Jonathan's Space Report No. 271-A 1996 Jan 3 Cambridge, MA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Edition - 1995 Launch Summary -------------------------------------- As usual, this year's summary is in a different format from last year's. There are four parts: Launch and orbital data; Manufacturer data; abbreviation list; and launch vehicle data. There may be some errors, particularly in the manufacturer data - please let me know any you spot. Because of the large size of the launch summary, I am sending the launch vehicle data in a separate message (271-B). ORBITAL PAYLOADS 1995 PART 1 - List and current status Orbits are given for late Dec 1995: perigee (km) x apogee (km) x inclination (deg) INT'L NAME AGENCY TYPE LAUNCH ORBIT OR STATUS DESIGN. DATE 01A Intelsat 704 INTELSAT Comsat Jan 10 35776 x 35796 x 0.1 66.0E - EXPRESS DARA Micrograv Jan 15 Crashed in Ghana Jan 15 02A Tsikada MO RF Navsat Jan 24 962 x 1023 x 82.9 02B Astrid SSC Science Jan 24 963 x 1027 x 82.9 02C FAISAT FAI Comsat Jan 24 965 x 1023 x 82.9 - Apstar 2 APT Comsat Jan 25 Destroyed in launch 03A UHF F4 HCI/USN Comsat Jan 29 35773 x 35804 x 4.8 177.0W 04A Discovery STS-63 NASA-JSC Spaceship Feb 3 Landed at KSC Feb 11 04A Spacehab SH03 Spacehab Lab Feb 3 Attached to Discovery 04C ODERACS IIA NASA-JSC Calibrat. Feb 4 268 x 280 x 51.6 04D ODERACS IIB NASA-JSC Calibrat. Feb 4 Reentered Sep 29 04E ODERACS IIC NASA-JSC Calibrat. Feb 4 Reentered? 04F ODERACS IID NASA-JSC Calibrat. Feb 4 Reentered Mar 2 04G ODERACS IIE NASA-JSC Calibrat. Feb 4 Reentered Feb 27 04H ODERACS IIF NASA-JSC Calibrat. Feb 4 Reentered? 04B Spartan 204 USAF Tech/Astro Feb 7 Retrieved by Discovery Feb 9 05A Progress M-26 RKA Cargo Feb 15 Deorbited over Pacific Mar 15 06A Foton No. 10 RKA Micrograv Feb 16 Landed in Russia Mar 3 07A Endeavour STS-67 NASA-JSC Spaceship Mar 2 Landed at Edwards Mar 18 07A Astro 2 NASA-MSFC Astronomy Mar 2 Attached to Endeavour 08A Kosmos-2306 MO RF Calibrat. Mar 2 466 x 513 x 65.8 09A Kosmos-2307 MO RF Navsat Mar 7 19110 x 19149 x 64.7 09B Kosmos-2308 MO RF Navsat Mar 7 19108 x 19151 x 64.7 09C Kosmos-2309 MO RF Navsat Mar 7 19094 x 19165 x 64.7 10A Soyuz TM-21 RKA Spaceship Mar 14 Landed in Kazakhstan Sep 11 11A SFU NASDA Science Mar 18 471 x 483 x 28.5 11B Himawari 5 NASDA Weather Mar 18 35784 x 35791 x 0.6 140.2E 12A Kosmos-2310 MO RF Navigation Mar 22 980 x 1010 x 82.9 13A Intelsat 705 INTELSAT Comsat Mar 22 35776 x 35798 x 0.0 50.1W 14A Kosmos-2311 MO RF Recon Mar 22 Landed in Russia? May 31 15A DMSP 24547 USAF Weather Mar 24 845 x 854 x 98.8 - Gurwin 1 ISA Technology Mar 28 Fell in Sea of Okhotsk Mar 28 - UNAMSAT UNAM Comsat Mar 28 Fell in Sea of Okhotsk Mar 28 - EKA NIITT Technology Mar 28 Fell in Sea of Okhotsk Mar 28 16A Brasilsat B2 EMBRATEL Comsat Mar 28 35782 x 35793 x 0.1 65.1W 16B Hot Bird 1 EUTELSAT Comsat Mar 28 35773 x 35798 x 0.0 13.0E 17A Orbcomm FM1 Orbcomm Comsat Apr 3 733 x 748 x 70.0 17B Orbcomm FM2 Orbcomm Comsat Apr 3 734 x 748 x 70.0 17C Microlab 1 OSC Science Apr 3 733 x 747 x 70.0 18A 'Ofeq-3 ISA Rem.sens. Apr 5 366 x 694 x143.4 19A AMSC-1 AMSC Comsat Apr 7 35777 x 35796 x 0.0 101.1W 20A Progress M-27 RKA Cargo Apr 9 Deorbited over Pacific May 23 86-17JE GFZ-1 GFZ Geodesy Apr 19 380 x 387 x 51.6 21A ERS-2 ESA Rem.sens. Apr 21 783 x 784 x 98.6 22A USA 110 NRO/NSA Sigint May 14 35787 x 35787 x 0.0 ?? 23A Intelsat 706 INTELSAT Comsat May 17 35776 x 35798 x 0.0 53.1W 24A Spektr RKA Lab May 20 Docked to Mir Jun 1 25A GOES 9 NOAA Weather May 23 35809 x 35911 x 0.2 26A Kosmos-2312 MO RF Early Warn May 24 938 x 39416 x 63.2 27A UHF F5 HCI/USN Comsat May 31 35774 x 35796 x 4.8 72.3E 28A Kosmos-2313 MO RF Elint Jun 8 410 x 419 x 65.0 29A DBS 3 DirecTV Comsat Jun 10 35784 x 35789 x 0.0 101.0W - STEP M3 USAF Technology Jun 22 Destroyed during launch 30A Atlantis STS-71 NASA-JSC Spaceship Jun 27 Landed at KSC Jul 6 31A Kosmos-2314 MO RF Recon Jun 28 Landed in Russia? Sep 6 32A Kosmos-2315 MO RF Navsat Jul 5 970 x 1013 x 82.9 33A Helios 1A CNES/DGA Recon Jul 7 679 x 682 x 98.1 33B CERISE CNES/DGA Sigint Jul 7 666 x 675 x 98.1 33C UPM/LBSAT 1 UPM Technology Jul 7 663 x 676 x 98.1 34A USA 112 NRO/NSA Sigint Jul 10 1000 x 39000 x 64 ?? 89-84E Galileo Probe NASA-ARC Probe Jul 13 Entry into Jupiter Dec 7 35A Discovery STS-70 NASA-JSC Spaceship Jul 13 Landed at KSC Jul 22 35B TDRS 7 NASA-GSFC Comsat Jul 13 35774 x 35795 x 0.3 149.8W 36A Progress M-28 RKA Cargo Jul 20 Deorbited over Pacific Sep 4 37A Kosmos-2316 MO RF Navsat Jul 24 19083 x 19176 x 64.8 37B Kosmos-2317 MO RF Navsat Jul 24 19084 x 19174 x 64.8 37C Kosmos-2318 MO RF Navsat Jul 24 19036 x 19223 x 64.8 38A DSCS III B7 USAF Comsat Jul 31 35787 x 35787 x 0.0 ?? 39A Interbol-1 RKA Science Aug 2 4426 x188331 x 68.2 39F Magion-4 Czech Science Aug 2 1409 x192523 x 63.1 (Aug) 40A PAS 4 PAS Comsat Aug 3 35774 x 35798 x 0.0 68.5E 41A Mugunghwa-ho KoreaTel Comsat Aug 5 35775 x 35801 x 0.0 116.0E 42A Molniya-3 RKA? Comsat Aug 9 468 x 39875 x 62.9 - Vitasat/Gemstar VITA/CTA Comsat Aug 15 Destroyed during launch 43A JCSAT 3 JSAT Comsat Aug 29 35779 x 35794 x 0.0 128.1E 44A N-Star a NTT Comsat Aug 29 35782 x 35791 x 0.1 131.9E 45A Kosmos-2319 MO RF Comsat Aug 30 35755 x 35818 x 1.3 80.0E 46A Sich 1 NKAU Rem.sens. Aug 31 631 x 668 x 82.5 46A Fasat-Alfa FACh Comsat/RS Aug 31 Failed to sep from Sich 1 47A Soyuz TM-22 RKA Spaceship Sep 3 Docked to Mir Sep 5 48A Endeavour STS-69 NASA-JSC Spaceship Sep 7 Landed at KSC Sep 18 48B Spartan 201 NASA-GSFC Astronomy Sep 8 Retrieved by Endeavour Sep 10 48C WSF 2 SVEC Micrograv. Sep 11 Retrieved by Endeavour Sep 14 49A Telstar 402R AT&T Comsat Sep 24 35770 x 35803 x 0.1 89.0W 50A Resurs F-2 N.10 RKA Rem.sens. Sep 26 Landed in Russia Oct 26 51A Kosmos-2320 MO RF Recon Sep 29 235 x 372 x 64.9 52A Kosmos-2321 MO RF Navsat Oct 6 256 x 754 x 82.9 53A Progress M-29 RKA Cargo Oct 8 Deorbited over Pacific Dec 19 54A Luch 1 RKA Comsat Oct 11 35753 x 35818 x 2.9 77.1E 55A Astra 1E SES Comsat Oct 19 35766 x 35802 x 0.0 19.2E 56A Columbia STS-73 NASA-JSC Spaceship Oct 20 Landed at KSC Nov 5 56A USML-2 NASA-MSFC Lab Oct 20 Attached to Columbia 57A UHF F6 HCI/USN Comsat Oct 22 35776 x 35797 x 5.0 105.3W - Meteor EER Micrograv Oct 23 Destroyed during launch 58A Kosmos-2322 MO RF Sigint Oct 31 847 x 854 x 71.0 59A Radarsat CSA Rem.sens. Nov 4 790 x 792 x 98.6 59B SURFSAT NASA/JPL Technology Nov 4 934 x 1494 x100.6 60A Milstar DFS 2 USAF Comsat Nov 6 35787 x 35787 x 10.0 ?? 61A Atlantis STS-74 NASA-JSC Spaceship Nov 12 Landed at KSC Nov 20 61A 316GK SM RKA Lab Nov 12 Docked to Mir Nov 15 62A ISO ESA Astronomy Nov 17 1110 x 70504 x 5.1 63A Gals-2 Land Comsat Nov 17 35784 x 35788 x 0.2 70.9E 64A Asiasat 2 Asiasat Comsat Nov 28 35777 x 35798 x 0.4 100.5E 65A SOHO ESA Astronomy Dec 2 En route Earth-Sun L1 point 66A USA 116 NRO/CIA Recon Dec 5 250 x 976 x 98.7 ? 67A Telecom 2C FT Comsat Dec 6 35777 x 35793 x 0.1 1.1E 67B Insat 2C ISRO Comsat Dec 6 35755 x 35817 x 0.2 92.5E 68A Kosmos-2323 MO RF Navsat Dec 14 18677 x 19133 x 64.8 68B Kosmos-2324 MO RF Navsat Dec 14 19133 x 19142 x 64.8 68C Kosmos-2325 MO RF Navsat Dec 14 19112 x 19147 x 64.8 69A Galaxy 3R HCI Comsat Dec 15 35756 x 35792 x 0.1 70A Progress M-30 RKA Cargo Dec 18 Docked to Mir Dec 20 71A Kosmos-2326 MO RF Elint/Astr Dec 20 406 x 415 x 65.0 72A IRS-1C ISRO Rem.sens. Dec 28 805 x 817 x 98.6 72B Skipper BMDO/MO RF Technol. Dec 28 804 x 813 x 98.6 73A Echostar 1 Echostar Comsat Dec 28 222 x 35081 x 24.4 74A XTE NASA-GSFC Astronomy Dec 30 565 x 583 x 23.0 PART 2: Manufacturers/Designers. For most of the Russian spacecraft, the company named is the design bureau rather than the production factory. Des. Name Manufacturer Bus 01A Intelsat 704 Loral FS-1300 - EXPRESS DASA 02A Tsikada Polyot Parus/Tsikada 02B Astrid SSC Freja-C 02C FAISAT FAI - Apstar 2 Hughes HS-601 03A UHF F4 Hughes HS-601 04A Discovery STS-63 Rockwell OV-103 04A Spacehab SH03 MDAC Spacehab 04C ODERACS IIA NASA-JSC 04D ODERACS IIB NASA-JSC 04E ODERACS IIC NASA-JSC 04F ODERACS IID NASA-JSC 04G ODERACS IIE NASA-JSC 04H ODERACS IIF NASA-JSC 04B Spartan 204 NASA-GSFC Spartan 05A Progress M-26 Energiya 7K-TGM 06A Foton No. 10 TsSKB Vostok/Foton 07A Endeavour STS-67 Rockwell OV-105 07A Astro 2 Spacelab PLT 08A Kosmos-2306 Yuzhnoe? 09A Kosmos-2307 Polyot Uragan 09B Kosmos-2308 Polyot Uragan 09C Kosmos-2309 Polyot Uragan 10A Soyuz TM-21 Energiya 7K-STM 11A SFU Mitsubishi 11B Himawari 5 NEC GMS 12A Kosmos-2310 Polyot Parus/Tsikada 13A Intelsat 705 Loral FS-1300 14A Kosmos-2311 TsSKB Yantar' 15A DMSP 24547 LMAS Block 5D - Gurwin 1 Technion - UNAMSAT UNAM - EKA NIITT 16A Brasilsat B2 Hughes HS-376W 16B Hot Bird 1 Aerospatiale Spacebus 2000 17A Orbcomm FM1 OSC Microstar 17B Orbcomm FM2 OSC Microstar 17C Microlab 1 OSC Microlab 18A 'Ofeq-3 IAI 19A AMSC-1 Hughes HS-601 20A Progress M-27 Energiya 7K-TGM 86-17JE GFZ-1 Kayzer-Threde GFZ 21A ERS-2 Dornier SPOT 22A USA 110 Hughes? Adv Orion 23A Intelsat 706 Loral FS-1300 24A Spektr Salyut 77KS 25A GOES 9 Loral GOES-Next 26A Kosmos-2312 Lavochkin Oko 27A UHF F5 Hughes HS-601 28A Kosmos-2313 Arsenal EORSAT 29A DBS 3 Hughes HS-601 - STEP M3 TRW/DSI Eagle 30A Atlantis STS-71 Rockwell OV-104 31A Kosmos-2314 TsSKB Yantar' 32A Kosmos-2315 Polyot Parus/Tsikada 33A Helios 1A Aerospatiale SPOT Mk 4 33B CERISE SST Uosat 33C UPM/LBSAT 1 UPM 34A USA 112 Boeing? Adv JUMPSEAT 89-84E Galileo Probe Hughes Galileo Probe 35A Discovery STS-70 Rockwell OV-103 35B TDRS 7 TRW TDRS 36A Progress M-28 Energiya 7K-TGM 37A Kosmos-2316 Polyot Uragan 37B Kosmos-2317 Polyot Uragan 37C Kosmos-2318 Polyot Uragan 38A DSCS III B7 LMAS DSCS III 39A Interbol-1 Lavochkin Prognoz 39F Magion-4 Czech Magion 40A PAS 4 Hughes HS-601 41A Mugunghwa-ho LMAS AS3000 42A Molniya-3 NPO-PM Molniya-3 - Vitasat/Gemstar CTA Gemstar 43A JCSAT 3 Hughes HS-601 44A N-Star a Loral FS-1300 45A Kosmos-2319 NPO-PM Geizer 46A Sich 1 Yuzhnoe Okean 46A Fasat-Alfa SST Uosat 47A Soyuz TM-22 Energiya 7K-STM 48A Endeavour STS-69 Rockwell OV-105 48B Spartan 201 NASA-GSFC Spartan 48C WSF 2 SII WSF 49A Telstar 402R LMAS AS7000 50A Resurs F-2 N.10 TsSKB Vostok/Resurs F-2 51A Kosmos-2320 TsSKB Advanced Recon 52A Kosmos-2321 Polyot Parus/Tsikada 53A Progress M-29 Energiya 7K-TGM 54A Luch 1 NPO-PM Luch 55A Astra 1E Hughes HS-601 56A Columbia STS-73 Rockwell OV-102 56A USML-2 Spacelab LM 57A UHF F6 Hughes HS-601 - Meteor EER Meteor 58A Kosmos-2322 Yuzhnoe Tselina 59A Radarsat Spar Radarsat 59B SURFSAT MDAC Delta 60A Milstar DFS 2 LMA Milstar 61A Atlantis STS-74 Rockwell OV-104 61A 316GK SM Energiya 316GK (Modified 7K-BO) 62A ISO Aerosp. ISO 63A Gals-2 NPO-PM Gals 64A Asiasat 2 LMAS AS7000 65A SOHO MMS 66A USA 116 LMA? Improved CRYSTAL 67A Telecom 2C MMS Eurostar 67B Insat 2C ISRO Insat 2 68A Kosmos-2323 Polyot Uragan 68B Kosmos-2324 Polyot Uragan 68C Kosmos-2325 Polyot Uragan 69A Galaxy 3R Hughes HS-601 70A Progress M-30 Energiya 7K-TGM 71A Kosmos-2326 Arsenal EORSAT 72A IRS-1C ISRO IRS 72B Skipper USU-SDL/Iskra 73A Echostar 1 LMAS AS7000 74A XTE NASA-GSFC XTE PART 3 - Abbreviations for Organizations Aerosp. Aerospatiale AMSC American Mobile Satellite Corp. APT Asia Pacific Telecom Satellite Co. Arsenal KB Arsenal, St-Peterburg, Russia Asiasat Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co., Hong Kong AT&T AT&T Corp. BMDO Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, US DoD Boeing Boeing Aerospace CIA Central Intelligence Agency CNES Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, France CSA Canadian Space Agency CTA CTA, Inc., Virginia Czech Czech Republic DARA Deutsche Agentur fur Raumfahrtgelegenheiten, Germany DASA Deutsche Aerospace DGA Delegation Generale de l'Armament, France DirecTV DirecTV Satellite Inc. Dornier Dornier Aerospace, Germany Echostar Echostar Satellite Corp. EER EER Systems Inc. EMBRATEL Embratel SA, Brazil Energiya RKK Energiya, Kaliningrad, Russia ESA European Space Agency EUTELSAT European Telecommunications Satellite Organization FACh Fueza Aerea de Chile (Chilean Air Force) FAI Final Analysis, Inc. FT France Telecom GFZ Geoforschungszentrum, Potsdam, Germany HCI Hughes Communications Inc. Hughes Hughes Aircraft Co. IAI Israeli Aircraft Industries INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite Organization ISA Israeli Space Agency Iskra KB Iskra, Moscow Aviation Inst. ISRO Indian Space Research Organization JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory JSAT Japan Satellite Systems Kayser-T Kayser-Threde GmbH, Germany KoreaTel Korea Telecom Land Land Group, China Lavochkin NPO Lavochkin, Russia LMA Lockheed Martin Astronautics LMAS Lockheed Martin Astro Space Loral Space Systems/Loral MDAC McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Mitsub. Mitsubishi, Japan MMS Matra Marconi Space MO RF Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation NASA United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA-ARC Ames Research Center NASA-GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center NASA-JSC Johnson Space Flight Center NASA-MSFC Marshall Space Flight Center NASDA National Space Development Agency, Japan NEC Nippon Electric Corp, Japan NIITT NII-TT, Russia NKAU National Space Agency of Ukraine NOAA United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NPO-PM NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki, Krasnoyarsk NRO National Reconnaissance Office, US DoD NSA National Security Agency, US DoD NTT Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Orbcomm Orbital Communications Corp. OSC Orbital Sciences Corp. PAS PanAmSat Inc. Polyot AKO Polyot, Omsk, Russia RKA Russian Space Agency (Moskva, Russia) Rockwell Rockwell International Corp. Salyut KB Salyut, Russia SES Societe Europeene des Satellites, Luxembourg SII Space Industries Inc. Houston, Texas Spacehab Spacehab, Inc. Spar Spar Aerospace, Canada SSC Swedish Space Corp. SST Surrey Satellite Technology, Ltd. SVEC Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center, Houston, Texas Technion Technion University, Israel TRW TRW Inc, Redondo Beach, California TsSKB Central Specialized Design Bureau, Samara, Russia UNAM Autonomous University of Mexico UPM Madrid Polytechnic University, Spain USAF United States Air Force USN United States Navy USU-SDL Utah State U. Space Dynamics Lab VITA Volunteers In Technical Assistance, Inc. 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