Jonathan's Space Report : 1993 Launch Summary No. 181 1993 Jan 24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mir Flash: Soyuz TM-17 collided with the Mir station during its flyaround after undocking. The collision was minor and at low velocity and apparently caused no serious damage, but a spacewalk to inspect the station is expected. Erratum: As usual, I failed to subtract correctly: The EO-14 expedition to Mir lasted 196 days 17hr 45 min, an hour shorter than my claim in JSR180. Also, Ken Reightler is making his second flight on STS-60, not his first as I stated in JSR 180; he was pilot of STS-48. Thanks to Pawel Moskalik for pointing out these goofs. Launches: The Gals 1 comsat was launched from Baykonur on Jan 20. Details in the regular issue next week. This week JSR is devoted to the usual annual launch summary. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORBITAL PAYLOADS 1993 Orbits are given for early Jan 1993: perigee (km) x apogee (km) x inclination (deg) INT'L NAME AGENCY TYPE LAUNCH ORBIT OR STATUS DESIGN. DATE 1993- 01A Kosmos-2230 MO RF Navsat Jan 12 970 x 1008 x 82.9 02A Molniya-1 MSvyazi Comsat Jan 13 519 x 39832 x 62.8 03A Endeavour STS-54 NASA Spaceship Jan 13 Landed at KSC Jan 19 03B TDRS F6 NASA Comsat Jan 13 35779 x 35795 x 0.7 45.8W 04A Kosmos-2231 MO RF Recon Jan 19 Deorbited Mar 25 05A Soyuz TM-16 NPOE Spaceship Jan 24 Landed in Kazakhstan Jul 22 06A Kosmos-2232 PVO Early Warn Jan 26 844 x 39509 x 62.8 07A Navstar GPS 22 USAF Navsat Feb 2 19995 x 20371 x 54.7 - Znamya NPOE Technology Feb 4 Reentered Feb 5 08A Kosmos-2233 MO RF Navsat Feb 9 952 x 1010 x 82.9 09A Orbcomm CDS OSC Comsat Feb 9 727 x 789 x 25.0 09B SCD-1 INPE Technology Feb 9 725 x 788 x 25.0 10A Kosmos-2234 MO RF Navsat Feb 17 19106 x 19153 x 64.9 10B Kosmos-2235 MO RF Navsat Feb 17 19110 x 19148 x 64.9 10C Kosmos-2236 MO RF Navsat Feb 17 19093 x 19166 x 65.0 11A Asuka ISAS Astronomy Feb 20 535 x 642 x 31.1 12A Progress M-16 NPOE Cargo Feb 21 Deorbited Mar 27 13A Raduga MSvyazi Comsat Mar 25 35776 x 35793 x 0.9 11.4E 14A Start-1 NPOK Comsat Mar 25 682 x 970 x 75.7 15A UFO F1 HCI Comsat Mar 25 36037 x 36110 x 26.9 16A Kosmos-2237 MO RF SIGINT Mar 26 846 x 855 x 71.1 17A Navstar GPS 31 USAF Navsat Mar 30 20072 x 20290 x 55.0 17B SEDS 1 NASA Technology Mar 30 Reentered Mar 30 18A Kosmos-2238 MO RF SIGINT Mar 30 403 x 417 x 65.0 19A Progress M-17 NPOE Cargo Mar 31 235 x 344 x 51.6 20A Kosmos-2239 MO RF Navsat Apr 1 966 x 988 x 82.9 21A Kosmos-2240 MO RF Recon Apr 2 Deorbited Jun 7 22A Kosmos-2241 PVO Early Warn Apr 6 896 x 39458 x 63.9 23A Discovery STS-56 NASA Spaceship Apr 8 Landed at KSC Apr 17 23B Spartan 201 NASA Astronomy Apr 11 Retrieved Apr 13 24A Kosmos-2242 MO RF SIGINT Apr 16 632 x 668 x 82.5 25A Molniya-3 MSvyazi Comsat Apr 21 763 x 39585 x 63.3 26A Alexis USAF Astronomy Apr 25 747 x 835 x 69.9 27A Columbia STS-55 NASA Spaceship Apr 26 Landed at Edwards AFB Apr 26 28A Kosmos-2243 GUGK Mapping Apr 27 Reentered May 6 29A Kosmos-2244 MO RF SIGINT Apr 28 403 x 418 x 65.0 30A Kosmos-2245 MO RF Comsat May 11 1397 x 1417 x 82.6 30B Kosmos-2246 MO RF Comsat May 11 1400 x 1417 x 82.6 30C Kosmos-2247 MO RF Comsat May 11 1403 x 1417 x 82.6 30D Kosmos-2248 MO RF Comsat May 11 1401 x 1417 x 82.6 30E Kosmos-2249 MO RF Comsat May 11 1404 x 1417 x 82.6 30F Kosmos-2250 MO RF Comsat May 11 1403 x 1418 x 82.6 31A Astra 1C SES Comsat May 12 35750 x 35822 x 0.0 19.2E 31B Arsene RACE Comsat May 12 17221 x 36832 x 1.4 32A Navstar GPS 37 USAF Navsat May 13 20046 x 20318 x 55.1 33A Resurs-F RKA Rem/Sen May 21 Landed in Kazakhstan Jun 20 34A Progress M-18 NPOE Cargo May 22 Landed in Kazakhstan Jul 4 35A Molniya-3 MSvyazi Comsat May 26 751 x 39603 x 62.9 FTO Gorizont MSvyazi Comsat May 27 Fell in Pacific Ocean May 27 36A Kosmos-2251 MO RF Comsat Jun 16 780 x 806 x 74.0 37A Endeavour STS-57 NASA Spaceship Jun 21 Landed at KSC Jul 1 38A Kosmos-2252 MO RF Comsat Jun 20 1404 x 1416 x 82.6 38B Kosmos-2253 MO RF Comsat Jun 20 1410 x 1425 x 82.6 38C Kosmos-2254 MO RF Comsat Jun 20 1393 x 1414 x 82.6 38D Kosmos-2255 MO RF Comsat Jun 20 1405 x 1414 x 82.6 38E Kosmos-2256 MO RF Comsat Jun 20 1401 x 1414 x 82.6 38F Kosmos-2257 MO RF Comsat Jun 20 1409 x 1420 x 82.6 39A Galaxy 4H HCI Comsat Jun 25 35774 x 35799 x 0.0 99.1W 40A Resurs-F RKA Rem/Sen Jun 25 Landed in Kazakhstan Jul 12 41A RADCAL USAF Calib Jun 25 754 x 887 x 89.5 42A Navstar GPS 39 USAF Navsat Jun 26 20114 x 20248 x 54.6 42B PMG NASA Technology Jun 26 Reentered Aug 30 43A Soyuz TM-17 NPOE Spaceship Jul 1 Landed in Kazakhstan 94 Feb 44A Kosmos-2258 MO RF SIGINT Jul 7 404 x 417 x 65.0 45A Kosmos-2259 MO RF Recon Jul 14 Deorbited Jul 25 46A DSCS III F-7? USAF Comsat Jul 19 35780 x 35780 x 0.0 ?? 47A Kosmos-2260 GUGK Rem/Sen Jul 22 Landed in Kazakhstan Aug 5 48A Hispasat 1B HISPA Comsat Jul 22 35772 x 35801 x 0.0 30.1W 48B Insat 2B ISRO Comsat Jul 22 35773 x 35798 x 0.0 93.5E FTO Adv. NOSS 3? USN Recon Aug 2 Exploded on launch 49A Molniya-3 MSvyazi Comsat Aug 4 623 x 39736 x 62.9 50A NOAA 13 NOAA Metsat Aug 9 849 x 863 x 98.9 51A Kosmos-2261 PVO Early Warn Aug 10 813 x 39545 x 63.1 52A Progress M-19 NPOE Cargo Aug 10 Deorbited Oct 13 53A Resurs-F RKA Rem/Sen Aug 24 Landed in Kazakhstan Sep 10 54A Navstar GPS 35 USAF Navsat Aug 30 20115 x 20249 x 54.9 55A Meteor-2 RKA Metsat Aug 31 936 x 969 x 82.5 55C Temisat Telespz Comsat Aug 31 936 x 969 x 82.5 56A UFO F2 HCI Comsat Sep 3 35766 x 35804 x 5.0 71.6E 57A Kosmos-2262 MO RF Recon Sep 7 Deorbited Dec 18 58A Discovery STS-51 NASA Spaceship Sep 12 Landed at KSC Sep 22 58B ACTS NASA Comsat Sep 12 35777 x 35796 x 0.0 100.1W 58C ORFEUS-SPAS DARA Astronomy Sep 13 Retrieved Sep 19 59A Kosmos-2263 MO RF SIGINT Sep 16 844 x 858 x 71.0 60A Kosmos-2264 MO RF SIGINT Sep 17 401 x 419 x 65.0 FTO IRS-1E ISRO Rem/Sen Sep 20 Destroyed on launch 61A SPOT 3 CNES Rem/Sen Sep 26 824 x 825 x 98.7 61B STELLA CNES Geodesy Sep 26 796 x 806 x 98.7 61C Uribyol 2 KAIST Comsat Sep 26 793 x 806 x 98.7 61D Posat 1 LNETI Technology Sep 26 792 x 806 x 98.7 61E Healthsat 1 Satelife Comsat Sep 26 792 x 805 x 98.7 61F Eyesat A Interf Comsat Sep 26 792 x 805 x 98.7 61G ITAMsat ARI Comsat Sep 26 791 x 805 x 98.7 62A Raduga MSvyazi Comsat Sep 30 35754 x 35815 x 1.3 84.2E FTO Landsat 6 NOAA Rem/Sen Oct 5 Fell in Pacific Ocean Oct 5 63A Jian Bing PRC Rem/Sen Oct 8 192 x 2874 x 56.6 64A Progress M-20 NPOE Cargo Oct 11 Landed in Kazakhstan Nov 21 65A Columbia STS-58 NASA Spaceship Oct 18 Landed at Edwards AFB Nov 1 66A Intelsat 701 INTELSAT Comsat Oct 22 35608 x 35967 x 0.1 121.7E 67A Kosmos-2265 PVO Calib Oct 26 293 x 1560 x 82.9 68A Navstar GPS 34 USAF Navsat Oct 26 20109 x 20256 x 55.1 69A Gorizont MSvyazi Comsat Oct 28 35772 x 35803 x 1.3 90.2E 70A Kosmos-2266 MO RF Navsat Nov 2 948 x 1020 x 82.9 71A Kosmos-2267 MO RF Recon Nov 5 241 x 282 x 70.4 72A Gorizont/Rimsat Rimsat Comsat Nov 18 35770 x 35798 x 1.3 129.8E 73A Solidaridad 1 TdM Comsat Nov 20 35776 x 35796 x 0.0 109.2W 73B Meteosat 6 EUMETSAT Metsat Nov 20 35772 x 35801 x 1.3 10.1W 74A DSCS III F-8? USAF Comsat Nov 28 35780 x 35780 x 0.0 ?? 75A Endeavour STS-61 NASA Spaceship Dec 2 Landed at KSC Dec 13 76A NATO IVB NATO Comsat Dec 8 35116 x 36445 x 4.1 (54W) 77A Telstar 401 AT&T Comsat Dec 16 19132 x 35822 x 3.8 78A DBS 1 DirecTV Comsat Dec 18 35767 x 35806 x 0.0 101.3W 78B Thaicom 1 Shinaw. Comsat Dec 18 35772 x 35804 x 0.1 78.6E 79A Molniya-1T MSvyazi Comsat Dec 22 444 x 39247 x 62.8 ARI Associazone Radioamatori Italiani AT&T American Telephone and Telegraph Corp., USA CNES Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (Paris, France) DARA Deutsche Agentur fur Raumfahrtgelegenheiten, Germany DirecTV DirecTV Corp., USA EUMETSAT European Meteorological Satellite Organization GUGK Central Agency for Geodesy and Cartography, Russia HCI Hughes Communications Inc. INPE Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espacias, Brazil INTELSAT Int'l Telecommunications Satellite Organization ISAS Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan ISRO Indian Space Research Organization KAIST Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology HISPA Hispasat SA, Spain Interf. Interferometrics Inc, USA ISRO Indian Space Research Organization LNETI National Engineering Lab, Portugal MO RF Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation MSvyazi Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation NASA United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOAA United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NPOE NPO Energiya (Kaliningrad, Russia) NPOK NPO Kompleks OSC Orbital Sciences Corp. (VA). PRC Chinese Ministry of Astronautics PVO Air Defence Forces, part of MO RF RACE Radio Amateur Club de l'Espace (France) Rimsat Rimsat Corp, USA. RKA Russian Space Agency (Moskva, Russia) Satelife Satelife Corp, USA SES Societe Europeene des Satellites, Luxembourg Shinaw. Shinawatra Corp. (Bangkok, Thailand) TdM Telecommunicaciones de Mexico Telespz. Telespazio, Italy USAF United States Air Force USN United States Navy