"Name of Satellite, Alternate Names" Country of Operator/Owner Operator/Owner Users Purpose Type of Orbit Longitude of GEO (degrees) Perigee (km) Apogee (km) Eccentricity Inclination (degrees) Period (minutes) Launch Mass (kg.) Dry Mass (kg.) Power (watts) Date of Launch Expected Lifetime Contractor Country of Contractor Launch Site Launch Vehicle COSPAR Number NORAD Number Comments Source Used for Orbital Data Source Source Source Source Source Source AcrimSat (Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor) USA "NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory" Government Solar Physics "LEO, Sun-sync" 682 727 3.18E-03 98.2 98.86 115 13 10 12/21/1999 5 yrs. Orbital Sciences Corp. USA Vandenberg AFB Taurus 1999-070B 26033 Monitor total solar irradiance (TSI) with maximum precision; ascertain the extent of solar radiation variability. JMSatcat304 http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/SSC/SSHP/mini/mini99.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa/gov/spacewarn/spx554.html http://acrim.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/mission_facts.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html "Africasat-1 (Measat 1, Malaysia East Asia Sat 1)" Malaysia MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. Commercial Communications "GEO, 46° E" +46.00 "35,781" "35,792" 1.30E-04 0.04 1436.13 "1,450" 650 "1,200 (BOL)" 1/13/1996 12.2 yrs. Boeing Satellite Systems USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 44L 1996-002B 23765 "Inclined orbit; digital video and audio broadcasting, international and domestic VSAT and telecommunication services as well as high-speed Internet access; 12 C-band, 5 Ku-band." JM/304 http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/factsheets/376/measat/measat.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx507.html http://www.measat.com.my/company_profile.html http://www.measat.com/investor_calender_1401.html http://www.mlesat.com/Measat.html Afristar USA WorldSpace Corp. Commercial Communications "GEO, 21.04° E" +21.04 "35,772" "35,799" 3.20E-04 0.03 1436.05 "2,704" "1,530" "5,500" 10/28/1998 15 yrs. Matra Marconi Space-France France Guiana Space Center Ariane 44L 1998-063A 25515 "First WorldSpace satellite; digital audio and multi-media communications to Africa, Middle East, Asia, Latin America and Caribbean." JM/304 www.floridatoday.com/space/explore/stories/1998b/102898ac.htm http://www.worldspace.com/coveragemaps/afristar.html http://interglobal.org/frontier/10-30-98.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Agila 2 (Mabuhay 1) Philippines Mabuhay Philippines Satellite Corp. Commercial Communications "GEO, 146.03° E" +146.03 "35,770" "35,803" 3.91E-04 0.03 1436.13 "3,775" "1,800" "9,000" 8/19/1997 15 yrs. Space Systems Loral USA Xichang Satellite Launch Center Long March CZ-3B 1997-042A 24901 "Most powerful telecommunications satellite in service in the Asia-Pacific region; 30 C-band, 24 Ku-band transponders; 190 high fidelity channels and 50,000 simultaneous telephone links." JM/304 http://www.mabuhaysat.com/sat&net.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx526.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html AGILE (Astro-rivelatore Gamma a Immagini Leggaro) Italy Italian Space Agency Civil Scientific Research LEO 523 553 2.17E-03 2.47 95.4 325 4/23/2007 3 yrs. Carlo Gavazzi Space Italy Satish Dhawan Space Center PSLV-C8 2007-013A 31135 Italian gamma ray observatory. http://agile.rm.iasf.cnr.it/ http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2007/013A.HTM AIM (Aeronomy of Ice in Mesosphere) USA "Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Hampton University/NASA" Government Earth Science LEO 586 601 1.08E-03 97.79 96.55 215 197 216 4/25/2007 2 yrs. Orbital Sciences Corp. USA Vandenberg AFB Pegasus XL 2007-015A 31304 Study noctilucent clouds (NLC) in the polar mesosphere. http://aim.hamptonu.edu/ http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2007/015A.HTM http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/aim/index.html Akebono (EXOS-D) Japan "Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, University of Tokyo" Civilian Research Space Physics Elliptical 264 "5,732" 2.92E-01 75.1 150.4 294 270 (EOL) 2/21/1989 1 yr. "Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, University of Tokyo" Japan Uchinoura Space Center Mu 3S2 1989-016A 19822 Investigate particle acceleration regions above auroral region; develop better understanding of acceleration mechanism and relation to substorm phenomena. JMSatcat304 http://www.rolfisoft.de/html/satdb_1989_eng.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1989-016A http://www.jaxa.jp/missions/projects/sat/geospace/akebono/index_e.html ALOS (Advanced Land Observing Satellite; Daichi) Japan Earth Observation Research and Application Center/JAXA Government Earth Observation "LEO, Sun-sync." 697 700 2.12E-04 98.2 98.74 "4,000" "7,000" 1/24/2006 3-5 yrs. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Japan Tanegashima Space Center Space Center H-2A 2006-002A 28931 Cartographic and disaster monitoring functions. JMSatcat206 http://www.jaxa.jp/missions/projects/sat/eos/alos/index_e.html http://www.isprs.org/istanbul2004/comm1/papers/57.pdf http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa/gov/spacewarn/spx482.html Alsat-1 Algeria Centre National des Techniques Spatiales (CNTS) Government Earth Observation "LEO, Sun-sync." 680 744 4.52E-03 98.2 99.02 98 95 240 11/28/2002 5 yrs. Surrey Satellite Technologies Ltd. United Kingdom Plesetsk Cosmodrome Cosmos 3M 2002-054A 27559 First satellite in Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC); medium-resolution imagery with daily worldwide revisit. JMSatcat304 http://directory.eoportal.org/pres_DMCDisasterMonitoringConstellation.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx589.html http://www.sstl.co.uk/index.php?loc=107 http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2002/054A.HTM http://host.planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.491 http://directory.eoportal.org/pres_DMCDisasterMonitoringConstellation.html Amazonas Brazil Hispamar (subsidiary of Hispasat - Spain) Commercial Communications "GEO, 61° W" -61.00 "35,782" "35,792" 1.19E-04 0.1 "4,545" "2,000" "9,500 (EOL)" 8/4/2004 15 yrs. EADS Astrium France/UK/Germany/Spain Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton M 2004-031A 28393 "36 Ku-band, 27 C-band transponders; North and South American continents; Spanish language; leak detected - may not have enough fuel for 15-year life." HA http://www.heavens-above.com/satinfo.asp?satid=28393 http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/proton_launches_amazonas_satellite.html http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/proton_launch_040805.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html "AMC-1 (Americom 1, GE-1)" USA SES Americom (SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 103.05° W" -103.05 "35,775" "35,798" 2.73E-04 0 1436.1 "2,783" "1,600" "6,500 (EOL)" 9/8/1996 15 yrs. Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 2A 1996-054A 24315 "Broadcasting, business, cable, mobile; 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders; 50 states and Caribbean" JM/304 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/ http://ses-americom.com/satellites/amc-1.html http://www.chinastar.com.cn/english/sate/xnzb.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html "AMC-10 (Americom-10, GE 10)" USA SES Americom (SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 146.62° W" -146.62 "35,661" "35,727" 7.85E-04 0.07 1431.4 "2,315" 907 "6,500 (EOL)" 2/5/2004 15 yrs. Lockheed Martin USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 2AS 2004-003A 28154 24 C-band transponders. JM/304 http://www.ses-americom.com/media/2004/02_05_04.html http://www.ses-americom.com/satellites/amc-10-11.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx604.html http://www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.520 "AMC-11 (Americom-11, GE 11)" USA SES Americom (SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 131° W" -131.00 "35,779" "35,794" 1.78E-04 0.01 1436.11 "2,340" "2,316 (BOL)" "6,500 (EOL)" 5/19/2004 15 yrs. Lockheed Martin USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 2AS 2004-017A 28252 24 C-band transponders. SC - ASCR http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx607.html http://www.ses-americom.com/satellites/amc-10-11.html http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=14268 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2004/017A.HTM AMC-14 (Americom-14) USA SES Americom (SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 65.1° W" -65.10 733 "35,576" 7.10E-01 49 576 "4,200" 3/14/2008 Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems USA Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton-M 2008-011A 32708 Launch vehicle failed to deliver the satellite to geostationary orbit. Using onboard fuel will greatly curtail service life of satellite. SC - ASCR http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx653.html http://www.lib.cas.cz/space.40/2008/I011A.HTM http://www.ses-americom.com/americom_2008/siteSections/press_room/press_releases/03_17_08.php AMC-15 (Americom-15) USA SES Americom (SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 105° W" -105.00 "35,780" "35,794" 1.66E-04 0.03 1436.08 "4,200" 10/14/2004 15 yrs. Lockheed Martin USA Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton-M 2004-041A 28446 "Hybrid Ku-Ka-band satellite; CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii." SC - ASCR http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx612.html http://www.ses-americom.com/satellites/amc-15.html http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2004/041A.HTM AMC-16 (Americom-16) USA SES Americom (SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 85° W" -85.00 "35,779" "35,794" 1.78E-04 0 1436.08 "4,312" 12/17/2004 15 yrs. Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 5 2004-048A 28472 "Hybrid Ku-Ka-band satellite; CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii." SC - ASCR http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2004/048A.HTM http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx614.html http://www.ses-americom.com/satellites/amc-16.html http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=112116 AMC-18 (Americom 18) USA SES Americom (SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 105° W" -105.00 "35,784" "35,789" 5.93E-05 0.04 1436.1 "2,081" 918 12/8/2006 15 yrs. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 5 2006-054B 29644 All c-band transponders for North American coverage. SC - ASCR http://www.ses-americom.com/americom/siteSections/pressroom/12_08_06.php http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/INDEX1.HTM "AMC-2 (Americom 2, GE-2)" USA SES Americom (SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 105.01° W" -105.01 "35,775" "35,797" 2.61E-04 0.01 1436.1 "2,648" "1,600" "6,500 (EOL)" 1/30/1997 15 yrs. Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 44L 1997-002A 24713 "Broadcasting, business, cable; CONUS, Hawaii, Caribbean, southern Canada; 24 Ku- and 24 C-band" JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://ses-americom.com/satellites/amc-2.html "AMC-23 (Worldsat 3, Americom 23)" USA New Skies Satellites N.V. (SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 172° E" +172.00 "35,776" "35,792" 1.90E-04 0 1435.96 "5,000" "13,000" 12/29/2005 16 yrs. Alcatel Alenia Space France/Italy Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton-M 2005-052A 28924 "Hybrid C/Ku-band satellite. 20 Ku-band, 18 C-band transponders. Broadcast, Internet, business; Ku-band tailored to broadband for Boeing Connexion; Pacific region." JMSatcat206 http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2006/1January2006_7.html http://www.ses-global.com/ses-global/siteSections/mediaroom/Latest_News/29_12_05/index.php http://www.geamericom.com/americom/siteSections/satellitesAndTeleports/plannedsatellites/amc23/index.php http://www.defense-aerospace.com/cgi-bin/client/modele.pl?prod=31819&session=dae.17286678.1139512222.Q@uTnsOa9dUAAEubvqk&modele=jdc_1 "AMC-3 (Americom 3, GE-3)" USA SES Americom (SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 87.12° W" -87.12 "35,781" "35,792" 1.30E-04 0.04 1436.1 "2,845" "1,600" "6,500 (EOL)" 9/4/1997 15 yrs. Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 2 AS 1997-050A 24936 "Broadcasting, business, cable; CONUS, Hawaii, Caribbean, southern Canada; 24 Ku- and 24 C-band" JM/304 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/ http://ses-americom.com/satellites/amc-3.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html "AMC-4 (Americom-4, GE-4)" USA SES Americom (SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 101.06° W" -101.06 "35,783" "35,790" 8.30E-05 0.02 1436.1 "3,909" "2,500" 11/13/1999 15 yrs. Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 44LP 1999-060A 25954 "Broadcasting, cable, internet; CONUS, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America, South America; 28 Ku- and 24 C-band" JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://ses-americom.com/satellites/amc-4.html "AMC-5 (Americom-5, GE-5)" USA SES Americom (SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 79.07° W" -79.07 "35,780" "35,793" 1.54E-04 0.01 1436.12 "1,698" 769 10/28/1998 15 yrs. Alcatel Space Industries France Guiana Space Center Ariane 44L 1998-063B 25516 "Broadband internet, business television; 16 Ku-band; CONUS" JM/304 http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/1998/063B.HTM http://ses-americom.com/satellites/amc-5.html "AMC-6 (Americom-6, GE-6)" USA SES Americom (SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 72.04° W" -72.04 "35,777" "35,796" 2.25E-04 0.02 1436.12 "3,901" "2,500" 10/22/2000 15 yrs. Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems USA Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton-K 2000-067A 26580 "Business (government and VSAT), media and entertainment; 28 Ku- and 24 C-band; CONUS, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America" JM/304 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/ http://ses-americom.com/satellites/amc-6.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html "AMC-7 (Americom-7, GE-7)" USA SES Americom (SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 136.98° W" -136.98 "35,771" "35,801" 3.56E-04 0.01 1436.08 "1,935" 912 "6,500 (EOL)" 9/14/2000 15 yrs. Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 5G 2000-054B 26495 "Cable programming; 24 C-band; CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii, Caribbean" JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://ses-americom.com/satellites/amc-7.html http://www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.435 "AMC-8 (Americom-8, GE-8, Aurora 3)" USA SES Americom (SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 138.95° W" -138.95 "35,770" "35,801" 3.68E-04 0.02 1436.07 "2,015" 919 "3,300" 12/19/2000 15 yrs. Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 5G 2000-081B 26639 "Cable television and radio programming; 24 C-band; CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii, Caribbean" JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://ses-americom.com/satellites/amc-8.html AMC-9 (Americom 9) USA SES Americom (SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 85.03° W" -85.03 "35,779" "35,794" 1.78E-04 0.03 1436.13 "4,100" "2,000" "10,000" 6/7/2003 15+ yrs. Alcatel Space Industries France Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton-K 2003-024A 27820 "Television programmers, government agencies and enterprise networks; 24 Ku-band; CONUS and Mexico." JM/304 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/ http://ses-americom.com/satellites/amc-9.html http://www.sciencepresse.qc.ca/clafleur/Spacecrafts-2003.html#AMC-9 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Amos 1 Israel Israel Aircraft Industries Military/Commercial Communications "GEO, 3.94° W" -3.94 "35,767" "35,805" 4.51E-04 0.07 1436.1 961 580 "1,200 (BOL)" 5/16/1996 11 yrs. IAI/Alcatel/Daimler-Benz Aerospace Israel Guiana Space Center Ariane 44L 1996-030B 23865 "7 transponders in Ku-band; voice and vision communications; Central Europe, Middle East centered on Israel." JM/304 www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2003/030113-shuttle01.htm www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go/asp?MFAH0a4y0 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx511.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Amos 2 Israel Israel Aircraft Industries Military/Commercial Communications "GEO, 4° W" -4.00 "34,439" "35,832" 1.68E-02 0.02 1402.96 "1,400" 646 "1,900 (EOL)" 12/27/2003 12 yrs. Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Israel Baikonur Cosmodrome Soyuz-Fregat 2003-059A 28132 "Ku-band communications, Europe, Middle East, East Coast of USA." JM Satcat/304 http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/space/amos/AMOS_2.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx602.html http://www.spacecom.co.il/amos2launch/amos2launch.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html "Amsat-Echo (Oscar 51, AO-51)" USA Amsat-NA Civil Amateur Radio "LEO, Sun-sync." 698 799 7.09E-03 98.2 99.79 12 6/29/2004 Amsat-NA/SpaceQuest USA Baikonur Cosmodrome Dnepr 1 2004-025K 28375 American amateur radio satellite. JMSatcat1104 http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/status.php http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx608.html http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/4July2004_11.html http://www.kosmo.cz/modules.php?op=modload&name=kosmo&file=index&fil=/s/2004/025K.HTM http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/status.php Amsat-Oscar 7 (AO-7) USA Amsat-NA Civil Amateur Radio "LEO, Sun-sync." "1,440" "1,460" 1.28E-03 101.7 114.9 29 11/15/1974 Amsat-NA USA Vandenberg AFB Delta 2310 1974-089B 07530 American amateur radio satellite. JMSatcat1104 http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/status.php http://www.emilyshouse.com/experthams/ao7/main.php Anik F1 Canada "Telesat Canada Ltd. (BCE, Inc.)" Commercial Communications "GEO, 107.31° W" -107.31 "35,782" "35,790" 9.49E-05 0.04 1436.1 "4,710" "2,950" "15,500 (EOL)" 11/21/2000 15 yrs. Boeing Satellite Systems USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 44L 2000-076A 26624 "36 C-band and 48 Ku-band transponders; broadcasting, business; North and South America; faulty solar panels may affect operations by 2005." JM/304 http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/hsc_pressreleases/00_04_17_anikf2.html http://www.telesat.ca/satellites/photos/satellites_gallery7.htm Anik F1R Canada "Telesat Canada Ltd. (BCE, Inc.)" Commercial Communications "GEO, 107.3° W" -107.30 "35,778" "35,793" 1.78E-04 0.07 1436.06 "4,500" "10,000" 9/9/2005 15 yrs. EADS Astrium France/UK/Germany/Spain Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton-M 2005-036A 28868 "32 Ku-band, 24 C-band transponders, 2 navigation transponders; North America." SC - ASCR http://www.telesat.ca/satellites/index.htm http://www.telesat.ca/news/2005/05-14.htm http://www.space.eads.net/families/daily-life-benefits/communications/anik-f1r http://www.kosmo.cz/modules.php?op=modload&name=kosmo&file=index&fil=/s/2005/036A.HTM Anik F2 Canada "Telesat Canada Ltd. (BCE, Inc.)" Commercial Communications "GEO, 111.1° W" -111.10 "35,783" "35,790" 8.30E-05 0.04 1436.09 "5,910" "3,805" "16,000" 7/18/2004 15 yrs. Boeing Satellite Systems USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 5 2004-027A 28378 "24 30W C-band, 40 127W Ku-band, 50 90W transponders for broadband and telemedicine to northern US states and Canada" SC - ASCR http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.telesat.ca/satellites/index.htm http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/factsheets/702/anik_f2/anik_f2.html http://www.kosmo.cz/modules.php?op=modload&name=kosmo&file=index&fil=/s/2004/027A.HTM Anik F3 Canada "Telesat Canada Ltd. (BCE, Inc.)" Commercial Communications "GEO, 119° W" -119.00 "35,776" "35,797" 2.49E-04 0 1436.1 "4,715" "17,500" 4/9/2007 15 yrs. EADS Astrium France/UK/Germany/Spain Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton-M 2007-009A 31102 "32 Ku-band, 24 C-band and 2 Ka-band transponders; voice and video throughout North America." SC - ASCR http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx642.html http://www.telesat.ca/satellites/index-e.asp Apstar 1 China (PR) APT Satellite Holdings Ltd. Commercial Communications "GEO, 134° E" +134.00 "35,777" "35,795" 2.13E-04 0 1436.06 "1,400" 560 "1,100" 7/21/1994 9 yrs. Hughes Space and Communications Group USA Xichang Satellite Launch Center Long March 1994-043A 23185 24 C-band transponders. JMSatcat1104 http://www.apstar.com/pressroom/press/press50.htm http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx489.html Apstar 1A (Apstar 3) China (PR) APT Satellite Holdings Ltd. Commercial Communications "GEO, 134.05° E" +134.05 "35,784" "35,790" 7.12E-05 0.01 1436.14 "1,400" 560 "1,130" 7/3/1996 12 yrs. Boeing Satellite Systems USA Xichang Satellite Launch Center Long March CZ-3 1996-039A 23943 "TV coverage; 24 C-band transponders; China, Japan, Southeast Asia and India." JM/304 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx513.html http://www.fas.org/spp/guide/china/comm/apstar.htm http://www.apstar.com/apstar/apstar_sys.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Apstar 2R (Telstar 10) China (PR) Leased to APT Satellite Holdings Ltd./Loral Skynet Commercial Communications "GEO, 76.48° E" +76.48 "35,777" "35,795" 2.13E-04 0.04 1436.09 "3,750" "2,000" "8,300" 10/17/1997 15 yrs. Space Systems Loral USA Xichang Satellite Launch Center Long March 3B 1997-062A 25010 "One of the most powerful in Asia-Pacific service; 28 C-band, 16 Ku-band; China, Korea, Taiwan, Europe, Africa, Australia." JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.apstar.com/apstar/apstar_sys.html Apstar 6 China (PR) APT Satellite Holdings Ltd. Commercial Communications "GEO, 134° E" +134.00 "35,784" "35,789" 5.93E-05 0.01 1436.08 "4,680" 4/12/2005 Alcatel Space Industries France Xichang Satellite Launch Center Long March 3B 2005-012A 28638 SC - ASCR http://www.apstar.com/apstar/apstar_vi.html http://www.apstar.com/pressroom/press/press50.htm http://www.lib.cas.cz/knav/space.40/2005/I012A.HTM Arabsat 2B (Arabsat IIB) Multinational Arab Satellite Communications Org. (ASCO) Government Communications "GEO, 30.48° E" +30.48 "35,770" "35,801" 3.68E-04 0.03 1436.06 "2,661" "1,570" "5,000" 11/13/1996 14 yrs. Alcatel Space Industries France Guiana Space Center Ariane 44L 1996-063A 24652 Second generation; radio and tv communications to Middle East. JM/304 www.arabsat.com http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx517.html http://www.selkirkshire.demon.co.uk/analoguesat/comparison20.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Artemis (Advanced Data Relay and Technology Mission Satellite) ESA European Space Agency Commercial/Government Communications/Research "GEO, 21.36° E" +21.36 "35,759" "35,812" 6.29E-04 2.41 1436.08 "3,105" "1,500" "4,600" 7/12/2001 10 yrs. Alenia Spazio Italy Guiana Space Center Ariane 5G 2001-029A 26863 "An 18-month rescue mission recovered the satellite; develop European capabilities in satellite communications; test new technologies; support development of European navigation system (EGNOS, c. 2010)." JM/304 http://www.esa.int/artemislaunch/ http://www.esa.int/export/esaSA/ESADLGPZ9NC_telecom_0.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa/gov/spacewarn/spx573.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html AsiaSat 2 China (PR) Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 100.52° E" +100.52 "35,777" "35,796" 2.25E-04 0.02 1436.12 "3,460" "1,500" "7,100" 11/28/1995 13 yrs. Lockheed Martin Astro Space USA Xichang Satellite Launch Center Long March CZ-2E 1995-064A 23723 "TV communications to 53 countries; internet, multimedia, 24 C-band, 9 Ku-band transponders." JM/103 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx506.html http://www.asiasat.com/eng/02_satellites/system_03.html AsiaSat 3S (Asiasat 3SA) China (PR) Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 105.51° E" +105.51 "35,781" "35,793" 1.42E-04 0.02 1436.16 "3,480" "2,500" "10,000" 3/21/1999 15 yrs. Boeing Satellite Systems USA Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton-K 1999-013A 25657 "28 C-band, 16 Ku-band; broadcasting, internet services, multimedia, telecommunications" JM/103 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx545.html http://www.asiasat.com/eng/02_satellites/system_03.html AsiaSat 4 China (PR) Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 121.99° E" +121.99 "35,787" "35,787" 0.00E+00 0.02 1436.15 "4,137" "2,275" "9,500" 4/12/2003 15 yrs. Boeing Satellite Systems USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 3B 2003-014A 27718 "28 C-band, 16 Ku-band; extensive C-band coverage across Asia and targeted Ku-band beams for Australasia, East Asia, and a BSS payload for provision of Direct to Home (DTH) services to Hong Kong." JM/103 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx594.html http://www.asiasat.com/eng/02_satellites/system_03.html AsiaStar USA WorldSpace Corp. Commercial Communications "GEO, 105.04° E" +105.04 "35,773" "35,800" 3.20E-04 0.01 1436.13 "2,775" "1,530" "5,600" 3/21/2000 15 yrs. Alcatel Space Industries France Guiana Space Center Ariane 5G 2000-016A 26107 "Africa, Middle East, Asia, Latin America and Caribbean. Services to underserved emerging markets; low-cost portable receivers." JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx557.html http://www.worldspace.com/about/index.html Astra 1C Luxembourg SES Astra (part of SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 4.6° E" +4.60 "35,773" "35,798" 2.97E-04 0.01 1436.08 "2,790" "1,700" "3,300" 5/12/1993 15 yrs. Hughes USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 42L 1993-031A 22653 16 Ku-band transponders; 48 channels; broadcast and broadband multimedia services; continental Europe. JM/304 www.astra.lu/corporate/satellites/fleet http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx475.html http://www.ses-astra.com/satellites/fleet/satellites.php?sat=8 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/S596.html Astra 1D Luxembourg SES Astra (part of SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 22.94° E" +22.94 "35,775" "35,798" 2.73E-04 0.05 1436.11 "2,924" "1,700" "3,300" 11/1/1994 15 yrs. Hughes USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 42P 1994-070A 23331 Primarily backup for Astra 1B and 1C; 18 Ku-band transponders; continental Europe. JM/304 www.astra.lu/corporate/satellites/fleet http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx493.html http://www.ses-astra.com/satellites/fleet/satellites.php?sat=16 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Astra 1E Luxembourg SES Astra (part of SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 19.21° E" +19.21 "35,773" "35,798" 2.97E-04 0.01 1436.08 "3,014" "1,800" "4,150" 10/19/1995 14 yrs. Hughes USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 42L 1995-055A 23686 "54 to 108 digital TV programs to W. Europe; 18 Ku-band transponders; backup for 1B, 1C or 1D" JM/304 www.astra.lu/corporate/satellites/fleet http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx504.html http://www.ses-astra.com/satellites/fleet/satellites.php?sat=9 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Astra 1F Luxembourg SES Astra (part of SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 19.23° E" +19.23 "35,773" "35,798" 2.97E-04 0.01 1436.08 "3,010" "1,800" "4,400" 4/18/1996 15 yrs. Hughes USA "Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan" Proton-K 1996-021A 23842 Direct tv broadcast to Europe; 16 Ku-band transponders; Europe. JM/304 www.astra.lu/corporate/satellites/fleet http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx510.html http://www.ses-astra.com/satellites/fleet/satellites.php?sat=10 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Astra 1G Luxembourg SES Astra (part of SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 19.21° E" +19.21 "35,773" "35,798" 2.97E-04 0.01 1436.08 "3,379" "3,010 (BOL)" "6,600" 12/2/1997 15 yrs. Hughes USA "Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan" Proton-K 1997-076A 25071 Direct-to-home tv; multimedia; 32 Ku-band transponders; Europe JM/304 www.astra.lu/corporate/satellites/fleet http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/1997/076A.HTM http://www.ses-astra.com/satellites/fleet/satellites.php?sat=11 Astra 1H Luxembourg SES Astra (part of SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 19.25° E" +19.25 "35,773" "35,798" 2.97E-04 0.01 1436.08 "3,690" "2,300" "6,600" 6/18/1999 15 yrs. Hughes USA "Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan" Proton-D 1999-033A 25785 "Direct-to-home tv; multimedia; broadcasting; 32 Ku-band for first five years, 28 after; Europe." JM/304 www.astra.lu/corporate/satellites/fleet http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx548.html http://www.ses-astra.com/satellites/fleet/satellites.php?sat=12 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Astra 1KR Luxembourg SES Astra (part of SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 19.2° E" +19.20 "35,631" "35,696" 7.73E-04 0.14 1429.81 "4,332" "12,000" 4/20/2006 15 yrs. Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 5 2006-012A 29055 32 Ku-band transponders; direct-to-home broadcast services across Europe. SC - ASCR www.astra.lu/corporate/satellites/fleet http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2006/012A.HTM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astra_1KR Astra 1L Luxembourg SES Astra (part of SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 19.2° E" +19.20 "35,777" "35,796" 2.25E-04 0.12 1436.08 "4,500" "13,000" 5/4/2007 15 yrs. Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 5-ECA 2007-016A 31306 "29 Ku-band, 2 Ka-band transponders first five years; 25 Ku-band and 2 Ka-band thereafter." SC - ASCR http://www.ses-global.com/corpSite/site_en/04_ASTRAFleet/03_satellite_list/astra1l/index.php http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2007/016A.HTM http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Lockheed_Martin_Built_Astra_1L_Satellite_Ready_For_Launch_999.html Astra 2A Luxembourg SES Astra (part of SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 28.17° E" +28.17 "35,766" "35,806" 4.74E-04 0.04 1436.09 "3,635" "2,500 (BOL)" "7,000" 8/30/1998 15 yrs. Hughes USA "Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan" Proton-K 1998-050A 25462 "Voice and video communications to Europe; 32 Ku-band for first five years, 28 after." JM/304 www.astra.lu/corporate/satellites/fleet http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/1998/050A.HTM http://www.ses-astra.com/satellites/fleet/satellites.php?sat=2 Astra 2B Luxembourg SES Astra (part of SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 28.14° E" +28.14 "35,764" "35,806" 4.98E-04 0.02 1436.03 "3,315" "1,400" "7,800" 9/14/2000 14yrs. Astrium France/UK/Germany Guiana Space Center Ariane 5G 2000-054A 26494 "Direct-to-home; broadcasting, multimedia; 30 Ku-band for first five years, 28 after; UK and Ireland." JM/304 www.astra.lu/corporate/satellites/fleet http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx563.html http://www.ses-astra.com/satellites/fleet/satellites.php?sat=13 http://www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.435 Astra 2C Luxembourg SES Astra (part of SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 19.22° E" +19.22 "35,768" "35,804" 4.27E-04 0.08 1436.09 "3,643" "2,000" "7,000" 6/16/2001 15 yrs. Boeing Satellite Systems USA "Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan" Proton-K 2001-025A 26853 "Direct-to-home; broadcasting, multimedia; 32 transponders for first five years; 28 after, continental Europe" JM/304 www.astra.lu/corporate/satellites/fleet http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx572.html http://www.ses-astra.com/satellites/fleet/satellites.php?sat=14 http://www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.455 Astra 2D Luxembourg SES Astra (part of SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 28.09° E" +28.09 "35,768" "35,805" 4.39E-04 0.03 1436.12 "1,420" 700 "1,500" 12/19/2000 15 yrs. Hughes USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 5G 2000-081A 26638 "Direct-to-home; broadcasting, multimedia; 16 Ku-band; UK and Ireland." JM/304 www.astra.lu/corporate/satellites/fleet http://www.ses-astra.com/satellites/fleet/satellites.php?sat=15 http://www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.442 Astra 3A Luxembourg SES Astra (part of SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 23.55° E" +23.55 "35,779" "35,791" 1.42E-04 0.07 1436.05 "1,500" 750 "1,500" 3/29/2002 10 yrs. Boeing Satellite Systems USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 44L 2002-015B 27400 "20 transponders; provide follow-on capacity for the Kopernikus satellite of Deutsche Telekom AG, contracted for 10 transponders on spacecraft; German-speaking countries of Germany, Austria and Switzerland." JM/304 www.astra.lu/corporate/satellites/fleet http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx581.html http://www.ses-americom.com/bev.3a.html http://www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.476 Astro-F (Akari) Japan Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)/Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) Government Scientific Research "LEO, Sun-sync." 707 716 6.35E-04 98.2 952 2/21/2006 1.5 yrs. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Japan Uchinoura Space Center M-5 2006-005A 28939 Astrophysics mission SC - ASCR http://www.ir.isas.jaxa.jp/ASTRO-F/Outreach/index_e.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx628.html Atlantic Bird 1 Multinational European Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (EUTELSAT) Commercial Communications "GEO, 12.49° W" -12.49 "35,771" "35,801" 3.56E-04 0.05 1436.1 "2,700" "1,550" "5,100" 8/28/2002 15 yrs. Alenia Spazio Italy Guiana Space Center Ariane-5G 2002-040A 27508 "Twenty channels, telecommunications services between Europe and the Americas." JM/304 www.eutelsat.com http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/4_1.html Atlantic Bird 2 Multinational European Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (EUTELSAT) Commercial Communications "GEO, 8.15° W" -8.15 "35,769" "35,804" 4.15E-04 0.02 1436.1 "3,150" "1,368" "7,400" 9/25/2001 15 yrs. Alcatel Space Industries France Guiana Space Center Ariane 4 2001-042A 26927 European and American coverage. JM/304 www.eutelsat.com www.space.com/missionlaunches/ariane_launch_010925.html http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/4_1.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Atlantic Bird 3 (Stellat 5) Multinational European Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (EUTELSAT) Commercial Communications "GEO, 5.08° W" -5.08 "35,770" "35,801" 3.68E-04 0.01 1436.09 "4,050" "1,805" "11,000" 7/5/2002 15 yrs. Alcatel Space Industries France Guiana Space Center Ariane 5 2002-035A 27460 "45 transponders; Ku and C-band frequencies, Americas, Europe and Africa." JM/304 www.eutelsat.com www.lyngsat.com/tracker/ab3.shtml http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/4_1.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.arianespace.com/site/news/espace/e.space176.fr.pdf Atlantic Bird 4 (Hot Bird 4) Multinational European Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (EUTELSAT) Commercial Communications "GEO, 13.01° E" +13.01 "35,768" "35,803" 4.15E-04 0.08 1436.08 "2,885" "1,310" "6,000" 2/27/1998 14 yrs. Matra Marconi Space (Astrium) France/UK/Germany Guiana Space Center Ariane 4 1998-013A 25237 Europe and North Africa; 20 active channels JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html www.eutelsat.com "ATS-3 (Application Technology Satellite-3, ATS-C)" USA "Satellite Command and Control Facility, Univ. of Miami" Government/Civil Meteorological/Communications/Observation "GEO, 105.76° W" -105.76 "35,724" "35,848" 1.47E-03 12.53 1436.08 365 304 11/5/1967 Hughes Aircraft USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 1967-111A 03029 Transmitted first color photographs of earth; first voice communication between space and earth; currently supports US Antarctic program. JM/304 http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/factsheets/376/ats/ats.html http://ice.rsmas.miami.edu/access.html http://roland.lerc.nasa.gov/~dglover/sat/satcom2.html#ATS http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/1967/111A.HTM Badr 2 (Badr B) Pakistan Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) Government/Military Remote sensing/technology development "LEO, Sun-sync." 985 "1,014" 1.97E-03 99.5 105.1 70 12/10/2001 2+ yrs. Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) Pakistan Baikonur Cosmodrome Zenit-2 2001-056C 27003 Pakistan's microsatellite for development of surveillance capability. JMSatcat304 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx578.html http://www.fas.org/spp/guide/pakistan/earth/ http://www.suparco.gov.pk/sat_badr2.htm http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Badr 3 (Arabsat 3A) Multinational Arab Satellite Communications Org. (ASCO) Government Communications "GEO, 25.93° E" +25.93 "35,782" "35,790" 9.49E-05 0.02 1436.08 "2,700" "1,200" "6,400" 2/26/1999 15 yrs. Aerospatiale Matra SA France Guiana Space Center Ariane 44L 1999-009A 25638 "Third generation; broadcasting, internet; 20 Ku-band transponders" JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.arabsat.com http://www.selkirkshire.demon.co.uk/analoguesat/comparison24.html Badr 4 (Arabsat 4B) Multinational Arab Satellite Communications Org. (ASCO) Government Communications "GEO, 30° E" +30.00 "35,766" "35,805" 4.63E-04 0.07 1436.05 "3,304" "1,487" 11/8/2006 15 yrs. EADS Astrium France/UK/Germany/Spain Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton-M 2006-051A 29526 28 Ku-band transponders; voice and video communications to West Asia region. SC - ASCR http://www.lib.cas.cz/knav/space.40/2006/051A.HTM http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx637.html "Badr C (Intelsat 5, IS-5, Arabsat 2C, PanAmSat-5, PAS-5)" Multinational Arab Satellite Communications Org. (ASCO) Government Communications "GEO, 26.11° E" +26.11 "35,774" "35,798" 2.85E-04 0.03 1436.09 "2,730" "2,519" "9,700" 8/28/1997 15 yrs. Hughes Space and Communications Group USA Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton K 1997-046A 24916 "28 C-band, 28 Ku-band; covers Arab world." JM/304 http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/1997/046A.HTM http://www.arabsat.com/ http://www.selkirkshire.demon.co.uk/analoguesat/comparison20.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Beidou 1A (Beidou Navigation Test Satellite) China (PR) Chinese Defense Ministry Military Navigation/Global Positioning "GEO, 139.99° E" +139.99 "35,773" "35,797" 2.85E-04 0.01 1436.05 "2,200" 10/30/2000 Space Technology Research Institute (part of CASC) China (PR) Xichang Satellite Launch Center Long March CZ-3A 2000-069A 26599 "Beidou navigation system (BNS); improve accuracy of weapons and situational awareness of military forces; in GEO unlike most navigation systems. Beidou means ""Northern Dipper.""" JM/304 http://www.sinodefence.com/space/spacecraft/bd1.asp http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa/gov/spacewarn/spx564.html http://www.spacedaily.com/news/gps-00k.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Beidou 1B (BNTS-1B) China (PR) Chinese Defense Ministry Military Navigation/Global Positioning "GEO, 80.28° E" +80.28 "35,777" "35,794" 2.02E-04 0.03 1436.07 "2,200" 12/20/2000 Space Technology Research Institute (part of CASC) China (PR) Xichang Satellite Launch Center Long March CZ-3A 2000-082A 26643 Space-based navigation and positioning system to improve accuracy of weapons and situational awareness of military forces. JM/304 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx566.html http://sinodefence.com/space/spacecraft/bd1.asp http://www.spacedaily.com/news/china-01b.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Beidou 1C (Dong Fang Hong 54) China (PR) Chinese Defense Ministry Military Navigation/Global Positioning "GEO, 110.27° E" +110.27 "35,733" "35,839" 1.26E-03 0.16 1436.09 "2,200" 5/24/2003 Space Technology Research Institute (part of CASC) China (PR) Xichang Satellite Launch Center Long March CZ-3A 2003-021A 27813 Space-based navigation and positioning system to improve accuracy of weapons and situational awareness of military forces; weather monitoring and telecommunications; final constellation of 4 satellites. JM/304 http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/world/china/beidou.htm http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa/gov/spacewarn/spx595.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/tmp/2003-021A-traj.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Beidou 1D (Dong Fang Hong 73) China (PR) Chinese Defense Ministry Military Navigation/Global Positioning "GEO, 141° E" +141.00 "35,796" "35,796" 0.00E+00 6.2 2/2/2007 Space Technology Research Institute (part of CASC) China (PR) Xichang Satellite Launch Center Long March CZ-3A 2007-003A 30323 Space-based navigation and positioning system to improve accuracy of weapons and situational awareness of military forces; weather monitoring and telecommunications; final constellation of 4 satellites. Beidou M1 (Compass M1) China (PR) Chinese Defense Ministry Military Navigation/Global Positioning MEO "21,519" "21,545" 4.66E-04 55.26 773.39 4/13/2007 Space Technology Research Institute (part of CASC) China (PR) Xichang Satellite Launch Center Long March 3A 2007-011A 31115 Part of Compass constellation; first one in MEO orbit. http://www.n2yo.com/satellite.php?s=31115 http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2007/011A.HTM "BeijinGalaxy-1 (Tsinghau-2, China DMC+4)" China (PR) Beijing Landview Mapping Information Technology Co. Ltd (BLMIT) Civil Earth Observation "LEO, Sun-sync." 682 705 1.63E-03 98.18 98.64 166 155 50 10/27/2005 7 yrs. Tsinghua University/University of Surrey China (PR)/United Kingdom Plesetsk Cosmodrome Cosmos 3M 2005-043A 28890 Earth observation for Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC); also research. SC - ASCR http://www.spacedaily.com/news/microsat-00k.html http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2005/30October2005_25.html http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2005/043A.HTM http://directory.eoportal.org/pres_DMCDisasterMonitoringConstellationAlSAT1BILSAT1NigeriaSat1UKDMCBeijing1.html Bilsat-1 Turkey Bilten Satellite Technologies Group Government/Civil Earth Observation "LEO, Sun-sync." 677 692 1.06E-03 98.2 98.45 120 100 232 9/27/2003 5-10 yrs. Bilten Satellite Technologies Group Turkey Plesetsk Cosmodrome Kosmos 3M 2003-042E 27945 Turkey's first earth observation satellite; part of international Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC). JMSatcat304 http://www.bilten.metu.edu.tr/Web_2002_v1/en/sayfa_a2.asp?sayalim=sayfa_a2 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx600.html http://www.bilten.metu.edu.tr/bilsat/en/root/ http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://directory.eoportal.org/pres_DMCDisasterMonitoringConstellationAlSAT1BILSAT1NigeriaSat1UKDMCBeijing1.html Bird 2 (Bispectral InfraRed Detector 2) Germany Institute of Space Sensor Technology and Planetary Exploration Government/Civil Remote Sensing/Technology Development "LEO, Sun-sync." 550 580 2.16E-03 97.7 95.96 92 77 120 10/22/2001 1.5 yrs. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt Germany Satish Dhawan Space Centre PSLV-C3 2001-049C 26959 Forest fire recognition by small satellites. JMSatcat304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx576.html http://spacesensors.dlr.de/SE/bird/ http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2001/049C.HTM Bonum 1 (Most 1) Russia Russian Satellite Communications Company (Intersputnik) Commercial Communications "GEO, 56.04° E" +56.04 "35,775" "35,795" 2.37E-04 0.06 "1,436.04" "1,452" 620 "1,500" 11/22/1998 12 yrs. Hughes Space and Communications USA Cape Canaveral Delta 2 1998-068A 25546 "Television broadcasting; 8 Ku-band, Siberia or Europe, selected." JM/304 http://www.telesputnik.ru/archive/all/n39/10_eng.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa/gov/spacewarn/spx541.html http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/factsheets/376/bonum_1/bonum_1.html Brazilsat B-2 (Brasilsat B-2) Brazil Star One (SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Military/Commercial Communications "GEO, 65.05° W" -65.05 "35,780" "35,795" 1.78E-04 0.04 1436.15 "1,780" "1,050 (BOL)" "1,800 (BOL)" 3/28/1995 12 yrs. Boeing Satellite Systems USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 44LP 1995-016A 23536 24 C-band; several X-band. JM/103 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa/gov/spacewarn/spx498.html http://samadi.jpl.nasa/gov/msl/QuickLooks/brazilsatQL.html Brazilsat B-3 (Brasilsat B-3) Brazil Star One (SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 83.99° W" -83.99 "35,779" "35,794" 1.78E-04 0.05 1436.11 "1,780" "1,050 (BOL)" "1,800 (BOL)" 2/4/1998 12 yrs. Boeing Satellite Systems USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 44LP 1998-006A 25152 28 C-band transponders for voice and video communication. JM/103 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa/gov/spacewarn/spx532.html http://samadi.jpl.nasa/gov/msl/QuickLooks/brazilsatQL.html Brazilsat B-4 (Brasilsat B-4) Brazil Star One (SES [Societe Europienne des Satellites]) Commercial Communications "GEO, 92.00° W" -92.00 "35,777" "35,796" 2.25E-04 0.5 1436.12 "2,495" "1,050 (BOL)" "1,800 (BOL)" 8/17/2000 12 yrs. Boeing Satellite Systems USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 44LP 2000-046A 26469 28 C-band; voice and video communications to all of South America. JM/103 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa/gov/spacewarn/spx562.html http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/hsc_pressreleases/00_08_17_launch.html BSAT-1A Japan Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. Commercial Communications "GEO, 109.61° E" +109.61 "35,782" "35,790" 9.49E-05 0.05 1436.1 "1,314" 710 "1,200" 4/16/1997 10 yrs. Boeing Satellite Systems USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 44LP 1997-016B 24769 8 Ku-band; voice and video communication for Japan and vicinity. JM/304 http://www.harvesttime.tv/English/JSatellites.htm http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx522.html http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/factsheets/376/bsat_1/bsat_1.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html BSAT-1B Japan Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. Commercial Communications "GEO, 109.77° E" +109.77 "35,769" "35,804" 4.15E-04 0.09 1436.11 "1,314" 710 "1,200" 4/28/1998 10 yrs. Boeing Satellite Systems USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 44P 1998-024B 25312 8 Ku-band; voice and video communication for Japan and vicinity. JM/304 http://www.harvesttime.tv/English/JSatellites.htm http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx534.html http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/factsheets/376/bsat_1/bsat_1.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html BSAT-2A Japan Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. Commercial Communications "GEO, 109.89° E" +109.89 "35,775" "35,797" 2.61E-04 0.05 1436.1 "1,317" 750 "1,982 (EOL)" 3/8/2001 10 yrs. Orbital Sciences Corp. USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 5G 2001-011B 26720 Direct-to-home digital high-definition television for Japan. JM/304 http://www.harvesttime.tv/English/JSatellites.htm http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx569.html http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/factsheets/376/bsat_1/bsat_1.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html BSAT-2C Japan Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. Commercial Communications "GEO, 109.80° E" +109.80 "35,768" "35,807" 4.63E-04 0.05 1436.17 "1,275" 535 "1,982 (EOL)" 6/11/2003 10 yrs. Orbital Sciences Corp. USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 5G 2003-028A 27830 Backup to BSAT-2A; direct digital broadcasts to homes in Japan and neighboring countries through its Ku-band transponders. JM/304 http://www.harvesttime.tv/English/JSatellites.htm http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx596.html http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/factsheets/376/bsat_1/bsat_1.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html BSAT-3A Japan Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. Commercial Communications "GEO, 110° E" +110.00 "35,750" "35,750" 0.00E+00 0 "1,980" 8/14/2007 13 yrs. Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 5-ECA 2007-036B 32019 Twelve 130W Ku-band transponders; HD TV. http://www.spacemart.com/reports/Lockheed_Martin_Built_BSAT_3a_Satellite_Ready_For_Launch_999.html http://www.comspacewatch.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=23268 Cakrawarta 1 (Indostar 1) Indonesia PT Citra Sari Makmur (CSM) Commercial Communications "GEO, 107.63° E" +107.63 "35,773" "35,798" 2.97E-04 0.07 1436.07 "1,385" 643 "3,200" 11/12/1997 12 yrs. Orbital Sciences Corp. USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 4 1997-071B 25050 TV broadcasting in S-band; malfunction of 80% of capacity. JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.floridatoday.com/space/explore/stories/1997b/111697d.htm http://www.mlesat.com/indostar.html Calipso (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation) France/USA Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/NASA Government Earth Science "LEO, Sun-sync." 701 704 2.12E-04 98.23 98.83 587 550 4/28/2006 3 yrs. Alcatel Alenia Space France Vandenberg AFB Delta 2 2006-016B 29108 SC - ASCR http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/147741main_cloudsat-calipso4.pdf http://www.skycontrol.net/aerospace/successful-launch-of-the-climatology-calipso-satellite-integrated-by-alcatel-alenia-space/ CAPE-1 (Cajun Advanced Picosatellite Experiment) USA University of Louisiana at Lafayette Civil Communications/Scientific Research LEO 646 793 1.04E-02 98.1 99 1 1 4/17/2007 University of Louisiana at Lafayette USA Baikonur Cosmodrome Dnepr 2007-012P 31130 Will collect and store data on ambient ionosphere and relay it over the ULL. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx642.html http://ulcape.org/wiki/Main_Page CartoSat 1 (IRS P5) India Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Government Remote Sensing "LEO, Sun-sync." 620 622 1.43E-04 97.8 97.1 "1,560" "1,450" "1,100" 5/5/2005 6 yrs. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) India Satish Dhawan Space Centre PSLV-C6 2005-017A 28649 "Remote sensing and mapping, land use, forest cover, river flow assessments." SC - ASCR http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/May01_2005.htm http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2005/017A.HTM http://www.gisdevelopment.net/technology/rs/techrs023a.htm CartoSat 2A (IRS P7) India Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Government Remote Sensing "LEO, Sun-sync." 631 637 4.28E-04 98 97.39 680 1/10/2007 Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) India Satish Dhawan Space Centre PSLV-C7 2007-001B 29710 "Remote sensing and mapping; panchromatic images at one-meter resolution to be used for civil planning ""and other cartographic needs.""" SC - ASCR http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx639.html http://www.lib.cas.cz/knav/space.40/2007/I001D.HTM "CBERS 2 (China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite, Zi Yuan 1-2)" China (PR)/Brazil Chinese Academy of Space Technology/Institutio Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais Government/Commercial Remote Sensing "LEO, Sun-sync." 773 774 7.00E-05 98.5 100.31 "1,447" "1,100" 10/21/2003 3 yrs. Institutio Nacional de Pesquisas Espiais/Chinese Academy of Space Technology China (PR)/Brazil Taiyuan Launch Center Long March 4B 2003-049A 28057 "China for 18 months/Brazil remaining 6 months or more, environmental observation, agriculture and water pollution." JMSatcat1104 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.cbers.inpe.br/en/programas/cbers1-2.htm http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx600.html "CBERS 2B (China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite, Zi Yuan 2B)" China (PR)/Brazil Chinese Academy of Space Technology/Institutio Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais Government/Commercial Remote Sensing "LEO, Sun-sync." 778 778 0.00E+00 98.5 100.26 "1,450" "1,100" 9/19/2007 2 yrs. Institutio Nacional de Pesquisas Espiais/Chinese Academy of Space Technology China (PR)/Brazil Taiyuan Launch Center Long March 4B 2007-042A 32062 Third in a series of remote sensing satellites in cooperative effort of Brazil and China. http://directory.eoportal.org/pres_CBERSSatelliteSeries.html http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0709/19cbers CFESat (Cibola Flight Experiment Satellite) USA Los Alamos National Labs (LANL) Government Technology Development LEO 557 563 4.33E-04 35.43 95.86 159 110 3/9/2007 Surrey Satellite Technologies Ltd. United Kingdom Cape Canaveral Atlas 5 2007-006F 30777 "A number of experiments, including a prototype supercomputer designed to process data onboard rather than sending raw information directly to Earth." http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2007/11March2007_63.html http://www.lanl.gov/news/index.php/fuseaction/home.story/story_id/8916 http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2007/006F.HTM Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO) USA NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Government Astrophysics Elliptical/DHEO "9,999" "138,825" 7.97E-01 28.5 3808.92 "4,742" "2,500" 7/23/1999 5 yrs. TRW Space and Electronics USA Cape Canaveral Space Shuttle (STS 93) 1999-040B 25867 X-ray astronomy. JMSatcat304 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx549.html http://spacelink.nasa/gov/NASA.Projects/Space.Science/Universe/Chandra.X-Ray.Observatory/ http://chandra.harvard.edu/graphics/press/fact7-print.pdf http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html ChinaSat 6B (Zhong Xing 6B) China (PR) China Satellite Communication Corp. (China Satcom) Commercial/Government Communications "GEO, 115.5° E" +115.50 "35,784" "35,791" 8.30E-05 0.05 1436.14 "4,600" "9,500" 7/6/2007 15 yrs. Thales Alenia Space France/Italy Xichang Satellite Launch Center Long March 3B 2007-031A 31800 38 C-band; voice and video services to Asia-Pacific and Oceania. SC - ASCR http://www.space-travel.com/reports/China_Launches_Thales_built_Chinasat_6B_Telecommunication_Satellite_999.html http://www.lib.cas.cz/space.40/2007/031A.HTM "Chinastar-1 (ChinaSat-10, Zhongwei 1)" China (PR) China Satellite Communication Corp. (China Satcom) Commercial/Government Communications "GEO, 87.47° E" +87.47 "35,776" "35,797" 2.49E-04 0.04 1436.12 "3,000" "1,418" "6,797 (EOL)" 5/30/1998 15 yrs. Lockheed Martin USA Xichang Satellite Launch Center Long March 3B 1998-033A 25354 "24 C-band, 24 Ku-band; voice and video communications throughout China and neighboring countries." JM/304 http://www.chinasatcom.com/English/ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx535.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html CHIPSat (Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer [CHIPS]) USA "NASA/Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley" Government/Civil Space Science LEO/P 577 594 1.22E-03 94 96.38 60 40 1/12/2003 1 yr. "SpaceDev, Inc." USA Vandenberg AFB Delta 2 2003-002B 27643 "CHIPS data will help scientists determine the electron temperature, ionization conditions, and cooling mechanisms of the million-degree plasma believed to fill the local interstellar bubble." JMSatcat1104 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx591.html http://chips.ssl.berkeley.edu/chips.html Chuangxin 1 (Innovation 1) China (PR) Chinese Academy of Sciences Government Communications "LEO,Sun-sync." 686 758 5.08E-03 98.5 99.23 100 10/21/2003 China Academy of Sciences China (PR) Taiyuan Launch Center Long March 3B 2003-049B 28058 Prototype of advanced telecommunications satellite for LEO. JMSatcat1104 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://english.cas.ac.cn/eng2003/news/detailnewsb.asp?InfoNo=24708 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx600.html Clementine France Centre Electronique de l'Armement (DGA) Military Electronic surveillance "LEO, Syn-sync." 647 664 1.21E-03 98 97.84 50 205 12/3/1999 Alcatel Space Industries France Guiana Space Center Ariane 5 1999-064B 25978 "Intelligence gathering, part of an experimental eavesdropping program." JMSatcat1104 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx554.html http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/french-reform.cfm http://centaur.sstl.co.uk/SSHP/micro/micro99.html Cloudsat USA NASA/Colorado State University Government/Civil Earth Science "LEO, Sun-sync." 701 704 2.12E-04 98.25 98.83 848 570 4/28/2006 2 yrs. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory USA Vandenberg AFB Delta 2 2006-016A 29107 "Joins Aqua, Parasol, Aura, and Calipso in A-Train; meteorological satellite, carries single radar to obtain the reflectivity of clouds." SC - ASCR http://cloudsat.atmos.colostate.edu/overview http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/147741main_cloudsat-calipso4.pdf Coriolis (Windsat) USA US Air Force/ US Navy/NASA Military Earth and Space Science "LEO, Sun-sync." 391 846 3.26E-02 98.7 97.07 817 395 "1,174" 1/6/2003 3 yrs. "Spectrum Astro, Inc." USA Vandenberg AFB Titan 2 2003-001A 27640 Monitor ocean winds and image Solar Mass Ejections (SME). JMSatcat1104 http://www.spectrumastro.com/SAI_PressReleases/PR_details.cfm?PRID=148 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx591.html http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/titan2_launch_030106.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html "CoRoT (Convection, Rotation des Étoiles et Transits des Planètes Extrasolaires)" International Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) Government Space Science "LEO, Sun-sync." 895 906 7.56E-04 90 103 668 12/27/2006 2 yrs. CNRS/Alcatel Alenia Space France Baikonur Cosmodrome Soyuz 2-1B 2006-063A 29678 "Aims to be a pioneer mission in the discovery of telluric extrasolar planets, bodies with properties comparable to those of the rocky planets of the solar system." SC - ASCR http://smsc.cnes.fr/COROT/ http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/INDEX1.HTM "COSMIC-A (Formosat-3A, Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate)" Taiwan/USA "National Space Program Office (NSPO)/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Boulder, CO" Government/Civil Remote Sensing "LEO, Sun-sync." 800 800 0.00E+00 72 100.87 70 46 4/15/2006 2 yrs. Orbital Sciences Corp. USA Vandenberg AFB Minotaur 2006-011A 29047 “. . . Provide atmospheric data daily in real time over thousands of points on Earth for both research and operational weather forecasting by measuring the bending of radio signals from the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) as the signals pass through Earth's atmosphere.” SC - ASCR http://www.orbital.com/SatellitesSpace/LEO/FORMOSAT-3/index.html http://www.ucar.edu/news/releases/2006/cosmic.shtml http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2006/011B.HTM http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx630.html "COSMIC-B (Formosat-3B, Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate)" Taiwan/USA "National Space Program Office (NSPO)/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Boulder, CO" Government/Civil Remote Sensing "LEO, Sun-sync." 800 800 0.00E+00 72 100.87 70 46 4/15/2006 2 yrs. Orbital Sciences Corp. USA Vandenberg AFB Minotaur 2006-011B 29048 “. . . Provide atmospheric data daily in real time over thousands of points on Earth for both research and operational weather forecasting by measuring the bending of radio signals from the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) as the signals pass through Earth's atmosphere.” SC - ASCR http://www.orbital.com/SatellitesSpace/LEO/FORMOSAT-3/index.html http://www.ucar.edu/news/releases/2006/cosmic.shtml http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2006/011B.HTM http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx630.html "COSMIC-C (Formosat-3C, Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate)" Taiwan/USA "National Space Program Office (NSPO)/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Boulder, CO" Government/Civil Remote Sensing "LEO, Sun-sync." 800 800 0.00E+00 72 100.87 70 46 4/15/2006 2 yrs. Orbital Sciences Corp. USA Vandenberg AFB Minotaur 2006-011C 29049 “. . . Provide atmospheric data daily in real time over thousands of points on Earth for both research and operational weather forecasting by measuring the bending of radio signals from the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) as the signals pass through Earth's atmosphere.” SC - ASCR http://www.orbital.com/SatellitesSpace/LEO/FORMOSAT-3/index.html http://www.ucar.edu/news/releases/2006/cosmic.shtml http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2006/011B.HTM http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx630.html "COSMIC-D (Formosat-3D, Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate)" Taiwan/USA "National Space Program Office (NSPO)/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Boulder, CO" Government/Civil Remote Sensing "LEO, Sun-sync." 800 800 0.00E+00 72 100.87 70 46 4/15/2006 2 yrs. Orbital Sciences Corp. USA Vandenberg AFB Minotaur 2006-011D 29050 “. . . Provide atmospheric data daily in real time over thousands of points on Earth for both research and operational weather forecasting by measuring the bending of radio signals from the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) as the signals pass through Earth's atmosphere.” SC - ASCR http://www.orbital.com/SatellitesSpace/LEO/FORMOSAT-3/index.html http://www.ucar.edu/news/releases/2006/cosmic.shtml http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2006/011B.HTM http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx630.html "COSMIC-E (Formosat-3E, Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate)" Taiwan/USA "National Space Program Office (NSPO)/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Boulder, CO" Government/Civil Remote Sensing "LEO, Sun-sync." 800 800 0.00E+00 72 100.87 70 46 4/15/2006 2 yrs. Orbital Sciences Corp. USA Vandenberg AFB Minotaur 2006-011E 29051 “. . . Provide atmospheric data daily in real time over thousands of points on Earth for both research and operational weather forecasting by measuring the bending of radio signals from the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) as the signals pass through Earth's atmosphere.” SC - ASCR http://www.orbital.com/SatellitesSpace/LEO/FORMOSAT-3/index.html http://www.ucar.edu/news/releases/2006/cosmic.shtml http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2006/011B.HTM http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx630.html "COSMIC-F (Formosat-3F, Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate)" Taiwan/USA "National Space Program Office (NSPO)/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Boulder, CO" Government/Civil Remote Sensing "LEO, Sun.sync." 800 800 0.00E+00 72 100.87 70 46 4/15/2006 2 yrs. Orbital Sciences Corp. USA Vandenberg AFB Minotaur 2006-011F 29052 “. . . Provide atmospheric data daily in real time over thousands of points on Earth for both research and operational weather forecasting by measuring the bending of radio signals from the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) as the signals pass through Earth's atmosphere.” SC - ASCR http://www.orbital.com/SatellitesSpace/LEO/FORMOSAT-3/index.html http://www.ucar.edu/news/releases/2006/cosmic.shtml http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2006/011B.HTM http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx630.html COSMO-Skymed 1 (Constellation of small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation) Italy Italian Space Agency/Ministry of Defense Civil/Military Remote Sensing/Imaging "LEO, Sun-sync." 622 626 2.86E-04 97.86 97.19 "1,700" "3,600" 6/8/2007 5 yrs. Thales Alenia Space France/Italy Vandenberg AFB Delta 7000 2007-023A 31598 "To be part of 4-satellite constellation; radar imager, collect data on floods, droughts, earthquakes and landslides; military applications." SC - ASCR http://www.faa.gov/data_statistics/commercial_space_data/launch_details/index.cfm?launchId=462 http://www.lib.cas.cz/knav/space.40/2007/023A.HTM http://directory.eoportal.org/pres_COSMOSkyMedConstellationof4SARSatellites.html COSMO-Skymed 2 (Constellation of small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation) Italy Italian Space Agency/Ministry of Defense Military/Government Earth Observation "LEO, Sun-sync." 622 624 1.43E-04 97.86 97.16 "1,700" 12/9/2007 5 yrs. Thales Alenia Space Italy Vandenberg AFB Delta 2 2007-059A 32376 Earth imaging; synthetic aperture radar (SAR) operating in X-band. http://directory.eoportal.org/pres_COSMOSkyMedConstellationof4SARSatellites.html http://www.lib.cas.cz/space.40/2007/059A.HTM "CP-4 (CalPoly 4, Polysat 4 [CP-2])" USA California Polytechnic State University Civil Technology Development LEO 648 770 8.62E-03 98.09 98.97 1 1 4/17/2007 1 yr. California Polytechnic State University USA Baikonur Cosmodrome Dnepr 2007-012Q 31132 Exact replica of CP-2 destroyed in Dnepr launch failure 7/06; primary missions are an energy dissipation experiment as well as a field-test of what is dubbed the CPX Bus. http://polysat.calpoly.edu/CP4.php http://www.lib.cas.cz/space.40/2007/012Q.HTM CSTB-1 (CubeSatTestBed-1) USA Boeing Satellite Systems Commercial Technology Development LEO 649 770 8.55E-03 98.08 98.97 2 2 4/17/2007 Boeing Satellite Systems USA Baikonur Cosmodrome Dnepr 2007-012R 31133 Test components for nanosatellite development. http://t-nomad1.smartblue.net/dir/www.kosmo.cz/modules.php?op=modload&name=kosmo&file=index&fil=/s/2007/012R.HTM http://nssdcftp.gsfc.nasa.gov/miscellaneous/spacewarn/spx.642 "Cubesat XI-IV (Oscar 57, CO-57)" Japan "Department of Astronautics, University of Tokyo" Civil Technology Development "LEO, Sun-sync." 822 828 4.17E-04 98.7 101.4 1 6/30/2003 "Department of Astronautics, University of Tokyo" Japan Plesetsk Cosmodrome Dnepr 2003-031J 27848 On-orbit verification of the super small satellite (nano-satellite) bus system using commercial-off-the-shell components. JMSatcat1104 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx597.html http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cubesat/mission/operation/index-e.html "Cubesat XI-V (Ocscar 58, CO-58)" Japan "Department of Astronautics, University of Tokyo" Civil Technology Development "LEO, Sun-sync." 682 708 1.84E-03 98.1 98.66 1 1 10/27/2005 "Department of Astronautics, University of Tokyo" Japan Plesetsk Cosmodrome Cosmos-3M 2005-043F 28895 Backup for Cubesat II-IV. JMSatcat206 http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/gs/en/satinfo.html http://www.ncube.no/news/what_happened_to_ncube2/document_view "Cute-1 (Cubical Titech Engineering satellite, Oscar 55, CO-55)" Japan Tokyo Institute of Technology Civil Technology Development "LEO, Sun-sync." 819 831 8.34E-04 98.7 101.4 1 6/30/2003 1 yr. Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan Plesetsk Cosmodrome Dnepr 2003-031E 27844 Design development of pico satellite by using off-the-shelf components. JMSatcat304 http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cubesat/index_e.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx597.html DEMETER (Detection of ElectroMagnetic Emission Transmitted from Earthquake Regions) France Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) Government Research "LEO, Sun-sync." 685 712 1.91E-03 98.2 98.74 125 100 (approx.) 50 6/29/2004 2 yrs. "CNES (Joint effort of France, Poland, Japan)" International Baikonur Cosmodrome Dnepr 2004-025C 28368 Study of ionosperic perturbations in relation with seismic activity; global study of the Earth electromagnetic environment. JMSatcat1104 http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/4July2004_11.htm http://smsc.cnes.fr/DEMETER/index.htm http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/quakesat_detection_030423.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html DirecTV-1 (DBS-1) USA "DirecTV, Inc." Commercial Communications "GEO, 101.21° W" -101.21 "35,779" "35,794" 1.78E-04 0.04 1436.12 "2,923" "1,727" "4,300" 12/18/1993 15 yrs. Hughes Electronics Corp. USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 4 1993-078A 22930 In-orbit backup; high resolution TV broadcast; USA and Western Hemispheric countries. JM/304 www.satisfied-mind.com/directv/news/articles/satellites.htm www.directv.com http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa/gov/spacewarn/spx627.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2004/q2/nr_040504s.html http://www.tech-faq.com/directv-satellites.shtml DirecTV-10 USA "DirecTV, Inc." Commercial Communications "GEO, 102.8° W" -102.80 "35,742" "35,809" 7.95E-04 0.14 1435.54 "5,900" "3,700" "18,000" 7/7/2007 15 yrs. Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems USA Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton-M 2007-032A 31862 32 broad-beam Ka band; 55 spot-beam Ka-band transponders; will provide HDTV to CONUS. SC - ASCR http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/factsheets/702/dtv10-11-12_factsheet.pdf http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/07/07/directv-10-launched-successfully-gears-up-for-september-action/ http://www.lib.cas.cz/space.40/2007/032A.HTM DirecTV-11 USA "DirecTV, Inc." Commercial Communications "GEO, 99.2° W" -99.20 "5,900" 3/19/2008 Boeing Satellite Development Center USA Sea Launch (Odyssey) Zenit 3-SL 2008-013A 32729 High definition channels for North America. SC - ASCR http://www.lib.cas.cz/space.40/2008/013A.HTM DirecTV-1R USA "DirecTV, Inc." Commercial Communications "GEO, 100.86° W" -100.86 "35,775" "35,798" 2.73E-04 0.02 1436.11 "3,420" "2,304" "8,700 (BOL)" 10/10/1999 15 yrs. Hughes Electronics Corp. USA Sea Launch (Odyssey) Zenit 3-SL 1999-056A 25937 "First commercial launch by Sea Launch consortium (American, Russian, Ukrainian companies); 16 Ku-band; video channels directly to home-based dishes; anticipated 50 million homes in North America." JM/304 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa/gov/spacewarn/spx552.html www.directv.com http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/factsheets/601/directv1r/directv1r.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html DirecTV-4S USA "DirecTV, Inc." Commercial Communications "GEO, 101.24° W" -101.24 "35,784" "35,795" 1.30E-04 0.03 1436.27 "4,300" "2,100" "8,100 (EOL)" 11/27/2001 15 yrs. Hughes Electronics Corp. USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 44LP 2001-052A 26985 Direct broadcasting; 48 Ku-band; 300 local TV channels to 41 metropolitan communities through 11 C-band transponders. JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html www.directv.com http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx577.html DirecTV-5 (Tempo 1) USA "DirecTV, Inc." Commercial Communications "GEO, 119.17° W" -119.17 "35,775" "35,797" 2.61E-04 0.04 1436.08 "4,300" "3,640" 5/7/2002 15 yrs. Space Systems Loral USA Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton K 2002-023A 27426 Digital television to North American subscribers; 32 Ku-band; direct broadcasting. JM304 www.satisfied-mind.com/directv/news/articles/satellites.htm www.directv.com http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx583.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html DirecTV-7S USA "DirecTV, Inc. " Commercial Communications "GEO, 119° W" -119.00 "35,783" "35,791" 9.49E-05 0 1436.1 "5,483" "3,500" "13,000" 5/4/2004 15 yrs. Space Systems Loral USA Sea Launch Zenit 3SL 2004-016A 28238 Direct-to-home TV; 54 transponders. SC - ASCR http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx607.html www.directv.com http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/sea_launch_directv_7s.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.lib.cas.cz/knav/space.40/2004/016A.HTM DirecTV-8 USA "DirecTV, Inc." Commercial Communications "GEO, 101° W" -101.00 "35,778" "35,795" 2.02E-04 0.04 1436.09 "3,800" "8,200" 5/22/2005 12 yrs. Space Systems Loral USA Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton M/Breeze M 2005-019A 28659 36 Ku- and Ka-band transponders. SC - ASCR http://www.loral.com/inthenews/050523.html http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2005/019A.HTM DirecTV-9S USA "DirecTV, Inc." Commercial Communications "GEO, 101° W" -101.00 "35,635" "35,708" 8.68E-04 0.04 1430.22 "5,500" "2,364" "13,900" 10/13/2006 15 yrs. Space Systems Loral USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 5 ECA 2006-043A 29494 "52 Ku-band and 2 Ka-band transponders; direct-to-home, voice, video and internet." SC - ASCR http://www.nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx636.html http://www.lib.cas.cz/knav/space.40/2006/I043A.HTM http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=127160&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=916210&highlight= http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirecTV-9S DLR Tubsat Germany Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt Government Earth Science "LEO, Sun-sync." 713 732 1.34E-03 98.2 99.24 45 120 5/26/1999 1 yr. "Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Technical University of Berlin" Germany Satish Dhawan Space Centre PSLV-C2 1999-029C 25758 Transmits image of its own view; not currently used for scientific mission but operational. JMSatcat304 http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/1999/029C.HTM http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx547.html http://www.vectronic-aerospace.com/Image_Gallery/DLR-TUBSAT/dlr-tubsat.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html "DMSP 5D-2 F13 (Defense Meteorological Satellites Program, USA 109)" USA DoD/NOAA Military Earth Science/Meteorology "LEO, Sun-sync." 845 855 6.93E-04 98.8 101.93 "1,134" 823 900 3/24/1995 5 yrs. General Electric Astro Space USA Vandenberg AFB Atlas E 1995-015A 23533 Near-polar orbits; investigate Earth's environment. JMSatcat304 www.wmo.ch/web/www/OSY/Meetings/ICT-IOS3/Doc2-3(1).doc http://dmsp.ngdc.noaa.gov/ http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions.dmsp.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/1995/015A.HTM "DMSP 5D-2 F14 (Defense Meteorological Satellites Program, USA 131)" USA DoD/NOAA Military Earth Science/Meteorology "LEO, Sun-sync." 842 855 9.00E-04 98.9 101.9 "1,134" 823 900 4/4/1997 5 yrs. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space USA Vandenberg AFB Titan 2 1997-012A 24753 Near-polar orbits; investigate Earth's environment. JMSatcat304 www.wmo.ch/web/www/OSY/Meetings/ICT-IOS3/Doc2-3(1).doc http://dmsp.ngdc.noaa.gov/ http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions.dmsp.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/1997/012A.HTM "DMSP 5D-3 F15 (Defense Meteorological Satellites Program, USA 147)" USA DoD/NOAA Military Earth Science/Meteorology "LEO, Sun-sync." 837 851 9.70E-04 98.9 101.8 "1,152" 823 900 12/12/1999 5 yrs. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space USA Vandenberg AFB Titan 2 1999-067A 25991 Near-polar orbits; investigate Earth's environment. JMSatcat304 www.wmo.ch/web/www/OSY/Meetings/ICT-IOS3/Doc2-3(1).doc http://dmsp.ngdc.noaa.gov/ http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions.dmsp.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html "DMSP 5D-3 F16 (Defense Meteorological Satellites Program, USA 172)" USA DoD/NOAA Military Earth Science/Meteorology "LEO, Sun-sync." 843 852 6.23E-04 98.9 101.87 "1,154" 825 900 10/18/2003 5 yrs. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space USA Vandenberg AFB Titan 2 2003-048A 28054 Near-polar orbits; investigate Earth's environment. JMSatcat304 www.wmo.ch/web/www/OSY/Meetings/ICT-IOS3/Doc2-3(1).doc http://dmsp.ngdc.noaa.gov/ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx600.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html "DMSP 5D-3 F17 (Defense Meteorological Satellites Program, USA 191)" USA DoD/NOAA Military Earth Science/Meteorology "LEO, Sun-sync." 842 855 9.00E-04 98.79 101.89 "1,154" 825 900 11/4/2006 5 yrs. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space USA Vandenberg AFB Delta 4 2006-050A 29522 Near-polar orbits; investigate Earth's environment. SC - ASCR http://www.lib.cas.cz/knav/space.40/2006/050A.HTM http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx637.html "Dongfanghong 3R (DFH 3, Zhongxing 6, Chinasat 6)" China (PR) China Satellite Communication Corp. (China Satcom) Commercial/Government Communications "GEO, 124.97° E" +124.97 "35,785" "35,792" 8.30E-05 0.2 1436.19 "2,260" "2,000" 5/12/1997 8 yrs. China Academy of Space Technology China (PR) Xichang Satellite Launch Center Long March CZ-3A 1997-021A 24798 "24 C-band; 6 television channels and 18 communications channels; DongfanghonGalaxy-3 = ""East is Red, 3.""" JM/304 http://www.chinasatcom.com/English/ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/#1997 http://www.sinodefence.com/space/spacecraft/dfh3/asp http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/1997/021A.HTM "Double Star 2 (Tan Ce 2, Explorer 2)" China (PR)/ESA Chinese National Space Administration/European Space Agency Government Research Elliptical 272 "38,352" 7.41E-01 89.27 682.98 660 343 7/25/2004 Chinese National Space Administration/European Space Agency China (PR)/EU Taiyuan Launch Center Long March 2C 2004-029A 28382 CNSA-ESA joint mission carrying eight experiments to study earth's magnetosphere; highest orbit ever for a Chinese satellite; polar orbit; operates with ESA's cluster satellites. SC - ASCR http://orbits.esa.int/orbits/ http://www.eads.net/xml-root/content/OF00000000400004/7/64/31603647.html?cmd=print&size=1024 http://spacenews.dancebeat.info/index.php?topic=ESA http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.lib.cas.cz/knav/space.40/2004/029A.HTM http://www.kosmo.cz/modules.php?op=modload&name=kosmo&file=index&fil=/s/2004/029A.HTM "DRTS (Data Relay Test Satellite, Kodama)" Japan National Space Development Agency Government Technology Development "GEO, 90.69° E" +90.69 "35,768" "35,805" 4.39E-04 0.04 1436.13 "2,650" "1,500" "2,100" 9/10/2002 7 yrs. Mitsubishi Electric Japan Tanegashima Space Center Space Center H-2A 2002-042B 27516 Develop more advanced data relay by improving the technology for the Communications and Broadcasting Engineering Satellite (COMETS). Serve as the space communications infrastructure for two-way data relay between ground stations and experimental spacecraft in low- to mid-altitude orbit JM/304 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx587.html http://www.nasda.go.jp/projects/sat/drts/tback_e.html http://spaceflightnow.com/h2a/f3/status.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html "DSCS III-A3 (USA 167, DSCS III-A3) (Defense Satellite Communications System)" USA US Air Force Military Communications GEO "35,786" "35,786" 0.00E+00 0 1436.1 "1,156" 884 "1,240" 3/11/2003 10 yrs. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 2A 2003-008A 27691 "Super High Frequency (SHF) for U.S. government and military; sophisticated survivability enhancement; worldwide, longhaul coverage; X-band." GS http://1mms.external.lmco.com/newsbureau/pressreleases/03.07.html http://www.af.mil.news/factsheets/Defense_Satellite_Communicati/html http://globalsecurity.org/space/library/report/2005/satellitetables2004.htm http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/com/dscs_3.htm "DSCS III-B6 (USA 170, DSCS III B-6) (Defense Satellite Communications System)" USA US Air Force Military Communications GEO "35,786" "35,786" 0.00E+00 0 1436.1 "1,156" 884 "1,240" 8/29/2003 10 yrs. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space USA Cape Canaveral Delta 4 2003-040A 27875 "Super High Frequency (SHF) for U.S. government and military; sophisticated survivability enhancement; worldwide, longhaul coverage; X-band. " GS http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/atlas_launch_001019.html http://www.af.mil.news/factsheets/Defense_Satellite_Communicati/html http://globalsecurity.org/space/library/report/2005/satellitetables2004.htm http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/com/dscs_3.htm "DSCS III-F10 (USA 135, DSCS III B-13) (Defense Satellite Communications System)" USA US Air Force Military Communications "GEO, 12° W" -12.00 "35,786" "35,786" 0.00E+00 0 1436.1 "1,156" 884 "1,240" 10/24/1997 10 yrs. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space USA Cape Canaveral Delta 4 1997-065A 25019 "Super High Frequency (SHF) for U.S. government and military; sophisticated survivability enhancement; worldwide, longhaul coverage; X-band." GS www.losangeles.af.mil/smc/mc/mcd.html www.disa.mil/ca/buyguide/feature/teleport.html http://www.af.mil.news/factsheets/Defense_Satellite_Communicati/html http://globalsecurity.org/space/library/report/2005/satellitetables2004.htm http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/com/dscs_3.htm "DSCS III-F11 (USA 148, DSCS III B-8) (Defense Satellite Communications System)" USA US Air Force Military Communications "GEO, 175° E" +175.00 "35,786" "35,786" 0.00E+00 0 1436.1 "1,156" 884 "1,240" 1/1/2000 10 yrs. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 2A 2000-001A 26052 "Super High Frequency (SHF) for U.S. government and military; sophisticated survivability enhancement; worldwide, longhaul coverage; X-band." GS www.losangeles.af.mil/smc/mc/mcd.html www.disa.mil/ca/buyguide/feature/teleport.html http://www.af.mil.news/factsheets/Defense_Satellite_Communicati/html http://globalsecurity.org/space/library/report/2005/satellitetables2004.htm http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/com/dscs_3.htm "DSCS III-F12 (USA 153, DSCS III B-11) (Defense Satellite Communications System)" USA US Air Force Military Communications "GEO, 135° W" -135.00 "35,786" "35,786" 0.00E+00 0 1436.1 "1,156" 884 "1,240" 10/20/2000 10 yrs. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 2A 2000-065A 26575 "Super High Frequency (SHF) for U.S. government and military; sophisticated survivability enhancement; worldwide, longhaul coverage; X-band." GS www.losangeles.af.mil/smc/mc/mcd.html www.disa.mil/ca/buyguide/feature/teleport.html http://www.af.mil.news/factsheets/Defense_Satellite_Communicati/html http://globalsecurity.org/space/library/report/2005/satellitetables2004.htm http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/com/dscs_3.htm "DSCS III-F6 (USA 82, DSCS III B-12) (Defense Satellite Communications System)" USA US Air Force Military Communications "GEO, 60° E" +60.00 "35,786" "35,786" 0.00E+00 0 1436.1 "1,156" 884 "1,240" 7/2/1992 10 yrs. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space USA Cape Canaveral Atlas II 1992-037A 22009 "Super High Frequency (SHF) for U.S. government and military; sophisticated survivability enhancement; worldwide, longhaul coverage; X-band." GS www.losangeles.af.mil/smc/mc/mcd.html www.disa.mil/ca/buyguide/feature/teleport.html http://www.af.mil.news/factsheets/Defense_Satellite_Communicati/html http://globalsecurity.org/space/library/report/2005/satellitetables2004.htm http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/com/dscs_3.htm "DSCS III-F7 (USA 93, DSCS III B-9) (Defense Satellite Communications System)" USA US Air Force Military Communications GEO 180° E +180.00 "35,786" "35,786" 0.00E+00 0 1436.1 "1,156" 884 "1,240" 7/19/1993 10 yrs. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 2 1993-046A 22719 "Spare; Super High Frequency (SHF) for U.S. government and military; sophisticated survivability enhancement; worldwide, longhaul coverage; X-band." GS www.losangeles.af.mil/smc/mc/mcd.html www.disa.mil/ca/buyguide/feature/teleport.html http://www.af.mil.news/factsheets/Defense_Satellite_Communicati/html http://globalsecurity.org/space/library/report/2005/satellitetables2004.htm http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/com/dscs_3.htm "DSCS III-F8 (USA 97, DSCS III B-10) (Defense Satellite Communications System)" USA US Air Force Military Communications "GEO, 57° E" +57.00 "35,786" "35,786" 0.00E+00 0 1436.1 "1,156" 884 "1,240" 11/28/1993 10 yrs. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 2 1993-074A 22915 "Spare; Super High Frequency (SHF) for U.S. government and military; sophisticated survivability enhancement; worldwide, longhaul coverage; X-band; in reserve." GS www.losangeles.af.mil/smc/mc/mcd.html www.disa.mil/ca/buyguide/feature/teleport.html http://www.af.mil.news/factsheets/Defense_Satellite_Communicati/html http://globalsecurity.org/space/library/report/2005/satellitetables2004.htm http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/com/dscs_3.htm "DSCS III-F9 (USA 113, DSCS III B-7) (Defense Satellite Communications System)" USA US Air Force Military Communications "GEO, 52.4° W" -52.40 "35,784" "35,784" 0.00E+00 0 1436.1 "1,156" 884 "1,240" 7/31/1995 10 yrs. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 2A 1995-038A 23628 "Super High Frequency (SHF) for U.S. government and military; sophisticated survivability enhancement; worldwide, longhaul coverage; X-band." GS http://www.space-technology.com/projects/sicral/ http://globalsecurity.org/space/library/report/2005/satellitetables2004.htm http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/com/dscs_3.htm DSP 20 (USA 149) (Defense Support Program) USA Air Force Military Early Warning "GEO, 7.67° E" +7.67 "35,745" "35,830" 1.01E-03 0.48 1436.17 "2,380" "1,485" 5/18/2000 7-9 yrs. TRW and Aerojet Electronics Systems USA Cape Canaveral Titan IVB 2000-024A 26356 Infrared sensors to detect heat from missile and booster plumes against earth's background; detection capability of smaller missiles; improved warning of attack by short-range missiles against U.S. and allied forces. JM304 http://www.af.mil/news/factsheets/Defense_Support_Program_Satel.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html DSP 21 (USA 159) (Defense Support Program) USA Air Force Military Early Warning GEO "35,780" "35,780" 0.00E+00 2.9 1435.76 "2,380" "1,485" 8/6/2001 7-9 yrs. TRW and Aerojet Electronics Systems USA Cape Canaveral Titan 4B 2001-033A 26880 Infrared sensors to detect heat from missile and booster plumes against earth's background; detection capability of smaller missiles; improved warning of attack by short-range missiles against U.S. and allied forces. JMSatcat304 http://www.spaceline.org/news/titan/dsp-21/dsp-21.html http://www.spaceandtech.com/spacedata/logs/2001/2001-033a_dsp-21_sum.shtml http://www.af.mil/news/factsheets/Defense_Support_Program_Satel.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html DSP 22 (USA 176) (Defense Support Program) USA Air Force Military Early Warning "GEO, 96.66° W" -96.66 "35,780" "35,780" 0.00E+00 2.9 1435.76 "2,380" "1,485" 2/14/2004 7-9 yrs. Northrup Grumman (formerly TRW) USA Cape Canaveral Titan 4B 2004-004A 28158 Infrared sensors to detect heat from missile and booster plumes against earth's background; detection capability of smaller missiles; improved warning of attack by short-range missiles against U.S. and allied forces. JMSatcat304 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx604.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html DSP 23 (USA 197) (Defense Support Program) USA Air Force Military Early Warning "GEO, 8.74° E" +8.74 "35,784" "35,784" 0.00E+00 4 1436.1 "2,380" "1,485" 11/11/2007 7-9 yrs. Northrup Grumman (formerly TRW) USA Cape Canaveral Delta 4 2007-054A 32287 Infrared sensors to detect heat from missile and booster plumes against earth's background; detection capability of smaller missiles; improved warning of attack by short-range missiles against U.S. and allied forces. http://www.lib.cas.cz/space.40/2007/054A.HTM http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx649.html "DSP F16 (DSP 16, USA 72) (Defense Support Program)" USA Air Force Military Early Warning "GEO, 40.28° W" -40.28 "35,861" "35,868" 8.29E-05 4.49 1440.1 "2,380" "1,485" 11/24/1991 7-9 yrs. TRW and Aerojet Electronics Systems USA Cape Canaveral Shuttle (STS 44) 1991-080B 21805 Infrared sensors to detect heat from missile and booster plumes against earth's background; detection capability of smaller missiles; improved warning of attack by short-range missiles against U.S. and allied forces. JM/304 http://www.af.mil/news/factsheets/Defense_Support_Program_Satel.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html "DSP F17 (DSP 17, USA 107) (Defense Support Program)" USA Air Force Military Early Warning "GEO, 146.15° W" -146.15 "35,786" "35,786" 0.00E+00 0 1436.1 "2,380" "1,485" 12/22/1994 7-9 yrs. TRW and Aerojet Electronics Systems USA Cape Canaveral Titan IVA 1994-084A 23435 Infrared sensors to detect heat from missile and booster plumes against earth's background; detection capability of smaller missiles; improved warning of attack by short-range missiles against U.S. and allied forces. GS http://globalsecurity.org/space/library/report/2005/satellitetables2004.htm http://www.af.mil/news/factsheets/Defense_Support_Program_Satel.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html DSP F18 (USA 130) (Defense Support Program) USA Air Force Military Early Warning GEO "35,780" "35,800" 2.37E-04 0.1 1436.27 "2,380" "1,485" 2/23/1997 7-9 yrs. TRW and Aerojet Electronics Systems USA Cape Canaveral Titan IVB 1997-008A 24737 Infrared sensors to detect heat from missile and booster plumes against earth's background; detection capability of smaller missiles; improved warning of attack by short-range missiles against U.S. and allied forces. JMSatcat304 http://www.af.mil/news/factsheets/Defense_Support_Program_Satel.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html E-bird Multinational European Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (EUTELSAT) Commercial Communications "GEO, 33.20° E" +33.20 "35,780" "35,790" 1.19E-04 0.04 1436.05 "1,525" "1,300" "1,600" 9/27/2003 10 yrs. Boeing Satellite Systems USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 5 2003-043A 27948 20 Ku-band transponders; video and data transmission to Europe and Turkey. JM/304 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx600.html http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/4_1.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Echostar 1 USA Echostar Communication Corp. Commercial Communications "GEO, 148.06° W" -148.06 "35,775" "35,796" 2.49E-04 0.02 1436.07 "3,287" "2,000" "7,000" 12/28/1995 12 yrs. Lockheed Martin Astro Space USA Xichang Satellite Launch Center Long March 2E 1995-073A 23754 Western United States to Central/Mountain region; 16 Ku-band transponders JM/304 http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/aboutus/satellites/echo1/index.shtml http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Echostar 10 USA Echostar Communication Corp. Commercial Communications "GEO, 110° W" -110.00 "35,780" "35,788" 9.49E-05 0.04 1435.97 "4,333" "10,000" 2/15/2006 15 yrs. Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems USA Sea Launch Zenit 3-SL 2006-003A 28935 "Direct-to-home transmission of voice, video and internet." SC - ASCR http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/aboutus/satellites/echoX/index.shtml http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/060216_sea_launch.html http://www.kosmo.cz/modules.php?op=modload&name=kosmo&file=index&fil=/s/2006/003A.HTM&act=print Echostar 2 USA Echostar Communication Corp. Commercial Communications "GEO, 147.91° W" -147.91 "35,780" "35,791" 1.30E-04 0.02 1436.07 "2,885" "2,000" "7,000" 9/10/1996 12 yrs. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 42P 1996-055A 24313 Western United States to Central/Mountain region; 16 Ku-band transponders JM/304 http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/aboutus/satellites/echo2/index.shtml http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Echostar 3 USA Echostar Communication Corp. Commercial Communications "GEO, 61.48° W" -61.48 "35,779" "35,793" 1.66E-04 0.03 1436.09 "3,674" "1,700" "10,000" 10/5/1997 12 yrs. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 2AS 1997-059A 25004 Central/Mountain region to Eastern U.S.; 32 Ku-band transponders JM/304 http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/aboutus/satellites/echo3/index.shtml http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Echostar 4 USA Echostar Communication Corp. Commercial Communications "GEO, 157.01° W" -157.01 "35,781" "35,789" 9.49E-05 0.4 1436.05 "3,478" "2,200" "10,000" 5/8/1998 12 yrs. Space Systems Loral USA Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton 1998-028A 25331 "CONUS, Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico; 32 Ku-band transponders" JM/304 http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/aboutus/satellites/echo4/index.shtml http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Echostar 5 USA Echostar Communication Corp. Commercial Communications "GEO, 119.02° W" -119.02 "35,777" "35,795" 2.13E-04 0.02 1436.08 "3,602" "1,500" "10,000" 9/23/1999 12 yrs. Space Systems Loral USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 2AS 1999-050A 25913 "CONUS, Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico; 32 Ku-band transponders" JM/304 http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/aboutus/satellites/echo5/index.shtml http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Echostar 6 USA Echostar Communication Corp. Commercial Communications "GEO, 110.17° W" -110.17 "35,776" "35,796" 2.37E-04 0.03 1436.09 "3,700" "1,493" "11,000" 7/14/2000 12 yrs. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 2AS 2000-038A 26402 "CONUS, Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico; 32 Ku-band transponders" JM/304 http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/aboutus/satellites/echo6/index.shtml http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Echostar 7 USA Echostar Communication Corp. Commercial Communications "GEO, 118.92° W" -118.92 "35,776" "35,795" 2.25E-04 0.01 1436.09 "4,027" "2,200" "13,000" 2/21/2002 12 yrs. Space Systems Loral USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 3B 2002-006A 27378 "CONUS, Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico; 32 Ku-band transponders" JM/304 http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/aboutus/satellites/echo7/index.shtml http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Echostar 8 USA Echostar Communication Corp. Commercial Communications "GEO, 110.03° W" -110.03 "35,775" "35,798" 2.73E-04 0.02 1436.11 "4,660" "10,000" 8/21/2002 12 yrs. Space Systems Loral USA Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton 2002-039A 27501 "CONUS, Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico; 32 Ku-band transponders" JM/304 http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/aboutus/satellites/echo8/index.shtml "Echostar 9/Galaxy 23 (G-23, Intelsat 1A-13, Telstar 13)" USA Echostar Communication Corp./Intelsat Commercial Communications "GEO, 121.04° W" -121.04 "35,777" "35,796" 2.25E-04 0.01 1436.1 "4,000" "2,500" 8/8/2003 13 yrs. Space Systems Loral USA Sea Launch Zenit 3-SL 2003-034A 27854 "24 C-band, 2 Ka-band, 32 Ku-band; additional C-band payload owned and operated by Loral Skynet." JM/304 http://www.abcnewsabsat.com/home.html www.spaceflightnow.com/sealaunch/echostar9/status.html http://www.intelsat.com/news/releases/press/2003-26.asp http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Edusat (GSAT-3) India Ministry of Education Government Communications "GEO, 74° E" +74.00 "35,776" "35,797" 2.49E-04 0.04 1436.1 "1,950" 820 "2,040" 9/20/2004 7 yrs. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) India Satish Dhawan Space Centre GSLV (F04) 2004-036A 28417 Interactive education for remote areas of India; 6 C-band and 6 Ku-band transponders; first satellite dedicated to education. SC - ASCR http://www.vigyanprasar.com/comcom/inter51.htm http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/26September2004_26.html http://www.gizmo.com.au/go/3269/ http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.lib.cas.cz/knav/space.40/2004/036A.HTM Egyptsat-1 (MisrSat-) Egypt National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Science (NARSSS) Government Remote Sensing LEO 658 665 4.98E-04 98.09 97.97 157 4/17/2007 National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (Egypt)/Yuzhnoye Design Bureau (Ukraine) Egypt/Ukraine Baikonur Cosmodrome Dnepr 2007-012A 31117 Carries an infrared sensing device and a high resolution multispectral imager together with forward communications payload; considered by many Israeli experts to be a spy satellite. http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1176802153354&pagename=Zone-English-HealthScience%2FHSELayout http://www.nkau.gov.ua/nsau/catalogNEW.nsf/proectE/3B41E4935D67F084C2256F2A003356A1?OpenDocument&Lang=E http://www.lib.cas.cz/knav/space.40/2007/I012A.HTM Ekran M1 (Ekran M-18) Russia Russian Satellite Communications Company (Intersputnik) Commercial Communications "GEO, 99.19° E" +99.19 "35,776" "35,800" 2.85E-04 1.07 1436.18 "1,970" "1,200" 4/7/2001 3 yrs. NPO-PM Russia Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton M 2001-014A 26736 TV/radio broadcasting; 2 C-band transponders. JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa/gov/spacewarn/spx570.html http://www.rscc.ru/eng/model106.html Envisat-1 ESA European Space Agency (ESA) Government Remote Sensing "LEO, Sun-sync." 784 790 4.19E-04 98.5 100.6 "8,111" "3,010" "7,500" 3/1/2002 5 yrs. European Space Agency International Guiana Space Center Ariane 5 2002-009A 27386 "Monitoring and study of Earth's environment and climate change; mangement of Earth's rseources, renewable and non-renewable; global warming, ozone layer" JMSatcat304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov/satellite_missions/list_of_satellites/envisat/ http://envisat.esa.int/ EO-1 (Earth Observing 1) USA NASA Earth Science Office Government Earth Observation/Research "LEO, Sun-sync." 682 729 3.32E-03 98.2 98.88 572 600 11/21/2000 5 yrs. Swales Aerospace USA Vandenberg AFB Delta-2 2000-075A 26619 One-year technology validation/demonstration mission; image Earth's surface in numerous wavelength bands. JMSatcat304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/EO1/eo1.html http://eo1.usgs.gov/ http://directory.eoportal.org/pres_EO1EarthObserving1.html "EORSAT (US-PU, Cosmos 2421)" Russia Ministry of Defense Military Electronic Intelligence "LEO, Sun-sync." 405 417 8.85E-04 65.1 92.78 "3,300" 6/25/2006 KB Arsenal Russia Baikonur Cosmodrome Tsiklon 2 2006-026A 29247 Electronic intelligence for Russian navy; one of its solar panels failed to deploy. SC - ASCR http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0606/25tsyklon/ http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2006/026A.HTM EOS-AM Terra USA/Canada/Japan Earth Sciences Enterprise (NASA) Government Earth Science "LEO, Sun-sync." 655 686 2.20E-03 98.2 98.15 "4,854" "2,530" 12/18/1999 6 yrs. TRW Space USA Vandenberg AFB Atlas 2AS 1999-068A 25994 JM/Satcat304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx554.html http://terra.nasa.gov/ EOS-CHEM Aura USA Goddard Space Flight Center/EOS Data and Operations System Government Remote Sensing "LEO, Sun-sync." 702 703 7.07E-05 98.2 98.8 "2,967" "4,600 (EOL)" 7/15/2004 5+ yrs. TRW USA Vandenberg AFB Delta 2 2004-026A 28376 "Study Earth's ozone, air quality, and climate; extension of UARS and TOMS missions." SC - ASCR http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.technewsworld.com/story/35136.html http://aura.gsfc.nasa.gov/ http://www.lib.cas.cz/knav/space.40/2004/026A.HTM "EOS-PM Aqua (Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS, EOS PM-1)" USA/Japan/Brazil NASA - Earth Science Enterprise/Japan Meteorological Agency/Brazilian Space Agency Government Earth Observation "LEO, Sun-sync." 673 686 9.22E-04 98.1 98.34 "2,934" "2,832" "4,860 (EOL)" 5/4/2002 6 yrs. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency/Equatorial Systems (Brazil) USA/Japan/Brazil Vandenberg AFB Delta 2002-022A 27424 Six-year chronology of the planet and its hydrological processes. JMSatcat304 http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2003/0528aqua.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx583.html http://aqua.gsfc.nasa.gov/ http://www.tierramerica.net/2002/0721/iacentos.shtml http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://directory.eoportal.org/pres_AQUA.html EROS A1 (Earth Resources Observation Satellite) Israel "ImageSat International, NV/Ministry of Defense" Military/Commercial Remote Sensing "LEO, Sun-sync." 491 502 8.01E-04 97.3 94.55 240 12/5/2000 6 yrs. Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Israel Svobodni Cosmodrome Start-1 2000-079A 26631 "High resolution imaging satellite; obtain images (with terrain width of 12.6 km) of locations chosen by Israeli military or worldwide commercial clients; in Jan. 2001 Ministry of Defense bought rights to all imaging of Israel and territories within 2,000 km radius." JMSatcat304 www.spaceandtech.com/spacedata http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx566.html http://www.coresw.com/news/isi20001205.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html EROS B1 (Earth Resources Observation Satellite) Israel "ImageSat International, NV/Ministry of Defense" Military/Commercial Remote Sensing "LEO, Sun-sync." 503 516 9.45E-04 97.33 94.82 350 800 4/25/2006 10 yrs. Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Israel Svobodni Cosmodrome Start-1 2006-014A 29079 "High resolution imaging satellite; obtain images (with resolution of 0.82 meters) of locations chosen by Israeli military or worldwide commercial clients; in Jan. 2001 Ministry of Defense bought rights to all imaging of Israel and territories within 2,000 km around Israel." SC - ASCR http://www.spaceandtech.com/spacedata/logs/2003/erosb1_sumpub.shtml ERS-2 (European Remote Sensing Satellite) ESA European Space Agency Government Earth Science "LEO, Sun-sync." 783 785 1.40E-04 98.5 100.53 "2,510" "2,200 (BOL)" 4/21/1995 3 yrs. European Space Agency International Guiana Space Center Ariane 1995-021A 23560 "Earth resources spacecraft; measure ocean surface and waves, temperatures; monitor ozone and ozone-destroying gases; ocean currents and changes in Arctic and Antarctic ice." JMSatcat304 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx499.html http://earth.esa.int/ers/ http://www.esa.int/export/esaSA/GGGWBR8RVDC_earth_0.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html ESSAIM-1 France Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/Délégation Générale de l'Armement (DGA) Military ELINT Demonstration "LEO, Sun-sync." 666 674 5.68E-04 98.1 120 12/18/2004 3 yrs. EADS Astrium France/UK/Germany/Spain Guiana Space Center Ariane 5G 2004-049C 28494 "Demonstration satellites for ELINT; map the ""electro-magnetic environment of the Earth's surface""; system of four satellites." HA http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx614.html http://www.heavens-above.com/satinfo.asp?satid=28494 ESSAIM-2 France Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/Délégation Générale de l'Armement (DGA) Military ELINT Demonstration "LEO, Sun-sync." 661 678 1.21E-03 98.1 120 12/18/2004 3 yrs. EADS Astrium France/UK/Germany/Spain Guiana Space Center Ariane 5G 2004-049D 28495 "Demonstration satellites for ELINT; map the ""electro-magnetic environment of the Earth's surface""; system of four satellites." HA http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx614.html http://www.heavens-above.com/satinfo.asp?satid=28495 ESSAIM-3 France Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/Délégation Générale de l'Armement (DGA) Military ELINT Demonstration "LEO, Sun-sync." 643 659 1.14E-03 98.1 120 12/18/2004 3 yrs. EADS Astrium France/UK/Germany/Spain Guiana Space Center Ariane 5G 2004-049E 28496 "Demonstration satellites for ELINT; map the ""electro-magnetic environment of the Earth's surface""; system of four satellites." HA http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx614.html http://www.heavens-above.com/satinfo.asp?satid=28496 ESSAIM-4 France Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/Délégation Générale de l'Armement (DGA) Military ELINT Demonstration "LEO, Sun-sync." 644 655 7.84E-04 98.1 120 12/18/2004 3 yrs. EADS Astrium France/UK/Germany/Spain Guiana Space Center Ariane 5G 2004-049F 28497 "Demonstration satellites for ELINT; map the ""electro-magnetic environment of the Earth's surface""; system of four satellites." HA http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx614.html http://www.heavens-above.com/satinfo.asp?satid=28497 Estrela do Sul 1 (Telstar 14) Brazil Loral Skynet do Brasil (Loral Skynet) Commercial Communications "GEO, 59.36° W" -59.36 "35,728" "36,761" 1.21E-02 0.06 1459.59 "4,694" 1/11/2004 Space Systems Loral USA Sea Launch (Odyssey) Zenit-3SL 2004-001A 28137 41 Ku-band transponders; direct-to-home video and internet to Brazil and North America. JM/304 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx603.html http://www.sea-launch.com/past_launches.htm http://www.loralglobalalliance.com/fleet/skynet_brasil/brazil_overview_us.asp.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Eurasiasat 1 (Turksat 2A) Turkey/France Eurasiasat SAM/Alcatel Space Commercial Communications "GEO, 41.98° E" +41.98 "35,755" "35,815" 7.12E-04 0.02 1436.04 "3,535" "1,900" "9,000 (EOL)" 1/10/2001 15 yrs. Alcatel Space Industries France Guiana Space Center Ariane 4 2001-002A 26666 "32 Ku-band transponders; direct-to-home voice, video, and data transmissions to countries between central Europe and the Indian subcontinent." JM/304 http://www.spaceandtech.com/digest/flash2001/flash2001-004.shtml http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx567.html http://www.eurasiasat.com/ http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Eurobird 1 (Eurosat 1) Multinational European Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (EUTELSAT) Commercial Communications "GEO, 28.50° E" +28.50 "35,772" "35,799" 3.20E-04 0.01 1436.05 "2,950" "1,375" "5,900" 3/8/2001 12 yrs. Alcatel Space Industries France Guiana Space Center Ariane V 2001-011A 26719 Twenty-four channels; Western and Central Europe as far west as Canary Islands. JM/304 http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/4_1.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html "Eurobird 2 (Arabsat 2D, Hot Bird 5)" Multinational European Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (EUTELSAT) Commercial Communications "GEO, 25.5° E" +25.50 "35,769" "35,802" 3.91E-04 0.01 1436.07 "2,995" "1,700" "5,500" 9/10/1998 12 yrs. Matra Marconi Space (Astrium) France/UK Cape Canaveral Atlas 2A 1998-057A 25495 "Business services, satellite news gathering and television and radio programme distribution." JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/4_1.html http://www.selkirkshire.demon.co.uk/analoguesat/comparison20.html "Eurobird 4 (Hot Bird 3, Eurobird 10, Eutelsat 2-F9)" Multinational European Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (EUTELSAT) Commercial Communications "GEO, 13.04° E" +13.04 "35,770" "35,801" 3.68E-04 0.06 1436.08 "2,885" "1,700" "6,000" 9/2/1997 14 yrs. Matra Marconi Space (Astrium) France/UK/Germany Guiana Space Center Ariane 4 1997-049A 24931 "Cable programming; direct-to-home broadcasting; Europe, North Africa, 20 active channels" JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/4_1.html "Eurobird 9 (Hot Bird 2, Eutelsat 2-F8, Eutelsat HB2)" Multinational European Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (EUTELSAT) Commercial Communications "GEO, 13.01° E" +13.01 "35,769" "35,803" 4.03E-04 0.06 1436.08 "2,915" "1,700" 11/21/1996 14 yrs. Matra Marconi Space (Astrium) France/UK/Germany Cape Canaveral Delta II 1996-067A 24665 "Full coverage of Europe, Middle East, parts of Africa and Asia; 20 active channels" JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/4_1.html "Europe*Star 1 (Intelsat 12, Europe*Star FM1, IS-12, PAS-12)" Multinational Europe*Star (Altacel; Loral Global Alliance) Commercial Communications "GEO, 44.96° E" +44.96 "35,768" "35,802" 4.03E-04 0.04 1436.06 "4,167" "1,729" "12,000" 10/29/2000 18 yrs. Alcatel Space Industries France Guiana Space Center Ariane 44LP 2000-068A 26590 30 Ku-band; highest powered Ku-band cross connection between South East Asia and Europe. JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.europestar.com/ Eutelsat W-1 Multinational European Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (EUTELSAT) Commercial Communications "GEO, 10.02° E" +10.02 "35,764" "35,808" 5.22E-04 0.01 1436.08 "3,250" "1,430" "5,900" 9/6/2000 12 yrs. Matra Marconi Space (Astrium) France/UK/Germany Cape Canaveral Atlas 2A 2000-052A 26487 "Twenty-eight channels, Europe, Atlantic Islands, North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia." JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/4_1.html Eutelsat W-2 Multinational European Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (EUTELSAT) Commercial Communications "GEO, 16.03° E" +16.03 "35,768" "35,802" 4.03E-04 0.03 1436.05 "2,490" "1,380" "5,800" 10/5/1998 12 yrs. Alcatel Space Industries France Guiana Space Center Ariane 4 1998-056A 25491 "Twenty-four transponders, Europe, North Africa, Middle East." JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/4_1.html Eutelsat W3A Multinational European Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (EUTELSAT) Commercial Communications "GEO, 7° E" +7.00 "35,545" "35,792" 2.94E-03 0 1430.06 "4,300" "2,000" 3/15/2004 15 yrs. Astrium France Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton M 2004-008A 28187 58 Ku-band transponders; covers whole of sub-Saharan Africa and provides connectivity to Europe and Middle East. JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/4_1.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx605.html Eutelsat W-4 Multinational European Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (EUTELSAT) Commercial Communications "GEO, 36.11° E" +36.11 "35,765" "35,805" 4.74E-04 0.05 1436.04 "3,190" "1,380" "6,000" 5/24/2000 12 yrs. Alcatel Space Industries France Cape Canaveral Atlas 3A 2000-028A 26369 "Thirty-one operational channels, Western Russia, majoritiy of central and southern Afirca." JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/4_1.html Eutelsat W-5 Multinational European Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (EUTELSAT) Commercial Communications "GEO, 70.44° E" +70.44 "35,761" "35,812" 6.05E-04 0.02 1436.1 "3,170" "1,900" "5,900" 11/20/2002 12 yrs. Alcatel Space Industries France Cape Canaveral Atlas IIAS 2002-051A 27554 "Twenty-four transponders, Ku-band connectivity from western Europe through Middle East and Central and South Asia." JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/4_1.html Eutelsat W-6 (Eutelsat W-3) Multinational European Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (EUTELSAT) Commercial Communications "GEO, 6.94° E" +6.94 "35,769" "35,804" 4.15E-04 0.01 1436.11 "2,490" "1,380" "5,800" 4/12/1999 12 yrs. Alcatel Space Industries France Guiana Space Center Ariane 4 1999-018A 25673 "Broadcasting, telecommunications, direct-to-home tv, business services; 24 Ku-band transponders; Europe, Atlantic Islands, North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia." JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/4_1.html Express AM22 (Sesat 2) Russia/Multinational Russian Satellite Communications Company (Intersputnik)/EUTELSAT Commercial Communications "GEO, 54.81° E" +54.81 "35,870" "35,894" 2.84E-04 0.06 1441.01 "2,600" "6,000" 12/28/2003 12 yrs. NPO-PM/Alcatel Russia/France Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton-K 2003-060A 28134 "12 of the 24 transponders are referred to as SESAT-2 (EUTELSAT); 26 C-band, 4 Ku-band." JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx602.html http://www.rscc.ru/en/news/news/2003.12.29.html Express-3A (Ekspress-A No. 3) Multinational EUTELSAT (leases Ku-band capacity) - Russian Satellite Communications Company (Intersputnik) Commercial Communications "GEO, 11.01° W" -11.01 "35,782" "35,791" 1.07E-04 0.04 1436.1 "2,600" "2,500" 6/24/2000 10 yrs. NPO-PM/Alcatel Russia Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton K 2000-031A 26378 "Data transmission, TV and radio broadcasting, communications, Internet, video-conference, and others; digital format throughout Russia." JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa/gov/spacewarn/spx560.html http://www.intersputnik.com/expressachars.shtml Express-6A (Ekspress A No. 2) Russia Russian Satellite Communications Company (Intersputnik) Commercial Communications "GEO, 80.00° E" +80.00 "35,781" "35,791" 1.19E-04 0.05 1436.1 "2,600" "2,500" 3/12/2000 10 yrs. NPO-PM/Alcatel Russia Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton K 2000-013A 26098 "12 C-band, 5 Ku-band; television, telecommunications, dedicated networks." JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa/gov/spacewarn/spx557.html http://www.intersputnik.com/exprssa.shtml#6a "Express-A1R (Express 4A, Ekspress-A No. 4)" Russia Russian Satellite Communications Company (Intersputnik) Commercial Communications "GEO, 40.03° E" +40.03 "35,781" "35,792" 1.30E-04 0.05 1436.13 "2,600" "6,000" 6/10/2002 7-10 yrs. NPO-PM/Alcatel Russia Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton K 2002-029A 27441 "10 C-band transponders; data transmission, TV and radio broadcasting; communications, Internet, video-conference, others; digital format to Russia and neighboring countries." JM/304 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx584.html http://www.intersputnik.com/express.shtml http://www.rscc.ru/eng/sat.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Express-AM1 Russia Russian Satellite Communications Company (Intersputnik) Commercial Communications "GEO, 40° E" +40.00 "35,777" "35,796" 2.25E-04 0.04 1436.14 "2,600" "6,000" 10/29/2004 12 yrs. NPO-PM/NEC-Toshiba Russia/Japan Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton-M 2004-043A 28463 "9 C-band, 18 Ku-band; 1 L band for broadband and internet links and telephone to Russia and its neighbors." HA http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/31October2004_22.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx612.html http://www.rscc.ru/en/satellite/models/model04.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2004/043A.HTM http://www.heavens-above.com/orbitdisplay.asp?satid=28463 Express-AM2 Russia Russian Satellite Communications Company (Intersputnik) Commercial Communications "GEO, 80° E" +80.00 "35,703" "35,814" 1.32E-03 0.07 1436.2 "2,542" "6,000" 3/29/2005 12 yrs. NPO-PM/Alcatel Russia/France Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton-K 2005-010A 28629 "16 C-band, 12 Ku-band; 1 L-band." SC - ASCR http://www.rscc.ru/en/satellite/zones/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx617.html http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2005/010A.HTM Express-AM3 Russia Russian Satellite Communications Company (Intersputnik) Commercial Communications "GEO, 140° E" +140.00 "35,605" "36,636" 1.21E-02 0.03 1427.62 "2,600" "4,200" 6/24/2005 12 yrs. NPO-PM/Alcatel Russia/France Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton-K 2005-023A 28707 "16 C-band, 12 Ku-band; 1 L-band; video and radio transmissions to all of Russia." SC - ASCR http://www.rscc.ru/en/satellite/zones/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa/gov/spacewarn/spx620/html http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2005/I023A.HTM Express-AM33 Russia Russian Satellite Communications Company (Intersputnik) Commecial Communications "GEO, 96.50° E" +96.50 "35,753" "35,838" 1.01E-03 0.09 1436.56 "2,600" 1/28/2008 12 yrs. NPO-PM/Thales Alenia Space Russia/France Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton-M 2008-003A 32478 "10 C-band, 16 Ku-band; 1 L-band; Russian Federation and Asian Pacific region." JM/208 http://www.rscc.ru/en/news/news/2008.01.28.html http://www.lib.cas.cz/space.40/2008/003A.HTM http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa/gov/spacewarn/spx651.html Falconsat-3 USA US Air Force Academy Civil/Military Technology Development LEO 554 563 6.49E-04 35.4 95.83 46 3/9/2007 US Air Force Academy USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 5 2007-006E 30776 Air Force Academy’s first attempt at achieving three axis attitude determination and control (ADCS). FalconSAT-3 will carry three payloads to conduct DoD research. When primary mission completed amateur radio payload will be activated. http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2007/006E.HTM http://www.southgatearc.org/news/march2007/falconsat_3_launched.htm FAST (Fast Auroral SnapshoT) USA "Mission and Science Operations Center, UC Berkeley/NASA" Government/Civil Astrophysics Elliptical 350 "4,164" 2.21E-01 83 133.1 180 50 8/21/1996 1 yr. "University of California, Berkeley" USA Vandenberg AFB Pegasus 1996-049A 24285 Designed to study Earth's aurora. JMSatcat304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx514.html http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/fast/ http://science.hq.nasa.gov/missions/earth-sun.html Fengyun 1D (FY-1D) China (PR) China Meteorological Administration Government Earth Science "LEO, Sun-sync." 851 871 1.38E-03 98.8 102.17 956 5/15/2002 3 yrs. China Meteorological Administration China (PR) Xichang Satellite Launch Center Long March 4B 2002-024B 27431 "Polar-orbiting satellite; carries Multichannel Visible and Infrared Scan Radiometer (MVISR); means ""wind and cloud.""" JMSatcat304 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarnspx584.html http://nsmc.cma.gov.cn/fy1e.html http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/satellite/paper1Other.shtml http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Fengyun 2C (FY-2C) China (PR) China Meteorological Administration Government Earth Science "GEO, 104.2° E" +104.20 "35,794" "35,863" 8.18E-04 0.8 1436.23 "1,250" 623 300 10/19/2004 3 yrs. China Meteorological Administration China (PR) Xichang Satellite Launch Center Long March 3A 2004-042A 28451 "Five radiometer scanning channels; enhanced capacity for the quantitative observation of typhoons, precipitation, sea temperature, clouds, solar radiation and space particles." JMSatcat1104 http://www.spacedaily.com/news/weather-04z.html http://www.chinaembassy.org.ro/rom/kjwh/t169336.htm http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx612.html http://directory.eoportal.org/pres_FengYun2GeostationarySatelliteSeries.html http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/world/china/fy-2.htm Fengyun 2D (FY-2D) China (PR) China Meteorological Administration Government Earth Science "GEO, 86° E" +86.00 "35,775" "35,798" 2.73E-04 2.61 1436.09 "1,390" 620 12/8/2006 3 yrs. China Meteorological Administration China (PR) Xichang Satellite Launch Center Long March 3A 2006-053A 29640 Meteorological; better weather forecasting for the Beijing Olympics. SC - ASCR http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-12/08/content_5454022.htm http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/INDEX1.HTM "Formosat-2 (ROCSAT-2, Republic of China Satellite 2) " Taiwan National Space Program Office (NSPO) Government/Military Remote Sensing "LEO, Sun-sync." 725 743 1.27E-03 99.1 99.48 764 631 500-700 5/21/2004 5 yrs. Astrium/NSPO France/UK/Germany/Taiwan Vandenberg AFB Taurus XL 2004-018A 28254 """It's mission is to observe and monitor the terrestrial and marine environment and natural resources throughout Taiwan, its remote islands and surrounding ocean for civil applications."" " JMSatcat1104 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx607.html http://www.nspo.gov.tw/e50/home/index.html http://www.spacedaily.com/2004/040520222422.3oqhev83.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/ http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2004/018A.HTM FORTÉ (Fast On-orbit Recording of Transient Events) USA Los Alamos National Labs/DOE Government Earth Observation LEO/I 800 833 2.30E-03 69.9 101.22 215 41 55 8/29/1997 3 yrs. Los Alamos National Lab/Sandia National Lab USA Vandenberg AFB Pegasus-XL 1997-047A 24920 "Electronic equipment for detecting, analyzing and recording bursts of radio energy (nuclear tests) from near Earth's surface (nonproliferation); study lightning; plastic satellite bus." JMSatcat304 "http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,6482,00.html" http://centaur.sstl.co.uk/SSHP/mini/mini97.html http://nis-www.lanl.gov/nis-projects/forte_science/ http://www.lanl.gov/worldview/news/pdf/LANL_in_SpaceFact.pdf http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Galaxy-10R USA "PanAmSat (Intelsat, Ltd.)" Commercial Communications "GEO, 123.04° W" -123.04 "35,783" "35,790" 8.30E-05 0.01 1436.13 "3,642" "1,987" "8,800" 1/24/2000 15 yrs. Boeing Satellite Systems USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 4 2000-002A 26056 Digital and voice communications; 24 C-band< 24 Ku-band; North America. JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx555.html http://www.panamsat.com/global_network/galaxy_10r.asp Galaxy-11 USA "PanAmSat (Intelsat, Ltd.)" Commercial Communications "GEO, 91.00° W" -91.00 "35,785" "35,795" 1.19E-04 0.05 1436.11 "4,488" "2,775" "10,400" 1/21/1999 14 yrs. Boeing Satellite Systems USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 4 1999-071A 26038 "Voice and video communications; 24 C-band, 40 Ku-band; North America, Brazil." JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx554.html http://www.panamsat.com/global_network/galaxy_11.asp Galaxy-12 USA "PanAmSat (Intelsat, Ltd.)" Commercial Communications "GEO, 73.97° W" -73.97 "35,778" "35,795" 2.02E-04 0.05 1436.11 "1,760" 800 4/9/2003 15 yrs. Orbital Sciences Corp. USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 5 2003-013B 27715 "Voice, video and data transmissions; 24 C-band; North and South America." JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx594.html http://www.panamsat.com/global_network/galaxy_12.asp http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=15749 "Galaxy-13 (Horizons 1, Galaxy 13L)" USA/Japan "PanAmSat (Intelsat, Ltd.)/JSAT Corp." Commercial Communications "GEO, 126.98° W" -126.98 "35,781" "35,790" 1.07E-04 0.02 1436.07 "4,060" "2,630" "8,600" 10/1/2003 15 yrs. Boeing Satellite Systems USA Sea Launch (Odyssey) Zenit 3 2003-044A 27954 Horizons 1 is Ku-band payload; C-band is on Galaxy 13. JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.jsat.net/en/satellite/pop_list.html http://www.panamsat.com/global_network/galaxy_13.asp Galaxy-14 USA "PanAmSat (Intelsat, Ltd.)" Commercial Communications "GEO, 125° W" -125.00 "35,729" "35,748" 2.26E-04 0.06 1433.64 "2,086" "4,700" 8/13/2005 15 yrs. Orbital Sciences Corp. USA Baikonur Cosmodrome Soyuz-Fregat 2005-030A 28790 "24 C-band transponders; North America, Caribbean." SC - ASCR http://www.orbital.com/SatellitesSpace/GEO/PanAmSat/ http://www.panamsat.com/global_network/galaxy_14.asp http://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/Publications/Galaxy.pdf http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx622.html http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2005/030A.HTM Galaxy-15 USA "PanAmSat (Intelsat, Ltd.)" Commercial Communications "GEO, 133° W" -133.00 "35,777" "35,793" 1.90E-04 0.07 1436.01 "2,033" "4,700" 10/13/2005 15 yrs. Orbital Sciences Corp. USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 5 2005-041A 28884 "North America, Alaska, Hawaii, Caribbean; 24 C-band transponders, 2 L-band transponders for transmission of navigational data." SC - ASCR http://www.orbital.com/SatellitesSpace/GEO/PanAmSat/ http://www.panamsat.com/news/pressview.asp?article=1419 http://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/Publications/Galaxy.pdf http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2005/041A.HTM Galaxy-16 USA "PanAmSat (Intelsat, Ltd.)" Commercial Communications "GEO, 99° W" -99.00 "35,777" "35,796" 2.25E-04 0.02 1436.09 "4,640" "10,000" 6/18/2006 15 yrs. Space Systems/Loral USA Sea Launch (Odyssey) Zenit 3SL 2006-023A 29236 "24 C-band, 24 Ku-band; CONUS coverage." SC - ASCR http://www.panamsat.com/global_network/galaxy_16.asp http://www.ssloral.com/html/pressreleases/pr20060618.html http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2006/023A.HTM Galaxy-17 USA "Intelsat, Ltd." Commercial Communications "GEO, 91° W" -91.00 "35,783" "35,786" 3.56E-05 0.05 1435.97 "4,100" "9,500" 5/4/2007 15 yrs. Thales Alenia Space France/Italy Guiana Space Center Ariane 5-ECA 2007-016B 31307 "24 C-band, 24 Ku-band transponders; service to North America." http://www.comspacewatch.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=22579 http://www.lib.cas.cz/space.40/2007/016B.HTM "Galaxy-25 (G-25, Intelsat 1A-5, Telstar 5)" USA "Intelsat, Ltd. " Commercial Communications "GEO, 97.03° W" -97.03 "35,777" "35,796" 2.25E-04 0.04 1436.1 "3,515" 5/24/1997 13 yrs. Space Systems Loral USA Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton K 1997-026A 24812 "24 C-band, 28 Ku-band; U.S., southern Canada, Mexico, Caribbean." JM/304 http://www.loralglobalalliance.com/fleet/loral_skynet/lor_overview_us.asp.html http://www.loralskynet.com/news_031704.asp http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx524.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/1997/026A.HTM "Galaxy-26 (G-26, Intelsat 1A-6, Telstar 6)" USA "Intelsat, Ltd. " Commercial Communications "GEO, 93.05° W" -93.05 "35,777" "35,796" 2.25E-04 0.03 1436.12 "3,765" "1,469" "8,100" 2/15/1999 13 yrs. Space Systems Loral USA Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton K 1999-005A 25626 "24 C-band, 28 Ku-band; U.S., southern Canada, Mexico, Caribbean." JM/304 http://www.loralglobalalliance.com/fleet/loral_skynet/lor_overview_us.asp.html http://www.loralskynet.com/news_031704.asp http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx544.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/1999/005A.HTM "Galaxy-27 (G-27, Intelsat IA-7, Telstar 7)" USA "Intelsat, Ltd." Commercial Communications "GEO, 129° W" -129.00 "35,773" "35,798" 2.97E-04 0 1436.03 "3,790" "1,537" 9/25/1999 13 yrs. Space Systems Loral USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 44LP 1999-052A 25922 "24 C-band, 24 Ku-band; voice and video to North and Central America." JMSatcat1104 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx551.html www.intelsat.com http://www.spacetoday.net/Summary/2676 "Galaxy-28 (G-28, Intelsat IA-8, Telstar 8)" USA "Intelsat, Ltd." Commercial Communications "GEO, 89° W" -89.00 "35,781" "35,792" 1.30E-04 0.04 1436.09 "5,493" "16,000" 6/23/2005 "13 trs," Space Systems Loral USA Sea Launch (Odyssey) Zenit 3SL 2005-022A 28702 "28 C-band, 36 Ku-band, 24 Ka-band; video and data transmissions to all countries in North and South America." SC - ASCR http://www.intelsat.com/aboutus/press/IA8info.aspx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat http://www.satnews.com/stories11/384.htm http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx620.html http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2005/022A.HTM Galaxy-3C USA "PanAmSat (Intelsat, Ltd.)" Commercial Communications "GEO, 95.06° W" -95.06 "35,785" "35,789" 4.74E-05 0.02 1436.12 "4,860" "2,873" "18,000" 6/15/2002 15 yrs. Boeing Satellite Systems USA Sea Launch (Odyssey) Zenit 3SL 2002-030A 27445 "Direct-to-home broadcast of video and Internet; 24 C-band, 16 Ku-band; North America" JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx584.html http://www.panamsat.com/global_network/galaxy_3c.asp Galaxy-4R USA "PanAmSat (Intelsat, Ltd.)" Commercial Communications "GEO, 98.98° W" -98.98 "35,779" "35,793" 1.66E-04 0.04 1436.1 "3,668" "1,895" "8,800" 4/19/2000 6 yrs. Boeing Satellite Systems USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 42L 2000-020A 26298 "Television and Internet; 24 C-band, 24 Ku-band; North America." JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx558.html http://www.panamsat.com/global_network/galaxy_4r.asp Galaxy-9 USA "PanAmSat (Intelsat, Ltd.)" Commercial Communications "GEO, 127.02° W" -127.02 "35,775" "35,795" 2.37E-04 0.05 1436.03 "1,209" 700 "1,100" 5/24/1996 12 yrs. Boeing Satellite Systems USA Cape Canaveral Delta 2 1996-033A 23877 "Voice and vision communication; 24 C-band; North America, Caribbean." JM/304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx511.html http://www.panamsat.com/global_network/galaxy_9.asp GALEX (Galaxy Evolution Explorer) USA California Institute of Technology/NASA Government/Civil Space Science LEO/I 693 699 4.25E-04 29 98.7 280 290 4/28/2003 2.3 yrs. Orbital Sciences Corp. USA Cape Canaveral Pegasus 2003-017A 27783 "Conduct several sky surveys, including extra-gallactic. Nuclear-powered." JMSatcat304 http://www.orbital.com/SatellitesSpace/LEO/GALEX/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx594.html http://www.galex.caltech.edu/ABOUT/about.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Garuda-1 (Aces 1) Indonesia/Philippines/Thailand Asia Cellular Satellite Commercial Communications "GEO, 107.63° E" +107.63 "35,770" "35,803" 3.91E-04 0.05 1436.11 "4,291" "2,500" "14,000" 2/12/2000 12 yrs. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space USA Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton 2000-011A 26089 L-band; mobile telephone communications. JM/304 http://www.acesinternational.com/corporate/index.php?fuseaction=System.satellite http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx556.html http://spaceflightnow.com/proton/garuda1/000212garuda.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html GeneSat-1 USA NASA/Ames Research Center Government Scientific Research LEO 410 410 0.00E+00 40 92.77 7 5 5 12/16/2006 .3-1 yr. NASA/Ames Research Center USA Wallops Island Flight Facility Minotaur-1 2006-058C 29655 Carries bacteria (e. coli) - expose to space environment for affect; radiation and space to deep-space human travel. SC - ASCR http://www.kosmo.cz/modules.php?op=modload&name=kosmo&file=article&sid=990&mode=thread&order=0 http://tia.arc.nasa.gov/genesat1/ http://tia.arc.nasa.gov/genesat1/missionReq.html Genesis-1 USA Bigelow Aerospace Commercial Technology Development LEO 555 562 5.05E-04 64.51 95.83 "1,360" 7/12/2006 5 yrs. Bigelow Aerospace USA Dombarovsky Missile Base Dnepr 2006-029A 29252 Prototype for space hotel; inflatable spacecraft. SC - ASCR http://satellite.ehabich.info/genesis.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13828908/ http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/9kj7MS2AFuBaGb/Inflatable-Satellite-Launch-Pumps-Up-Space-Travel-Biz.xhtml Genesis-2 USA Bigelow Aerospace Commercial Technology Development LEO 553 564 7.94E-04 64 95.82 "1,360" 6/28/2007 5 yrs. Bigelow Aerospace USA Yasny Cosmodrome Dnepr 2007-028A 31789 Second prototype for space hotel; inflatable spacecraft. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0706/28genesis2/ http://www.lib.cas.cz/space.40/2007/I028A.HTM GeoLite (USA 158) (Geosynchronous Lightweight Technology Experiment) USA National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Military Communications GEO "35,780" "35,800" 2.37E-04 1 1436.27 "1,800" 700 "1,200 (EOL)" 5/18/2001 9 yrs. TRW USA Cape Canaveral Delta 2A 2001-020A 26770 Advanced technology demonstration satellite with laser communications experiment and operational UHF communications mission. JMSatcat304 http://www.spaceandtech.com/digest/flash2001/flash2001-038.shtml http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d285/010517geolite.html http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html Geotail (Geomagnetic Tail Laboratory) Multinational Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)/NASA/ESA Government Space Physics Elliptical/DHEO "3,905" "104,552" 8.30E-01 22.3 "2,474.83" 980 273 7/24/1992 NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center USA Cape Canaveral Delta 2 1992-044A 22049 Study the dynamics of the Earth's magnetotail over a wide range of distance JMSatcat304 http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx465.html http://pao.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/service/gallery/fact_sheets/spacesci/geotail.htm GFO (Geosat Follow On) USA Naval Satellite Operations Center (NAVSOC) Military/Civil Earth Observation LEO/R 781 876 6.60E-03 107.9 101.47 369 346 121 2/10/1998 5 yrs. Ball Aerospace USA Vandenberg AFB Taurus 1998-007A 25157 "Altimetry mission; provide GDRs to scientific research community (unclassified); provides continuous worldwide oceanographic data