared 20322Radiation. Helium supply depleted 1 Sep 1990 20322and system shut down. 203295th dedicated DoD shuttle flight. Landed 20329Edwards AFB, CA. 20330Replaced Cosmos 1785. On station 26 Nov 89. 20334Coplanar with Cosmos 2046. Orbital insertion 20334error corrected by 12 Dec 89. 20335Docked to Mir complex at the front (+X) port 20335at 1229 GMT 6 Dec 89. Moved to upper (+Y) 20335port on 8 Dec 89. 20335Mission ended with destructive deorbit over 20335the South Pacific [40S 200E] about 0600 GMT. 20338Replaced Molniya 3-31. On station 7 Dec 89. 2035055 day high resolution photo mission. 20352Gamma and X-ray observatory studying high 20352energy emissions. Carries French, Bulgarian 20352and Danish experiments. 20355Possibly a combined mission. 20361Clock on Cesium std. Plane D, position 3. 20367Possibly some government use at 45 deg East. 20373Carried U.S. microgravity experiment. Docked 20373Mir complex rear [-X] port 0546 GMT 22 Dec 2037389. Undocked 0238 GMT 9 Feb 90. 20389Similar to Cosmos 1985. Larger, more capable 20389satellites that release 'warheads' on an 20389aperiodic basis. Launch 2400 GMT 26 Dec? 20391Placed at 344 deg East longitude. 20401British Ministry of Defence communication 20401satellite located at 6 degrees East. 20402Japanese domestic comms at 154 degrees East. 20409Launch time based on LDEF orbit. Launch of 20409Syncom IV-05 & LDEF recovery prime missions. 20409Helped calibrate optical sensors at USAF Maui 20409site. Landed Edwards AFB, CA. 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. 2042612 day high resolution photo mission. 20432Store/dump comms. Replaced Cosmos 1937. 20436Commercial remote sensing. 10 m resolution 20436same as SPOT 1. Has Doppler Orbitography and 20436Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite 20436[DORIS] system in preparation for joint 1992 20436Franco-US Topex mission. 20437University of Surrey satellite. 3 experiments 20437Store & forward packet communications. Cosmic 20437particle experiment. Total [radiation] Dose. 204384 experiments. Transputer data processing. 20438CCD Earth imaging camera. Gallium arsenide 20438array. Solar cell technology experiment. 20439AMSAT-NA. Amateur radio satellite. 20440Digital Orbiting Voice Encoder sponsored by 20440BRAMSAT of Brazil. Amateur radio. 20441Amateur radio satellite built by Weber State 20441College, Ogden, Utah. 20442Amateur radio sponsored by AMSAT, Argentina. 20444Replaced Molniya 3-27. On station 2 Feb 90. 20448MU Space Engineering Spacecraft. Geotail 20448precursor to demonstrate orbit control & data 20448transmission for 3 yrs. In Lunar synchronous 20448orbit of 1,300,000 X 10,000 km. Ran out of 20448fuel and impacted near crater Furnelius [38 20448deg south, 5 deg East] at 0630 GMT 11 Apr 93. 20452Placed in position 3 in F plane. Cs clock. 20452Was decommissioned on 18 Aug 2000. 2045753 day high-res mission - film capsules. 20465Replaced Cosmos 1812. 20473Domestic communications at 98 deg East. 20476Radar calibration satellite that releases 20476some 'simulated warheads'. 20478Marine observation sat. Name means Peach. 20479DEployable Boom and Umbrella Test technology. 20479Orizuru is crane shaped product from origami. 20480Amateur radio satellite. Name means wisteria. 20494Docked to rear (-X) port of Mir complex 0643 20494GMT 13 Feb 90. Moved to front (+X) port 0502 20494GMT 21 Feb 90. Moved back to rear port 1214 20494GMT 28 Mar 90. Undocked 0405 GMT 9 Aug 90 & 20494landed 72 km NE of Arkalyk. 20496Low power (Laser?) Atmospheric Compensation 20496Experiment. Planned 2 year mission. 20497Relay Mirror Experiment. Tumbled for about 2 20497weeks. Planned 6 month mission to reflect 20497Earth based lasers. 20499Replaced Raduga 17. Initially at 70 deg East. 20508Has COSPAS transponder. Name means Hope. 20510Remote sensing of the oceans. 20512Used new Stabilized Payload Deployment System 20512to launch USA 53. 2nd flight of human skull. 205121st was on STS 28. Landed Edwards AFB, CA. 20513Docked to rear (-X) port of Mir complex 0112 20513GMT 3 Mar 90. Undocked at midnight 27 Apr 90. 20516Reported by USSR to have broken up in Mar 90. 20516Five fragments were cataloged in early March 20516by the US Space Command. 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. 20525Completed 3 satellite plane with Cosmos 2046 20525and Cosmos 2051. 20527Replaced Cosmos 1959. 20529Two week high resolution mission. 20533Placed in position 2 in B plane. Cs clock. 20533Set unusable on 21 May 1996 and boosted out 20536Replaced Cosmos 1793. On station 30 Mar 90. 20540Improved version. Better computer & would 20540execute commands from the ground rather than 20540just flying pre-programed mission. 205461st air launch from B-52. NASA's barium 20546release payload remained attached 3rd stage. 20547United States Navy satellite. 2054943rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 2055043rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 2055143rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 2055243rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 2055343rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 20553of GPS constellation on 13 Dec 1996. 2055443rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 2055543rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 2055643rd launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 20558Refurbished WESTAR 6 for commercial Hong Kong 20558communications. Located at 105.5 deg East. 20558Apparently counted by USSPACECOM & NASA as 20558CHINA 27. Removed from station on 20030129. 20560Polar Orbiting Geometric Survey and Solid 20560State Receiver. Part of USAF P87-2 project. 20561Transceiver EXperiment. USAF P87-2 project. 20562Selective Communications Experiment. USAF 20562P87-2 project. 20566Microgravity materials processing. Carried 20566French payload called Crocodile. 20568223 day imagery mission. 20570Refurbished Palapa-4 satellite. At 118 deg E. 2057311 day high resolution photo mission. 20577Replacement for Cosmos 1904. 20579Direct ascent to orbit & highest shuttle 20579orbit to date. Landed Edwards AFB, CA. 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. 20581Dispersed 'simulated warheads'. 20583Replaced Molniya 1-71. On station 8 May 90. 20596Replaced Cosmos 1849. On station 1 May 90. 20602Docked Mir complex rear [-X port] 2248 GMT 7 20602May 90. Undocked 0700 GMT 27 May 90 and was 20602destructively deorbited about 7 hours later. 2060458 day high resolution photo mission. 20607Multiple Access Communications SATellite. 1st 20607operational use during Iraq 'Desert Shield' 20607operation. 20608Multiple Access Communications SATellite. 1st 20608operational use during Iraq 'police action'. 2061544 day mapping mission. 20618Probably entered moon orbit 1955 GMT 18 Mar 2061890. Name means feathered cloak of an angel 20618from the Moon. Catalog [SSC] number problem. 20618In Jan 90 international number 90-007B [SSC 2061820449] assigned 2nd stage which decayed 26 20618Jan 90. Hagoromo given 90-007D with no SSC. 20618In May Hagoromo assigned 90-007B [SSC 20618]. 20619Sixteenth GLONASS launch. 20620Sixteenth GLONASS launch. 20621Sixteenth GLONASS launch. 20624First ELINT mission for 1990 from Tyuratam. 20632Carried West German microgravity experiment 20632COSIMA-3. 16 day mission. 20635Docked to Mir complex front [+X] port 1048 20635GMT 10 Jun 90. Transferred to lower [-Y] port 20635on 11 Jun 90. 20635Mission ended with destructive deorbit over 20635the South Pacific [40S 200E] about 0600 GMT. 20638ROentgen SATellite. US/German joint test for 20638studying X-Rays. 20641Probably a US Navy satellite. 20643Indian weather & communications satellite. 20643Placed at 74 deg East. 20646Replaced Molniya 3-28. On station 22 Jun 90. 20657Two week medium resolution photo mission. 20659Placed at 90 degrees East longitude. 20663Failed to attain intended orbit. Planned as a 20663replacement for Cosmos 1977. 20667Replacement for INTELSAT 6-F01. 20670Replacement for Meteor 2-16. 20682Probably operates with other satellites. 20683Gamma ray astronomical observatory. Contained 20683major French experiments. 206851st launch from new pad at Xichang. Pakistan 20685satellite (1st) for experimental purposes. 20685Apparently counted as CHINA 28 by NASA. A 20685dummy payload was also included in launch & 20685was counted as CHINA 29. 20687Second of four Resurs missions this year. 20691Probably operates with other USA satellites. 20692Probably operates with other USA satellites. 20693Replacement for Cosmos 1888 at 80 deg East. 2070214 day high resolution photo mission. 20705French direct TV broadcast. At 341 deg East. 20706Multipurpose communications for Deutsche 20706Bundespost Telekom in Germany. Placed in 20706orbit at 23.5 deg East. 20707Replacement for Cosmos 2084 [failure] & 1977. 20707Soviet capability to replace a satellite in 20707non-crisis conditions was 33 days. 20712Combined Release & Radiation Effects Sat. 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. 20720Only Geodetic mission in 1990. 3 in 1989. The 20720launch time was probably 2400 on 29 July. 20722Docked to Mir complex rear [-X] port 1146 GMT 207223 Aug 90. Undocked 0253 GMT 10 Dec 1990 and 20722landed 69 km NW of Arkalyk with crew plus 20722Japanese cosmonaut at about 0614 GMT. 20724Placed at position 2 on plane E. Cs clock. 20724Was decommissioned on 27 Jan 2003. 2073259 day high resolution photo mission. 207358th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 207368th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 207378th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 207388th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 207398th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 207408th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 20742Replaced Molniya 1-68. On station 19 Aug 90. 20752Docked front [+X] port of Mir complex 0531 20752GMT 17 Aug 90. Undocked 1243 GMT 17 Sep 90 & 20752took nearly 3 days before deorbiting. 207543rd of four Resurs missions in 1990. 16 days. 20762BSB-R2 was name before launch. British direct 20762broadcast. Placed near Marcopolo 1 at 329 deg 20762East. Transferred to Norway in Oct 1992. 20765Replacement for Cosmos 2051. 20767Replaced Cosmos 1966. On station 30 Aug 90. 20771Japanese broadcasting satellite. Located at 20771110 deg East longitude. 20774Replacement for Cosmos 1508. 20776UK Ministry of Defence communications. On 20776orbit storage at 53 deg East until 4A/B fail. 20776Moved off station on 6 January 2003. 20777European communications. Placed 13 deg East. 20779Two week high-res film return spy mission. 207882nd Chinese polar orbiting flight. 20789Balloon. Part of atmosphere-1 experiment. 20790Balloon. Part of atmosphere-1 experiment. 20794Carried German CASIMIR-1 CAtalyst Studies for 20794Industry through MIcrogravity Research. 20804Replacement for Cosmos 2016. 20813Replaced Molniya 3-30. On station 6 Oct 90. 20824Docked Mir complex front [+X] port 1229 GMT 2082429 Sep 90. Undocked 0614 GMT 28 Nov 90. A 20824recoverable capsule landed in Kazakhstan 20824about 1100 GMT. Progress down at 1200 GMT. 20826Coplanar with Meteor 2-18. NASA changed this 20826name to Meteor 3-04. Then back to 2-20. 2082860 day 6th generation photo mission. Blown up 20828at end of mission? 20830Placed at position 2 of plane D. Cs clock. 20838Transmitted until 20 Oct 90. Capsule weighing 20838about 1,850? kg returned to Earth at 0405 GMT 20838on 13 Oct 90. 20841Carried Shuttle Solar Backscatter UltraViolet 20841instrument [SSBUV-02] & INTELSAT Solar Array 20841Coupons [ISAC] to study oxygen effects on 20841materials in cargo bay. 7 middeck payloads. 20841Landed at Edwards AFB, California. 20842Formerly the International Solar Polar 20842Mission. To investigate the Heliosphere. To 20842circle sun passing over the poles. Joint US 20842and ESA venture. 20872Satellite Business Systems. Has triple the 20872capacity of previous SBS sat. 298 degrees E. 20873Part of Westar system. At 269 East, replaces 20873Westar 3. Moved off station on 8 Jan 2003. 2090957 day high resolution photo mission. 20918First dedicated satellite for International 20918Maritime Satellite Organization. Initially 20918checked out at 30 degrees East. 20923Initial position 90 degrees East. Replaced 20923Gorizont 20 which was then moved to 346 20923degrees East. So really replaced Gorizont 13. 20929Military mission. 20933Apparently failed in January 1991, much 20933sooner than normal. 20935Dedicated Department of Defense [DoD] mission 20935that launched and landed at Cape Canaveral. 20935Was to have landed Edwards AFB, CA 19 Nov 90. 2093618 day high resolution spy photo mission. 20941Placed in unique missile warning plane. Could 20941have been testing new equipment. 20945GE American Communications satellite placed 20945at 223 degrees East. 20946Part of GTE Spacenet Corporation system. Put 20946in orbit at 235 degrees East. 20949On station 28 Nov 90. Replaced Molniya 1-70. 20953Located 40 degrees E. Replaced Gorizont 12. 20953First dedicated Russian [RSFSR] CommSat. 20959Placed in plane E, position 4. Cesium clock. 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. 20963Reported to be a military satellite. 20966Fourth minor military mission in 1990. 20978Military system. 20980Cargo bay had ASTRO-01 which had pointing 20980problems with 3 UV telescopes. Also Broad 20980Band X-Ray Telescope [BBXRT-01]. 3 middeck 20980payloads: Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment 20980[SAREX II-01], Air Force Maui Optical Station 20980[AMOS-01] calibration equipment, Ultraviolet 20980Plume Imager [UVPI]. 20981Docked with Mir at front [+X] port at 0950 20981GMT on 4 Dec 90. Undocked 0614 GMT, 26 May 91 20981and deorbited. Landed 68 km SE of Dzhezkazgan 20981with Commander, Engineer & British Cosmonaut. 20985Coplanar with Cosmos 2103. 2100055 day high resolution spy photo mission. 21006Seventeenth GLONASS launch. 21007Seventeenth GLONASS launch 21008Seventeenth GLONASS launch. On 14 Mar 98 the 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. 21014Replaced Cosmos 1992. 21016Replaced Raduga 20 at 85 degrees East. 21026172 day 'real-time' spy mission. 210289th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 210299th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 210309th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 210319th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 210329th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 210339th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2103522 day high resolution photo mission. There 21035were 917 imagery days in 1990. Or, an average 21035of 2.5 imagery satellites in orbit each day. 21038Placed at 49 degrees East. 21047Used for NATO communications. Interoperable 21047with United States military communication 21047satellites. 21053Docked with Kvant 1 [-X] port at 1634 GMT on 2105316 Jan 91. Undocked at 1243 GMT, 15 Mar 91. 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. 21056Second of six satellites. At 10 degrees East. 2105924 day high resolution photo mission. 21065Replaced by Cosmos 2238. 21087Communications satellite for Soviet Ministry 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. 21089Replaced Cosmos 1655. 2109259 day high resolution photo mission. 2110044th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 2110144th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 2110244th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 2110344th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 2110444th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 2110544th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 2110644th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 2110744th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 21111Original location at 80 degrees East. Near 21111Cosmos 2085 but probably not a replacement. 21116Reportedly a mapping mission as opposed to 21116being a 45 day 'spy' photo mission. 21118Replaced Molniya 1-73. On station 21 Feb 91. 21130Possibly replaced Cosmos 2026. 21132Put at 128 degrees East. Replaced Raduga 21. 21139Placed at 19.2 degrees East. Minimum 10 year 21139design life. 21140Placed at the Greenwich meridian. Follow-on 21140to Meteosats. 2.5 km resolution in visible 21140range & 5 km for water vapor & thermal IR. 2114314 day high resolution photo mission. 21147Military mission. 21149Part of international maritime communications 21149network. Placed at 344.5 degrees East. 21152Replaced Cosmos 1861. Had COSPAS transponder. 21188Unsuccessful docking attempts to Kvant 1 [-X] 21188port at 1424 GMT on 21 Mar 91 & at 1424 on 23 21188Mar 91. Docked with MIR [+X] port at 1200 GMT 21188on 28 Mar 91. Undocked at 2302 GMT 6 May 91 21188and deorbited the next day at 1619 GMT. 21190Appears to be similar to Cosmos 1615 launched 21190back in 1984. 21196Replaced Molniya 3-33. On station 27 Mar 91. 2120359 day high resolution photographic mission 21203that deorbits film canisters. 21213As indicated by the weight and launcher, this 21213Earth resources mission is new. Satellite has 21213synthetic aperture radar system for imaging. 2121618th GLONASS launch. Withdrawn 14 Nov 1994. 2121718th GLONASS launch. Withdrawn 4 Jun 1993. 2121818th GLONASS launch. Withdrawn 16 Jun 1992. 21222Canadian domestic communications. Initially 21222located at 282.5 degrees East. Momentum wheel 21222pointing system failed early '94. Regained 21222control 21 Jun 94. Two wheels broken Mar 98. 21224Carried Ascent Particle Monitor [APM-02] and 21224Crew & Equipment Translation Aid [CETA]. 21224Astronauts Ross and Apt tested ways to move 21224outside shuttle for future space station 21224activity. Partial success in contacting MIR. 21224Landed Edwards AFB 188 m short of runway 33. 21225Investigate extraterrestrial Gamma Ray source 21225using heaviest civilian satellite to date. It 21225will attempt to give man an insight into the 21225origin of the gamma ray bursts we have seen. 21227American Satellite Company unit for US comms. 21227Design life of 10 years [contractor GE Astro 21227Space]. Initially placed at 101 degrees East. 21230Replaced Cosmos 2034. 21232Normal Metsat mission. Not really replacement 21232for other Meteors, but test for US/French 21232launch in August 1991. 21242Carried the Multipurpose Experiment Canister 21242[MPEC] capable of deploying an internally 21242stowed payload in cargo bay. Also 2 middeck 21242payloads - CLOUDS and RME. Carried AFP [Air 21242Force Program] 675. Landed in Florida. 21244Infrared Background Signature Survey deployed 21244on 1 May and retrieved 2 May. 21245Chemical Release Observation charged with 6.8 21245kg of nitrogen tetroxide. Ejected 1 May. 21246Chemical Release Observation charged with 2124623.6 kg of unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine. 21246Ejected 1 May at 1814 GMT. 21247Chemical Release Observation charged with 2124727.2 kg of monomethyl hydrazine. Ejected 3 21247May at 1214 GMT. 21262Multi Purpose Experiment Canister, a US DoD 21262classified payload. 21263National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration 21263satellite. Formerly called NOAA-D. 2129910th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2130010th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2130110th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2130210th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2130310th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2130410th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 21311Docked with Mir [+X] port at 1424 GMT on 20 21311May 1991. Carried British female astronaut on 21311Juno mission. Undocked 1006 GMT on 28 May. 21311Redocked to [-X] port at 1048 GMT, 28 May. 21311Undocked 0058 UT on 10 Oct and landed 67 km 21311SE of Arkalyk with the Austrian & 2 Soviets. 21313Reported to have carried MK4 remote sensing 21313camera for commercial usage. 30 day mission. 2131541 day high resolution photo mission. 21392Civilian Comms for Alaska's Alascom long 21392distance service plus relay & data service 21392for GE Americom. Initially at 224 degrees E. 21395Docked with Mir [+X] port at 0950 GMT on 1 21395Jun 91. Undocked 2219 GMT 15 Aug 91-deorbited 21395next day. Following undocking, unsuccessful 21395attempt to deploy inflatable aluminum balloon 21395[Intnl No 86-017FJ] made on Mir. Initially 21395tracked as Progress M-08. USSPACECOM did not 21395catalog balloon as a payload. 21397Oceanographic research with primary interest 21397in the Arctic areas. 21399Space Life Sciences laboratory to investigate 21399weightlessness on man & animals. Lab remained 21399in cargo bay. Mission was exceptional with 21399all experiments being completed on time or 21399even early. Astronauts and 2,478 Jellyfish 21399landed back at Edwards AFB, CA. 21418Replaced Cosmos 1954. 21422Replaced Cosmos 1908. 21425Some form of Atmospheric testing. Antenna did 21425not deploy so unsuccessful. Another one to be 21425launched sometime in the future. 21426Replaced Molniya 1-74. On station 23 Jun 91. 215242nd of four Resurs missions in 1991. 23 day. 21527Radiation Experiment. Only Scout launch for 215271991. System to test communications equipment 21527in harsh radiation environment of space. 21533Originally placed at 103 degrees East. This 21533satellite is at same location as Gorizont 14. 215332nd dedicated Russian [RSFSR] COMMSAT. First 21533was Gorizont 22 launched 23 Nov 90. 21552First GPS launch in 8 months. 11th of series. 21552Placed in position 1, plane D. Cesium clock. 21553LOw altitude SATellite eXperiment. Collected 21553multi-spectral info on ground & space rocket 21553plumes for 9 days. Ejected from rocket by 21553springs when over Pacific. Was to have been 21553part of LACE/RME launch for SDIO on 900214. 2155814 day high resolution photo mission. 21560247 day NRT spy mission. Somewhat abnormal 21560in that it launched 1 day after Cosmos 2152. 21560Only 9 same day or within one day launches 21560of imagery satellites since January 1980. 21574European Remote Sensing satellite. Prime 3 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. 21575University of Surrey satellite. Re-flight of 21575UoSAT 4 payload plus enhanced transponder for 21575medical & technical information services. 21576Orbital Communications Corporation experiment 21576for store-and-forward communications. 21577Technical University of Berlin satellite. An 21577experimental store-and-forward 'mail' system 21577from Antarctic. Larger version to be released 21577on mission STS 55 / Spacelab D2. 21578Amateur Radio Astronomy Satellite built by 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. 21580DARPA sponsored launch of 7 small COMMSATS. 21580Telemetry lost and a staging problem occurred 21580with booster early into launch. Reestablished 21580Comms with Microsats 9 hours later. All OK. 21581DARPA sponsored launch of 7 small COMMSATS. 21581Telemetry lost and a staging problem occurred 21581with booster early into launch. Reestablished 21581Comms with Microsats 9 hours later. All OK. 21582DARPA sponsored launch of 7 small COMMSATS. 21582Telemetry lost and a staging problem occurred 21582with booster early into launch. Reestablished 21582Comms with Microsats 9 hours later. All OK. 21583DARPA sponsored launch of 7 small COMMSATS. 21583Telemetry lost and a staging problem occurred 21583with booster early into launch. Reestablished 21583Comms with Microsats 9 hours later. All OK. 21584DARPA sponsored launch of 7 small COMMSATS. 21584Telemetry lost and a staging problem occurred 21584with booster early into launch. Reestablished 21584Comms with Microsats 9 hours later. All OK. 21585DARPA sponsored launch of 7 small COMMSATS. 21585Telemetry lost and a staging problem occurred 21585with booster early into launch. Reestablished 21585Comms with Microsats 9 hours later. All OK. 21586DARPA sponsored launch of 7 small COMMSATS. 21586Telemetry lost and a staging problem occurred 21586with booster early into launch. Reestablished 21586Comms with Microsats 9 hours later. All OK. 21611Third Resurs mission this year. 16 days. 21630Replaced Molniya 1-76. On station 16 Aug 91. 21638Carried 4 additional payloads in the cargo 21638bay [SSBUV-03, SHARE-II, OCTW-01, & TPCE] & 7 21638more middeck payloads. Deployed TDRS 5. Part 21638of mission was to gain knowledge on longer 21638times in space. Landed at Cape Canaveral. 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. 21653International Telecommunication Organization 21653satellite replacement. Can handle 120,000 two 21653way telephone circuits simultaneously. Will 21653be placed at 345.5 degrees East. 21655Carried NASA's TOMS [Total Ozone Mapping 21655Spectrometer] as added pkg. Died early 95. 21662Docked with Mir [+X port] at 0058 23 Aug 91. 21662Carried 350 kg capsule that returned 150 kg 21662cargo to Earth 0818 GMT 30 Sep 91. Progress 21662undocked 0210 30 Sep & deorbited 0755 30 Sep. 21664Fourth/last Resurs mission for 1991. 30 day. 21666Replaced Cosmos 2061. 21668Located at 110 degrees East. Broadcasting 21668Satellite for Japanese communications. It is 21668a backup for Yuri 3a [AKA BS 3a]. 21688Indian Remote Sensing satellite. 21694Carries instruments for observation of solar 21694flares in X- and gamma-ray bands. Primary 21694experiments will make high resolution images 21694of flares in hard X-rays. 21700Cargo bay carried the UARS satellite and the 21700APM-03 [Ascent Particle Monitor] payload. 8 21700middeck payloads included. Protein Crystal 21700Growth, optical, radiation monitoring, rodent 21700zero g and polymer membrane experiments were 21700performed in addition to launching the UARS. 21700Maneuvered to miss rocket body of Cosmos 955. 21700Landed Edwards AFB. 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 21702Located at 335 degrees East longitude. 21706Replaced Molniya 3-32. On station 22 Sep 91. 2171359 day high resolution photo mission. 21726Canadian communications. Placed at 345.5 deg. 21726East. By Mar 98, 32 of 54 transponders down. 2172811th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 21728Coplanar with Cosmos 2143-2148. 2172911th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 21729Coplanar with Cosmos 2143-2148. 2173011th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 21730Coplanar with Cosmos 2143-2148. 2173111th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 21731Coplanar with Cosmos 2143-2148. 2173211th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 21732Coplanar with Cosmos 2143-2148. 2173311th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 21733Coplanar with Cosmos 2143-2148. 21735Carried the first Austrian Cosmonaut. Docked 21735with Mir [+X port] at 0741 UT on 4 Oct 91. 21735Undocked and redocked [-X port] at 0141 UT on 2173515 Oct 91. Undocked and redocked [+X port] 21735at 1214 UT 14 Mar 92. Undocked 25 Mar 92 and 21735landed 65 km NE of Arkalyk with its Commander 21735the flight engineer of Soyuz TM-12 and the 21735German cosmonaut. 21737Microgravity materials processing. Russian 21737payload Kashtan, French payload Sidex and the 21737German Cosima-4. 2174158 day mission. Was deliberately destroyed 21741at the end of the mission. 21743A radar calibration type satellite similar to 21743Cosmos 1868. 21746Docked to Mir [+X port] at 0336 UT 21 Oct 91. 21746Undocked 0712 UT 20 Jan 92. Ballistic capsule 21746landed in Kazakhstan at 1200 UT 20 Jan 1992. 21746Launch time was probably 2400 GMT 16 Oct 91. 21759On station 4 Nov 91. Placed at 80 degrees E. 21765International Telecommunication Organization 21765satellite replacement. Initial geostationary 21765location is 332.5 degrees East. 21775Probable Naval satellite. 2177912th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2178012th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2178112th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2178212th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2178312th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2178412th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2178759 day high resolution photo mission. 21789Possibly has additional military mission. Put 21789at 346.5 degrees East. Near Cosmos 1961. 21795Carried Interim Operational Contamination 21795Monitor [IOCM]-Check cargo bay contamination. 21795Carried 8 middeck payloads in addition to DSP 21795satellite for missile warning. Maneuvered on 2179528 Nov to avoid Cosmos 851 rocket body. Plan 21795was for 10 day mission & to land in Florida. 21795Landed early at Edwards AFB due to equipment 21795problems. 21796Replaced Cosmos 2100. 21798Defense Meteorological Support Program. 21799Military system. 21803Part of the European communications network. 21803Initially placed at 16 degrees East. 21805Military satellite. 21808Military mission. 21809Military system. 21813Initial location 352/355 deg East. Carries 21813Syracuse-2 military communications package. 21814International Maritime Sat. Organization. To 21814be placed over the Pacific Ocean. Initial 21814location at 179 degrees East. 2181644 day high resolution mapping mission. 21819Part of the Active Plasma EXperiment project. 21821Civilian communications put at 35 degrees E. 21833Domestic communications satellite that was 21833stranded in geosynchronous transfer orbit 21833due to under performance of 3rd stage. 21835MAGnetospheric and IONospheric satellite 21835ejected from Intercosmos 25 on 28 Dec 91. 21835Equipped with a Pulsar engine for multiple 21835orbit corrections. 2184459 day high resolution spy photo mission. 21846Carried IMAX-05 to document significant 21846shuttle activity and another GAS Bridge in 21846cargo bay & 5 middeck payloads. Landed at 21846Edwards AFB in Calif. Had IML-1 in cargo bay. 21846International Microgravity Laboratory. Series 21846of microgravity missions devoted to material 21846and life sciences studies. 21847Replacement for Cosmos 2087. 21851Docked with Mir [+X port] at 0936 GMT on 27 21851Jan 1992. Undocked at 0838 GMT on 13 Mar 1992 21851and was destructively deorbited over the 21851Pacific. 2185319th GLONASS launch. Withdrawn 29 Jun 1993. 2185419th GLONASS launch. Withdrawn 25 Jun 1997. 2185519th GLONASS launch. Withdrawn 21 Dec 1996. 21867Japanese Earth Resources Satellite. Advanced 21867Earth observation satellite with Synthetic 21867Aperture Radar [SAR] & Optical Sensors. 21873Defense satellite. 21875Replacement for Cosmos 2004. 21890Third Block II A Navstar satellite. Orbital 21890plane position A-2. Rubidium clock. 21893Japanese communications satellite placed at 21893162 degrees East. 21894Saudi satellite at 31 degrees East. India 21894bought it in late 97 to replace INSAT-2D. 21897Replacement for Molniya 1-75. 21902Replacement for Nadezhda 1. 21906Replacement for Westar 5 at 235 degrees East. 21906Launch time possibly 2400 GMT on 13 March. 21908Docked with the Kvant-1 [-X port] at 1229 GMT 21908on 19 Mar 1992. Undocked 2150 GMT 9 Aug 92 & 21908landed 136 km E of Dzhezkazgen with Commander 21908Engineer and the French cosmonaut from TM-15. 21915Cargo bay had the Shuttle Solar Backscatter 21915Ultraviolet [SSBUV] instrument to measure 21915ozone characteristics in atmosphere. Also had 21915the ATLAS-1 [ATmospheric Lab for Applications 21915and Science] payload to measure long term 21915variability in the total energy radiated by 21915the sun and determine the variability in the 21915Solar spectrum. Landed Cape Canaveral. 2192059 day high resolution photo mission. 21922Inserted in 103 degree East location. 21928314 day near real time [NRT] imagery mission. 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. 21937Replaced Cosmos 2074. 21939Part of Telecom network. Planned for 3 degree 21939East location and 10.25 year life. 21940Third of series. Projected for 31 East but it 21940might replace Arabsat 1A at 19 East. 21940Planned to be located over the Pacific Ocean. 21946Docked with Mir [+X port] at 2331 GMT on 21 21946Apr 1992. Undocked 2136 GMT on 27 Jun 1992 & 21946was destructively deorbited later that day. 21949Military (DoD) mission uncertain. 21951First Resurs mission of 1992. 30 day mission. 2195343 day mapping mission. 21963Assembly of Station by Extra vehicular 21963activity Methods [ASEM] carried in cargo bay. 21963To support Space Station Freedom construction 21963techniques. Took three attempts, one per day, 21963to capture INTELSAT 6-F03 [Mission name was 21963INTELSAT 6-R]. New rocket attached & INTELSAT 21963released. Shuttle landed at Edwards AFB, CA. 21964Planned for location at 118 degrees East. 21968SROSS-3 initially tagged as piece A & rocket 21968body piece B. Corrected once rocket decayed. 21968Aeronomy & Gamma-ray experiments. 2197357 day life for this high resolution mission. 2197645th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 2197745th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 2197845th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 2197945th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 2198045th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 2198145th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 2198245th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 2198345th launch of 8 store-dump comm satellites. 21987Extreme UltraViolet Experiment. To produce 21987definitive sky map & catalog of extreme ultra 21987violet portion of the electromagnetic 21987spectrum [100-1,000 angstroms]. 21989To be co-located with INTELSAT 5-F02 through 219891994 at 337.5 degrees East. Launch may have 21989been 2400 GMT on 9 June. Moved off station on 2198921 August 2002. 21998Second Resurs mission of 1992. 30 day life. 22000Carried the U.S. Microgravity Laboratory, 22000USML-1, and the Extended Duration Orbiter 22000[EDO] kit. Neither was separated. Landed a 22000day late at Kennedy Space Center vice planned 22000Edwards AFB. Longest shuttle mission to date. 22004Docked with Mir [+X port] at 1648 GMT on 4 22004Jul 1992. Undocked 0419 GMT on 24 Jul 1992 22004and was destructively deorbited that day. 22006Replaced Cosmos 2135. 22009System for the US military. 22012Solar, Anomalous, and Magnetospheric Particle 22012EXplorer. To study Solar energetic particles, 22012anomalous cosmic rays, galactic cosmic rays 22012and magnetospheric electrons. 22014Position 2, plane F of the GPS network. 22017Replaced Cosmos 1922. 22027Indian Communications Satellite. Initially 22027placed at 74 degrees East. 22028European Telecommunications Satellite. 22028Initially placed at 6 degrees East. 2203413th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2203513th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2203613th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 22036Demonstration satellite for commercial system 22036called Gonets [Messenger]. 2203713th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2203813th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 22038Demonstration satellite for commercial system 22038called Gonets [Messenger]. 2203913th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 22041Placed at 346 degrees East. 22049Explore Geotail of the Earth plasma physics. 22049NASA and Japanese cooperative mission. 22050Diffuse Ultraviolet Experiment for the 22050University of California at Berkeley. The 22050weight includes the 2nd stage rocket body. 22050Not cataloged as a payload. 2205260 day high resolution photo mission. 22054Docked to Mir [+X port] at 0741 GMT on 29 Jul 220541992 with two Russian & one French cosmonaut. 22054Called the Antares mission. Undocked 1 Feb 93 22054and landed in Kazakhstan the same day. 2205620th GLONASS launch. Withdrawn 26 Aug 1996. 2205720th GLONASS launch. Withdrawn 4 Aug 1997. 2205820th GLONASS launch. Withdrawn 27 Aug 1994. 2206214 day high resolution photographic mission. 22064IMAX-06 for recording activity & EOIM-III / 22064TEMP2A-03 to Evaluate Oxygen Interaction with 22064Materials in cargo bay. Also, CONCAP2-01, 22064CONCAP3-01, LDCE-01, TSS-1 and EURECA-1L. 22064TSS-1's tether jammed twice and never got 22064beyond 256 m above the shuttle. Plan was to 22064go to 20 km on the tether. Shuttle landed as 22064planned at Kennedy. 22065European Retrievable Carrier ejected by STS 2206546 at 0712 GMT on 2 Aug 92. Retrieved by 22065STS 57 at 1353 GMT on 24 Jun 93. 22068Replaced Molniya 1-72. 22072Capsule returned to mid-Sichuan province at 220720322 GMT on 25 August 1992. 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. 22077May have a store and forward imager plus 22077some communications capability. For Korean 22077Advanced Institute of Technology. 22078CNES microsat for the study of VHF band 22078communications with mobile van receivers. 22080Replaced Cosmos 2056. 22087Domestic use by Optus communications of 22087Australia. Placed at 156 degrees East. 22090Docked to Kvant [-X port] at 0015 GMT 18 Aug 220901992. Undocked 1648 UT on 21 Oct & deorbited. 22090Capsule landed Kazakhstan 0015 UT 22 Oct 92. 22093Carried BINRAD, Beryllium-7 INduced RADiation 22093experiment for US Naval Research Laboratory. 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. 22099Separated from RESURS-F 16 on 1 Sep 1992. 22100Separated from RESURS-F 16 on 2 Sep 1992. 22108Position 3, plane A of the GPS network. 22112Prognoz type satellite placed at 336 East. 22116Spanish communications satellite placed at 22116329 degrees East. 10-12 year life expected. 22117GE Americom satellite put at 218 deg. East. 22120Had GAS [Get Away Special] Bridge in cargo 22120bay plus Spacelab-Japan, AKA SL-J. Mission 22120successful. Landed at Kennedy AFB. 2213359 day high resolution photo mission. 22136To study the surface, climate, gravitational, 22136and magnetic fields of the planet Mars. It is 22136also planned to take pictures of the 'Faces' 22136on Mars. Mars arrival in Aug 93 ended when 22136satellite ceased to transmit. Location/orbit 22136is unknown. Next US Mars mission in 1996? 22161Swedish auroral & magnetospheric experiments. 22162This is a recoverable satellite. 22173Microgravity materials processing. Carried 22173German payload called Biopan. 22175German satellite. Placed at 33.5 East. 22178Replaced Molniya 3-35. 2218214th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2218314th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2218414th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2218514th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2218614th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2218714th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 22189Replacement for Cosmos 1903. 22194Attitude Sensor Package [ASP], Canadian 22194Experiments [CANEX-02], U. S. Microgravity 22194Payload [USMP-01] and LAser GEOdynamics 22194Satellite [LAGEOS 2] in cargo bay. Landed at 22194Cape Canaveral as planned. 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. 22203Docked to Kvant [-X port] 1912 UT 29 Oct 92. 22203Undocked 4 Feb 93 and deployed 20 m. diameter 22203sail 15 minutes after undocking. Solar sail 22203also know as Znamya experiment. Progress 22203deorbited over Pacific on 7 Feb. 22205Hughes satellite to expand 6 satellite 22205network. Planned to be placed at 269 East. 22207Replacement for Cosmos 2154. 22210Placed in the normal 99 degree East location. 22214Canadian Target Assembly. Ejected from the 22214shuttle at 1005 UT on 31 Oct 1992. Used for 22214visual sightings from ground stations. 22217Europe-America 500 program. Recovered in the 22217Pacific Ocean by the CIS ship Marshal Krylov 22217320 km SW of Seattle and brought to Seattle. 22219Replacement for Cosmos 1943. 22225Atmospheric experiments. Progress-M 15 took 22225to Mir - hence Mir sub-satellite per NASA. 2222659 day high resolution mission. 22229Miniature Seeker Technology Integration 22229satellite for the SDI program. Built in less 22229than a year for a 6 day mission. Will operate 22229and return data until it decays. 22231Position 1, plane F of the GPS network. 22236Replacement for Cosmos 1842. 22238Replacement for Cosmos 2076. 22245Location uncertain as of 31 January 1993. 22251Classified US payload. Speculation & Russians 22251report it as a reconnaissance mission in a 22251Sun synchronous orbit. 22253Communications satellite. 158 degrees East. 22255Replaced Molniya 3-34. 22259DoD payload[s], Glow Experiment and Cryogenic 22259Heat Pipe experiment in cargo bay. Reported 22259by NASA to have deployed DoD-1 at 1918 UT on 222592 Dec 92. USSPACECOM took over 2 months to 22259catalog payload[s]. Did BLAST, Hercules and 22259FARE experiments. Tried to launch ODERACS 1-6 22259radar calibration balls but could not. Landed 22259Edwards AFB. 222601st time in 2.5 years two NRT imagery sats. 22260in orbit together. 372 day mission. 22269Reported as a Prognoz remote imaging system. 22269Drifting as of the end of the year, so the 22269initial location position uncertain. 22275Placed in position 4, plane D initially. Then 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. 22278Actually a launch failure but some pieces, 22278possibly even some satellite pieces, made it 22278to orbit. Most of satellite recovered down 22278range. Counted as payload by NASA. While 22278probably a booster failure, it may have been 22278a malfunction of the satellite. 2228058 day high resolution photographic mission. 22280Number of days with photo satellites in orbit 22280in 1992 is nearly identical to 1991, but two 22280less satellites launched. Exploded on command 2228018 Feb 1993. 21 pieces? 22282Last 'GEO-IK' satellite was Cosmos 2088. 22284Filled 4th plane of new ELINT system. Rocket 22284body exploded without damaging the satellite. 22284Objects cataloged as 1992-093 = 217. 214 up. 22286Replacement for Cosmos 2058. 22300Tenth in BION series. Had 2 monkeys, rats, 22300fish, amphibians & other biological organisms 22300to study weightlessness & Radiation. When the 22300temperature could not be controlled it was 22300recovered 2 days early about 800 km from the 22300planned landing site. Bio-Box weighed 40 kg. 22307Replaced Cosmos 2181. 22309Replaced Molniya 1-78. 22313Carried TDRS 6 and Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer 22313[DXS] payloads in cargo bay. Flight lasted 5 22313days, 23 hours and 38 minutes. Harbaugh and 22313Runco performed a 4 hr 28 min EVA. Shuttle 22313Mission 53 landed at Kennedy Space Center. 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. 2231765 day high resolution photo mission. 22319Launched on time as predicted. Crew Manakov 22319and Polishchuk, both Russians. Docked to new, 22319Androgynous, port on Kristall module. This 22319port to be used by US Shuttle in 1995. Docked 22319on 23 Feb 93. 22321Replaced Cosmos 2001. 22446Filled plane B position 1. Decommissioned on 224466 August 2003 at 2200 GMT. 22449A 20 m. diameter solar sail experiment that 22449was deployed from Progress M-15 on 4 Feb 93. 22487Replaced Cosmos 2142. 22489Communications satellite to demo comm relays. 22489Also called Capabilities Demonstration Sat. 22490Brazilian designed and manufactured to study 22490environment. Will relay meteorological data 22490from ground stations in the Amazon basin. 22512Replaced Cosmos 2177. 21st Glonass launch. 22512Withdrawn from service 17 Aug 1994. 22513Replaced Cosmos 1987. 21st Glonass launch. 22513Withdrawn from service 23 Aug 1997. 22514Twenty-first Glonass launch. New plane. 22514Withdrawn from service 4 Aug 1997. 22518Launched from STS 53. US Space Command did 22518not catalog it till mid-February 1993. This 22518increased speculation that it is a new USA 22518super secret electronic spy satellite. 22521To conduct precise observations of the X-ray 22521images and X-ray spectra of various heavenly 22521bodies. ASUKA is a mythical Japanese bird. 22521ASCA = western pronunciation & means Advanced 22521Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics. 22530Docked to the Kvant-1 [-X] port at 2018 GMT 22530two days after launch. Undocked 0650 GMT on 2253026 March 1993 and deorbited the next day. 22557Civilian communications satellite that had 22557drifted for a while. Placed at 12 degrees E. 22561First test with an SS-25 mobile ICBM. Called 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. 22563First UFO admitted to by US Government. USN 22563FLTSATCOMS replacement. A UHF Follow-On [UFO] 22563Atlas 1st stage burn too short. Centaur could 22563not make up the difference. In useless orbit. 22565Replaced Cosmos 1980. Third successful SL-16 22565launch. 22581Filled plane C position 3. Position was used 22581by NAVSTAR-11 launched in 1985. 22582Small Expendable-tether Deployer System. It's 22582an experimental tether deployment device. Was 22582deployed from rocket body about 20 km. Effect 22582studied for 14 minutes and then tether cut. 22585Replaced Cosmos 2122. 1st of this mission in 225852 years. May have another launch this year. 22588Docked to Kvant-1 port on 2 April 1993. 1 kg 22588sculpture brought up 1 at cost of $100,000. 22588Undocked at 1536 GMT on 11 Aug 93. Allowed to 22588remain in orbit to check 'weathering'. 22590Replaced Cosmos 2173. 2259264 day high resolution photo mission. 22594Replaced Cosmos 1974. 22621ATmospheric Lab for Applications & Science to 22621measure long term variability in total energy 22621radiated by Sun in cargo bay. Determines the 22621variability in the Solar spectrum. Deployed 22621and recovered SPARTAN 201-01. Landed at 22621Kennedy Space Center 1138 GMT on 17 April. 22623Shuttle Pointed autonomous Research Tool for 22623astroNomy retrievable free flyer. X-ray 22623astronomy and medium energy survey mission. 22623Deployed from STS 56 [Discovery] at 0511 GMT 22623on 11 April. Recovered 0720 GMT on 13 April. 22626Plane not standard, located between Cosmos 226262221 and Cosmos 2228 planes. Reminiscent of 22626Cosmos 1805 placement back in 1986. 22633Replaced Molniya 3-41. 22638Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors. 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. 22640Carried second German Space Laboratory in the 22640cargo bay. Mission was microgravity research 22640and technology preparation for space station 22640use. Landing at Kennedy cancelled due to bad 22640weather. Landed Edwards AFB at 1429 GMT. 22641Rocket Body and/or payload broke up on their 22641insertion into orbit. 172 pieces observed but 22641not cataloged by USSPACECOM. All decayed. 22641To have been a 3rd generation photo mission. 22643Part of a new system. Phased with Cosmos 2238 22643but 120 degrees behind that satellite. 2264615th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2264715th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2264815th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2264915th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2265015th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 2265115th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 22653Initially placed at 12.1 degrees East. Built 22653by Hughes and has 18 Ku band transponders. 22653Final location to be 19.2 degrees East. 22654French Oscar satellite. Called Ariane Radio 22654Amateur Satellite pour l'ENseignement de 22654l'Espace. Mean access time 12 hours per day. 22657Filled plane C position 4. Available 10 June. 22663Sixth flight of Resurs F2 class of satellite. 22666Docked at front transfer compartment of Mir 22666at 0825 GMT on 24 May 1993. First time two 22666Progress craft attached to Mir at one time. 22666Undocked 3 Jul 93 and deorbited next day. A 22666recoverable capsule ejected & landed 1705 UT. 22671Replaced Molniya 1-81. One of four satellites 22671carrying 'Hot Line' communications between US 22671and Russia. 22675Replaced Cosmos 2112. 22684Cargo bay carried SPACEHAB-1, Super fluid 22684Helium On Orbit Transfer [SHOOT] demo and a 22684Get Away Special [GAS] bridge. Retrieved the 22684EURECA-1 satellite ejected from STS-46 on 2 22684August 1992. Had EVAs by Low and Wisoff. 22684Landed at Kennedy as planned. Touchdown was 22684at 1252 GMT. 2268716th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 22687Only 44 days since last 'six-pack' launch. 2268816th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 22688Only 44 days since last 'six-pack' launch. 2268916th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 22689Only 44 days since last 'six-pack' launch. 2269016th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 22690Only 44 days since last 'six-pack' launch. 2269116th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 22691Only 44 days since last 'six-pack' launch. 2269216th launch of 6 store-dump comm satellites. 22692Only 44 days since last 'six-pack' launch. 22694To replace WESTAR 4. Placed at 261 East, it 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. 22696Twelfth flight of Resurs F1 class satellite. 22698Radar Calibration satellite. To operate for 22698a year. Carries experimental device to test a 22698more efficient way of charging satellite 22698batteries from solar panels. 22700Filled plane A position 1, old position of 22700Navstar-10 [8 Sep 84]. GPS System complete. 22704Docked at the front longitudinal port of Mir 22704at 1624 GMT on 3 July. French spationaut 22704conducted experiments under Altair program. 22704Russian cosmonauts now to remain in orbit 22704through January/February 1994 vice late 1993. 22709Third EORSAT in 1993. Phased with Cosmos 2238 22709and Cosmos 2244. 227164th Generation High-Resolution photo missions 22716are normally 2 months in length. Cosmos 2149 22716was deorbited early at 6 weeks but this 11 22716day mission implies major problems. Main 22716reentry module probably recovered at 1200. 22719Military satellite. 22721Initially referred to as a RESURS mission. 2272114 day 3rd generation mission. 22723Carries 4 military transmitters. To be used 22723to communicate between Spain and Americas. 22723Placed at 270 degrees East longitude. 22724Second Indian 2nd generation multipurpose 22724satellite. Communications, weather forecasts, 22724SAR [Search & Rescue], and education. Placed 22724at 83 degrees East longitude. 22729On station 9 Aug 93. Replaced Molniya 3-37. 22739National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Admin. 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. 22741On station 13 Aug 93. Replaced Cosmos 2050. 22745Docked with Kvant-1 at rear of complex as is 22745proper for delivery vehicles. Docked at 2400 22745on 13 Aug 93. Still attached on 30 Sep 93. 2277713th Resurs F1 class payload. 17 day mission. 22779Fills GPS constellation plane B position 4. 22782This is probably the last of the Meteor 2 22782missions. Cosmos 1066 was probably a Meteor 2 22782and thus makes this the 22nd Meteor 2. 22783A Telespazio Micro Satellite to demonstrate 22783commercial data relay service - relaying data 22783from environmental platforms. Worked>1 year. 22787Second US Navy UHF follow-on communications 22787satellite. Final position 186 degrees East. 227896th generation photo satellite [AKA modified 227894th generation]. Previous similar ones were 22789Cosmos 2031, 2101, 2163 and 2225. All blew up 22789at time they were to finally deorbit. Cosmos 22789reported to have blown up on 18 Dec 1993. 22795ACTS, ORFEUS-SPAS-01 & LDCE-02 in cargo bay. 22795Eight Middeck payloads. LDCE mission is the 22795Limited Duration space environment Candidate 22795materials Exposure. Evaluation of composite 22795materials due to exposure in LEO. Major cargo 22795bay experiments will be included as alternate 22795names for shuttle missions in the future. 1st 22795night landing - Kennedy SC at 0756 GMT. 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. 22798Shuttle Pallet Satellite - Orbiting and 22798Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet 22798Spectrometer. German developed payload. It 22798explored character of radiation absorbing 22798material in the Solar system. Deployed 1406 22798GMT 13 Sep and retrieved 0950 GMT 19 Sep 93. 22802This ELINT satellite is in a new plane. 22808This EORSAT is in a new plane. With its 22808launch there are 4 operational EORSATs. Other 22808ones are Cosmos 2238, 2244 and 2258. 22823Similar to SPOT 2 but will have Polar Ozone 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. 22824Geodetic laser ranging satellite. A follow-on 22824to Starlette launched in Feb 1975. A passive 22824and autonomous unit. 22825Built by KAIST for SATREC [both Korean]. The 22825mission is to take CCD pictures, measure 22825radiation and receive/forward messages. 22826First Portuguese satellite to develop space 22826applications for Portuguese industry. Receive 22826and transmits images, uses GPS to determine 22826position, make radiation measurements and 22826receive\forward messages. 22827A UK-US 'humanitarian' satellite to provide 22827information to medical schools and health 22827documentation centers in Africa. 22828An Italian amateur radio satellite. 22829An experimental satellite for positioning and 22829monitoring mobile industrial equipment. 22836Was called Cosmos in some press releases. It 22836moved to 85 degrees East and Raduga 26 was 22836moved out of that location. 22859Recoverable microgravity experiments. Capsule 22859retro-fire put it in high apogee orbit vice 22859deorbit. Hence a failure. Capsule is 93-063H. 22867Docked with Kvant 1 at 2325 GMT on 13 Oct 93. 22867Undocked 21 Nov 93 and deorbited a capsule at 228670903 GMT on same day in Kazakhstan. Progress 22867burned up in southern hemisphere. 22869Carried the Space Life Sciences laboratory to 22869investigate weightlessness on man & animals. 22869SLS lab mass was 9,907 kg. Also had the EDO 22869Extended Duration Orbiter pallet to allow 22869this longer mission. 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. 22875Minor Military mission. 22877Filled plane D position 4, GPS constellation. 22880Placed at 90 degrees East. 22888Cosmos 2135 was replaced by Cosmos 2195. When 22888Cosmos 2195 died, Cosmos 2135 was reactivated 22888and now Cosmos 2266 has replaced them both. 22904This is the 1st long duration imagery mission 22904in this inclination. 418 day mission. 22907Placed at 130 degrees East and leased by the 22907RIMSAT corporation of Fort Wayne IN, USA. 22911For domestic Mexican phone and TV services. 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. 22912Meteosat Operational Program satellite. To be 22912operated by EUMETSAT with location 360 East. 22915Military system. 22917The first visit to the Hubble Space Telescope 22917now called a Servicing Mission. HST captured 22917at 0848 on 4 Dec. Took 5 pairs of space walks 22917and 70 hours of EVA time for repairs. See the 22917EVA listing under Astronauts. HST released at 229171044 GMT on 10 Dec. Also carried the ICBC-04, 22917the IMAX Cargo Bay Camera. Successful repair. 22921This is a NATO satellite that was misnamed as 22921USA. Originally placed at 342 degrees East. 22927AT&T owner. To operate at 263 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. 22930Placed at 258 degrees East. Will provide 22930direct to home TV to US users. 22931Placed at 78.5 degrees East. For domestic 22931phone and TV service. 22949Apparent replacement for Molniya 1-77. 22957Flight's Physician is supposed to stay up on 22957the Mir for 14 months. Mission was delayed 22957from November 1993. Docked to rear of Kvant 1 22957at 1150 GMT on 10 Jan 1994. 22963New generation COMMSAT. Up links 17.3 to 18.1 22963Ghz. Placed at 44 degrees East. 229697th meteor 3 [first was Cosmos 1612]. Carried 22969French SCARAB Earth radiation balance 22969instrument and German PRARE Precise Range and 22969Range Rate Experiment for precise orbit data. 22970Technical University of Berlin satellite with 22970high precision star trackers. New attitude 22970control concept being tested. 22973To circle & map Moon then asteroid Geographos 22973on 31 Aug 1994. Sponsored by SDIO to test 22973lightweight star tracker sensors in radiation 22973environment, demo autonomous navigation and 22973spacecraft operation. Upper stage reportedly 22973exploded 7 Feb 94 into 600+ pieces. None were 22973cataloged. Due to loss of power it was tossed 22973out of Moon orbit on 20 July 1994. 22975Docked Mir at 0356 GMT 30 Jan 1994. Probably 22975docked to Kvant-1 port. 22977Cargo bay had CApillary Pump Loop [CAPL-01] 22977experiment, a GAS bridge, SPACEHAB-02 and the 22977Wake Shield Facility [WSF-01]. WSF could not 22977be allowed to drift free due to Comm problem. 22978Orbital Reentry EXperiment. To gain data on 22978orbital reentry technology. 22979Vehicle Evaluation Payload. Test payload to 22979monitor maiden H2 flight performance. 22981Stationed at 49 degrees East. 22988Maiden flight of Titan 4/Centaur launcher. 2299010 cm polished stainless steel sphere. 2299110 cm polished stainless steel sphere. 229925 cm polished stainless steel sphere. 229935 cm polished stainless steel sphere. 2299415 cm matte finished solid aluminum sphere. 2299515 cm matte finished solid aluminum sphere. 22996Means Practice. Has six science experiments. 22998University of Bremen satellite. Microgravity 22998forces, heat conductivity, micro meteorite 22998and dust particle distribution experiments. 2299917th Six-pack. Coplanar with Cosmos 2245-50. 2300017th Six-pack. Coplanar with Cosmos 2245-50. 2300117th Six-pack. Coplanar with Cosmos 2245-50. 2300217th Six-pack. Coplanar with Cosmos 2245-50. 2300317th Six-pack. Coplanar with Cosmos 2245-50. 2300417th Six-pack. Coplanar with Cosmos 2245-50. 23009Dummy payload to represent DFH mission. 23010Located at 45 degrees East. 23016Replacement for Galaxy-1R(1) satellite. To be 23016located at 227 degrees East. 23019Comprehensive ORbital Observations from Near- 23019Earth of the Active Sun. Contains an X-ray 23019telescope, Coronograph and Heliometer. To 23019monitor solar activity and its influence on 23019near-Earth space. 23025U.S. Microgravity Payload [USMP-2], OAST-02, 23025and DEE, the Dexterous End Effector. DEE 23025demonstrates a sensor for the shuttle RMS 23025which will allow for more precise control. 23025Also SSBUV/A-03 and LDCE-03 in cargo bay. 23027Replaced NAVSTAR-09 & was 24th 2nd generation 23027GPS satellite. Placed plane C, position 1. 23028Small Expendable Deployer System. Deployed 2302826 kg satellite from 2nd stage on 19.7 km 23028tether. Meteorite cut tether & SED-II decayed 2302815 Mar 94. Object cataloged as 2nd stage. 23030Space Test Experiment Platform. Carried 10 23030experiments on this first Taurus launch test. 23030The Technology for Autonomous Operational 23030Survivability experiment was brought back on 23030line in Sep 94 after the 19 Jul 94 failure. 23031Has a GPS receiver and an on board processor 23031to validate advanced technologies. 2303365 day high resolution photo mission. 23035Docked Kvant-1 port 0340 GMT 24 Mar 1994. 23042Space Radar Laboratory flight 1 [SRL-01] to 23042obtain radar images of the Earth. Landing was 23042delayed and diverted to Edwards AFB. Landing 23042was at 1654 GMT & wheel stop a minute later. 23042Mapped Earth's surface - interpret geological 23042features & conduct resource studies. 2304322nd Glonass mission. Replaced Cosmos 2079. 23043Withdrawn from service 9 Sep 1999. 2304422nd Glonass mission. Filled vacant slot. 23044Withdrawn from service 29 Aug 1997. 2304522nd Glonass mission. Did not move into good 23045orbit at first. Later probably used an Ion 23045engine to adjust orbit. Withdrawn 15 Jan 00. 23051Geostationary Operational Environmental 23051Satellite to support NOAA's weather needs. 23051Called GOES NEXT. Expected life was 5 years. 23051It was officialy retired on 5 May 2004. 23087Filled new position in ELINT system. 23092Replaced Cosmos 2180. 23095316 day digital imagery mission. 23097Military satellite. 23099Gamma Ray Burst experiment. Plus Retarding 23099Potential Analyzer to investigate equatorial 23099and low-altitude ionosphere & thermosphere. 23101Miniature Seeker Technology Integration Sat. 23101SDI test of Ballistic Missile Warning sensor. 23101Can track fixed targets & missile warheads. 23105Space Test Experiment Platform with US Signal 23105IDentification EXperiment [SIDEX] and was to 23105work with TEX and REX [USA 57] satellites. 23105Orbit was planned for 833 km. Slightly off. 23108Placed at 142 East. 5 Year life expected. 23108Leased to Rimsat of Fort Wayne, Indiana. 23114Docked to Mir complex at 0600 GMT 24 May 94. 23114Undocked 0847 GMT 2 Jul 1994 & deorbited. 2311922 day high resolution mission. 23122Microgravity research/materials processing. 23122Called Foton 6, but this is the ninth Foton 23122mission. Totals listed as FOTON-01 to 09. 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. 23125Space Technology Research Vehicle by the UK 23125Defence Research Agency [DRA] Farnborough. 23125Experiment to study surface erosion effect on 23125spacecraft materials, cosmic ray detector and 23125gamma ray burst experiment. 23126Experimental cooler, solar cells & electronic 23126experiments. Space Technology Research 23126Vehicle for the Defence Research Agency, UK. 23132US Navy UHF Follow-On [UFO] CommSat. 23139Docked to the Mir complex at 1355 GMT 3 Jul. 23139First Russian launch of all rooky crew since 23139Soyuz 25 in Oct 1977. Undocked from Mir rear 23139port 1030 GMT 1 Nov 94. Redocked 1105 GMT 3 23139Nov. Undocked 0729 GMT 4 Nov. Landed 170 km 23139NE of Arkalyk at 1118 GMT on 4 Nov 1994. 23145Recoverable Test Satellite. Remote sensing & 23145microgravity experiments involving plants. 23168Stationed at 335 degrees East. Started to 23168drift in mid 1996. No replacement for over a 23168year. 23173Main payload is International Microgravity 23173Laboratory [IML-2] with mass of 9,610 kg. 23173Landed 1038 GMT at Kennedy Space Center after 23173longest shuttle mission to date. Lasted 14 23173days, 17 hours, 55 minutes and 1 second. 23175Pan American Satellite. Primarily TV of US or 23175Mexican origin plus business data, video and 23175voice traffic. Initially placed at 195 East 23175for check out, then 191 East. Life: 15 years. 23176Domestic communications satellite. Initially 23176at 121 East, then 110 East. Life: 7 years. 23178Structure Porteuse pour Lancement Double 23178Ariane attached to upper stage. 23179Civil Navigation Satellite. Life: 4 years. 23182Yantar class photo satellite built by the 23182Samara Central Specialized Design Bureau. 2318271 day life for this high resolution system. 23185Original slot is 131 degrees East. Owned by 23185Asia Pacific Telecom Sat. Comp. 4th Chinese 23185commercial launch to GEO. Life: 12 years. 2318744 day mapping/topographic satellite. 23189Minor Military mission. 23191To carry three USAF experiments. The Advanced 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. 23192Direct to your home TV broadcasts. Requires a 2319246 cm dish to receive signal. At 258-9 East. 23192Co-located with DIRECTV-1. Rescheduled from 23192Arianespace launch Feb 1994. Life: 12 years. 23194Oko early warning satellite. 231992nd generation satellite to provide 14,000 23199simultaneous telephone or 28 TV channels. For 23199290 degrees East longitude. Life: 12 years. 23200Planned for 42 degrees East. Life: 10 years. 232031st use of 3rd orbital plane. Life: 5 years. 23203Withdrawn from service 3 Feb 1999. 23204Initially 3rd plane. Then plane-slot 2/16. 232053rd orbital plane. Withdrawn 15 Jan 2000. 23211Replaced Molniya 3-40. Life: about 3 years. 23215Two automatic docking attempts to MIR failed. 23215Radar was cause of problems. Finally docked 23215manually on 3 Sep 94 by Malenchenko. While 23215loss would have hurt manned program, it would 23215not have been a 'disaster'. No Mir damage. 23218221 day digital imagery mission. First use of 23218SL-16 for imagery mission. More debris than 23218normal for SL-16 [Zenit] launch. 23223Military mission. 23227Third Australian launch by Chinese. Located 23227at 156 East. Life: 13-14 years. 232301st large Japanese satellite. Planned for 154 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. 23233Military mission. 23249Failure probably due to rupture or massive 23249fuel leak in satellite propulsion system. 23251Cargo bay has LITE I, SPARTAN 201-02, ROMPS & 2325112 Get Away Special [GAS] Bridge experiments. 23251LITE I: Lidar In-space Technology Experiment 23251to measure atmospheric parameters with Laser. 23251Landed Edwards AFB 2107 GMT on 20 Sep 94. 23253Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for 23253AstroNomy. X-ray astronomy, medium energy 23253survey mission, using retrievable free-flyer. 23267Geizer comms & data relay. Life: 5 years. 23278Monitor upper atmospheric density. 23285Carried the second Space Radar Laboratory. 23285Mass of SRL is 10,794 kg. Landed Edwards AFB 23285at 1702 GMT on 11 October 1994. 23288Docked with Mir Complex at 0028 GMT 6 Oct 94. 23288Undocked at 0857 GMT 18 Jan 95 and went 160 m 23288away from Mir. Redocked at 0923 GMT the same 23288day to check automatic docking system that 23288failed in October. Undocked again on 20 Mar 232881995 and landed 55 km NE of Arkalyk at 0404 23288GMT on 22 March 1995. 23305Initially at 121 East. Life: 15-18 years. 23313For domestic Mexican phone and TV services. 23313Placed at 247 degrees East. Life = 14 years. 23314For domestic phone and TV service. Initially 2331485 degrees East, then 78.5 E. Life = 15 yrs. 233178th of this series. 1st 4 were Cosmos 1500, 233171602, 1766 and 1869. Life expected = 5 years. 23319Or Ekspress 01, or Ekspress-11. The builder, 23319Prikladnoi Mekhaniki, starts numbering at 11. 23319At 70 deg East for checkout. Life = 5-7 yrs. 23323First indigenously designed & launched remote 23323sensing satellite. 2nd try for PSLV launcher. 23323Life expectancy is only 3 years. 233271st flight of GOMS [Geostationary Operational 23327Meteorological Satellite]. Announced in 1975. 23327Located at 76 degrees East. Life = 5 years. 23331Planned to be placed at 19.2 degrees East. 23331Lifetime is expected to be 13 years. 23333To measure Solar wind input to magnetosphere. 23333Part of the ISTP program. Life about 3 years. 23336New [third] orbital plane. 23340Cargo bay payloads: ATLAS-3 [Atmospheric Lab 23340for Applications & Science] to measure long 23340term variability of Sun's radiation; ESCAPE-2 23340[Experiment for the Sun for Complementing the 23340ATLAS lab Payload and for Education. Landed 23340Edwards AFB at 1534 GMT. 23341Shuttle Pallet Satellite - Cryogenic Infrared 23341Spectrometer Telescope for Atmosphere. Joint 23341U.S./German Aeronomy payload to explore the 23341variability of the atmosphere. Data is to 23341compliment that collected by UARS satellite. 23342Launched along with SAFIR-R 01, a German data 23342relay payload. SAtellite for Information 23342Retrieval. Resurs lifetime about 5 years. 23348Docked rear port of Kvant 1 0904 GMT 13 Nov. 23396Replaced Cosmos 2234. Withdrawn 5 Oct 1999. 23397Replaced Cosmos 2236. 23398Replaced Cosmos 2109. Withdrawn 19 Nov 1999. 23404More than normal debris. Life about 3 years. 23411Other GEO-IK in this inclination were Cosmos 234111510, 1660, 1732, 1823, 1950, 2037, 2088 and 234112226. In 82.6 degree inclination were Cosmos 234111312, 1410, 1589 and 1803. 23413Orion Satellite Corporation - 322.5 deg East. 23413Operational life is planned at 11 years. 234151st of new generation COMMSAT. Life = 5 yrs+. 23420Replaced Molniya 1-82. 23426Data relay for Mir. Like US TDRS. Put at 95 23426degrees East. Life expected to be 5 years. 23431Replaced Cosmos 2150. 23435Needed replacement. 234391st SL-19 launch. An SS-19 ICBM with a 3rd 23439stage for space. Launched from silo? Amateur 23439radio satellite. 2344118th Six-pack. Coplanar with Cosmos 2268-73. 2344218th Six-pack. Coplanar with Cosmos 2268-73. 2344318th Six-pack. Coplanar with Cosmos 2268-73. 2344418th Six-pack. Coplanar with Cosmos 2268-73. 2344518th Six-pack. Coplanar with Cosmos 2268-73. 2344618th Six-pack. Coplanar with Cosmos 2268-73. 23448Placed at 70 degrees East. 23453Digital imagery satellite. 23455National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Admin. 23455Replacement for NOAA 11. 23461Placed at 66 degrees East. 15-18 year life. 23463Civilian navigation satellite in the Tsikada 23463system. Previous Cosmos & Nadezhda names. 23463Replaced Cosmos 2123. 23464Magnetospheric research microsatellite. Short 23464circuit caused loss of 3 main experiments but 23464the scientists expect to get full amount of 23464data from the satellite. 23465Store-Forward Communications. 23467US Navy UHF Follow-On CommSat. 183 degrees E. 23469Payloads include SPACEHAB-3, Shuttle Pointed 23469Autonomous Research Tool for AstroNomy 23469[SPARTAN 204] and ODERACS [Radar Calibration] 23469experiments. Rendezvous with Mir brought them 23469to within 10 meters of each other. 23470Shuttle Pointed autonomous Research Tool for 23470astroNomy retrievable free flyer. X-ray 23470astronomy and medium energy survey mission. 23471Orbital DEbris RAdar Calibration Spheres 23471project to help calibrate ground-based radar. 23471This was largest of the 6 planned objects. 23472Orbital DEbris RAdar Calibration Sphere. 23473No orbital data issued. Not tracked? 23474Orbital DEbris RAdar Calibration Sphere. 23475Orbital DEbris RAdar Calibration Sphere. 23477supplies for US cosmonaut Norman Thagard. 23497Carried Russian, ESA, French, Belgian, Dutch 23497and Spanish experiments. Also called FOTON 7 23500Primary package was ASTRO 2. Obtained UV data 23500on astronomical objects with UV telescope. 23501Used to help calibrate ground based radars 23501like US ODERACS. Released 4 sub-satellites. 23511Replaced Cosmos 2140. 23512Replaced Cosmos 2080. 23513Replaced Cosmos 2206. Withdrawn 26 Dec 1997. 23519Brought up USA 'Cosmonaut' Norm Thagard. He, 23519Dezhurov & Strekalov returned on STS 71. 23519Docked to rear port of Kvant 1 on 16 Mar 95. 23519Cosmonauts Solovyov & Budarin, brought up on 23519STS 71, undocked at 0331 GMT on 11 Sep 95 and 23519landed 108 km NE of Arkalyk at 0653 GMT. 23521Japanese Space Flying Unit. To be retrieved 23521by shuttle mission STS 72. This will be first 23521launch by a foreign country to be retrieved 23521by the US Shuttle. Weight will be 3,200 kg at 23521time of retrieval. Numerous experiments. 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. 23526Musson type NAVSAT. Replaced Cosmos 2184. 23528Located at 310 degrees E. Life 15-18 years. 2353070 day high resolution imagery mission. 23533Military weather satellite. 4 year life. 235362nd generation satellite to provide 14,000 23536simultaneous telephone or 28 TV channels. For 23536295 degrees East. Lifetime to be 12 years. 23537European Telecommunications Satellite. Put at 2353713 degrees East with life span of 11 years. 23545First of 26 medium orbit comm satellites to 23545provide position determination [375 m] and 23545messaging services using pocket portable 23545terminals. Problems with system. 23546Positioning & messaging services. Problems 23546with this satellite also. Recovered May 95. 23547To study spatial & temporal distribution of 23547global lightning to predict major atmospheric 23547storm systems & climate changes. 235492nd generation demonstration satellite. Demo 23549technology for Amos satellite. 2 year life. 23549Probably has multiple military missions. 23553American Mobile Satellite Corp. Put at 259 23553degrees East and has life of 12 years [est]. 23555Docked to Front port of Mir complex at 2101 23555GMT on 11 April 1995. Undocked at 2340 GMT on 2355522 May 95 & decayed in South Pacific on 23rd. 23558Small laser reflecting satellite brought to 23558Mir by Progress-M 27. When ejected into LEO 23558by Mir, it was given a Mir International 23558number. It therefore becomes a '1986 launch'. 23558Small laser reflecting satellite brought to 23558Mir by Progress-M 27. Built by Kaiser-Threde. 23558Called GeoForschungsZantrum-1. When ejected 23558by Mir, it was given a Mir International 23558number. It therefore becomes a '1986 launch'. 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. 23567Military mission. 23571Initially located at 304 degrees East then to 23571operate at 307 East. Life of 15 years. 23579Mir module for investigations of the Earth's 23579surface atmosphere & natural resources with 23579remote sensors. During practice docking of 23579Progress-M 34, the hull was fractured and the 23579Spektr module was sealed off. Russians tried 23579to seal the breach but were unsuccessful. 23579Mission ended with destructive deorbit over 23579the South Pacific [40S 200E] about 0600 GMT. 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. 23584Replaced Cosmos 2063. 23589US Navy UHF Follow-On Fleet CommSat. 23596Started operating with Cosmos 2293. On April 2359622-23, 1997 Cosmos 2313 was maneuvered to a 23596lower orbit preparatory to deorbit. At 0257 23596GMT on 26 June 1997 it broke up into about 86 23596pieces. 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. 23600Mission to Mir. Retrieved US and 2 Russian 23600Cosmonauts. This is the first of 10 missions 23600to Mir. Left the two Russians transported to 23600Mir, Anatoly Solovyev and Nikolai Budarin, to 23600return on Soyuz. 100th manned US mission. 23600When attached complex weighed about 231 tons. 2360170 day high resolution photographic mission. 23603Replaces Cosmos 2230. 23605Joint French, Spanish and Italian MoD mission 23605based on SPOT, to return high [1m] resolution 23605images of Earth. Heliosynchronous orbit. 23606French high frequency electronic spy mission. 23606Collided with a piece of the Spot-1 rocket 23606body in July 1996. Tumbling corrected. Damage 23606to system is being evaluated. 23607Built by the Polytechnic University of Madrid 23607for microgravity & communications research. 23609Military mission. 23612Deployed TDRS 7. Conducted various technical 23612and biological experiments inside shuttle. 23612Delayed by woodpeckers damaging insulation on 23612fuel tank. 23613Tactical Data Relay Satellite. Located at 210 23613degrees East. 23617Resupply mission to Mir. Delayed due to US 23617shuttle mission. Docked to Mir at 0440 GMT on 2361722 July 95. Undocked 0607 GMT 4 Sep 95. 23620In new plane 2, slot 15. Withdrawn 6 Apr 99. 23621In new plane (2), slot 10. 23622In new plane (2), slot 11. 23628Military system. 23632Has been called Prognoz M2 but that is the 23632name of the bus. To study magnetosphere and 23632plasmasphere. 13 countries involved. 23636To be positioned at 69 degrees East. Lifetime 23636is planned for 15 years. 23639Direct TV & general comms at 116 East. 1 of 9 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. 23642Replaced Molniya 3-38. 23646To study the Solar wind. Systems developed & 23646built by Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, 23646Poland, Slovakia, Romania and Russia. 23649For 124 or 128 degrees East. Life: 12 years. 23651Replaces SAKURA 3A at 132 degrees East. Life 23651expectancy is 10 years. 23653Communications & data relay satellite to be 23653operated at 80 degrees East. Life = 5 years. 23657For ocean and atmospheric measurements. Uses 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. 23665Planned 135 day mission may now extend to 179 23665day mission ending in February 1996. Docked 23665to Mir front port at 1030 GMT on 5 Sep 95. 23667Carried WSF-02 & SPARTAN 201-03. Successfully 23667deployed and recovered both satellites. 23668Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for 23668[X-ray] Astronomy. Flew free and took about 236681,000 observations of Sun's corona. 23669Wake Shield Facility. Molecular and Chemical 23669beam epitaxy growth of high temperature 23669superconductors, compound semiconductors, and 23669other materials using techniques requiring 23669ultrahigh vacuum, high pumping speeds, and 23669relatively large working volumes. 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. 23672Final flight of Resurs F2 type satellite. 236745th generation high resolution imagery. 23676Would have replaced Cosmos 2266 except for 23676malfunction of 2nd stage. Bad orbit. 23678Mir resupply with 1,611 kg of fresh supplies 23678and equipment. Docked 2033 GMT on 10 Oct 95. 23678Undocked 0915 GMT on 19 Dec 95. 236801st of advanced Luch satellites. Cosmos 1700, 236801897 & 2054, plus Luch-1 were original type. 23680Positioned initially at 77 degrees East. 23686A Hughes HS-601 satellite. Placed at 19.2 deg 23686East. Direct TV to Europe. 15 year life. 23688Carried USML-2 microgravity Laboratory in the 23688cargo bay. Landed Kennedy at 1145 GMT 5 Nov. 23696US Navy UHF Follow-On for Fleet Comms. 23704Expected life time is 3 years. 23710Remote free flying sensor satellite that will 23710monitor land, sea and ice for five years over 23710the poles. American and Canadian mission. 23711Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship 23711SATellite. Secondary payload to simulate a 23711deep space vehicle by radiating S, X, Ku and 23711Ka Bands. 23712Converted to a Milstar 2 system. 237142nd Mir mission. Brought up 4.7 meter docking 23714adapter to connect Mir to shuttles. The 4,081 23714kg module will remain on Mir. Shuttle weight 23714listed includes weight of module. Spent 3 23714days at Mir. Landed Kennedy at 1701 GMT. 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. 23717Planned life is 5 years. At 71 degrees East. 23723Planned life 13 years, propellant 15 years. 23726Solar Heliospheric laboratory-Provide optical 23726measurements plus plasma field and energetic 23726particle observations of Sun. Orbit 1,496,000 23726km from Earth at L-1 Lagrangian point. Due to 23726low fuel usage, planned 2 year mission was to 23726extend to 2003. During maintenance, contact 23726lost at 2316 GMT, 24 Jun 98. Contact regained 23726and operational at 1629 GMT, 16 Sep 98. 23728Orbital elements reported by ITAR-TASS. Orbit 23728on 31 Dec 95 reported to be 1,000 X 250 km. 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'. 23731Domestic communications and meteorological 23731imaging system. Planned life 12 years. 23734Will fill plane 2 slot 9. 23735Filled plane 2 slot 9 as a spare. Then to 237352/15. Withdrawn 30 Dec 2001. 23736Filled plane 2 slot 13. Completes system. Was 23736withdrawn on 28 November 2000. 23741Replacement for lost Galaxy 3. Life expected 23741to be 15 years. At 265 degrees East. 23744Docked to Mir at 1610 GMT on 20 Dec 95. 23744Undocked Mir at 0726 GMT on 22 Feb 96. 23748Operating in plane with Cosmos 2293 & 2313. 23751Replacement for IRS-1C. Provides agricultural 23751data relating to soil moisture & effects of 23751pest infestations. Life of 3 years. 23752Utah State Univ. built payload to test the 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. 23754Operational lifetime about 12 years. 23757X-ray Timing Explorer. Investigates physical 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. 23762Retrieved Japanese SFU satellite. Launched & 23762recovered OAST-FLYER. Landed at Kennedy SC at 237620742 GMT 20 Jan 96. 23763Free Flying experiments from the Office of 23763Aeronautics and Space Technology. Carried the 23763Spartan Packet Radio [Amateur Radio], REturn 23763FLux, GPS Attitude Determination And Control 23763and the Solar Exposure to Laser Ordinance 23763Device Experiments. It was deployed at 1132 23763GMT 14 Jan and captured at 0742 GMT 16 Jan. 23764Replacement for PAS-3. Located at 317 degrees 23764East. Life expectancy 14 years. 237651st national Malaysian satellite. Located at 2376591.5 degrees East. Life planned is 12 years. 23768Direct TV & general comm. Located 116 degrees 23768East. 10 year life, 2 years on-orbit storage. 23773Replacement for failed Cosmos 2321 and 2266. 23775Located at 41 degrees East. Life of 5 years. 23779Placed at 113 degrees East. Sold to Turkey in 23779late 2000. 23781Replaces SAKURA 3B at 136 degrees East. 23784Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous. Jun 97 passed 23784asteroid [minor planet 253] Mathilde. Course 23784changed for Earth flyby Jan 98 at 480 km. It 23784reached asteroid [minor planet 433] Eros, a 2378413 X 14 X 35 km object, on 14 Feb 00. Orbit 23784will be 320 km initially, dropping to 50 km 23784in the summer of 2000. Carries 5 sensors. The 237841st of Discovery missions. Soft landed on 23784Eros at 1994 GMT, 12 Feb 2001. Instruments 23784and transmitters were still working after 23784landing. 23787Commercial store-forward system similar to 23787Cosmos system with six satellites per launch. 23787Half of this launch were for military use. 23787First launch. 23788Commercial store-forward system. 1st launch. 23789Commercial store-forward system. 1st launch. 2379019th 'Six-Pack' [1st 3-Pack]. Coplanar with 23790Cosmos 2299-2304. 23791Coplanar with Cosmos 2299-2304. 23792Coplanar with Cosmos 2299-2304. 23794Planned Raduga replacement. When trying to 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. 23798Docked with Mir Complex at the rear [-X] port 23798on Kvant-1 at 1421 GMT on 23 Feb 96. Undocked 23798on 2 September and landed the next day at 237980742 GMT 100 km SW of Akmola, Kazakhstan. 23801Carried TSS-1R, the tethered satellite that 23801failed to deploy properly from STS 46 [July 238011992]. Also US Microgravity Payload. TSS-1R 23801broke away at 0130 GMT on 26 Feb 96 and took 23801most of its 20 km tether with it. 23802Polar Auroral Plasma Physics mission. Nominal 23802mission length of 3 years. 23805The Tethered Satellite System was run out to 23805almost the end of its 20.7 km tether. It was 23805generating 3,500 volts when the tether burned 23805through near the shuttle at 0130 GMT on 26 23805Feb 96. The 1.6 m sphere rapidly drifted from 23805the shuttle. Longest satellite to orbit. 23814Radiation Experiment. Pegasus XL's first 23814successful launch. 23816To be placed at 359 degrees East. Planned 23816life is 15 years. 23818High resolution mission of 60-70 days. 23827To prepare for IRS-2 series remote sensors. 23827To remain operational for 3 years. 23831Third Mir mission. Carried Spacehab module 23831in cargo bay. Docked to Mir at 0234 GMT 24 23831March 96. Shannon W. Lucid left on Mir when 23831undocking took place at 0108 GMT 29 March 96. 23831Landed at Edwards AFB at 1329 GMT 31 March. 23833Placed in Plane C/Position 2. Expected life 23833is 7.5 years. 23833USAF classified payload. Sigint? 23839Maritime, air and MOBILE communications. To 23839be located at 64 deg. East. Life: 13 years. 23842Hughes HS 601 type satellite. Location plan 23842is 19.2 degrees East. Life: 15 years. 23846Placed at 253.5 degrees East. Life: 10 years. 23848Will carry 10 Earth sensing instruments that 23848will have ground resolutions to 25 meters. 23848Docked at 1243 GMT on 26 Apr 1996. Mission 23848ended with destructive deorbit over the South 23848Pacific [40S 200E] about 0600 GMT. 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. 23853Passive monitoring of Earth's Atmospheric 23853density. 23855Military mission. 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. 23860Original launch date was 24 Nov 1995. Docked 23860to Mir at 0854 GMT on 7 May 1996. Undocked at 238601645 GMT on 1 Aug 96 and deorbited. 23862Six payloads cataloged from this launch by 23862Space Command. 23865Domestic & regional TV & phone service. life 23865of 10 years. To be put at 356 degrees East. 23868To conduct dynamic stereo observations of 23868tactical missile launches and the Earth's 23868background, especially over water in daytime. 23868Was used in a test of the US Army's Mid-IR 23868Advanced Chemical Laser [MIRACL] to see what 23868damage could be done. Satellite OK but it is 23868now believed that this MIRACL could bring 23868down debris in Low Earth Orbit. 23870Carried SPACEHAB-04, TEAMS [Technology 23870Experiments Advancing Missions in Space] and 23870SPARTAN 207/IAE. The latter, an Inflatable 23870Antenna Experiment, is as large as a swimming 23870pool. Landed at Kennedy. 23870pool. Landed runway 33, Kennedy at 1110GMT. 23871Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for 23871Astronomy/Inflatable Antenna Experiment-IAE. 23871IAE cut loose and SPARTAN 207 retrieved. 23873Inflatable Antenna Experiment initially with 23873the Spartan 207 satellite. After test it was 23873cut loose and deorbited. 23876Passive Aerodynamically stabilized 23876Magnetically damped Satellite-Satellite Test 23876Unit. Test new way in stabilizing satellites 23876using aerodynamic means. 23877Initially to 237 East then 231 East. 23880Called Prezidentskiy as it is to be used to 23880relay 16 June 1996 Presidential election to 23880Western Siberia and the Urals. 23893Satellite is called TiPS for Tether Physics 23893and Survivability. US Naval Research Lab. and 23893National Reconnaissance Office experiment. 23907See USA 119. 23908See USA 119. 23915Initial location at 338.5 degrees East. Life 23915expectancy is 14-15 years. 23931Carried Life & Microgravity Spacelab [LMS]. 23931The 16 day 22 hour mission was longest to 23931date. Payload bay doors closed at 0850 GMT on 239317 Jul 96. Deorbit burn commenced at 1137 GMT 23931and landed 1 hour later at Kennedy Space 23931Center. 23936Possibly the Tether Physics and 23936Survivability [TiPS] payload. See USA 119. 23937See USA 119. 23940Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer-Earth Probe 23940for the study of Stratospheric ozone. Design 23940life is 2 years, hoped for is 3. 23943Replaces APStar 2, lost in January 1995. Life 23943to be 12 years. Placed at 77 degrees East. 23945Classified US DoD payload. With no large 23945upper stage it can not be geosynchronous. 23945Based on Russian and French observations it 23945is believed to be an SDS Commsat. 2394812-16 year life. Located 25-26 deg East. Has 2394822 Ku and 12 C band transponders. 2394910 year plus life. Located 31-32 deg East. 23949Support for the Ministry of Posts and Comms. 23953Latest GPS satellite. Only two more of this 23953series. Expected life is 7.5 years. 23967US Navy UHF Follow-On for Fleet Comms. 24071Mir resupply mission. Delayed 1 week due to 24071propellant tank pressure problem. Docked to 24071the +X port at 2204 GMT on 1 Aug. Undocked on 2407118 Aug 96 for Soyuz TM-24 arrival. Redocked 24071to -X port on 3 Sep 96. Undocked at 1944 GMT 24071on 20 Nov & deorbited on 21 Nov at 2242 GMT. 24088Replacement ELINT Ocean Reconnaissance Msn. 24208Located at 10-11 East. 8 year life. Carries 24208an experimental European Land Mobile Services 24208[EMS] payload. 24209Includes the French military Syracuse system. 24209Planned life is over 10 years. Located over 242093 deg East. 24273Replaces Molniya 1-85. Life of 5 years. 24277ADvanced Earth Observing System. Investigate 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. 24278Amateur radio communications. 24280Carried Claudie Andre-Deshays the 1st French 24280woman, a doctor, to Mir. Docked Mir at 1450 24280GMT on 19 Aug 1996. Undocked Mir at 0324 GMT 24280and landed inside Kazakhstan 0644 GMT 2 March 242801997 with German researcher Reinhold Ewald. 24282Bank of China Communications. 7 year life. 242823rd stage motors 2nd burn terminated 48 sec. 24282early. It is in a useless orbit. 24285Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer [FASE] to 24285investigate the auroral region. Abbreviation 24285was changed to confuse us all. 24291Small Argentinean satellite to demonstrate 24291low-cost technologies. 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. 24293To study magnetosphere and plasmasphere. Also 24293called 'Aurora'. International involvement. 24297New plane 60 degrees East of Cosmos 2322. 24304Military navigation mission. Replacement for 24304Cosmos 2327. 24305For Autonomous University of Mexico to find 24305velocity of meteors using radio doppler echo. 24307This is a GE4000 type satellite. Initially 24307located at 28 degrees East. Life = 13 years. 24313Located at 241 deg. East. A Lockheed-Martin 24313Series 7000 unit - 16 Ku band transponders. 24313Planned operational life 10 plus years. 2431524 each C & Ku band transponders. It replaces 24315RCA SATCOM-K1. Planned life 15 years. Put at 24315257 degrees East. 24320New navigation satellite. 2nd from last for 24320this series. 24324Carried SPACEHAB-5 on the fourth mission to 24324Mir. Docked to Mir 0313 GMT on 19 Sep 96. 24324Blaha will stay on Mir through Jan 97. It 24324undocked at 2333 GMT 23 Sep 96. Shannon Lucid 24324returned from Mir after the longest stay in 24324space by a woman. Landed Kennedy Space Center 24324at 1213 GMT 26 Sep 96. 24435Replacement series for Russian Gorizont. The 24435builder, Prikladnoi Mekhaniki, usually starts 24435numbering a series at 11. 24634Recoverable satellite with remote sensing and 24634other experiments. Recovered in Sichuan 24634Province about 0250 GMT on 4 November 1996. 24640Replacement for Molniya 3-36. 24645The HETE and SAC-B payloads were not released 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 24648Mars Global Surveyor. 1st Mars orbiter in 24648Mars Surveyor Program. Reached Mars orbit on 2464811 Sep 1997. Orbit to be adjusted to 350-410 24648km & 93 degree inclination. Bad solar panel 24648slowed aerobraking. Primary mapping mission 24648started in March 1999. 24652Location should be about 20-30 degrees East. 24653HS-376 type satellite. A back up for Measat-1 24653launched in January 1996. 24660Carried ORFEUS-SPAS-02 & Wake Shield Facility 24660WSF-03 plus IEH-02 and EDFT-05. No EVAs were 24660performed due to a stuck/jammed hatch cover. 24660Landed at Kennedy 2 days late making this the 24660longest shuttle mission to date. 24661Shuttle PAllet Satellite-Orbiting and 24661Retrievable Far & Extreme UV Spectrometer. 24661Deployed at 0411 GMT on 26 Nov 96. Retrieved 24661at 0823 on 4 Dec 96. 24662Wake Shield Facility for growth of compound 24662semiconductors & high temp. superconductors. 24662Deployed at 2038 GMT on 22 Nov 96. Recovered 24662at 0203 GMT on 26 Nov 96. 24663Docked to Mir at 0101 GMT on 22 Nov 1996. 24663Undocked on 6 Feb 97 and failed to redock 24663after Soyuz TM-24 departed on 2 March. Was 24663destructively deorbited over the Pacific and 24663reentered at 0323 GMT on 12 Mar 1997. 24665Planned for 13 degrees East. 15 year life. 24667Landed 1656 GMT 4 July 97. Direct flight to 24667surface with small rover vehicle, Sojourner. 24667Rover mission planned for 7 Sols [Martian day 24667is 1.02 Earth days]. Main lander mission is 2466730 Sols, but may extend to a year, equipment 24667permitting. Main base renamed the Carl Sagan 24667Memorial Station. Sojourner drove off ramp at 246670600 GMT 6 Jul 97. Ceased activity 7 Oct 97. 24670An Elint Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite. In 24670same plane as Cosmos 2313, 120 degrees out of 24670phase. Both working together. 246743rd generation International Mobile Satellite 24674Organization. Planned for 157-158 degrees 24674East with a 13 year life expectancy. 24677This is the 10th, and last, of the Cosmos 24677series be launched in 1996. That's the lowest 24677number since starting that naming convention. 24677Replacement for Cosmos 2239. 24680The National Reconnaissance Office [NRO] said 24680it was a reconnaissance satellite but would 24680not say if it was a Lacrosse or KH-11. 24701Continuation of space biology series. Carried 247012 Monkeys, newts, snails, Drosophila flies, 24701other insects and bacteria. Monkeys are named 24701Lapik and Multik. The Zenit/Vostok capsule 24701soft landed 130 km N of Kustani at 0504 GMT. 24701During medical operation on the day after the 24701landing, the monkey Multik died. 24711Docked to Mir at 0355 GMT on 15th. John Blaha 24711returned & Jerry Linenger remained on Mir. 24711Undocked at 0216 GMT on 20th and circled Mir. 24711Closed payload door and fired OMS engines at 247111317 GMT. Landed Kennedy 1422 GMT on 22nd. 24713To replace RCA SATCOM-K2. Has 24 C- and 24 24713Ku-band transponders. With a life of 15 years 24713it is to service North America and Hawaii. 24714Telecommunications, data and TV satellite 24714ordered by German DASA group for Argentine 24714company, Nahuelsat. Design life 12+ years and 24714is equipped with 18 Ku-band transponders. 24717German Reinhold Ewald & 2 Russians aboard. It 24717docked to Mir at 1551 GMT on 12 Feb 97. 24717Undocked at 0855 GMT on 14 Aug 97 and landed 24717at 1217 GMT the same day. Landed 170 km SE of 24717Dzhezkazgan. Possible problems with braking 24717rocket on entering atmosphere. Landed safely. 24719Second repair mission. Rendezvous took place 24719on 13th and Hubble was in aft cargo bay by 247190900 GMT. Some experiments removed & returned 24719to Earth. New equipment installed during four 24719space walks. A 5th added to repair insulation 24719on Hubble. EVAs lasted about 33 hours. Hubble 24719released at 0641 GMT on 19th. Discovery 24719landed Kennedy at 0832 GMT on 21 Feb 97. 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. 24725Commercial store-forward system similar to 24725Cosmos system with six satellites per launch. 24725Second launch. Same plane as Cosmos 2252-57. 24726Commercial store-forward system. 2nd launch. 24726In same plane as Cosmos 2252-57. 24727Commercial store-forward system. 2nd launch. 24727In same plane as Cosmos 2252-57. 2472820th 'Six-Pack' [2nd 3-Pack]. Same plane as 24728Cosmos 2252-57. 247292nd launch of 3 military store-forward units. 24729In same plane as Cosmos 2252-57. 247302nd launch of 3 military store-forward units. 24730In same plane as Cosmos 2252-57. 24732Location to be 124 degrees East. 24737Military satellite. 24742Improved Commsat with 38 C and 6 Ku band 24742transponders. 24744Satellite designed by Mozhaiskiy Military 24744Space Engineering Academy. To be used also 24744for navigation and geodesy. 24748Location to be 194 East on 12 year+ mission. 24753Defense Meteorological Support Program. 24755Carried Microgravity Science Lab [MSL-01]. 24755Dr. Roger K. Crouch & Dr. Gregory T. Linteris 24755are Payload Specialists. Rest of crew include 24755Halsell, Still, Jan Voss, Gernhardt and 24755Thomas. Malfunctioning fuel cell cut the 24755mission short by 12 days. Landed Kennedy. 24757Carried supplies and repair equipment for the 24757oxygen system on the Mir. Docked successfully 24757at 1730 GMT on 8 Apr 97. Undocked at 1022 GMT 24757on 24 June 1997 for a practice docking with 24757new remote control procedures. Crashed into 24757Spektr module causing depressurization. Then 24757moved to safe distance after Spektr sealed 24757off. Deorbited over Pacific, 0534 GMT, 2 Jul. 24761Missile warning replacement for Cosmos 2217. 24768Located at 78.5 degrees East as replacement 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. 24769Broadcast Satellite Corp. To provide services 24769to the Japanese NHK network. 24772Military NAVSAT replacing Cosmos 2310. 24779Original launch was Feb 96. L-1011 took off 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. 24780Founders flight of Celestis, Inc., a company 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. 24786Geostationary Operational Environmental 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. 247921st 5 of 66, plus 10 on orbit spares, in LEO 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. 24793Plane 4 See Iridium-08. 24794Plane 4. See Iridium-08. 24795Plane 4. See Iridium-08. Put in reserve orbit 24795on 11 Jan 98. Active in November 2002. 24796Plane 4. See Iridium-08. 247982nd of new generation COMMSAT. Life = 5 yrs+. 24800Missile Warning replacement for Cosmos 2176. 24804Mir mission with Long Module in cargo bay. 24804Docked to Mir at 0333 GMT on 17 May. Transfer 24804of 7,000 kg of supplies, equipment and tests 24804completed. Retrieved Jerry Linenger & left 24804C. Michael Foale on the Mir. Undocked Mir at 248041304 GMT on 21 May 97. Landed Kennedy. 24805First successful launch of an imagery recon 24805satellite since Cosmos 2331 in Mar 96. Two 24805failures in May & June 96, and the deorbit of 24805the last imagery satellite in Sep 96 has left 24805Russia without Imagery for the longest time 24805ever. Confirming this was a 6th generation 24805imagery type, it was exploded into about 200 24805pieces over Kamchatka at 2208 GMT 16 Sep 97. 24808First satellite built for Norwegians. THOR-1 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. 24812Follow-on system. At 263 degrees East with 24 24812C- and 28 Ku-band transceivers. 24819International Mobile Sat. Life of 13 years. 24819Initial location is 305-306 degrees East. 24820Domestic communications & weather sensor. 24820Initial location at 74 degrees East. Failed 24820on orbit in September 1997. Written off by 24820India which claims insufficient ground tests. 24827Launched into 64.8 degree inclination and 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. 24834Feng Yun 2A satellite destroyed in the Apr 94 24834explosion has been totally rebuilt. Launch 24834was planned for late in 1995. 2483666 satellite LEO constellation. First launch 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. 24837Plane 5. See Iridium-14. 24838Plane 5. Failure reason unknown. 24839Plane 5. See Iridium-14. 24840Plane 5. See Iridium-14. 24841Plane 5. See Iridium-14. 24842Plane 5. See Iridium-14. Believed to have 24842been a momentum wheel failure. Called #911. 24846Carries 38 C and 6 Ku band transponders. Will 24846be initially placed at 174 degrees East. 24849Replacement for shortened STS 83 mission. It 24849completed the 16 day mission and landed at 24849KSC runway 33 at 1047 GMT. 24851Resupply for Mir. Delayed to include supplies 24851that are needed for Progress-M 34 accident. 24851After initial problem of leaving Mir, when 24851some latches did not open, it was deorbited. 24869Plane 6. 24870Plane 6. 24871Plane 6. Also referred to as # 920. 24872Plane 6. Momentum wheel failure. 24873Was for Plane 6. A few days after launch it 24873failed to respond to maneuver commands. May 24873have been damaged by booster fairing. # 921. 24876Upgraded replacement for GPS satellites. Life 24876of 10 years planned. Can be launched into any 24876of the required orbits on any day. 24880Planned location to be 144 degrees East. 24883Planned to deliver multi-spectral ocean color 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. 248862nd flight of 1997. Docked with Mir at 1702 24886GMT on 7 August 97. Crew to perform repairs 24886to Spektr and then stay on for normal tour. 24886Undocked with Frenchman at 0522 GMT on 19 Feb 2488698. Fired deorbit engines at 0816 GMT and 24886landed Kazakhstan at 0910 GMT. 24889Carried CRISTA-SPAS-02, a joint US/German 24889Package. Landed at Kennedy Space Center at 248891108 GMT on 19 Aug 97. 24890CRyogenic Infrared Spectrometer Telescope for 24890Atmosphere. Joint US/German package. Released 24890from shuttle at 2227 GMT on 7 Aug 97 by RMS 24890arm. Completed mission scanning atmosphere 24890from 6 to 200 km. Collected enough data to 24890fill 500 kg of computer disks. Retrieved by 24890RMS arm on 16 Aug 97. 24891Position planned for 317 degrees East. 24894Missile Warning satellite. Replaced Cosmos 248942209 at 336 degrees East. 24901Comms between Philippine islands. Located at 24901165 degrees East. 24903Plane 2. 24904Plane 2. 24905Plane 2. Momentum wheel problem? Corrected. 24906Plane 2. 24907Plane 2. 24909NASA/TRW technology demonstration. A Small 24909Spacecraft Technology Initiative satellite. 24909It carries an imaging spectrometer & a UV 24909background astronomy experiment. By 1000 GMT 2490926 Aug 97 Lewis had gone in to a 2 RPM spin. 24909The operators have 3 weeks to correct problem 24909based on the battery life remaining. 24912Advanced Composition Explorer. Free flying 24912spacecraft to provide up to an hour's warning 24912when geomagnetic storms are headed to Earth. 24912Instruments 10-1,000 better than previous. 24912Will be located at the Earth-Sun libration 24912point [L1], approximately 1.4 million km from 24912Earth. 24916Position planned for 302 degrees East. 24920Fast On-orbit Recording of Transient Events. 24920To identify bright flashes, less lightning. 24925This launch of 2 dummy Iridium satellites was 24925to test Chinese booster. MFS stands for Mass 24925Frequency Simulators. 24926This launch of 2 dummy Iridium satellites was 24926to test Chinese booster. MFS stands for Mass 24926Frequency Simulators. 24931Part of Eutelsat system. A high power TV 24931satellite with Ku-band transceivers for use 24931in European area. Location 13 degrees East. 24932Meteosat Operational Program. This is the 1st 24932of the Meteosat Transition Program [MTP] 24932satellites. 2 more in the pipeline. Has 2.5 24932meter resolution. 24936Planned life of 15 years at 233 degrees East. 24944Plane 3. 24945Plane 3. Reportedly had a fault with its link 24945communications to other satellites. Fixed. 24946Plane 3. 24947Was for Plane 3. Failed to reach proper orbit 24947due to a jammed thruster. 24948Plane 3. 24949Plane 3. 24950Plane 3. 24953Replacement navigation satellite. 24954Store and forward data messaging satellite. 24954Built by Final Analysis, Inc. [FAI]. 24957International communications for the Indian 24957Ocean/Asia-Pacific region. 24958A Sputnik-1 1/3rd scale model. Hand launched 24958at 0405 GMT 3 Nov 97 during space walk. Model 24958built by Russian students, with transmitter 24958being built by Reunion students [an island 24958east of Madagascar]. First time Space Command 24958used Progress international number - normally 24958they use the Mir international number. Ceased 24958to transmit on 29 Dec 1997. 24960Molniya 1T type satellite 249647th Mir mission docked at 1958 GMT on 27 Sep. 249644 MEEP exposure packages were retrieved from 24964Mir hull during 1 Oct spacewalk. Delivered 24964Dr. David Wolf for stay on Mir & returned 24964with Mike Foale. Brought computer to replace 24964old and decrepit one on Mir. Undocked at 1728 24964GMT on 3 Oct. Landed Kennedy at 2155 GMT on 249646 Oct 1997. 24965Plane 4. 24966Plane 4. 24967Plane 4. 24968Plane 4. 24969Plane 4. 24971The second improved remote sensing satellite. 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. 25002Docked to Mir at Kvant module when M-35 left. 25002Docked at 1714 GMT on 8 Oct 97 with 600 kg of 25002propellant, 355 kg water & 2,045 kg of other 25002goods [including space computer]. Undocked at 250020602 GMT on 17 Dec 97. Deorbited 1620 GMT on 2500219 Dec 97. 25004To be located at 298.5 East. 25006Multiple scientific microgravity experiments. 25006Successful deorbit in Kazakhstan. Released 25006MIRKA [MIRCA] reentry vehicle before reentry. 25008Named for Jean Dominique Cassini, French 25008astronomer [1625-1712]. Saturn Insertion Burn 25008will take place in 5,500 km gap between outer 25008and bright rings. Huygens probe will be put 25008on Moon Titan. Probe will transmit for less 25008than 5 hours. Cassini will make 60 orbits of 25008Saturn between 2004 arrival and 2008. Study 25008of Saturn, its rings and moons. See Huygens. 25008Cassini entered gravity of Saturn in Feb 2004 25008and will rendezvous with the moon Phoebe on 2500811 June 2004. Orbit insertion burn is 1 July. 25010Replacement for one lost in Jan 1995. Planned 2501015 year life at 76.5 degrees East. 25013Three scientific experiments to study ozone 25013and water vapor in the middle atmosphere, RF 25013links propagation through the ionosphere, and 25013radiation levels in the ionosphere. Did not 25013deploy solar panels - mission failed. 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. 25019Military system. 25020The Centaur stage has attached USAF Academy 25020experiment to test the usability of GPS 25020navigation at geostationary altitudes. 25023Dummy satellite for the 2nd Ariane-5 launch. 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. 25024Dummy satellite for the 2nd Ariane-5 launch. 25025Young Engineers Satellite with experiments in 25025radiation and the Solar angle & acceleration. 25030Last of the GPS IIA satellites. 25034Military mission. 25039Plane 6. 25040Plane 6. 25041Plane 6. 25042Plane 6. 25043Plane 6/Slot 9. In a reserve orbit 23 Nov 97. 25045Planned for 55 degrees East. A Russian Bank 25045satellite. Expected a 6-8 year life. Failed 25045in March 98 because of on-board synchronizing 25045device malfunction. 25049At 5 degrees East. Greater than 12 year life. 25050First of series. Located at 106.1 degrees E. 250507 year life with 10 years of propellant. 25059First of the improved Resurs F series. Built 25059by the Progress Central Specialized Design 25059Bureau. 25061Carried US Microgravity Payload-04 and the 25061SPTN 201-04 which was released a day late, at 250612105 GMT on 21 Nov 97. SPARTAN was Spinning. 25061Later recovered. Launched AERCAM SPRINT on 3 25061Dec 97. Landed Kennedy. 25062Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for 25062Astronomy. Released at 2105 GMT on 21 Nov 97. 25062Started spinning making experiment a loss. An 25062attempt to capture it was successful during 25062spacewalk at 0200 GMT on 25 Nov 97. It was 25062unberthed but held by the RMS on 2 Dec 97 25062while some experiments were performed. 25063Tropospherical Rainfall Measuring Mission or 25063Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. Measures 25063rainfall conditions in tropics/sub-tropics. 25064Engineering Test Satellite. Did not release 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. 25067An HS 601 platform with 32 Ku transponders. 25067To be placed over Pacific for Hawaii-Japan 25067and Asia-Pacific region at 150 degrees East. 25067Planned life is 12 years. 25068German cooperative, part of International 25068Solar Terrestrial Physics [ISTP] program to 25068study the ring current and near Earth plasma 25068sheet in the equatorial region. 25071Contract with Hughes for HS-601 Sat. Located 25071at 23-24 degrees East. 15 Year life. 25077Plane 6/Slot 2. A reserve orbit on 23 Dec 97. 25078Plane 6. Failed in summer of 1998. Cause due 25078to its Attitude Orbit Control System [AOCS]. 25086Located at 280 degrees East. Life 15 years 25088Electronic Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite. 25088Operating with Cosmos 2335. 25095Russians getting back in imagery business. 25095Four film capsules plus main camera deorbit. 25100Unit to fly around Mir to inspect for damage. 25100Launched from Progress-M 36 after it undocked 25100on 17 Dec 97. Navigation system failed and it 25100drifted away from Mir. German built. 25102Docked to Mir at 1022 GMT on 22 Dec 97. Was 25102undocked from Mir at 1916 GMT on 15 Mar 98 & 25102deorbited in the South Pacific the next day. 25104Plane 2/Slot 5. 25105Plane 2. 25106Plane 2/Slot 7. 25107Plane 2. Attitude Control failure - retired. 25108Plane 2/Slot 9. 25110International comms for the Atlantic region. 25110Operated over 64 degrees East. 15 years life. 25112Plane A. 25113Plane A. 25114Plane A. 25115Plane A. 25116Plane A. 25117First group of operational satellites. The 25117system consists of 24 satellites. This starts 25117Plane A. Name sometimes uses just FM-number. 25118Plane A. 25119Plane A. 25123First launch of EarthWatch's satellite from 25123the Svobodny [former ICBM] launch site. The 25123company lost contact on 28 Dec 1997. 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. 25131Lunar Prospector. Five Sensors to map the 25131composition of the Moon from low altitude. 25131To check chemical composition of surface, the 25131magnetic and gravity fields, and if there is 25131frozen water near the poles. Went into Luna 25131orbit on 11 Jan 1998. 25134British Ministry of Defence communications. 25143Eighth Mir mission. Delivered Andy Thomas and 25143retrieved David Wolf from Mir. Docked with 25143the SO module on Mir at 2014 GMT 24 Jan 98. 25143Undocked from Mir at 1657 GMT on 29 Jan 98. 25143Landed Kennedy Space Center at 2235 GMT on 2514331 Jan 98. 25146Docked to the Mir at 1754 GMT on 31 Jan 98. 25146Undocked at 0205 GMT on 25 Aug 98 with 3 25146Cosmonauts and landed at 0523 GMT, 25 Aug 98. 25148Reported to be in a highly elliptical orbit. 25152Location 295 degrees East. 25153Location 65 degrees East. Life: 13 years. 25157GEOSAT Follow-On for the US Navy. To gather 25157ocean topography and circulation data. 25158High latitude part of system. 25159High latitude part of system. 25160Second launch of Human remains for 'burial in 25160space'. The 150 containers are attached to 25160this 4th stage. 25162Mobile voice network of 48 satellites. First 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. 25163Mobile voice network of 48 satellites with 25163all launched by the end of 1998. 8 Planes. 25163AKA GLOBALSTAR-U2. 2nd satellite dispensed to 25163Plane 1 from the upper dispenser. 25164Mobile voice network of 48 satellites. Called 25164L1 as 1st dispensed from lower dispenser. 25164Plane 1. 25165Mobile voice network of 48 satellites. Called 25165L2 as 2nd dispensed from lower dispenser. 25165Plane 1. 25167Believed to be a high resolution system. May 25167be related to Iraqi inspection problem. 25169Plane 5. 25170Plane 5. 25171Plane 5. 25172Plane 5. 25173Plane 5. 25175Communications & Broadcasting Engineering 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. 25233Student Nitric Oxide Explorer. University of 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]. 25234Original name was BATSAT [Broadband Advanced 25234Technology Satellite]. Appears that was a 25234cover to keep secret this first Teledesic 25234launch. This will be 1st Ka band LEO mission. 25237Part of Eutelsat system. 25239Planned to serve the Americas. 25256New rocket package for attitude control. 25256Docked to Mir complex on 16 March 98. 25258Military mission. 25260Improved SPOT-1/2/3s with 5 year life. 25262Plane 4 spare. Tracking & Control problem. 25263Plane 4/Slot 11. 25272Plane 3. 25273Plane 3. 25274Plane 3. 25275Plane 3. 25276Plane 3. 25280Small Explorer. Payload is Transitional 25280Region And Coronal Explorer. To explore the 25280three dimensional magnetic structures which 25280emerge through the visible surface of Sun. 25285Plane 1. 25286Plane 1. 25287Plane 1. 25288Plane 1. 25289Plane 1. 25290Plane 1. 25291Plane 1. 25297Payload is Neurolab Spacelab. 2,089 life 25297forms including 2 scientists, 5 astronauts, 2529718 pregnant mice, 135 snails, 152 rats, 233 25297fish and 1,514 crickets. Landed Kennedy SC at 252971609 GMT on 3 May 1998. 25306Plane 2. 25307Plane 2. 25308Plane 2. 25309Plane 2. 25311First Egyptian communications satellite. 25312Broadcast Satellite Corp. To provide services 25312to the Japanese NHK network. 25315Reportedly a Missile Warning mission to look 25315at Asian area [India & Pakistan]. ?Comms? 25319Plane 2. Failure with electrical subsystem. 25320Plane 2. Failed in summer of 1998. Cause may 25320be due to loss of its primary link system. 25327Replacement missile warning satellite. Took 25327up an empty slot that had previously been 25327filled by Cosmos 2222 and Cosmos 2076. 25331Planned life 10 years. A solar panel has not 25331deployed in the first two weeks of life. 25336Military mission. 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. 25340Docked to Mir at 2351 GMT 16 May 98. 25342Plane 1. 25343Plane 1. 25344Plane 1. 25345Plane 1. 25346Plane 1. 25354Lockheed Martin won contract: 18C 20Ku bands. 25356Ninth Mir mission. Delivered Logistic Module. 25356Picked up Andy Thomas. Last Mir docking took 25356place at 1700 GMT on 4 Jun 98. The undocking 25356took place at 1608 GMT on 8 Jun 98. Four days 25356later, at 1800 GMT, STS 91 landed at Kennedy. 25358Second Norwegian communications satellite 25358built for Norway. 2536321st Six-Pack launch. Appears the booster had 25363a malfunction in that the satellites were 25363left in an elliptical orbit instead of the 25363usual 1,400 km circular orbit. 2536421st Six-Pack launch. 2536521st Six-Pack launch. 2536621st Six-Pack launch. 2536721st Six-Pack launch. 2536821st Six-Pack launch. 25371To be placed at 87.5 degrees East. 253734th generation high resolution mission. 2nd 25373system launched this year. Days of imagery 25373coverage have exceeded 1997. 25376Believed to be a 5th generation NRT system. 25376While not unprecedented, launching 2 imagery 25376missions within 24 hours is especially unique 25376these days. Russian imagery launches have 25376been low in number recently. 1995=3; 1996=3 25376(2 failed); 1997=2; 1998=3 (through June). It 25376would have indicated very high interest in an 25376area/situation in past. Pakistan? India? 25379Replacement for Molniya 3-39 or 3-44. 25383Mars orbiter to study upper-atmospheric 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. 25389First satellite launched by submarine [D-IV]. 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. 25390Launched from Barents Sea by Delta class SSBN 25390at 69.3 N & 35.3 E. Will monitor transmitters 25390on vehicles, migrating animals and marine 25390buoys in support of TUBSAT-N. 25394Fourth of this new series. Others were Cosmos 253941689 and 1939 plus the one first reported as 25394RESURS O-1. 25395Replacement for FASAT-ALPHA that did not 25395separate from CIS satellite SICH-1 in a CIS 25395launch on 31 August 1995. 25396Carries imagery camera & communications link. 25397Planned high resolution Earth observation 25397satellite with Ku band downlink of images. 25398Geodesy mission with Laser Retroflectors. 25399Commercial data relay satellite. It will act 25399as a store-dump type system. Called SAtellite 25399For Information Retrieval. 25404German-Chinese agreement to build this for 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. 25406Electronic Intelligence mission built by 25406Yuzhnoe Co. of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. 25413Plane B. 25414Plane B. 25415Plane B. 25416Plane B. 25417Plane B. 25418Plane B. 25419Plane B. 25420Plane B. 25424Following first short separation and capture, 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. 25429Carried 3 Cosmonauts and docked to the rear 25429[Kvant] docking port. Docked at 1056 GMT on 2542915 Aug 98. Undocked with cosmonauts Padalka & 25429Bella [from Soyuz TM-29] at 2252 GMT 27 Feb. 25429Landed 58 km north of Arkalyk at 0214 GMT on 2542928 Feb 99. 25431Used first as ground test vehicle. Placed in 25431Plane 2 as a replacement vehicle. 25432Plane 2 replacement satellite. 254601st comm satellite for Singapore Telecom and 25460Chunghwa Telecom of Taiwan. To be placed at 2546088 degrees East in support of Middle East and 25460Far East customers. 25462Improved Astra satellite. New slot initiated 25462at 28.2 degrees East. 25467Plane 6 spare/replacement satellite. 25468Plane 6 replacement satellite. 25469Plane 6 replacement satellite. 25470Plane 6 replacement satellite. Failure due to 25470Attitude Control system. 25471Plane 6 space/replacement satellite. 25473Built by Space Systems/Loral and will be 25473orbited over the Indian Ocean 25475Plane C. 25476Plane C. 25477Plane C. 25478Plane C. 25479Plane C. 25480Plane C. 25481Plane C. 25482Plane C. 25485Some reports had this as Cosmos 2361, a 25485possible Missile Warning satellite. USSC and 25485NASA agreed on a Molniya 1 mission. 25489Sensor Technology Experiment [STEX] for US 25489DoD including the Advanced Tether EXperiment. 25489Original names were USA 140 and STEX. Now has 25489no USA number. 25491Upgraded Eutelsat satellite. 25492To be placed at about 5 degrees East. 25495Planned for 13 degrees East. 25501US Navy Fleet Comms UHF Follow-On. A UFO! 25503Dummy satellite equivalent to CommSat. 25504Environmental data collection. Improved bird. 25508Using Remote Agent [Artificial Intelligence] 25508for control, it was to fly by the asteroid 25508McAuliffe in 1999, plus Mars and comet West- 25508Kohoutek-Ikemura in 2000. Targets now unsure. 25508June 1998 selection is for asteroid 1992 KD 25508as the target. Ion engine working well. 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. 25512Docked to the Mir on 27 Oct 98. Carried the 25512ZNAMYA-2.5 illumination experiment. Undocked 25512on 4 Feb 99 and attempted to deploy Znamya 25512experiment. It possibly got tangled in with 25512an antenna. A second attempt was tried on the 255125th with no success. Was supposed to be 10 25512times brighter than a full moon. 25515WorldSpace satellite at 21 degrees East. Has 25515been having problems with payload interface 25515unit and cannot upload corrective software. 25516Planned for 267 degrees East. Life 15 years. 25519Carries single space habitation module. Sen. 25519John Glenn, Political Specialist-1, on board. 25519Launched PANSAT and SPARTAN 201-05. Landed in 25519Florida at 1704 GMT on 7 Nov 98. 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. 25521Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for 25521[X-ray] Astronomy. Launched from the shuttle 25521at 1859 GMT on 1 Nov. Observed Sun's corona. 25521Retrieved by shuttle crew on 3 Nov 98. 25522Builder is Space Systems/Loral. To be placed 25522over the Pacific Ocean. 25527Plane 5. First used as a ground test vehicle. 25527Attitude Control or propulsion system failed. 25528Plane 5 spare/replacement satellite. 25529Plane 5 replacement. Communications failure. 25530Plane 5 replacement. 25531Plane 5 replacement. 25533Launched at 1930 GMT from Mir during space 25533walk on 10 Nov 98. 25544Functional Energy Block [FGB] or Space Tug 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. 25546A Hughes HS-376HP satellite with 8 Ku-band 25546transponders. For domestic use by Media Most 25546and will transmit 50 TV channels to western 25546Russia. Placed at 36 degrees East. 25549First Space Station Assembly Flight. Unity 25549module unberthed at 2225 GMT on 5th. Soft 25549docked to Zarya 0207 GMT on 7th. Hard docking 25549completed 41 minutes later. Undocked at 2025 25549GMT 13 Dec 98. Released SAC-A & MIGHTYSAT-01 25549During the next two days. Did the deorbit 25549burn at 0248 GMT on 18 Dec 98 and landed 0353 25549GMT at Kennedy Space Center. 25550Tests for a Differential GPS [DGPS] & Charge 25550Coupled Device [CCD] camera to perform 25550digital space photography. 25551Experimental Technology satellite built by 25551CTA. GAS launch from shuttle bay. 2555810 times more powerful than Morelos 02 that 25558it will replace. Operated by Satellites 25558Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. which replaces the 25558Mexican Telecoms Ministry. 25560Sub millimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite to 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. 25567Civil Navigation Satellite. Life: 4 years. 25568Magnetospheric research microsatellite. 25571AKA Mars Climate Orbiter. Carrying the first 25571Russian [IR] instrument on US interplanetary 25571probe & is start of US-Russian Mars Together 25571cooperative program. At 0850 GMT on 23 Sep 99 25571the insertion burn to orbit Mars commenced. 25571Navigation error probably caused MCO to enter 25571atmosphere and either break up or directly 25571impact Mars' surface. 25575First US International Space Station portion. 25575Took 3, 2 man, space walks to make external 25575connections. Shuttle departed ISS Unity at 255752025 GMT on 13 December 1998. USSC assigned 25575International & Catalog numbers but will not 25575list it as a separate element set. Check ISS 25575Zarya [25544] for the TLE. 25577Plane 2 spare. Sometimes called # 011A. 25578Plane 2 replacement satellite. Called # 020A. 25585A backup for PAS-6. Formerly called PAS-9. 25590Expected life of 5 years. 25593First replacement for degraded system since 2559313 Dec 95. Replaced Cosmos 2235 in Plane 1. 25593Was listed as unusable on 8 Aug 2002. 25594Replacement for Cosmos 2295. Was listed as 25594unusable on 5 Aug 2002. Back by 14 August. 25595Replacement for Cosmos 2178. Was withdrawn 25595from service on 8 July 2002. 25605Was called Mars Surveyor 98 [for 1998] Lander 25605and will land in Polar region. Will carry a 25605stereo camera, 2 soil penetrators and Russian 25605laser-ranging instrument. AKA Polar Lander. 25615Advanced Tether EXperiment attached to STEX. 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. 25616Bids opened for up to 7 small scientific sats 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. 25618Mission is to fly through tail [100 km from 25618comet] of P/Wild-2, & return dust to Earth. 25618Passed within 3,300 km of the asteroid 25618Annefrank at 0450 GMT on 2 November 2002. The 25618asteroid is much larger and dimmer than was 25618anticipated. It arrived at P/Wild-2 in Jan 256182004 and collected it's dust samples. At 1730 25618GMT on 14 Jan 2006 Stardust passed the Moon. 25618The sample return capsule was released at 256180557 GMT the next day. Finally, at 1005 GMT 25618the SRC main parachute deployed. Five minutes 25618later the capsule landed at the USAF Utah 25618Test and Training Range after traveling about 256184.64 billion kilometers. By 30 Jan 2006 the 25618JPL deactivated all but the most essential 25618systems. Sort of in cold storage pending a 25618decision as to the next scientific mission. 25621Plane 8 of mobile voice network of 48 birds. 25621Group [FM23, FM40, FM36 & FM38] is the first 25621to use Ikar upper stage built by Starsem of 25621Suresnes, France. 25622Plane 8. 25623Plane 8. 25624Plane 8. 25626Follow-on system. At 267 degrees East with 24 25626C- and 28 Ku-band transponders. 25630Advanced version for this program. 25632Probably the last mission to Mir. Brought up 25632a Russian, Frenchman and Slovak. Frenchman to 25632remain through August under the "Perseus" 25632contract. Docked to Mir at 0536 GMT on 22nd. 25632Undocked from Mir at 2117 GMT on 27 Aug 99 & 25632the crew landed at 0035 GMT on 28 Aug 99 in 25632Kazakhstan. The Mir is now abandoned. 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. 25635Danish ELV secondary payload to conduct an 25635accurate global mapping of the Earth vector 25635magnetic field. 25636Announced in 1991 to promote development of 25636industrial & educational space engineering. 25636Carries a stereo color Earth imager & amateur 25636communications equipment for Stellenbosch U. 25638Built by Alcatel Space Industries for the 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. 25639British Ministry of Defence satellite built 25639by Matra Marconi Space UK. To be deployed at 256396 degrees East. 25642Mission using a new Breeze-M upper stage on a 25642regular Proton-K booster. 25646Small Explorer. Payload is the Wide field 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. 25649Plane 3. 25650Plane 3. 25651Plane 3. 25652Plane 3. 25657Replacement for ASIASAT-3 that was placed in 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. 25661Test payload for this first sea launch. Lift 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. 25664Replace Mir supplies. Probably 2nd to last. 25664Docked to Kvant rear port at 1246 GMT on 4 25664Apr 99. It undocked at 1120 GMT 17 Jul 99 and 25664deorbited over the Pacific later in the day. 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. 25669Reported to have been placed in an improper 25669orbit. Correction capability uncertain. 25673Upgraded EutelSat satellites. 25676Plane 3. Plane 5 initially. 25677Plane 4. Plane 5 initially. 25678Plane 4. Plane 5 initially. 25679Plane 5. 25682Seventh US Earth resources type satellite. It 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. 25685Small Russian/French Comm satellite. Was hand 25685launched from Mir during a spacewalk. It was 25685brought up to Mir by Progress-M 41. This was 25685first time US Space Command initially gave 25685new International Number to new payload not 25685launched from land site. Corrected now. 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. 25721A BRoadband Imaging X-ray All-sky Survey Sat. 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. 25722Built by MegSat, division of Gruppo Meggiorin 25722companies. It carries experimental high bit 25722rate data transmission payload. 25724Centaur motor failed to place satellite in 25724proper orbit. 25727The 2nd stage failed during it's 2nd burn. It 25727is in useless orbit & probably unrecoverable. 25727Planned to serve the Asia-Pacific area with 2572733 Ku-band and 10 C-band transponders. 25730Expanding weather prediction capabilities. 25731Research satellite. 25735Tomographic Experiment using Radiative 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. 25736Multiple Beam Beyond Line-of-sight Comms. 25736US Army's Communications-Electronic Command 25736[CECOM] experimental system. 25737Burial in space of human remains. Package on 257373rd stage. Not a payload by NASA standards. 25740DBS satellite for Canada. 160 TV channels. 25744Military mission. 25756To monitor the world's oceans. Has a Ku-band 25756altimeter, scanning microwave radiometer and 25756thermal IR capability. 25757Remote sensing. 25758German Aerospace Research Establishment [DLR] 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. 25760Outfit International Space Station. Docked to 25760ISS at 0424 GMT on 29 May 99. Space walks to 25760attach cranes and other material to ISS. It 25760undocked at 2239 GMT on 3 Jun 99. Landed at 25760Kennedy SC 0602 GMT on 6 Jun 99. 25769The Student Tracked Atmospheric Research 25769Satellite for Heuristic International 25769Networking Equipment is a 48.3 cm sphere with 25769878 circular mirrors around the surface. It 25769was released from the shuttle at 0721 GMT 5 25769Jun 99 & is available for 25,000 students to 25769study Earth's atmospheric density based on 25769orbital changes. Decay expected in 8 months. 25770Plane 4. 25771Plane 4. 25772Plane 4. 25773Plane 4. 25777Plane 1 spare satellite. 25778Plane 1 spare satellite. 25785Communications for Europe using 28 Ku- and 2 25785Ka-band transponders. 25789Quick Scatterometer mission to study ocean 25789winds [400,000 measurements per day]. Ball 25789Aerospace of Colorado built and launched this 25789satellite in less than a year. 25791Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Explorer. Two of 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. 25847Replacement for Molniya 3 system. 25851Plane 5. 25852Plane 5. 25853Plane 5. 25854Plane 5. 25858Last resupply for the Mir? Docked to Kvant 25858port at 1753 GMT on 18 Jul 99. 25860Oceanographic studies. Carries an attached 25860science package called IRIS-1. 25866Deployed CXO astrophysics facility. Had minor 25866Hydrogen leak on lift off that caused a lower 25866orbit than intended. Could have been disaster 25866if larger. Landed KSC at 0320 GMT 28 Jul 99. 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. 25872Plane 6. 25873Plane 6. 25874Plane 6. 25875Plane 6. 25880P.T. Telkomunikasi's voice & data system that 25880will operate to 2013. 32 C-band transponders. 25883Plane 7. 25884Plane 7. 25885Plane 7. 25886Plane 7. 258891st imagery mission of 1999. 1st dual imagery 25889[with Cosmos 2359] capability since Cosmos 258892349 was deorbited on 2 Apr 98. 25892Part of military navigation satellite system. 25892Replaces Cosmos 2218. 25894Part of original plan as ground spare. Will 25894be stationed at 116 degrees East. 25896Replacement for Express satellites. Venture 25896by RKKE and RAO Gasprom, the Russian natural 25896gas monopoly. 12 C-band transponders. 25897Replacement for Express satellites. Venture 25897by RKKE and RAO Gasprom, the Russian natural 25897gas monopoly. 12 C-band transponders. 25902Microgravity experiments for RKA. Experiments 25902from France, Germany, Sweden and others. The 25902Swedish experiments will send data direct to 25902Earth. All experiments will be recovered. 25907Plane 7. Plane 8 initially. 25908Plane 8. 25909Plane 7. Plane 8 initially. 25910Plane 8. 25913Initially placed in supersynchronous transfer 25913orbit. Ku-band system to support Dish TV. 25919Commercial Remote Sensing System. Called just 25919Ikonos by some. One meter resolution B&W and 25919four meter resolution color cameras. 25922Follow-on system. At 231 degrees East. Has 24 25922C- and 24 Ku-band transponders. To Provide 25922communications for North America. 25924Lockheed Martin Intersputnik satellite to be 25924located at 75 degrees East. Use is for East 25924European - Central Asia communications. 25929Second improved Resurs F series. Built by the 25929Progress Central Specialized Design Bureau. 25933Replacement GPS satellite. 25937Launched from approximately 206 degrees East 25937on the equator. Location is 259 degrees East. 25937Carries 16 high power Ku-band transponders 25937for service to all 50 states in the USA. 25940China/Brazil Earth Resources Satellite. 25940Brazil's payload on Chinese platform. Repeats 25940track every 20 days. 20 meter resolution. 25941Satelite Cientifico. Experiments: ionospheric 25941plasma bubbles, geomagnetism, particle 25941detection, airglow photometry and GPS 25941navigation. 25943Plane 2. 25944Plane 2. 25945Plane 1. Placed near plane 2 initially. 25946Plane 1. Placed near plane 2 initially. 25949Location 348 degrees East & life 13 years. 25954Planned life of 15 years at 273 degrees East. 25956First launch of of an unmanned, man capable, 25956capsule by the Chinese. Made 14 revolutions 25956before landing in Inner Mongolia. Capsule 25956glided to Earth on 3 parachutes, and had some 25956rocket engines fire just before touchdown. 25961Plane 5 initially. 25962Plane 6 initially. 25963Between planes 6 & 7 initially. 25964Plane 6 initially. 25967US Navy UHF Fleet communications satellite. 25977High resolution images of Earth for military. 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. 25978Low frequency electronic spy mission. 25980Replacement satellite. 25981Replacement satellite. 25982Replacement satellite. 25983Replacement satellite. 25984Replacement satellite. 25985Replacement satellite. 25986Replacement satellite. 25989One of the ESA Horizon 2000 program. This is 25989the X-ray Multi-mirror Mission. The XMM will 25989complement NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. 25991Military weather satellite. 25994Earth Observing System payload to observe 25994clouds, aerosols, radioactive balance, and 25994characterization of terrestrial surface in 25994the morning [AM]. Has 5 instruments with 8 25994sensors. Life expectancy is 5 years. 25996Repair of the Hubble Space Telescope. This 25996mission required as four of the Hubble's six 25996gyros failed. Work completed with three 2-man 25996EVAs by Christmas day. Landed on runway 33 at 259960001 GMT on 28 Dec 1999. 26032Science and remote sensing for KARI. 26033Active Cavity Radiometric Irradiance Monitor. 26033One ACRIM is already aboard the UARS 26033Satellite. 26034Burial in space of human remains. Package on 260343rd stage. Not a payload by NASA standards. 26038Formerly to be launched by Sea Launch Zenit. 26038Largest Commsat ever launched. 40 Ku- & 24 C- 26038band transponders. Will be placed at 261 deg. 26038East initially. Then 253 degrees East. 26040An Elint Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite. 26042Oko-class early warning satellite. 26052Defense system. 26056Replacement for Galaxy 10. 26058Chinese civilian communications satellite 26058derived from the DFH-3 design. 26061Joint Air Force Academy-Weber State satellite 26061deployed the four other satellites on this 26061mission. Also, the NASA Plasma Experiment 26061Satellite Test [PEST] and Attitude Controlled 26061Platform [ACP] are attached. 26062Optical Calibration Sphere Experiment is an 26062Air Force Research Laboratory experiment. 26063Stanford University satellite called Orbiting 26063Picosat Automated Launcher. At least 2 of the 260634 picosats are attached by 30 meter tethers. 26064USAF Academy science mission. A previous USAF 26064Academy satellite was called Falcon Gold and 26064also FALCONSAT. This is called number 1. 26065Arizona State University Satellite. It is a 26065high resolution imaging system. 26067Supply mission for Mir needed to reactivate 26067space station. UK company Golden Apple paid 26067$7 million to use Mir for experiments. This 26067is the first of the modified supply units 26067that was to have gone to the ISS. Undocked at 260671633 GMT on 26 Apr 00 and deorbited over the 26067Pacific at 1927 GMT on 27 Apr 00. 26069First CIS ELINT mission in two years. 26071Ground spare available for replacing 1A/B. To 26071be placed at 330 degrees East. 26080Two tethered DARPA/The Aerospace Corporation 26080satellites that were ejected from OPAL-1. 26081Initially between planes 4 & 5. 26082Initially between planes 4 & 5. 26083Initially between planes 4 & 5. 26084Initially between planes 4 & 5. 26086Dummy satellite deployed from FREGAT to test 26086the Soyuz-Fregat capabilities. 26087A multiple burn capable engine that was then 26087deorbited after a couple of burns. When it 26087deorbited it used an inflatable heat shield 26087to land back on Earth. It was initally lost. 26088Shuttle Radar Topography Mission [SRTM]. Also 26088Space Radar Laboratory. The radar images of 26088Earth will be used for maps, interpreting 26088geophysical features and resource studies. 26088The 61 m SRTM mast was deployed at 2327 GMT 26088on 12 Feb. Had minor problems stowing mast on 2608821 Feb. Deorbit burn was at 2225 GMT & landed 26088KSC runway 33 at 2322 GMT on 22 Feb 00. 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. 26091Small communications test satellite. 26092Small communications test satellite. 26093Small Arizona State Univ. science satellite. 26094Small Arizona State Univ. science satellite. 26095Replacement satellite. 23 Ku- and 6 Ka-band 26095transponders. Location at 162 degrees East. 26098Five C- and 12 Ku-Band transponders. To be 26098assigned to the Ekspress-A06 position at 80 26098degrees East. 26102Multispectral Thermal Imager for the USAF to 26102test the imager for treaty monitoring. 26106Starsem had another success with this launch 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]. 26107WorldSpace satellite at 105 degrees East. 26108C-band transponders. 83 degrees East. 26113Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global 26113Exploration. To utilize neutral atom, UV and 26113radio imaging techniques. MID-sized EXplorer. 26116Special last[?] mission to Mir paid for by UK 26116Golden Apple company. Mission to last for 45 26116days. Mir status then back in doubt. Docked 26116to Mir at 0631 GMT on 6 April 2000. Undocked 26116from Mir on 15 June and deorbited, landing 26116near Arkalyk in Kazakhstan at 0044 GMT on 16 26116June 2000. 26243Siberian-European Satellite to be located at 2624348 degrees East. Life = 10 years. 26298Replacement for Galaxy 4. 26301Service Module refueling vehicle changed to 26301support MIR. Docked to MIR on 27 April and 26301delivered 2,037 kg of air-oxygen, water, food 26301and fuel plus other necessities. Docked to 26301rear [Kvant] module at 2128 GMT on 27 Apr 00. 26352Geostationary Operational Environmental 26352Satellite to support NOAA's weather needs. 26354Russian imagery satellite returning pictures 26354in a Near Real Time manner. 26356First fully successful Titan launch from ETR 26356in four tries. 26360Upgraded replacement for GPS satellites. This 26360is probably the 4,400 attempt to put an 26360object in orbit since Sputnik-1. 26365Test Briz-KM upper stage with dummy payload. 26366Test Briz-KM upper stage with dummy payload. 26368ISS mission to replace batteries and move the 26368station to a higher orbit. Docked at 0431 GMT 26368on 21 May to Unity module. Crew performed 26368external and internal work on ISS. Undocked 26368ISS at 2303 GMT on 26 May. Commenced deorbit 26368burns at 0512 GMT and landed runway 15 at 26368Kennedy SC at 0620 GMT on 29 May 2000. 26369Planned for 36 degrees East. 26372Replacement satellite. Believed to be the 26372last of this series. It has 6 C-band, and one 26372each L- and Ku-band transponders. 26374Tri-Service Experiment Mission 5. Will carry 26374two experiments: Space Technology Research 26374Vehicle-2 [STRV-2] and Compact Environmental 26374Anomaly Sensor [CEASE]. 26378Five C- and 12 Ku-Band transponders. 26382Weather satellite. Spin stabilized like our 26382older generation GOES satellites. 26384Civil Navigation Satellite. Life: 4 years. 26384Carries the COSPAR-SARSAT equipment used to 26384locate distress signals from ships and 26384aircraft. 26385A small experimental communications satellite 26385built in the UK. It will rendezvous with the 26385SNAP-1 satellite. 26386This is a cube, about the size of a suitcase. 26386Has own navigation, rockets & imaging systems 26386capable of inspecting other satellites in 26386orbit. To rendezvous with TZINGHUA-1. 26388New Tactical Data Relay Satellite for NASA. 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. 26390Sirius Satellite Radio of New York. Direct 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. 26394Geyzer military communication relay satellite 26394with a five year life. Reached geosynchronous 26394orbit at 0620 GMT on 5 July 2000. 26400For attachment to the FGB. 3 units then over 2640036 m long. Prime Progress docking port. Fuel 26400passes through this module to the FGB. Docked 26400to the ISS at 0045 GMT on 26 July 2000. ISS 26400is now ready for the first manned stay. 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. 26404To observe energy particles in space and the 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. 26405Will do geophysical, geodetic & oceanographic 26405studies and forecast the weather. CHAMP means 26405Challenging Mini-satellite Payload. 26406Carries future satellites' test components. 26406BIRD = Bispectral InfraRed Detection. 26407Upgraded replacement for GPS satellites. 26410Eleven instruments will provide the only 3-D 26410fast diagnostic tool for studying the Earth- 26410Sun connection and entry of plasma into the 26410magnetosphere. 26411Eleven instruments will provide the only 3-D 26411fast diagnostic tool for studying the Earth- 26411Sun connection and entry of plasma into the 26411magnetosphere. 26414Experimental technology satellite for USAF. 26414Carries a hyperspectral imager for Earth 26414imaging & spectroscopy plus other experiments 26414such as advanced solar arays. 26451A Hughes HS-601HP communications satellite. 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. 26461First ISS refueling and resupply mission. It 26461docked to the station at 2013 GMT on 8 Aug. 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. 26464See Cluster II-FM5 and FM6 write ups. 26469It will serve over 700 million people during 26469it's 12 year lifetime. Provide Communications 26469and TV to South America. 26470Second Egyptian communications satellite. To 26470provide coverage from North Africa to the Far 26470East. Built by ASTRIUM, a joint venture by 26470EADS and British Aerospace. 26473National Reconnaissance Office mission. 26476Demonstration satellite on new launcher. The 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. 26477This civil [military?] communications unit 26477has been called Cosmos 2372 by some. NASA is 26477using the Raduga name. 26481Probably similar [same bus?] to the Chinese 26481Brazilian satellite [CBERS-1] launched last 26481October. Resolution 20-30 meters. 26483Direct audio services satellite. Second of a 26483radio system to supply commercial free music, 26483sports and news. System to be ready by the 26483end of 2000. 26487Replacement for EutelSat W1 that was destoyed 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. 26489Deliver mobile base and Lab system. This 11 26489day flight to unload thousands of kilograms 26489of supplies and equipment from shuttle and 26489Progress-M1 03. They will connect cables, 26489exercise equipment and install the toilet. 26489Connected to ISS at 0553 GMT on 10 Sept 2000. 26489Undocked at 0344 GMT on 18 Sept and landed at 26489Kennedy Space Center at 0757 GMT on the 20th. 26494To be co-located with ASTRA 2A in the new 26494slot at 26.2 degrees East. 26495Planned for 302 degrees East. Life 15 years. 26536This advanced Polar-orbiting Operational 26536Environmental Satellite is the first POES 26536satellite launch in the three decades of the 26536NOAA program. Also carries SARSAT equipment. 26538Previous NRT imagery mission using an SL-16 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. 26545Small Malaysian science project that will be 26545used for distant probing of the Earth. 26546Italian data relay satellite that is also for 26546environmental control. 26547Microsat for the University of Rome. For use 26547as and educational and scientific tool. 26548For Saudi Institute for Space Research and 26548designed for educational & scientific tasks. 26549For Saudi Institute for Space Research and 26549designed for educational & scientific tasks. 26552Reported to be a dual purpose 'Geodetic' 26552satellite. While possibly true, the launch 26552site and orbital characteristics match with 26552a 4th generation film return mission. Prime 26552mission is imagery with a geodetic package. 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. 2655924 Ku-band transponders - for 110 East. 26561Replacement for High Energy Transient Exper. 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. 26563Deliver space station Z-1 truss and PMA 3, 26563pressurized mating adapter. Docked with ISS 26563at 1745 GMT on 13 October 2000. Electrical 26563short did not stop assembly of Z-1 and PMA-3 26563on the 14th. Landed Edwards AFB CA, 2059 GMT 26563on 24 October 2000. 26564An interim attempt to keep the Glonass system 26564operating with 12 units through 2002. 26565Glonass replacement. 26566Glonass system replacement. 26570Resupply for the Mir. Brings fuel to boost 26570the Mir for a planned February 2001 visit by 26570what might be the last crew. Docked Mir on 21 26570October 2000. Undocked at 0519 GMT on 25 Jan 265702001 and was deorbited over the Pacific at 265700258 GMT on 29 January. 26575Military mission. 26578Mobile communications satellite to support 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. 26580Planned for 277 degrees East. Life 15 years. 26580Separated from Proton at 0441 GMT 22 Oct 00. 26590A satellite to be placed at 45 degrees East. 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]. 26599The first experimental navigation satellite. 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. 26603First launch to start the permanent presence 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. 26605Upgraded GPS replacement. Will enter service 26605in December 2000. The are 15 more satellites 26605in the Block IIR series for launch through 266052005 by Delta boosters. 26608Replaces PAS-1. Placement over Atlantic. 26609Advanced capabilities for amateur radio. In 26609addition to multiple frequencies, it carries 26609an ammonia arcjet thruster, a laser comm. 26609experiment, and the first to have deployable 26609solar panels. 26610Space Technology Research Vehicle to perform 26610accelerated life testing of new components & 26610materials in the high radiation environment 26610of GTO. 26611Space Technology Research Vehicle with an NRL 26611Space Test Program experiment [S97-2], a 26611camera, technology and computer experiments. 26615Station Alpha refueling and resupply. Brought 266152,400 kg of food, fuel and instruments. It 26615was manually docked to Station Alpha at 0348 26615GMT on 18 Nov 2000. Undocked 1623 GMT 1 Dec. 26617An Earthwatch satellite with a 1 m resolution 26617capability. The 2nd stage failed to re-ignite 26617at apogee and the 2nd stage/payload crashed 26617after midnight GMT. Objects were reported to 26617be burning in the atmosphere at about 35 S & 2661756 W. That equates to the River La Plata 26617estuary south of Montevideo, Uruguay. 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. 26620Satellite de Aplicaciones Cientificas-C. Will 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. 26621This Swedish nanosatellite will study the 26621aurora, which occurs when charged particles 26621collide with particles in Earth's atmosphere. 26624A Boeing built satellite with 48 Ku- & 36 C- 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. 26626CD Radio of Washington, DC. Ground Spare in 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. 26630Supply Station Alpha and deliver P6 power 26630module batteries and solar arrays. The 7,908 26630kg arrays, when deployed, will be 73.2 m from 26630tip to tip. Docked to Alpha at 1959 GMT on 2 26630Dec 2000. Installed the solar arrays & helped 26630inside the station. Undocked from station at 266301913 GMT on 9 Dec. After storing equipment, 26630the shuttle landed at Kennedy Space Center at 266302303 GMT on 11 Dec 2000. 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. 26635National Reconnaissance Office mission. 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. 26639A C-band TV and data distribution system for 26639GE Americom. Placed at 221 degrees East. With 2663924 C-band transponders, it is planned to 26639service the Alaskan area. 26640A 6 meter diameter antenna that was deployed 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. 26643Chinese for Northern Dipper, equivalent to 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. 26664This is the second 'unmanned' test of China's 26664plan to put men in space. The craft does have 26664some animals on board. It is expected that 26664there will be one or two more tests before a 26664human is sent up - in 2002? 2666632 Ku-band transponders - 42 degrees East. 26666It will cover Europe, the Middle East & Asia 26666during it's planned 15 year life. 26688Mir refueling mission carrying 2,677 kg of 26688fuel in order to ensure a fully controlled 26688deorbit of the space station. Docked to the 26688Mir at 0533 GMT on 27 Jan 01. Remained with 26688Mir through the end. Main deorbit burn was at 266880550 GMT on 23 March 2001. Impact was in the 26688vicinity of 40 South / 200 East. 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. 26694Sistema Italiana de Communicazione Ricervente 26694Allarmi. For 16 degrees East. Was thought to 26694be part of civilian commsat to save money. 26694Original launch was reported to be in 1995. 26695British Ministry of Defence communications. 26695It is the 21st & last of the OTS/ECS class 26695European Communications Satellites first 26695launched in September 1977. 26698Delivered Lab, airlock & high pressure gases. 26698Docked with Alpha at 1651 GMT on 9 Feb 2001. 26698Lab Destiny was docked to the Unity module at 266981900 GMT on 10 Feb. Atlantis undocked at 1406 26698GMT on 16 Feb 01, but the East coast landing 26698on the 18th was waved off due to bad weather. 26698Atlantis finally landed at Edwards AFB at 266982033 GMT on 20 Feb. 26700USA laboratory module. Following a small leak 26700of ammonia over spacewalker Bob Curbeam's 26700spacesuit, Destiny was docked to the Unity 26700module at 1900 GMT on 10 Feb 2001. 26702A combined astronomy & aeronomy mission. The 26702satellite payloads include a submillimeter 26702wave astronomy instrument and a radiometer 26702for atmospheric studies. 26713Resupply of the Alpha station. Docked to the 26713Zvezda -Y port at 0950 GMT on 28 Feb 01. 267152nd generation of US Dod missions. 26718Logistics and outfitting mission. Carried the 26718Italian made Leonardo module with up to ten 26718tons of cargo. Docked to PMA-2 port at 0639 26718GMT on 10 Mar 01. The Leonardo module was 26718attached to Unity on 12 Mar, and placed back 26718in Discovery on 18 Mar 2001. Undocked at 0432 26718GMT 19 Mar. Landed Kennedy Space Center at 267180731 GMT on 21 Mar 2001. 26719New name for the EUTELSAT W satellites. 26720Four Ku-band transponders - for 110 East. Is 26720the second orbital STAR-class TV satellite. 26724Initially, XM-2 was called Roll, while XM-1 26724was called Rock. Carries S-band transponders. 26734Full name: 2001 Mars Odyssey. Part of NASA's 26734Mars Exploration Program. The three primary 26734instruments are: THEMIS [Thermal Emission 26734Imaging System]; GRS [Gamma Ray Spectrometer] 26734and the MARIE [Mars Radiation Environment 26734Experiment]. Went into Mars orbit on 24 Oct 267342001. To scan Mars from January 2002 through 26734July 2004. 26736EKRAN replacement - possibly the last. 26745Experimental communications satellite similar 26745to INSAT-2 satellites. More fuel than planned 26745was used to raise GSAT-1 and it was unable to 26745reach its final geostationary position. 26747Delivered Raffaello MPLM-2 and new Canadarm-2 26747to ALPHA. Docked at 1359 GMT on 21 Apr. The 26747Canadarm-2 [SSRMS or LEE] unberthed from the 26747shuttle at 1114 GMT on 23 Apr and attached to 26747Alpha at 1416 GMT. Raffaello unberthed from 26747Endeavour at 1458 GMT on 23 Apr and docked to 26747Unity module at 1600 GMT. After Cargo racks 26747were removed, it was unberthed at 2003 GMT on 2674727 Apr and reberthed in shuttle at 2059 GMT. 26747Undocked Alpha at 1734 GMT on 29 Apr. Landed 26747runway 22, Edwards AFB at 1611 GMT, 1 May 01. 26749This mission is to replace the Soyuz TM-31 26749unit that is near the end of it's 'use-by' 26749date. Carries another 'tourist' into space. 26749This would make Mr. Tito the 14th commercial 26749or tourist in space. Some have said that the 26749Cuban, Syrian, Vietnamese, etc. cosmonauts 26749were really 'political' tourists. Docked to 26749the Zarya module at 0758 GMT on 30 Apr. Was 26749undocked and moved to the Pirs port between 267491048 and 1104 GMT on 19 October. Undocked 26749again at 0139 GMT on 31 Oct 2001 with the 26749Soyuz TM-33 crew. It landed 180 km SE of 26749Dzhezkazgan at 0459 GMT the same day. 26761This satellite finishes the North American 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. 26766A Boeing BSS 601HP communications satellite. 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. 26770NRO's Geosynchronous Liteweight Technology 26770Experiment to test laser communications. 26773ISS resupply mission 4P. Carries equipment & 26773food including spare computer equipment for 26773Destiny. Docked with Zvezda's aft port at 267730024 GMT on 23 May 2001. Undocked Alpha early 26773on 22 Aug 2001 and destructively deorbited 26773over the South Pacific later in the day. 267754th generation imagery return mission. It is 26775expected that three cannisters of film will 26775be returned with the last, and the camera, 26775being recovered in late September 2001. The 26775last 4th gen mission was out of Tyuratam on 2677529 September 2000. 26818Parus class navigation satellite. Last launch 26818of this type was on 26 Aug 1999. 26824Follow on Intelsat communications satellite. 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. 26853The 32 Ku-band transponders will deliver TV 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. 26857First successful launch for New ICO [formerly 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. 26859Microwave Anistropy Probe. Mission using 26859radiometer to provide understanding of 26859cosmological structure formation model that 26859describes our universe. MID-sized EXplorer. 26862Mission for the delivery of the Space Station 26862Airlock. Docked with Alpha at 0308 GMT on 14 26862July 2001. Airlock [Quest] installed and used 26862for the first time on 21 July. Undocked from 26862Alpha at 0455 GMT on 22 July. Landed Kennedy 26862Space Center at 0339 GMT on 25 July 2001. 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. 26864Carries four Ku-band transponders and was to 26864be placed at 110 degrees East. Failure of the 26864Ariane 510 booster to place it in its proper 26864orbit may have doomed the mission. 26867Based on NASA's first name [1-K] this may be 26867a new system. However, All NASA sections have 26867now listed this as Molniya 3-51. 26871Geostationary Operational Environmental Sat. 26871A NOAA weather satellite. Has a single solar 26871array, a solar attitude control sail and a 26871new solar soft X-ray imager. 26873Solar observing and near Earth particle 26873radiation instruments to detect Solar events 26873and resulting terrestrial interaction. 26880USAF reported that the upper stage placed the 26880satellite in its final orbit, with separation 26880taking place at 1430 GMT. 26884Mission to collect sample of the Solar wind 26884and return it to Earth for detailed analysis. 26884Lead: California Institute of Technology. 26884The satellite passed by Earth about 2200 GMT 26884on 1 May 2004 at an altitude of 386,000 km. 26884The Genesis Sample Return Capsule separated 26884at about 1153 GMT on 8 September 2004. The 26884Genesis probe then headed into an elongated 26884Heliocentric orbit. The SRC entered the 26884atmosphere at 1555 GMT but the parachute did 26884not deploy and three minutes later the 26884capsule impacted at the Dugway Proving Ground 26884in Utah. Some of the samples have been 26884recovered and are being used by scientists. 26888Delivered Leonardo MPLM. Also delivered the 26888third Alpha crew and brought the current crew 26888home. Docked to Alpha at 1842 GMT on 12 Aug 268882001. Two spacewalks to install equipment 26888were performed on 16 and 18 Aug. The Leonardo 26888MPLM was attached to the Unity module at 1554 26888GMT on the 13th. 3,300 kg of cargo were moved 26888to Alpha and 1,700 kg were placed in the unit 26888for return to Earth. The unit was unberthed 26888at 1816 GMT and placed back in the payload 26888bay at 1917 GMT on 19 Aug. Undocked at 1452 26888GMT, 20 Aug. Landed Kennedy 1823 GMT on 22 26888Aug 2001. 26889Simplesat is to test methods for building 26889cheap astronomical satellites. It has a 0.3 m 26889optical telescope and a GPS attitude control 26889system. It was ejected from a GAS canister at 268891830 GMT on 20 Aug 2001. 26890Carried nearly 3,000 kg of food, supplies and 26890equipment. Docked to Alpha about 1000 GMT on 2689023 August. Undocked and deorbited on 22 Nov. 26892Believed to be a missile warning satellite 26892similar to Cosmos 2345, launched in Aug 1997. 26898Carries laser retroreflectors for geodesy. 26899This Vehicle Evaluation Payload for the H-2A 26899is a conical ballast payload with monitoring 26899instrumentation attached to the second stage. 26899NASA lists this as a rocket body - not as a 26899payload. 26900For Indian Ocean Coverage using C- & Ku-band 26900transceivers. 15 year life. Planned for 66 26900degrees East as a replacement for Intelsat 26900602, which will be moved to 33 degrees East. 26904Two tethered satellites were released from 26904Mightysat II.1 [Sindri] early in Sept 2001. 26905The USAF announced that the satellite was 26905successfully separated from the booster. 26908Russian Docking Compartment Module-1 for ISS. 26908It docked to Alpha at 0105 GMT on 17 Sep 01. 26908Called Pirs [Pier] by the Russians. The Pirs 26908will remain a part of Alpha. Progress DC-1 26908[AKA Progress M-SO1] undocked at 1536 GMT on 2690826 Sep & deorbited into the Pacific at 2330. 2692726 Ku-band transponders - 352 degrees East. 26927To replace Telecom 2A and provide TV, telecom 26927and data services to Europe and transatlantic 26927links as required. 26929Project by NASA GSFC and built by NRL, this 26929geodetic sphere satellite will be observed by 26929school students. 26930Carries a polymer battery experiment and 26930ionospheric instruments for USAF experiments. 26931UHF and VHF amateur radio satellite built by 26931US Naval Academy students. 26932Built by Stanford University students. Has an 26932experimental infrared horizon sensors, a 26932voice synthesizer and a digital camera. 26934Had a 20 m fairing and no upper stage. USAF 26934personnel reported a successful separation 26934from the second stage at 2130 GMT. 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. 26948This is the third NRO launch in two months. 26948At 0300 GMT the spacecraft was successfully 26948separated from the Centaur motor. 26953To deliver .6 meter resolution images for the 26953DigitalGlobe [formerly Earth Watch] venture. 26955Another return to Alpha. This time to replace 26955the Soyuz TM-32 unit that is nearing the 'use 26955by' date. This flight includes the ESA/French 26955cosmonaut Claudie Haignere. Connection to 26955Alpha was at 1044 GMT on 23 October. The crew 26955returned to Earth on TM-32 on 31 October. The 26955Alpha crew undocked from Zarya at 0916 GMT on 2695520 April and redocked with Pirs at 0937 GMT. 26955The TM-34 crew undocked from Pirs and landed 2695525 km SE of Arkalyk at 0352 GMT on 5 May 02. 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. 26958Technology experiment with IR spectrometer, 26958debris impact detectors, Earth imaging camera 26958and other experiments. 26959Bispectral IR Detector, a research satellite 26959testing a new sensor for Earth imaging study, 26959detecting forest fires and other hot spots. 26959Is also expected to be used for vegetation 26959studies. 26970Initially thought to be a missile warning 26970satellite. This is the second Molniya 3 to 26970be launched this year. 26983ISS resupply mission. Soft docked to ISS on 2698328 Nov. The initial capture was not followed 26983by a hard docking [firm latching]. This is 26983similar to a 1987 incident when the Kvant 26983module did not hard dock with the Mir. Space 26983walk found rubber seal from Progress M-45 was 26983still there. Firm docking was achieved at 269831454 GMT on 3 Dec 2001. Undocked at 1743 GMT 26983on 19 Mar 02. The Kolibri-2000 microsatellite 26983was ejected from the cargo compartment at 269832228 GMT. The engines were fired at 0127 GMT 26983on 20 Mar 02 for a destructive deorbit into 26983the South Pacific. 26985Ku-band transponders for 259 degrees East. 26987Placed at plane/slot 1/05. This apparently is 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. 26988Placed at plane/slot 1/03. Operating as of 4 26988Jan 02. 26989Placed at plane/slot 1/06. Operating as of 4 26989Jan 02. 26995Launch delayed because Progress M1-07 could 26995not be hard docked. Brought up the Raffaello 26995resupply module for it's second trip. Docked 26995to Alpha at 2003 GMT on 7 Dec 01, with hard 26995dock at 2051 GMT. Hatch opened at 2243 GMT. 26995Undocked from Alpha at 1728 GMT on 15 Dec and 26995landed KSC at 1755 GMT on 17 Dec 01 with the 26995Expedition 3 crew. 26996About 25,000 students from 26 countries 26996helped polish the 900 mirrors on this beach 26996ball size hollow aluminum sphere. They will 26996track the satellite & enter their observation 26996on http://www.azinet.com/starshine. The US 26996Naval Research Lab and USSC will use the data 26996to post sighting predictions. Starshine-2 was 26996ejected from STS 108 at 1502 GMT, 16 Dec 01. 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. 26998Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Mesosphere Energetics 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. 27001Weather system upgrade. It carries the USA 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. 27002Was to be first submarine launched satellite. 27002Built for the IZMIRAN Geophysics Institute & 27002carries a magnetometer and other sensors in 27002order to try and predict earthquakes. 27003Built in collaboration with Space Innovations 27003Ltd [SIL] of the UK and has an Earth immager. 27004First Moroccan/German satellite. Built by the 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. 27005Russian/USA technology mission for space 27005debris studies. 27053This ELINT Ocean Reconnaissance satellite was 27053placed in orbit by 0405 GMT. The 2nd stage 27053reentered over N. America on the 6th [1250 27053GMT or 7th [1420 GMT] orbit. 27055Store-Dump communications satellite for 27055military use. Formerly called a 'six-pack'. 27056Store-Dump communications satellite for 27056military use. Formerly called a 'six-pack'. 27057Store-Dump communications satellite for 27057military use. Formerly called a 'six-pack'. 27058Store-Dump communications satellite for civil 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. 27059Store-Dump communications satellite for civil 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. 27060Store-Dump communications satellite for civil 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. 27168Solid rocket motors separated at 0032 GMT and 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. 27298This Indian communications satellite has two 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. 27367Mission Demonstrator Satellite. Technology 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. 27368Demonstrator of Atmospheric Reentry system & 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). 27370High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager. To 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. 27372This launch also refered to as IS-1. Iridium 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. 27373Launched into Plane 3 as a spare. 27374Launched into Plane 3 as a spare. 27375Launched into Plane 3 as a spare. 27376Launched into Plane 3 as a spare. 27378This was the first launch by an Atlas-3B that 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. 27380This Loral FS-1300 class system has a 15 year 27380life expectancy. It is planned for Indian 27380Ocean operations. 27382This fourth generation film-return mission 27382will drop two film packages before returning 27382itself with the final film package. Normal 27382mission end will be late June or early July. 27382If the interest in India/Pakistan/Georgia is 27382very high, it may be shortened. 27386Advanced remote sensing satellite. To perform 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. 27388Shortly after reaching orbit, there was a 27388problem with a freon cooling loop. It was not 27388considered serious enough to cancel mission. 27388Hubble was captured and placed in the shuttle 27388bay by 1032 GMT on 3 Mar 02. Five spacewalks 27388were needed to repair and replace parts. HST 27388was deployed from Columbia at 1004 GMT on 9 27388Mar 02. Columbia deorbited at 0822 GMT on 12 27388Mar 2002 and landed on runway 33 at KSC at 273880931 the same day. 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. 27391Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment. To 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. 27392Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment. To 27392measure variations in the Earth's gravity 27392field while flying 220 km from Grace-1. See 27392Grace-1 [SSC 29391] for more details. 27394This is a joint Russian-Australian education 27394project to let school children monitor low 27394freqrency waves and particle fluxes in low 27394Earth orbit. 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. 27397This is the third unmanned test of China's 27397entry into the manned space club. Reportedly, 27397there are 'dummies' aboard that simulate the 27397biological activities of humans - and even 27397talk. The capsule was de0rbited on 1 Apr 02. 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. 27400Another in the fleet of SES Astra. 27403Built by Loral with 76 C- and 22 Ku-band 27403transceivers for voice and data transmission 27403in the Atlantic region. 15 year life planned. 27408This is part of the unmanned satellite that 27408was launched with the 'dummies' aboard. When 27408the recovery capsule was deorbited, this part 27408remained in orbit with some functioning 27408experiments aboard. 27409US Space Command had been unable to locate it 27409and it's upper stage up through 17 Apr 02. 27413Mission to add the Truss-S0 to the ISS. It 27413entered orbit at 2052 GMT and separated from 27413the external tank. The rendezvous with ISS 27413took place at about 1605 GMT on 10 Apr 02. 27413The Truss S0 was attached following 4 space 27413walks. The shuttle undocked at 1831 GMT on 17 27413April. The deorbit burn was at 1519 GMT and 27413the landing at Kennedy took place at 1627 GMT 27413on 19 April 2002. 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. 27416Docked at 0755 GMT on 27 Apr as a replacement 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. 27421Upgraded SPOT-4 with 2.5 meter resolution in 27421it's HRVIR imaging camera. It also carries a 27421secondary experiment - a 5-band Vegetation-2 27421instrument with 1 km resolution. 27422Two 6 kg amateur radio boxes attached to the 27422Ariane rocket. The first French satellite was 27422named Asterix after a famous comic book 27422character - this is his cat. 27424Earth Observing System to observe clouds and 27424precipitation, terrestrial snow and sea ice, 27424and sea surface temperature and ocean 27424productivity in the afternoon. It has a 27424number of remote sensing experiments. 27426Location to be 241 East on 12 year+ mission. 27426It will replace DirecTV-6 which will then be 27426used as an on-orbit spare. DirecTV-5 will be 27426used primarily for Spanish broadcasting. 27430Believed to be the Haiyang-1 oceanographic 27430payload. It may be Feng Yun 1D. Time will 27430tell. 27431Believed to be the Feng Yun 1D payload, a 27431weather satellite. As of 19 May 2002, the US 27431Space Command has not determined which of the 27431two payloads on this launch is which. 27434Reported to be a high resolution imagery 27434satellite. It may have other intelligence 27434systems aboard. 27436It is a Parus class navigation satellite. 2743844 C- and 12 Ku-band transponders at 335.5 E. 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. 27440About 40 hours after launch, the shuttle was 27440docked to the Space Station. This shuttle 27440brought up Crew 5, and will return to Earth 27440with Crew 4. It also brought up the resupply 27440module Leonardo on it's third visit. It was 27440docked to the station at 1625 GMT on June 7. 27440Leonardo was attached on 8 June. On 14 June, 27440at 2011 GMT Leonardo was back in the cargo 27440bay. Endeavour undocked at 1432 GMT 15 June. 27440Due to bad weather, landing was at Edwards 27440AFB, runway 22, at 1758 GMT on 19 June 2002. 27441Carries 12 C- and five Ku-band transponders. 27441It is a replacement for Express-A01. 27445Replacement for Galaxy 03R at 265 degrees E. 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. 27450Another on-orbit spare. Initially in Plane 4. 27451Another on-orbit spare. Initially in Plane 4. 27453National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration 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. 27454ISS mission 8P is one of the older Progress 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. 27457Discovery program candidate called the Comet 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. 27460Has both C- and Ku-band transponders for 27460internet and video communications. Colocated 27460with Telecom 2C at 355 degrees East. 27461Has S-band transponders for mobile telephone 27461communications. It will be placed at 136 27461degrees East. 27464First launch of two satellites into this 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. 27465First launch of two satellites into this 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. 27470Reported to be a remote imaging satellite 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. 2749928 Ku- and four Ka-band transponders will be 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. 27501Planned to be placed at 250 degrees East. It 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. 27508Carries 20 Ku-band transponders for TV, 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. 27509MSG stands for Meteosat Second Generation. It 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. 27513This is the sixth in a nine satellite plan 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. 27515The Unmanned Space Experiment Recovery System 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 Data Relay Test Satellite is similar to 27516the USA TDRS satellites and will be used for 27516data relay and intersatellite communications. 27525A weather satellite for geosynchronous orbit, 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. 27528The launch was successful, but it will take 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. 27531Supplies for the Space Station. Docked with 27531Zvezda at 1700 GMT on 29 September 2002. 27534This navigation satellite has been called 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. 27537Brought up the S1 Truss (our number 90204). 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. 27540A new observatory set to revolutionise the 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. 27550The Chinese report that this ZY-2 type bird 27550is superior in technology to the previous one 27550that was launched in September 2000. 27552This was a launch to replace the Soyuz TM-34 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. 27554Eutelsat W5 has 24 Ku-band transponders. It 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). 27556This shuttle delivered the Expedition 6 crew 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. 27557A problem with the DM3 block upper stage has 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. 27559This is the first of a constellation to give 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. 27560Mozhaets [NASA says Mozhayets] is a successor 27560to the Zeya and Radio-ROSTO satellites. The 27560payload was student built at the Mozhaisky 27560military academy in St. Petersburg. 27561NASA lists this object as the SL-08 rocket 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. 27562MEPSI was ejected from the shuttle at 2205 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. 27566This is the third and last of the advanced 27566TDRS communications satellites. NASA should 27566be in good shape for the next ten years with 27566this satellite in place. 27597The Adeos II satellite also carries the USA 27597payload SeaWinds. It will augment long term 27597ocean wind studies. 27598This is the first international payload to be 27598launched by the Japanese. It is intended to 27598bring internet services to remote parts of 27598Australia. 27599The Whale Ecology Observation Satellite is to 27599be used to track whales with attached special 27599transmitters. 27600This is to observe global warming/cooling. 27600it also tested the separation mechanism for 27600the Selene Moon probe subsatellites. 27603This New Skies Satellite will operate from 95 27603degrees East. It will service areas from 27603India through China plus Australia. 27605A technology satellite for the OHB/Carlo 27605Gavazzi Space organization. 27606Communications satellite for Argentina. 27607Saudi communications satellite. 27608To test various experiments in space for the 27608University of Roma/La Sapienza. 27609Test of a civilian spacecraft that is a 27609mockup of the transorbital Trailblazer lunar 27609probe payload. 27612Second Argentinian communications satellite. 27613Appears to be a normal missile warning flight 27617This flight of three will bring to ten the 27617number of glonass satellites in the system. 27618Planned for plane 3. 27619Planned for plane 3. 27630The fourth and probably last unmanned test of 27630the Chinese manned platform. Their Taikonauts 27630are expected to launch in the second half of 276302003 in the fifth launch. Apparent success. 27632Canada expects this satellite to take a few 27632weeks for checkout and then serve Northern 27632North America for at least 12 years. 27634This is part of the unmanned satellite that 27634was launched with the 'dummies' aboard. When 27634the recovery capsule was deorbited, this part 27634remained in orbit with some functioning 27634experiments aboard. 27640Part of the USAF Space Test Program. The US 27640Navy Windsat polarimetric radiometer studies 27640the strength and direction of ocean surface 27640winds. 27642This is the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation 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. 27643This is a University class explorer satellite 27643called the Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma 27643spectrometer satellite. While ICESAT will be 27643looking at the Earth, CHIPSat will look at 27643the stars. 27647This 24/7 science research mission was on an 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. 27651The L-1011 aircraft was at approximately 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. 27663This is the eighth launch of the block II 27663configuration. 27664This microsat was ejected from the 2nd stage 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. 27681Another successful launch. Docking to the ISS 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. 27683IS-907 will be placed at 332.5 degrees East & 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. 27691Another US military communications satellite. 27691This is reportedly the last of the III-A 27691versions. The next in the series is reported 27691to be DSCS III B-06. 27698This is the first of at least four Japanese 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. 27699This is the second of at least four Japanese 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. 27704Replacement for a GPS satellite launched in 277041990 that is nearing the end of its life. 27707Replacement satellite for the Russian civil 27707and military communications in the northern 27707latitudes. 27711This is the sixth Milstar satellite and the 27711fourth of the Milstar II satellites. It has 27711both low and medium data rate payloads. 27714This is a multi-purpose satellite containing 27714communications, weather and search-and-rescue 27714payloads. The primary payload is to provide 27714telecommunications and TV services for the 27714Indian subcontinent. 27715This satellite is destined for service that 27715will provide communications links between the 27715continental US, Hawaii and Alaska with its 24 27715C-band transponders. 27718Planned to replace AsiaSat-1 with C- and Ku- 27718band transponders. It will provide direct TV 27718services to east Asia and Australia. 27775This missile warning satellite was initally 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. 27781This Soyuz brought up the two man 7th ISS 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. 27783This is the seventh SMEX project for NASA, 27783called Small Explorer or the Galaxy Evolution 27783Explorer. The GALEX will make images in UV of 27783the entire Galaxy. 27807This is a test satellite with C-, Ku-, and S- 27807band transponders. It also has a Solar X-ray 27807spectrometer and an ionospheric beacon 27807experiment. 27809The first probe to reach an asteroid, collect 27809a sample and, hopefully, return to Earth. The 27809asteroid is 1998 SF36 [AKA Itokawa]. On 12 27809August 2005 it was 35,000 km from Itokawa. 27809In September it was 'hovering' about 20 km 27809from the asteroid. In October it dropped to 7 27809kilometers. On 12 November it came within 55 27809meters and released the Minerva lander that 27809floated away rather than land. It tried again 27809on 19 November to land another marker. And, 27809finally, the probe landed and collected some 27809asteroid dust at 2207 GMT on 25 Nov 2005. It 27809took off from Itokawa soon thereafter for its 27809return to Earth in 2010. It had some thruster 27809problems and was put in safe mode. Landing on 27809Earth is planned for Australia in 2010. 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. 2781220 December 2003 for its planned landing on 27813This is the third navigation satellite for 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. 27816This is the first European investigation of 27816Mars. Mars Express has partially released its 27816rover, Beagle-2, as planned. Then flew on to 27816Mars where Beagle-2 was released on 17 Dec to 27816a landing. There it will dig in the soil to 27816a distance of 2 meters testing for water and 27816signs of life. Meanwhile, the 'Express' will 27816go into orbit and activate its seven on-board 27816sensors. Data from both vehicles will be sent 27816back to Earth. For some unknown reason NASA 27816has listed both Mars Express and Fregat DS 27816Rocket Body [27817] as decayed on 12 June. 27816Beagle 2 landed on Mars on 25 December. As of 2781630 January 2004, no signals had been heard. 27818This is a Parus-class navigation satellite. 27820This Americom satellite has both C- and Ku- 27820band transponders. It will be located at 275 27820degrees East, pending FCC approval, & support 27820communications in North America. 27823The resupply mission was off to a good start 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. 27825Launched from 206 degrees East on the equator 27825the Zenit 3SL placed this L-band mobile phone 27825satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit 27827This is the 1st of NASA's exploration rovers. 27827It landed on Mars at 0426 GMT on 4 Jan 2004. 27827The name 'Spirit' was assigned by a third 27827grade student. By 20 January, Spirit failed 27827to respond to NASA commands. By 25 January it 27827was headed for recovery and sent back good 27827pictures by the end of the month. The landing 27827site was named the Columbia Memorial Station. 27830This satellite of the Broadcasting Satellite 27830Coropration will support other similar P/Ls 27830in the 95-96 degree East orbit position. 27831This Optus replacement/expansion satellite 27831has an Australian Department of Defence P/L 27831aboard. 27834Russian communications for the northern areas 27834of the country. 27838This remote imaging satellite can return 1.0 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. 27840Called Breeze initially as its the Breeze-KM 27840rocket body. Attached is the Monitor-E mockup 27840and the first cataloged payload. 27841Built by Space Devices Ltd. of Praha and 27841operated by the Astronomical Institute of the 27841Czech Academy of Sciences. It carries an 27841accelerometer to study atmospheric density. 27842Carries a 450 meter copper wire tether for 27842lowering the satellites orbit. 27843Most is the Microvariability and Oscillations 27843of STars experiment. It has a 0.15m telescope 27843that will make photometric observations of 27843stars down to mag 6. 27844Carries engineering test experiments. 27845Built by Stanford University to detect the 27845ELF emissions from seismic activity. 27846Carries a 100 meter resolution camera for 27846Earth observations. 27847Carries a camera for attitude determination. 27848Carries engineering tests - like CUTE-I. 27849MER-B separated from the Delta 3rd stage at 278490436 GMT and headed toward Mars. At about 278490505 GMT on 25 Jan 04 Opportunity bounced to 27849a landing on Mars. It reported home that it 27849was safe and sound and sent spectacular 27849pictures of its landing site, named the 27849Challenger Memorial Station by NASA. 27852Cablevisions 1st satellite, built by Lockheed 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. 27854This EchoStar/Telstar satellite was initially 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. 27856Appears to be a 6th Generation film return 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. 27858This Canadian Space Agency payload carries a 27858spectrometer to study the chemestry of the 27858troposphere and stratosphere. Its MAESTRO 27858instrument will study the ozone and aerosol 27858levels in the atmosphere. 27868Launch is similar to Cosmos 2390 and Cosmos 278682391 back on 8 July 2002. This is also 27868believed to be a Strela-3 store-dump military 27868communications satellite. 27869Launch is similar to Cosmos 2390 and Cosmos 278692391 back on 8 July 2002. This is also 27869believed to be a Strela-3 store-dump military 27869communications satellite. 27871The Space InfraRed Telescope Facility lifted 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. 27873Fresh fruit, food and other supplies make up 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. 27875This is the final DSCS satellite launched by 27875the USA. It is to be located over the western 27875Atlantic and is a replacement for the still 27875usable USA 113 (DSCS 3B-07) that was launched 27875on 31 July 1995. The DSCS system will be 27875replaced starting in 2005 by a system called 27875Wideband Gap Filler. 27937This National Reconnaissance Office [NRO] 27937satellite was launched on the last of the 27937Titan-4B/Centaur rockets. It had a 26 meter 27937fairing and appeared to be similar to USA 110 27937and USA 139. Possibly an Electronic mission. 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. 27940An instrument package attached to the upper 27940stage to measure the launch enviroment and 27940transmit that data back to the control center 27940via the Orbcomm communications satellites. 27941This is the first Nigerian satellite and part 27941of the disaster monitoring constellation. 27942Part of the disaster monitoring system. 27943Part of the disaster monitoring system. 27944TASS reports this is a Radar Calibration 27944satellite 27945This Science and Technology SATellite, also 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. 27948Planned for location at 33 degrees East. It 27948will be used for data transmission in Europe. 27949This is a 'Small Missions for Advanced 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. 27951Planned for a position at 55 degrees East, it 27951will provide a full range of communications 27951services to the Indian sub-continent. It has 2795124 C-band & 12 extended C-band transponders. 27954Panamsat's GALAXY 13 was launched from the 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]. 28043This first launch of a Chinese Taikonaut put 28043LtCol Yang [Yang Liwei] into a 14 orbit ride 28043around the Earth. Based on launch time, and 28043the number of orbits, he was recovered on the 28043same day he was launched [based on GMT]. NASA 28043lists his deorbit date as the 16th - they are 28043wrong. 28051IRS-P6 is to replace IRS-1C and IRS-1D. It 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. 28052The expedition 8 crew of Mike Foale and 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. 28054The USAF launched the 20th DMSP 5D series on 2805418 October. The previous plan was for this to 28054launch in 1999. There are four of this series 28054still in storage for future launches. 28057This is the second Earth Resources satellite 28057to be operated, first by China [18 months], 28057and then by Brazil. There are to be two more 28057of these missions in the future. 28058This is reported to be a small communications 28058satellite 28060This is the Space Environment Reliability 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. 28078This catalog number has finally been assigned 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. 28082It took about four days for NASA to report on 28082the location of this satellite. It's reported 28082that this is probably part of the Feng Huo 28082military communications system. 28089A Yamal-200 communications satellite for the 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. 28094A Yamal-200 communications satellite for the 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. 28095This is a US Government satellite. 28098This was a test of the Strela booster. The 28098satellite was a 'Dummy Load', called GVM for 28098the Russian phrase meaning 'Mass and Scale 28098Model'. 28112This launch included three Glonass payloads 28112that includes one of the modified versions. 28112The three payloads will fill Plane 1, Slots 281121, 2 and 4. 28113This launch included three Glonass payloads 28113that includes one of the modified versions. 28113The three payloads will fill Plane 1, Slots 281131, 2 and 4. 28114This launch included three Glonass payloads 28114that includes one of the modified versions. 28114The three payloads will fill Plane 1, Slots 281141, 2 and 4. 28117This is reported to be a new military comm 28117satellite. 28129Another GPS satellite that is to replace an 28129older unit that requires the controllers to 28129"manually" move the solar panels. 28132Israeli communications satellite. Also known 28132as a Central European REgional Satellite. 28134Russian communications satellite built by NPO 28134PM and Alcatel Space for GPKS. 28137This unit belongs to Loral of Brazil. It was 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. 28140This is a magnetospheric research satellite. 28140Aboard are five ESA sensors that were tested 28140in China prior to launch. This satellite is 28140traversing at a 28-29 degree inclination. 28142This vehicle carried 2,346 kg of supplies for 28142the expedition eight crew. It docked to the 28142Zvezda module at 1313 GMT on 31 January 2004. 28154This SES Americom satellite is an all C-Band 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. 28158This USA military satellite is destined for 28158geosynchronous orbit based on the two IUS 28158parts listed by NASA. There is one more 28158Titan-4B left for launch from Florida. Two 28158more are to be launched from the west coast. 28163This launch was reportedly part of the 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. 28169This is reported to be Europe's Flagship 28169space mission. During the next ten years this 28169satellite will be in heliocentric orbit. But, 28169for the user of this system, its route will 28169defined by the planets it uses to accelerate 28169to its primary target. It will have a Earth 28169flyby in Nov 2005, a Mars flyby in Feb 2007, 28169and two more Earth flybys in Nov 2007 and Nov 281692009. It will reach comet 67P/Churyumov- 28169Gerasimenko in mid-2014. At that point it 28169will orbit the comet and drop the Philae 28169lander on the surface. 28184This Mobile Broadcasting SATellite is planned 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. 28187Designed to provide Ka- and Ku-Band comms to 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. 28190Placed in Plane/Slot C3 along with USA 090. 28194This was listed as COSMOS 2407 by NASA, but 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. 28218Called Superbird 6 before launch, it will be 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. 28220This satellite is designed with a stereo 28220capability for land resource mapping. 28221This satellite will test different types of 28221technology experiments. 28228Delivered the Expedition 9 crew to the ISS, 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. 28230This mission was initially planned back in 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. 28234Built primarily by NPO PM with a payload from 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. 28238The Zenit launcher has placed the heaviest 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. 28252This SES Americom satellite will serve all 50 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. 28254The ROCSAT-2 payload was launched on the 1st 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. 28261This resupply unit brought in critical water 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. 28280This is a Parus navigation satellite. NASA 28280has listed this as Cosmos 2409 rather than 28280the next sequential number of 2407. 28350The last EORSAT was launched on 21 Dec 2001 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. 28352This ELINT satellite is similar to Cosmos 283522369 launched on 3 Feb 2000. 28358The satellite is expected to start serving 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. 28361USA 178 will be placed into Plane/Position F4 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. 28364Loral Skynet will operate part of the payload 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. 28366A small communications satellite for 28366SpaceQuest/Aprize of Argentina. 28367This is the SL-24 rocket body with a possible 28367container with human ashes attached. The 28367Celestis web site does not list this as one 28367of their payloads. Researching. 28368The satellite contains French scientific 28368payloads. 28369Communications payload for KACST of Arabia. 28370Communications payload for KACST of Arabia. 28371Scientific payloads for Saudi Arabia. 28372A small communications satellite for 28372SpaceQuest/Aprize of Argentina. 28373Small technology experiments for Italy. 28375Amateur radio satellite. 28376This was initially known as Chemical-1 in the 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. 28378The payload will support high speed internet 28378and digital communications across North 28378America. It carries 100 C-, Ka- and Ku-band 28378transponders. 28382This is a magnetospheric research satellite. 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. 28384This is another National Reconnaissance 28384Office [NRO] mission. This was the last of 28384the Atlas boosters to be flown since they 28384were first tested in 1957. For some reason, 28384previously unused SSC [catalog] numbers were 28384used for this mission. 28391Messenger, short of MErcury Surface, Space 28391ENvironment GEochemestry, and Ranging, is on 28391its 7.9 billion kilometer trip to Mercury. 28391It will get a gravity assist from Earth in 28391the summer of 2005. Then two passes of Venus 28391followed by three passes on Mercury before it 28391goes into orbit in March of 2011. This is the 28391seventh Discovery mission. 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. 28396This is a 4th generation photo return mission 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. 28399This resupply mission docked to the Zvezda 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. 28402This is reported to be a Fanhui Shi Weixing 3 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?]. 28413One of two Chinese scientific satellites that 28413were launched on the same booster. 28414One of two Chinese scientific satellites that 28414were launched on the same booster. 28417First operational flight of the GSLV 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. 28419This is reported to be a Strela-3 type of 28419store/foreward communications system. It is 28419in a similar orbit to Cosmos 2390/2391 and 28419Cosmos 2400/2401. 28420This is reported to be a Strela-3 type of 28420store/foreward communications system. It is 28420in a similar orbit to Cosmos 2390/2391 and 28420Cosmos 2400/2401. 28424This is reported to be another Chinese Photo 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 capsule with three cosmonauts docked with 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. 28446This is dedicated to the AMERICOM2 Home 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. 28451This is the fourth weather satellite of this 28451type. The first was destroyed in a ground 28451fire ten years ago. 28453Capsule to collect sample of the Solar wind. 28453This Genesis Sample Return Capsule separated 28453at about 1153 GMT on 8 Sept 2004. It entered 28453atmosphere at 1555 GMT but the parachute did 28453not deploy and three minutes later the 28453capsule impacted at the Dugway Proving Ground 28453in Utah. Some of the samples have been 28453recovered and are being used by scientists. 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. 28455One of two tiny [0.1 meter] satellites from 28455Micro Labsat. They are the Remote Inspection 28455Technology Experiments [RITE]. This one was 28455released at 0150 GMT on 14 March 2003. 28463Satellite was built for Kosmicheskaya Svyaz 28463and is reported to have L- C- and Ku-band 28463transponders. 28470This named satellite has in the past been 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. 28472This satellite will begin testing at 278 28472degrees East. It carries 24 Ku-band 36 MHz 28472transponders along with 12 Ka-band 125 MHz 28472transponders. 28474Replacement for the GPS network. 28479This is reported to be an Experimental 28479satellite by NASA. Johnathan McDowell calls 28479it Shiyan-2. It is believed to be an imagery 28479type satellite. Possibly for both military & 28479civilian usage. 28485This Gamma Ray Burst Explorer will orbit at 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. 28492This is another French military spy satellite 28492built in France. 28493This Nanosatellite contains technical 28493experiments for the Spanish. 28494This is one of four experimental electronic 28494intelligence satellites. 28495This is one of four experimental electronic 28495intelligence satellites. 28496This is one of four experimental electronic 28496intelligence satellites. 28497This is one of four experimental electronic 28497intelligence satellites. 28498This mission is to study clouds and aerosol 28498formation. 28500NASA initially named this as USA 181. By 28500early Jan 2005 it was called 'DELTA IV DEMO 28500SPACECRAFT'. 28503This Soyuz carried much needed food [the old 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. 28505This is a remote sensing satellite. Initially 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. 28507This payload is also called 'MS 1TK'. It is 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. 28508This is the new 'M' series Glonass satellite. 28508It was initially listed as 'OBJECT A'. 28509This is one of the older Glonass satellites. 28509It was initially listed as 'OBJECT B'. 28510This is one of the older Glonass types. 28510It was initially listed as 'OBJECT C'. 28517The Deep Impact spacecraft is healthy and 28517enroute to the comet Tempel-1. Impact was 28517planned for 4 July 2005. The primary sensor, 28517payload, will watch as the impactor strikes 28517the comet, and report its findings back to 28517Earth. The satellite is 850 kg while the 28517impactor that will be released is 170 kg. 28517The Impactor separated from the Flyby vehicle 28517at 0600 GMT on 3 July 2005. It slammed into 28517the comet Tempel 1 at about 10 km per second 28517at 0545 GMT on 4 July. It hit at a 25 degree 28517oblique angle and released an immense cloud 28517of fine powdery material. Over 4,500 images 28517were taken by the three Deep Impact cameras. 28521This is a parus navigation system that has 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. 28523This is a student built satellite to study 28523radiation. It was built to celebrate the 28523250th anniv. of Moskovskiy Gosudarstvenniy 28523Universitet. 28526This satellite will undergo performance and 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. 28537USA 181 is reported to be another NRO mission 28537that is classified. The launch appeared to 28537be normal as the Atlas proceeded up the East 28537coast of North America. 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. 28544The payload is designed to study the sloshing 28544of fluids in space. It carries 33.5 liters of 28544water and was developed by the Netherlands 28544Aerospace Laboratory. 28545This payload remained attached to the upper 28545stage. It studied the actions of the Ariane 285455ECA during the launch. 28547Brought up by Progress-M 52, this hand 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. 28622Replacement for MTSAT-1 lost in 1999 [89911]. 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.` 28624Carries 2,495 kg of food, water, research 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. 28626Carries S-band transponders. Was launched 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. 28628Broadband Global Area Network for high speed 28628internet access. To cover the world with 28628samples and messages (and Spam?), 28629For the Russian Satellite Communications 28629Company. Built by Alcatel Space. Service life 28629is planned for 12 years. It will be placed at 2862980 degrees East. 28636A USAF satellite experiment to rendezvous 28636with several payloads (non-operational) and 28636rocket bodies for autonomous inspection. It 28636is reported to be in a 99 degree inclination 28636which would imply an 800-850 km apogee and 28636targets being NOAA and DMSP satellites. 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. 28640Carried the Expedition 11 crew and an Italian 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. 28642Orbital Sciences Corporation satellite called 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. 28644This was a near perfect launch from 206 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. 28646This is an NRO payload for the US Military. 28646Had a near perfect launch and was observed 28646proceeding up the East Coast following lift 28646off. It is reported that civilian observors 28646have sighted and plotted it's orbit. 28649Cartosat is a remote imaging satellite that 28649will sand bach images of the Earth. It is the 2864911th Indian remote imaging satellite. 28650This is an Ameteur radio satellite that has 28650two transponders, both of which use UHF and 28650VHF frequencies. 28654This satellite will offer improved weather 28654forecasting capabilities in addition to being 28654able to monitor the environment. It is also 28654the fourth of the Polar-orbiting Operational 28654Environmental Satellites (POES). 28659This satellite has 32 Ku-band transponders. 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'. 28686This satellite carries copies of most of the 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. 28700After a successful lift off and flight, the 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. 28702This satellite will offer powerful coverage 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. 28707This satellite will be placed at 140 degrees 28707East. It carries L-, C-, and Ku-band 28707transponders. 28737This scientific satellite is the first of 28737this series to launch from Jiuquan. The 28737satellite is not expected to be recovered. 28773This is the replacement for the Astro E unit 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. 28775STS 114 successfully reached orbit and in two 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. 28776It is reported by the Chinese that this is a 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. 28786Depending on the source, This is either 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. 28788This Mars mission is on its way. All status 28788data is good. The satellite fired its main 28788engines on 10 March 2006 and achieved a good 28788orbit of the planet. Aerobraking will be used 28788to create a stable orbit by November 2006 28788when the real science mission starts. 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. 28809This Optical Inter-satellite Communications 28809Engineering Test Satellite carries a laser 28809communications experiment that will use ESA's 28809Artemis geostationary satellite for tests. 28810This is a test satellite that includes a 28810demonstration auroral imager. 28822This Earth resource and disaster monitoring 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. 28824This is the fifth of the FSW series of 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. 28841This is an imagery satellite and may be a 5th 28841generation NRT system. 28866This craft carried 2,500 kg of food, water, 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. 28868This is a replacement for Anik F1 launched in 288682000. Anik F1 has had solar panel power 28868problems. This unit has both C- and Ku-band 28868transponders. 28871This is a DARPA classified research mission. 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. 28874This is the first of the modified/modernized 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. 28877This mission carried the Crew 12 Commander 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. 28879Two Taikonauts, Fei Junlong and Nie Haishen, 28879were successfully launched on a five day 28879mission. The vehicle landed safely in Inner 28879Mongolia at 2032 GMT on 16 October 2005. 28883When the manned descent module is deorbited, 28883this section is left in orbit. In the past, 28883it has contained scientific experiments or 28883even imagery equipment. This makes it a 28883payload. 28884Another in the PanAmSat C-band series. This 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. 28885This is a communications satellite for the 28885French military. Limited information is 28885available. 28888This is the last of the Titan IV boosters and 28888the 368th Titan to be launched. The payload 28888is deployed under the direction of the 28888National Reconnaissance Office. 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. 28891This is a low cost micro-satellite with a 2.5 28891meter black & white resolution capability. 28891The color resolution is five meters. 28892Students of the University of Wurzburg built 28892this communications nano-satellite. 28893This is the first satellite for Iran. It is 28893reported to have a mission of communications 28893and monitoring natural disasters [and spy 28893imagery?]. 28894This student built satellite is a testbed for 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. 28895This cubesat was built by the students of the 28895University of Tokyo. It was ejected from the 28895SSETI Express satellite. It was reported as 28895operating as planned. 28896This experiment was called Floating Potential 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. 28898This is a combination payload attached to the 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. 28899The satellite is designed to provide high- 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. 28901After 15 years, this will be the first Earth 28901visitor to Venus. The trip will take five 28901months ending in a near polar orbit in April 289012006. Seven primary instruments will then 28901study the the environment and atmosphere. 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. 28903This payload and the Telkon-2 represent the 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. 28906This Progress carried 1,404.8 kg of spare 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. 28908This is reported to be an improved store-dump 28908communications satellite for the military. It 28908was called Rodnik by ITAR-TASS news agency. 28909This is an improved version of the civilian 28909messenger store-dump communication satellite. 28911This is a new enhanced communications version 28911for the Indians. It has 12 C- and 12 Ku-band 28911transponders that will provide coverage over 28911the Indian sub-continent. 28912This will be called METEOSAT 9 when it is 28912declared operational. It will provide high 28912resolution imagery of Earth's weather 28912activity, as well as measurements of Earth's 28912radiation balance. 28915Three Glonass satellites were launched and 28915they consisted of one Uragan and two improved 28915Uragan-M. 28916Three Glonass satellites were launched and 28916they consisted of one Uragan and two improved 28916Uragan-M. 28917Three Glonass satellites were launched and 28917they consisted of one Uragan and two improved 28917Uragan-M. 28922The Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element is 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. 28924This satellite is to be placed at 172 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. 28927The Sample Return Capsule was released at 289270557 GMT the next day. Finally, at 1005 GMT 28927the main parachute deployed. Five minutes 28927later the capsule landed at the USAF Utah 28927Test and Training Range after traveling about 289274.64 billion kilometers. 28928New Horizons left Earth at speeds nearing 2892858,000 kph. It will reach Jupiter in 2007 but 28928it will not get to Pluto until 2015. With 2892811.9 kg of plutonium, it will have electrical 28928power for the entire journey. Following the 28928Pluto encounter it will go into the Kuiper 28928asteroid belt to study other objects in 2016. 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. 28933Suitsat is an old spacesuit that had been 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. 28935This satellite will add to the Dish network's 28935HDTV and interactive TV plus international 28935coverage. The satellite is expected to have a 2893515 year life span. 28937This satellite will provide communications 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. 28939It carries a liquid helium cooled IR system 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. 28940This was a deployment test mechanism that 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 28941This cubesat is supposed to work in orbit for 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. 28943The Arabsat 4A failed to achieve orbit due to 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. 28945Primarily a military communications satellite 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. 28946Direct to home TV broadcasting on the 38 Ku- 28946band transponders. Life expectancy is 15 yrs. 28946Operational location is 13 degrees East. 28980These satellites will study the magnetosphere 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. 28981These satellites will study the magnetosphere 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. 28982These satellites will study the magnetosphere 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. 28996Soyuz carried three cosmonauts: Cmdr Pavel 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. 29045The launch took place from the SeaLaunch 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. 29047The COSMIC name stands for Constellation 29047Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere 29047and Climate. The six satellites will study 29047the effects of atmosphere on GPS signals. 29048The COSMIC name stands for Constellation 29048Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere 29048and Climate. The six satellites will study 29048the effects of atmosphere on GPS signals. 29049The COSMIC name stands for Constellation 29049Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere 29049and Climate. The six satellites will study 29049the effects of atmosphere on GPS signals. 29050The COSMIC name stands for Constellation 29050Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere 29050and Climate. The six satellites will study 29050the effects of atmosphere on GPS signals. 29051The COSMIC name stands for Constellation 29051Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere 29051and Climate. The six satellites will study 29051the effects of atmosphere on GPS signals. 29052The COSMIC name stands for Constellation 29052Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere 29052and Climate. The six satellites will study 29052the effects of atmosphere on GPS signals. 29055Astra 1KR will replace Astra 1B and Astra 1C 29055at 19.2 degrees East. The 32 Ku-band 29055transponders will be capable of transmitting 29055over 300 TV channels. 29057This Progress carried 1070 kg of spare parts, 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. 29079This was launched from a Mobile ICBM launcher 29079as a distant Earth probe according to TASS. 29079It has a .7 m resolution capability. It can 29079remain in orbit for six years. 29092Xinhua says the missions are scientific 29092experiments, land and agriculture surveys and 29092disaster monitoring. 29107A companion to CALIPSO in the study of clouds 29107and aerosols. 29108This is Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared 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. 29111This appears to be a 4th generation imagery 29111mission. It will return some film cannisters 29111and then the final batch of exposed film and 29111the camera. 29155This is the first of a revitalized series of 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. 29157This is an earthquake research satellite. It 29157was launched by the submarine K-84 and is the 291572nd satellite placed in orbit from a 29157Submarine. 29162This payload will support C- and Ku-band 29162service to Mexico and the rest of North and 29162Latin America. 29163This payload has high data rate Ka-band 29163transponders for telecom and TV in the Asia- 29163Pacific region. It will replace Thaicom-3. 29228This is an advanced Resurs mission that can 29228deliver pictures at one meter resolution. It 29228has advanced communications capability that 29228improves its response time. 29230This is Kazakhstan's first communications 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. 29236This Galaxy 16 has 24 C- and 24 Ku-band 29236transponders and an expected life of 15 yrs. 29240This is part of a secret DARPA project that 29240is part of the Microsatellite Technology 29240Project that consists of three satellites. 29240AFSPC refers to them as 'USA' satellites and 29240will not release information on their Geo 29240orbits. 29241This is part of a secret DARPA project that 29241is part of the Microsatellite Technology 29241Project that consists of three satellites. 29241AFSPC refers to them as 'USA' satellites and 29241will not release information on their Geo 29241orbits. 29242This is part of a secret Naval Research Lab 29242experiment on small maneuvering boosters. The 29242total project consists of three satellites. 29242AFSPC refers to them as 'USA' satellites and 29242will not release information on their Geo 29242orbits. 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. 29247Based on the orbital information, this is 29247probably an EORSAT. 29249This is a National Reconnaissance Office 29249payload that is called by them L-22. 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. 29252This was the first launch from the Yasny ICBM 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. 29260This is believed to be on a missile warning 29260mission. 29268This is the start of a three year mission 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. 29270This is the largest communications satellite 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. 29272Operating from 128 degrees East, it will give 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. 29273This French military communication satellite 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. 29349Launch was from the Equator at 206 degrees E. 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. 29385This is a microgravity/science mission to 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. 29391This flight docked with the ISS at 1048 GMT, 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. 29393This is the second successful launch of the 29393Japanese optical Intelligence gathering 29393system. The second version was lost in a 29393launch failure in late 2003. Because of that 29393failure, this optical mission was launched 29393by itself without the radar version - as had 29393been the choice in the first two attempts. 29393It is expected to be placed in a 484 X 460 km 29393orbit at about 97 degrees. 29398This military communications satellite is 29398expected to be placed at 98 degrees East. It 29398will probably replace ZX-22. It is planned 29398for an eight year life. 29400Carrying the Expedition 14 crew, the Soyuz 29400docked with the ISS at 0521 GMT on 19 Sept. 29402This is believed to be a sixth generation 29402film return mission. 29479This astronomy satellite has both a large 29479optical telescope and an X-ray telescope. It 29479replaces Solar-A that decayed 12 Sept 2005. 29480AFSPC calls this Object B and it might not 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. 29481AFSPC calls this Object C and it might not 29481be this mission. It is called a payload here 29481to ensure knowledge of another payload. 29481This is a government sponsored Solar Sail 29481experiment.