Starty kosmických objektů v roce 1998
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Na následujících řádcích uvádím v originále celý Jonathan's Space Report No.384,
který přináší přehled všech raket a užitečných zatížení vypuštěných v roce 1998.
ORBITAL PAYLOADS 1998
PART 1 - List and current status
Orbits are given for late Dec 1998:
perigee (km) x apogee (km) x inclination (deg)
INT'L NAME AGENCY TYPE LAUNCH ORBIT OR STATUS
DESIGN. DATE
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01A Lunar Prospector NASA-ARC Probe Jan 7 In lunar orbit
02A Skynet 4D UK MoD Comsat Jan 10 35685 x 35889 x 3.7 52.8E
F01 'Ofeq-4 ISA Imaging Jan 22 Fell in Mediterranean Sea
03A Endeavour STS-89 NASA-JSC Spaceship Jan 23 Landed at KSC Jan 31
03A Spacehab-DM NASA-JSC Spacelab Jan 23 Remained attached to OV-105
04A Soyuz TM-27 RKA Spaceship Jan 29 Landed in Kazakstan Aug 25
05A CAPRICORN NRO/CIA Comsat? Jan 29 200?x 39500?x 63.4
06A Brasilsat B-3 Embratel Comsat Feb 4 35774 x 35799 x 0.1 84.0W
06B Inmarsat 3 F5 Inmarsat Comsat Feb 4 35770 x 35800 x 2.3 25.0E
07A GFO USN Altimetry Feb 10 774 x 877 x108.0
07B Orbcomm G1 Orbcomm Comsat Feb 10 781 x 877 x108.0
07C Orbcomm G2 Orbcomm Comsat Feb 10 785 x 875 x108.0
07D Celestis-02 Celestis Burial Feb 10 782 x 884 x108.0
08A Globalstar FM1 Globalstar Comsat Feb 14 1411 x 1415 x 52.0
08B Globalstar FM2 Globalstar Comsat Feb 14 1412 x 1414 x 52.0
08C Globalstar FM3 Globalstar Comsat Feb 14 1404 x 1422 x 52.0
08D Globalstar FM4 Globalstar Comsat Feb 14 1391 x 1437 x 52.0
09A Kosmos-2349 MO RF Imaging Feb 17 Landed in Kazakstan Apr 2
10A Iridium 52 Iridium Comsat Feb 18 775 x 779 x 86.4
10B Iridium 56 Iridium Comsat Feb 18 774 x 780 x 86.4
10C Iridium 54 Iridium Comsat Feb 18 775 x 779 x 86.4
10D Iridium 50 Iridium Comsat Feb 18 775 x 779 x 86.4
10E Iridium 53 Iridium Comsat Feb 18 775 x 779 x 86.4
11A Kakehashi NASDA Comsat Feb 21 467 x 17718 x 30.1
12A SNOE NASA-GSFC Science Feb 26 527 x 577 x 97.7
12B T1 Teledesic Comsat Feb 26 525 x 569 x 97.7
13A Hot Bird 4 Eutelsat Comsat Feb 27 35764 x 35807 x 0.2 13.0E
14A Intelsat 806 Intelsat Comsat Feb 28 35771 x 35802 x 0.0 40.5W
15A Progress M-38 RKA Cargo Mar 14 Deorbited over Pacific May 15
16A UHF F/O F-8 USN Comsat Mar 16 35768 x 35800 x 5.6 171.8E
17A SPOT 4 CNES Imaging Mar 24 824 x 825 x 98.7
18A Iridium 51 Iridium Comsat Mar 25 751 x 756 x 86.4
18B Iridium 61 Iridium Comsat Mar 25 774 x 780 x 86.4
19A Iridium 55 Iridium Comsat Mar 30 775 x 790 x 86.4
19B Iridium 57 Iridium Comsat Mar 30 775 x 779 x 86.4
19C Iridium 58 Iridium Comsat Mar 30 775 x 779 x 86.4
19D Iridium 59 Iridium Comsat Mar 30 775 x 779 x 86.4
19E Iridium 60 Iridium Comsat Mar 30 775 x 779 x 86.4
20A TRACE NASA-GSFC Astronomy Apr 2 596 x 640 x 97.8
21A Iridium 62 Iridium Comsat Apr 7 776 x 778 x 86.4
21B Iridium 63 Iridium Comsat Apr 7 775 x 779 x 86.4
21C Iridium 64 Iridium Comsat Apr 7 776 x 779 x 86.4
21D Iridium 65 Iridium Comsat Apr 7 776 x 778 x 86.4
21E Iridium 66 Iridium Comsat Apr 7 772 x 782 x 86.4
21F Iridium 67 Iridium Comsat Apr 7 774 x 780 x 86.4
21G Iridium 68 Iridium Comsat Apr 7 775 x 779 x 86.4
22A Columbia (STS-90) NASA-JSC Spaceship Apr 17 Landed at KSC May 3
22A Neurolab NASA-MSFC Spacelab Apr 17 Remained attached to OV-102
23A Globalstar FM6 Globalstar Comsat Apr 24 1411 x 1415 x 52.0
23B Globalstar FM8 Globalstar Comsat Apr 24 1407 x 1415 x 52.0
23C Globalstar FM14 Globalstar Comsat Apr 24 1411 x 1415 x 52.0
23D Globalstar FM15 Globalstar Comsat Apr 24 1404 x 1423 x 52.0
24A Nilestar 101 Nilesat Comsat Apr 28 35775 x 35797 x 0.0 7.0W
24B BSAT 1b BSAT Comsat Apr 28 35786 x 35789 x 0.0 109.9E
25A Kosmos-2350 MO RF Early Warn Apr 29 35513 x 36066 x 1.8 73.0E
26A Iridium 69 Iridium Comsat May 2 777 x 783 x 86.4
26B Iridium 71 Iridium Comsat May 2 775 x 778 x 86.4
27A Kosmos-2351 MO RF Early Warn May 7 739 x 39609 x 63.1
28A Echostar 4 Echostar Comsat May 7 35769 x 35802 x 0.0 148.0W
29A USA 139 NRO/CIA Sigint May 9 35780?x 35800?x 0?
30A NOAA 15 NOAA Weather May 13 807 x 824 x 98.7
31A Progress M-39 RKA Cargo May 14 Deorbited over Pacific Oct 29
32A Iridium 70 Iridium Comsat May 16 775 x 780 x 86.4
32B Iridium 72 Iridium Comsat May 16 776 x 779 x 86.4
32C Iridium 73 Iridium Comsat May 16 776 x 778 x 86.4
32D Iridium 74 Iridium Comsat May 16 775 x 779 x 86.4
32E Iridium 75 Iridium Comsat May 16 691 x 694 x 86.6
33A Zhongwei 1 ChinaOri Comsat May 30 35774 x 35794 x 0.0 87.6E
34A Discovery (STS-91) NASA-JSC Spaceship Jun 2 Landed at KSC Jun 12
34A Spacehab-SM NASA-JSC Spacelab Jun 2 Remained attached to OV-103
34A AMS NASA-JSC? Astronomy Jun 2 Remained attached to OV-103
35A Thor III Telenor Comsat Jun 10 35764 x 35811 x 0.0 0.8W
36A Kosmos-2352 MO RF Comsat Jun 15 1311 x 1873 x 82.6
36B Kosmos-2353 MO RF Comsat Jun 15 1300 x 1869 x 82.6
36C Kosmos-2354 MO RF Comsat Jun 15 1307 x 1871 x 82.6
36D Kosmos-2355 MO RF Comsat Jun 15 1303 x 1867 x 82.6
36E Kosmos-2356 MO RF Comsat Jun 15 1298 x 1866 x 82.6
36F Kosmos-2357 MO RF Comsat Jun 15 1294 x 1862 x 82.6
37A Intelsat 805 Intelsat Comsat Jun 18 35776 x 35798 x 0.0 55.5W
38A Kosmos-2358 MO RF Recon Jun 24 Landed Oct 22
39A Kosmos-2359 MO RF Recon Jun 25 237 x 288 x 64.9
40A Molniya-3 RKA Comsat Jul 1 645 x 39708 x 62.8
41A Nozomi ISAS Probe Jul 3 En route to Mars
42A Tubsat-N TUB Technology Jul 7 399 x 763 x 78.9
42B Tubsat-N1 TUB Technology Jul 7 397 x 747 x 78.9
42C Shtil'-1 TUB Test Jul 7 401 x 801 x 79.0
43A Resurs-O1 RKA Imaging Jul 10 816 x 818 x 98.8
43B Fasat-Bravo FACH Imaging Jul 10 814 x 818 x 98.8
43C TM-SAT TMSAT Technology Jul 10 816 x 818 x 98.8
43D Gurwin Techsat 1B Technion Technology Jul 10 817 x 818 x 98.8
43E WESTPAC WPLTN Geodesy Jul 10 816 x 818 x 98.8
43F SAFIR-2 DLR Comsat Jul 10 815 x 817 x 98.8
44A Sinosat Sinosat Comsat Jul 18 35777 x 35798 x 0.0 110.5E
45A Kosmos-2360 MO RF Sigint Jul 28 844 x 856 x 71.0
46A Orbcomm B5 Orbcomm Comsat Aug 2 813 x 824 x 45.0
46B Orbcomm B6 Orbcomm Comsat Aug 2 810 x 827 x 45.0
46C Orbcomm B7 Orbcomm Comsat Aug 2 809 x 828 x 45.0
46D Orbcomm B8 Orbcomm Comsat Aug 2 811 x 826 x 45.0
46E Orbcomm B4 Orbcomm Comsat Aug 2 812 x 825 x 45.0
46F Orbcomm B3 Orbcomm Comsat Aug 2 812 x 825 x 45.0
46G Orbcomm B2 Orbcomm Comsat Aug 2 811 x 826 x 45.0
46H Orbcomm B1 Orbcomm Comsat Aug 2 813 x 824 x 45.0
F02 USA NRO/NSA Sigint Aug 12 Exploded at launch
47A Soyuz TM-28 RKA Spaceship Aug 13 Docked to Mir complex
48A Iridium 78 Iridium Comsat Aug 19 776 x 779 x 86.4
48B Iridium 76 Iridium Comsat Aug 19 775 x 779 x 86.4
49A ST-1 SingT/ChuT Comsat Aug 25 35776 x 35797 x 0.0 88.0E
F03 Galaxy X Panamsat Comsat Aug 27 Exploded at launch
50A Astra 2A SES Comsat Aug 30 35739 x 35833 x 0.0 28.3E
F04 Kwangmyongsong 1 DPRK Test Aug 31 Fell in Pacific?
51A Iridium 82 Iridium Comsat Sep 8 706 x 711 x 86.5
51B Iridium 81 Iridium Comsat Sep 8 775 x 779 x 86.4
51C Iridium 80 Iridium Comsat Sep 8 774 x 781 x 86.4
51D Iridium 79 Iridium Comsat Sep 8 494 x 544 x 86.0
51E Iridium 77 Iridium Comsat Sep 8 707 x 709 x 86.5
F05 Globalstar FM5 Globalstar Comsat Sep 9 Fell in Siberia
F05 Globalstar FM7 Globalstar Comsat Sep 9 Fell in Siberia
F05 Globalstar FM9 Globalstar Comsat Sep 9 Fell in Siberia
F05 Globalstar FM10 Globalstar Comsat Sep 9 Fell in Siberia
F05 Globalstar FM11 Globalstar Comsat Sep 9 Fell in Siberia
F05 Globalstar FM12 Globalstar Comsat Sep 9 Fell in Siberia
F05 Globalstar FM13 Globalstar Comsat Sep 9 Fell in Siberia
F05 Globalstar FM16 Globalstar Comsat Sep 9 Fell in Siberia
F05 Globalstar FM17 Globalstar Comsat Sep 9 Fell in Siberia
F05 Globalstar FM18 Globalstar Comsat Sep 9 Fell in Siberia
F05 Globalstar FM20 Globalstar Comsat Sep 9 Fell in Siberia
F05 Globalstar FM21 Globalstar Comsat Sep 9 Fell in Siberia
52A PAS 7 Panamsat Comsat Sep 16 35749 x 35821 x 0.0 68.7E
53A Orbcomm C1 Orbcomm Comsat Sep 23 811 x 825 x 45.0
53B Orbcomm C2 Orbcomm Comsat Sep 23 814 x 823 x 45.0
53C Orbcomm C3 Orbcomm Comsat Sep 23 813 x 823 x 45.0
53D Orbcomm C4 Orbcomm Comsat Sep 23 814 x 822 x 45.0
53E Orbcomm C5 Orbcomm Comsat Sep 23 813 x 824 x 45.0
53F Orbcomm C6 Orbcomm Comsat Sep 23 811 x 825 x 45.0
53G Orbcomm C7 Orbcomm Comsat Sep 23 813 x 823 x 45.0
53H Orbcomm C8 Orbcomm Comsat Sep 23 813 x 824 x 45.0
54A Molniya-1T MO RF Comsat Sep 28 506 x 39840 x 62.9
55A STEX NRO Technology Oct 3 743 x 758 x 85.0
55A ATEX NRO/NRL Tether Oct 3 Still attached to STEX?
56A Eutelsat W2 Eutelsat Comsat Oct 5 35779 x 35791 x 0.0 16.0E
56B Sirius 3 NSAB Comsat Oct 5 35768 x 35805 x 0.0 23.5E
57A Hot Bird 5 Eutelsat Comsat Oct 9 35766 x 35805 x 0.0 10.0E
58A UHF F/O F9 USN Comsat Oct 20 34816 x 36750 x 6.0 173.9W
59A Maqsat-3 ESA Test Oct 21 996 x 35511 x 7.2
60A SCD-2 INPE Environtl. Oct 23 742 x 768 x 25.0
61A Deep Space 1 NASA/JPL Probe Oct 24 En route to 1992 KD
61B SEDSAT SEDS-UAH Comsat Oct 24 546 x 1078 x 31.4
62A Progress M-40 RKA Cargo Oct 25 Docked to Mir complex
62C Spoutnik-41 ACF/AFR Comsat Oct 25 313 x 318 x 51.7
63A Afristar Worldspace Comsat Oct 28 35766 x 35804 x 0.0 21.0E
63B GE 5 Americom Comsat Oct 28 35498 x 35894 x 0.2 36.4W
64A Discovery (STS-95) NASA-JSC Spaceship Oct 29 Landed at KSC Nov 7
64A Spacehab-SM NASA-JSC Spacelab Oct 29 Remained attached to OV-103
64B PANSAT USN Comsat Oct 29 551 x 562 x 28.5
64C Spartan 201 NASA-GSFC Astronomy Oct 29 Retrieved by OV-103 Nov 3
65A PAS 8 Panamsat Comsat Nov 4 35599 x 36075 x 0.3 166.1E
66A Iridium 87 Iridium Comsat Nov 6 512 x 538 x 85.4
66B Iridium 86 Iridium Comsat Nov 6 701 x 706 x 86.5
66C Iridium 85 Iridium Comsat Nov 6 512 x 536 x 86.0
66D Iridium 84 Iridium Comsat Nov 6 701 x 705 x 86.5
66E Iridium 83 Iridium Comsat Nov 6 775 x 779 x 86.4
67A Zarya NASA/RKA Station Nov 20 397 x 402 x 51.6
68A BONUM-1 BONUM Comsat Nov 22 35785 x 35787 x 0.1 35.9E
69A Endeavour (STS-88) NASA-JSC Spaceship Dec 4 Landed at KSC Dec 16
69F Unity NASA-JSC Station Dec 4 Docked to PMA-1,PMA-2
69F PMA-1 NASA-JSC Station Dec 4 Docked to Unity,Zarya
69F PMA-2 NASA-JSC Station Dec 4 Docked to Unity
69B SAC-A CONAE Environtl. Dec 4 381 x 398 x 51.6
69C Mightysat 1 USAF Technology Dec 4 381 x 395 x 51.6
70A Satmex 5 Satmex Comsat Dec 6 27669 x 35795 x 0.5
71A SWAS NASA-GSFC Astronomy Dec 6 637 x 651 x 69.9
72A Nadezhda MO RF Navsat Dec 10 976 x 1013 x 83.0
72B Astrid-2 SSC Science Dec 10 978 x 1013 x 83.0
73A Mars Climate Orb. NASA/JPL Probe Dec 11 En route to Mars
74A Iridium 88? Iridium Comsat Dec 19 623 x 656 x 86.4
74B Iridium 89? Iridium Comsat Dec 19 623 x 654 x 86.4
75A PAS 6B Panamsat Comsat Dec 22 445 x 35785 x 7.0
76A Kosmos-2361 MO RF Navsat Dec 24 969 x 1013 x 82.9
77A Kosmos-2362 MO RF Navsat Dec 30 19115 x 19134 x 64.8
77B Kosmos-2363 MO RF Navsat Dec 30 19122 x 19126 x 64.8
77C Kosmos-2364 MO RF Navsat Dec 30 19125 x 19127 x 64.8
PART 2: Manufacturers/Designers.
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I give the general type of bus, e.g. no distinction is made between
HS-601 and HS-601HP and so in. See the next section for the key to
my abbreviations for the manufacturers. The manufacturer of the
spacecraft is usually, but not always, the spacecraft prime contractor.
Des Name Manufacturer Bus
01A Lunar Prospector LM-S LM-100
02A Skynet 4D MMS/UK ECS
F01 'Ofeq-4 IAI 'Ofeq
03A OV-105 Boeing-NA Shuttle
03A Spacehab-DM Boeing-HB/Alenia Spacehab
04A 7K-STM No. 76 Energiya 7K-STM
05A SDS? Hughes SDS-C?
06A Brasilsat B3 Hughes HS-376W
06B Inmarsat 3 F5 LM-EW LM4000
07A GFO Ball Techstar
07B Orbcomm FM3 Orbital-G Microstar
07C Orbcomm FM4 Orbital-G Microstar
07D Celestis-02 Orbital-G CPAC/Orion 38
08A Globalstar FM1 Loral/Alenia LS-400
08B Globalstar FM2 Loral/Alenia LS-400
08C Globalstar FM3 Loral/Alenia LS-400
08D Globalstar FM4 Loral/Alenia LS-400
09A Kometa No. 19 Progress Yantar'-1KFT
10A Iridium 52 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
10B Iridium 56 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
10C Iridium 54 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
10D Iridium 50 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
10E Iridium 53 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
11A COMETS Toshiba/NEC ETS
12A SNOE Colorado SNOE
12B BATSAT Orbital-G Microstar
13A Hot Bird 4 MMS-F Eurostar 2000
14A Intelsat 806 LM-EW LM7000
15A 7K-TGM No. 240 Energiya 7K-TGM
16A UHF F/O F-8 Hughes HS-601
17A SPOT 4 MMS-F SPOT
18A Iridium 51 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
18B Iridium 61 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
19A Iridium 55 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
19B Iridium 57 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
19C Iridium 58 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
19D Iridium 59 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
19E Iridium 60 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
20A TRACE NASA-GSFC SMEX
21A Iridium 62 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
21B Iridium 63 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
21C Iridium 64 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
21D Iridium 65 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
21E Iridium 66 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
21F Iridium 67 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
21G Iridium 68 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
22A OV-102 Boeing-NA Shuttle
22A Spacelab LM 2 DASA-ERNO Spacelab
23A Globalstar FM6 Loral/Alenia LS-400
23B Globalstar FM8 Loral/Alenia LS-400
23C Globalstar FM14 Loral/Alenia LS-400
23D Globalstar FM15 Loral/Alenia LS-400
24A Nilesat 101 MMS-F Eurostar 2000
24B BSAT 1b Hughes HS-376
25A Prognoz Lavochkin Prognoz
26A Iridium 69 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
26B Iridium 71 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
27A Oko Lavochkin Oko
28A Echostar 4 LM-S A2100
29A USA 139 Hughes? Adv. ORION
30A NOAA 15 LM-EW ATN
31A 7K-TGM No. 238 Energiya 7K-TGM
32A Iridium 70 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
32B Iridium 72 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
32C Iridium 73 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
32D Iridium 74 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
32E Iridium 75 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
33A Zhongwei 1 LM-S A2100
34A OV-103 Boeing-NA Shuttle
34A Spacehab-SM Boeing-HB/Alenia Spacehab
34A AMS CALT AMS
35A Thor III Hughes HS-376
36A Strela-3 PM Strela-3
36B Strela-3 PM Strela-3
36C Strela-3 PM Strela-3
36D Strela-3 PM Strela-3
36E Strela-3 PM Strela-3
36F Strela-3 PM Strela-3
37A Intelsat 805 LM-EW LM7000
38A Kobal't Progress Yantar'-4K2?
39A Terilen Progress Yantar'-4KS1
40A Molniya-3 No. 61 PM Molniya-3
41A Planet-B NEC Planet-B
42A Tubsat-N TUB Tubsat-N
42B Tubsat-N1 TUB Tubsat-N
42C Instr. package TUB Shtil' final stage
43A Resurs-O1 No. 4 VNIIEM Meteor
43B Fasat-Bravo SSTL Uosat
43C TM-SAT SSTL Uosat
43D Techsat 1B Technion Techsat
43E WESTPAC RKA/EOS GFZ
43F SAFIR-2 OHB Safir
44A Sinosat Alcatel Spacebus 3000
45A Tselina-2 Yuzhnoe Tselina-2
46A Orbcomm FM17 Orbital-G Microstar
46B Orbcomm FM18 Orbital-G Microstar
46C Orbcomm FM19 Orbital-G Microstar
46D Orbcomm FM20 Orbital-G Microstar
46E Orbcomm FM16 Orbital-G Microstar
46F Orbcomm FM15 Orbital-G Microstar
46G Orbcomm FM14 Orbital-G Microstar
46H Orbcomm FM13 Orbital-G Microstar
F02 MERCURY TRW? MERCURY
47A 7K-STM No. 77 Energiya 7K-STM
48A Iridium 78 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
48B Iridium 76 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
49A ST-1 MMS-F Eurostar 2000
F03 Galaxy X Hughes HS-601
50A Astra 2A Hughes HS-601
F04 Kwangmyongsong 1 DPRK DPRK
51A Iridium 82 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
51B Iridium 81 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
51C Iridium 80 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
51D Iridium 79 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
51E Iridium 77 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
F05 Globalstar FM5 Loral/Alenia LS-400
F05 Globalstar FM7 Loral/Alenia LS-400
F05 Globalstar FM9 Loral/Alenia LS-400
F05 Globalstar FM10 Loral/Alenia LS-400
F05 Globalstar FM11 Loral/Alenia LS-400
F05 Globalstar FM12 Loral/Alenia LS-400
F05 Globalstar FM13 Loral/Alenia LS-400
F05 Globalstar FM16 Loral/Alenia LS-400
F05 Globalstar FM17 Loral/Alenia LS-400
F05 Globalstar FM18 Loral/Alenia LS-400
F05 Globalstar FM20 Loral/Alenia LS-400
F05 Globalstar FM21 Loral/Alenia LS-400
52A PAS 7 Loral FS-1300
53A Orbcomm FM21 Orbital-G Microstar
53B Orbcomm FM22 Orbital-G Microstar
53C Orbcomm FM23 Orbital-G Microstar
53D Orbcomm FM24 Orbital-G Microstar
53E Orbcomm FM25 Orbital-G Microstar
53F Orbcomm FM26 Orbital-G Microstar
53G Orbcomm FM27 Orbital-G Microstar
53H Orbcomm FM28 Orbital-G Microstar
54A Molniya-1T PM Molniya-1T
55A STEX LM-A STEX
55A ATEX NRL ATEX
56A Eutelsat W2 Alcatel Spacebus 3000
56B Sirius 3 Hughes HS-376
57A Hot Bird 5 MMS-F Eurostar 2000
58A UHF F/O F9 Hughes HS-601
59A Maqsat-3 Kayser-Threde Dummy Spacebus 3000
60A SCD-2 INPE SCD
61A Deep Space 1 JPL/SA SA-200
61B SEDSAT SEDS-UAH SEDSAT
62A 7K-TGM No. 239 Energiya 7K-TGM
62C Spoutnik-41 AFR Spoutnik-40
63A Afristar MMS-F Eurostar 2000
63B GE 5 Alcatel Spacebus 2000
64A OV-103 Boeing-NA Shuttle
64A Spacehab-SM Boeing-HB/Alenia Spacehab
64B PANSAT USNA PANSAT
64C Spartan 201 NASA-GSFC Spartan 200
65A PAS 8 Loral FS-1300
66A Iridium 87 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
66B Iridium 86 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
66C Iridium 85 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
66D Iridium 84 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
66E Iridium 83 LM-S/Motorola Iridium
67A 77KSM No. 17501 Krunichev 77KS
68A BONUM-1 Hughes HS-376
69A OV-105 Boeing-NA Shuttle
69F Node 1 Boeing-HSV ISS Node
69F PMA-1 Boeing-HB ISS PMA
69F PMA-2 Boeing-HB ISS PMA
69B SAC-A INVAP SAC
69C Mightysat 1 Orbital-M Mightysat
70A Satmex 5 Hughes HS-601
71A SWAS NASA-GSFC SMEX
72A Nadezhda Polyot Parus
72B Astrid-2 SSC Astrid
73A Mars Climate Orb. LM-A Mars Surveyor
74A Iridium 88? LM-S/Motorola Iridium
74B Iridium 89? LM-S/Motorola Iridium
75A PAS 6B Hughes HS-601
76A Parus Polyot Parus
77A Uragan Polyot Uragan
77B Uragan Polyot Uragan
77C Uragan Polyot Uragan
PART 3 - Abbreviations for Organizations
ACF Aero Club de France, Paris
AFR Astronautical Federation of Russia
Alcatel Alcatel, Cannes, France (was Aerospatiale)
Alenia Alenia Spazio, Torino, Italy
Americom GE American Communications
Ball Ball Aerospace, Boulder
Boeing-NA Boeing Palmdale (formerly Rockwell/North American)
Boeing-HB Boeing Huntington Beach (formerly McDonnell Douglas)
Boeing-HSV Boeing Huntsville
BONUM BONUM, Media Most, Moskva
BSAT Broadcasting Satellite System Corp, Tokyo
CALT China Academy of Launch Vehicle Tech., Beijing
Celestis Celestis Inc., Florida
ChinaOri China Orient Telecomms. Satellite Co, Beijing
(Min of Post. and Tel)
ChuT Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan
CNES Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, Toulouse
Colorado University of Colorado, Boulder
CONAE Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales, Buenos Aires
CIA Central Intelligence Agency, USA
DASA-ERNO DaimlerChrysler Aerospace, Bremen (formerly ERNO)
DLR Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft- und Raumfahrt, Koln
Dornier DaimlerChrysler Aerospace, Dornier Satellitensysteme GmbH,
Friedrichshafen
DPRK Dem. People's Republic of Korea (Chongon)
Echostar Echostar Communications Corp., Englewood
Embratel Embratel, Brasil
Energiya RKK Energiya im. S.P. Korolyov, Kaliningrad-Korolyov
EOS Electro-Optical Systems, Queanbeyan, NSW
ESA European Space Agency
Eutelsat European Telecommunications Sat. Org.
FACH Fuerza Aerea de Chile, Santiago
Globalstar Globalstar Comms Corp., San Jose
Hughes Hughes Space and Communications, El Segundo
IAI Israel Aircraft Industries
Inmarsat International Maritime Satellite Organization, London
INPE Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espacias, Sao Jose dos Campos
Intelsat International Telecommunications Sat. Org., Washington DC.
INVAP INVAP SE, Bariloche, Argentina
Iridium Iridium Inc., Washington DC.
ISA Israeli Space Agency
ISAS Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences, Tokyo
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena
Kayser-Threde Kayser-Threde, Munchen
Lavochkin NPO Lavochkin, Moskva
LM-A Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver (formerly Martin)
LM-EW Lockheed Martin Telecommunications, East Windsor (formerly RCA)
LM-S Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale (formerly Lockheed)
Loral Space Systems/Loral, Palo Alto
MMS-F Matra Marconi Space-France, Toulouse
MMS-UK Matra Marconi Space-UK, Stevenage
MO RF Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
Motorola Motorola Satellite, Chandler
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration, USA
NASA-ARC NASA Ames Research Center
NASA-GSFC NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt.
NASA-JSC NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston.
NASA-MSFC NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville
NASDA National Space Development Agency, Japan
NEC Nippon Electric Corp, Tokyo
Nilesat Nilesat, Egyptian Radio and TV Union, Cairo
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA
NRL Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC
NRO US National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly
NSA US National Security Agency, Fort Meade
NSAB Nordiska Satellit AB, Solna, Stockholm
OHB OHB System GmbH, Bremen
Orbcomm Orbital Communications Corp, Dulles
Orbital-G Orbital Sciences Corp., Germantown (formerly Fairchild)
Orbital-M Orbital Sciences Corp., McLean (formerly DSI and CTA)
Panamsat Panamsat Inc. Greenwich, Connecticut
PM NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki, Zhelenogorsk
Polyot AKO Polyot, Omsk
Progress TsSKB-Progress, Samara
RKA Russian Space Agency
SA Spectrum Astro, Gilbert, Arizona
Satmex Satellites Mexicanos SA de SV, Mexico City
SEDS Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.
SEDS-UAH SEDS, Univ. Alabama-Huntsville chapter
SES Societe Europeene des Satellites, Luxembourg
SingT Singapore Telecom, Singapore
Sinosat Sino Satellite Comms. Co., Shanghai
SSC Swedish Space Corporation
SSTL Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd., Guildford.
Technion Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa
Teledesic Teledesic Corp.
Telenor Telenor, Oslo
TMSAT Thai Microsatellite Co, Bangkok
Toshiba Toshiba Corp., Tokyo
TRW TRW, Redondo Beach
TUB Technische Universitat Berlin
UK MoD United Kingdom Ministry of Defence
USAF United States Air Force
USN United States Navy
USNA United States Naval Academy
VNIIEM VNII Elektromekhaniki
Worldspace Worldspace Inc, Washington DC
WPLTN Western Pacific Laser Tracking Network
Yuzhnoe KB Yuzhnoe, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
PART 4 - Launch Vehicles
Launch vehicles are listed by type, in order of number of
launches. There were 81 launches this year, compared to 89
in 1997 and 77 in 1996.
Shuttle and Proton launches are down, with other launch totals similar
to last year. There were no launches this year by Start, PSLV, or VLS,
but new launch vehicles included Shtil', Taepodong and Delta 3 (only
Shtil' reached orbit).
US vehicles: Launched Failures
NASA Space Shuttle 5 0
Lockheed Martin Titan 3 1
Lockheed Martin Atlas 6 0
Lockheed Martin Athena 1 0
Boeing Delta 2 12 0
Boeing Delta 3 1 1
Orbital Pegasus 6 0
Orbital Taurus 2 0
Russian vehicles:
TsSKB-Progress Soyuz 11 0
Krunichev Proton 7 0
Polyot Kosmos 2 0
Other vehicles:
Arianespace Ariane 10 0
Arianespace Ariane 5 1 0
NASDA H-II 1 1*
CALT Chang Zheng 6 0
Yuzhnoe Tsiklon 1 0+
Yuzhnoe Zenit 3 1
Nissan M-V 1 0
Makeev Shtil' 1 0
IAI Shaviyt 1 1
DPRK Taepodong 1 1
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Total 82 6
Boeing Delta 2
Jan 10 D252 Delta 7925 CC LC17B
Feb 14 D253 Delta 7420-10C CC LC17A
Feb 18 D254 Delta 7920-10C V SLC2W
Mar 30 D255 Delta 7920-10C V SLC2W
Apr 24 D256 Delta 7420-10C CC LC17A
May 17 D257 Delta 7920-10C V SLC2W
Jun 10 D258 Delta 7925-9.5 CC LC17A
Sep 8 D259 Delta 7920-10C V SLC2W
Oct 24 D261 Delta 7326-9.5 CC SLC17A
Nov 6 D262 Delta 7920-10C V SLC2W
Nov 22 D263 Delta 7925 CC SLC17B
Dec 11 D264 Delta 7425 CC SLC17
TsSKB-Progress Soyuz
Jan 29 - Soyuz 11A511U GIK-5 LC1
Feb 17 - Soyuz 11A511U GIK-5 LC31?
Mar 14 - Soyuz 11A511U GIK-5 LC1
May 7 - Molniya-2BL GIK-1 LC16-2
May 14 - Soyuz 11A511U GIK-5 LC1
Jun 24 - Soyuz 11A511U GIK-1 LC43/3
Jun 25 - Soyuz 11A511U GIK-5 LC31
Jul 1 - Molniya-ML GIK-1 LC43/3
Aug 13 - Soyuz 11A511U GIK-5 LC1
Sep 28 - Molniya-ML GIK-1
Oct 25 - Soyuz 11A511U GIK-5 LC1
Arianespace Ariane
Feb 4 V105 Ariane 44LP CSG ELA2
Feb 27 V106 Ariane 42P CSG ELA2
Mar 24 V107 Ariane 40 CSG ELA2
Apr 28 V108 Ariane 44P CSG ELA2
Aug 25 V109 Ariane 44P CSG ELA2
Sep 16 V110 Ariane 44LP CSG ELA2
Oct 5 V111 Ariane 44L CSG ELA2
Oct 28 V113 Ariane 44L CSG ELA2
Dec 6 V114 Ariane 42L CSG ELA2
Dec 22 V115 Ariane 42L CSG ELA2
Krunichev Proton
Apr 7 391-02 Proton-K/DM2 GIK-5 LC81L
Apr 29 384-02 Proton-K/DM-2 GIK-5 LC200L
May 7 393-02 Proton-K/DM3 GIK-5 LC81L
Aug 30 383-01 Proton-K/DM3 GIK-5 LC81L
Nov 4 - Proton-K/DM3 GIK-5 LC81L?
Nov 20 395-01 Proton-K GIK-5 LC81L
Dec 30 - Proton-K/DM-2 GIK-5 LC200L?
LMA Atlas
Jan 29 AC-109 Atlas IIA CC SLC36A
Feb 28 AC-151 Atlas IIAS CC SLC36B
Mar 16 AC-132 Atlas II CC SLC36A
Jun 18 AC-153 Atlas IIAS CC SLC36A
Oct 9 AC-134 Atlas IIA CC SLC36B
Oct 20 AC-130 Atlas IIA CC SLC36A
Orbital Pegasus
Feb 26 F20 Pegasus XL V RW30 PAWA
Apr 2 F21 Pegasus XL V RW30/12 PAWA
Aug 2 F22 Pegasus XL/HAPS WI DZWI
Sep 23 F23 Pegasus XL/HAPS WI DZWI
Oct 23 F24/P-33 Pegasus H CC RW02/22 MFWA
Dec 6 F-25 Pegasus XL V RW30/12 PAWA
CALT Chang Zheng
Mar 25 CZ2C-17 Chang Zheng 2C-III/SD TYSC
May 2 CZ2C-18 Chang Zheng 2C-III/SD TYSC
May 30 CZ3B-4 Chang Zheng 3B XSC LC2
Jul 18 CZ3B-5 Chang Zheng 3B XSC LC2
Aug 19 CZ2C-19 Chang Zheng 2C-III/SD TYSC
Dec 19 CZ2C-20 Chang Zheng 2C-III/SD TYSC
NASA Space Shuttle
Jan 23 STS-89 Space Shuttle KSC LC39A
Apr 17 STS-90 Space Shuttle KSC LC39B
Jun 2 STS-91 Space Shuttle KSC LC39A
Oct 29 STS-95 Space Shuttle KSC LC39B
Dec 4 STS-88 Space Shuttle KSC LC39A
LMA Titan
May 9 4B-25 (K-25) Titan 401B/Centaur CC LC40
May 13 23G-12 Titan II SLV V SLC4W
Aug 12 4A-20 (K-17) Titan 401A/Centaur CC LC41
Yuzhnoe Zenit
Jul 10 - Zenit-2 GIK-5 LC45L
Jul 28 - Zenit-2 GIK-5 LC45L
Sep 9 - Zenit-2 GIK-5 LC45L
Orbital Taurus
Feb 10 T2 Taurus V 576E
Oct 3 T3 ARPA Taurus V 576E
Polyot Kosmos-3M
Dec 10 - Kosmos 11K65M GIK-1 LC132
Dec 24 Kosmos 11K65M GIK-1 LC132?
Arianespace Ariane 5
Oct 21 V112 (503) Ariane 5 CSG ELA3
NASDA H-II
Feb 21 H-II-5F H-II TNSC Y *
LMA Athena
Jan 7 LM-004 Athena-2 SPFL LC46
Yuzhnoe Tsiklon
Jun 15 - Tsiklon-3 GIK-1 LC32/1 *
Nissan M-V
Jul 3 M-V-3 M-V KASC M-V
Makeev Shtil'
Jul 7 - Shtil' BLA, K-407
Boeing Delta 3
Aug 27 D3-1 Delta III 8930 CC LC17B
IAI Shaviyt
Jan 22 4 Shaviyt 1 PALB
DPRK Taepodong
Aug 31 - Taepodong 1 MUSU
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