Jonathan's Space Report No. 232 1995 Feb 27 Cambridge, MA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ORBITAL PAYLOADS 1994 This special issue includes the annual list of launches, containing more info than usual. Orbits are given for mid Feb 1995 except where indicated; orbits with "?" are approximate orbits for classified satellites. Orbits are given as perigee (km) x apogee (km) x inclination (deg) Period (min) Each line of the main data has been broken in two to fit within the standard 80-column width, and may be rejoined by combining the * characters. Please let me know of any errors or omissions in this table. Line 1: INT'L NAME LAUNCH ORBIT OR STATUS GEO-LONG * * AGENCY MANUFAC. BUS TYPE 1994- 01A Soyuz TM-18 Jan 8 Landed in Kazakhstan Jul 9 * * RKA Energia Soyuz Spaceship 02A Gals 1 Jan 20 35776x 35794x 0.03 1436.06 70.91E * * AOIK NPO PM Gals Comsat FTO Eutelsat II F-5 Jan 24 Destroyed on launch * * EUTELSAT Aespt. Spacebus 2000 Comsat FTO Turksat 1A Jan 24 Destroyed on launch * * Turkey PTT Aespt. Spacebus 2000 Comsat 03A Meteor-3 No. 7 Jan 25 1184x 1209x 82.55 109.36 * * RKA/GGM VNII-EM Meteor Weather 03B Tubsat-B Jan 25 1183x 1209x 82.55 109.35 * * TUB TUB Technology 04A Clementine 1 Jan 25 Solar orbit, elements unknown * * BMDO NRL Space probe 04C ISA Jan 25 168x 128094x 66.80 3105.52 (1/94) * * BMDO NRL Science 05A Progress M-21 Jan 28 Deorbited Mar 23 * * RKA Energia Soyuz Cargo 06A Discovery (STS-60) Feb 3 Landed at KSC Feb 11 * * NASA Rockwell Shuttle Spaceship 06A GBA Feb 3 Remained attached to STS-60 * * NASA MDAC MPESS Science 06A SCBC/WSF Feb 3 Remained attached to STS-60 * * NASA SVEC/SII SCBC Science 06A Wake Shield Facil. Feb 3 Remained attached to STS-60 * * NASA SVEC/SII WSF Science 07A Ryusei Feb 3 Landed in Pacific Feb 4 * * NASDA NASDA Technology 07B Myojo Feb 3 430x 36114x 29.12 641.95 * * NASDA NASDA? Technology 08A Raduga-1 Feb 5 35780x 35792x 0.72 1436.09 48.72E * * RKA NPO PM (Raduga-1) Comsat 09A Milstar DFS 1 Feb 7 35780x 35790 x 0 1436.1 (?) * * USAF Lockheed Milstar Comsat 10A Shi Jian 4 Feb 8 221x 34459x 28.41 605.89 * * PRC Science 10B DFH-3 mockup Feb 8 211x 32578x 27.49 570.03 * * PRC Technology 06B ODERACS A Feb 9 Reentered Oct 2 * * NASA Calibration 06C ODERACS B Feb 9 Reentered Oct 4 * * NASA Calibration 06D ODERACS C Feb 9 Reentered? * * NASA Calibration O6E ODERACS D Feb 9 Reentered? * * NASA Calibration 06F ODERACS E Feb 9 223x 226x 56.97 89.00 * * NASA Calibration 06G ODERACS F Feb 9 198x 202x 56.96 88.51 * * NASA Calibration 06H BREMSAT Feb 9 Reentered 1995 Feb 12 * * DARA OHB Science 11A Kosmos-2268 Feb 12 1411x 1426x 82.57 114.20 * * MO RF NPO PM Gonets-type Comsat 11B Kosmos-2269 Feb 12 1410x 1421x 82.56 114.13 * * MO RF NPO PM Gonets-type Comsat 11C Kosmos-2270 Feb 12 1406x 1417x 82.57 114.05 * * MO RF NPO PM Gonets-type Comsat 11D Kosmos-2271 Feb 12 1403x 1415x 82.56 113.99 * * MO RF NPO PM Gonets-type Comsat 11E Kosmos-2272 Feb 12 1396x 1415x 82.56 113.91 * * MO RF NPO PM Gonets-type Comsat 11F Kosmos-2273 Feb 12 1408x 1416x 82.56 114.05 * * MO RF NPO PM Gonets-type Comsat 12A Raduga Feb 18 35785x 35797x 0.70 1436.35 45.38E * * MO RF NPO PM (Raduga) Comsat 13A Galaxy IR Feb 19 35784x 35786x 0.01 1436.05 133.01W * * HCI Hughes HS-376 Comsat 14A Koronas-I Mar 2 483x 526x 82.49 94.71 * * RKA Yuzhnoe AUOS-SM Science 15A Columbia (STS-62) Mar 4 Landed at KSC Mar 18 * * NASA Rockwell Shuttle Spaceship 15A USMP-2 Fwd Mar 4 Remained attached to STS-62 * * NASA MDAC MPESS Materials 15A USMP-2 Aft Mar 4 Remained attached to STS-62 * * NASA MDAC MPESS Materials 15A OAST-2 Mar 4 Remained attached to STS-62 * * NASA MDAC MPESS Science 16A Navstar GPS 36 Mar 10 20023x 20339x 55.04 717.95 * * USAF Rockwell GPS Block IIA Navigation 16B SEDS 2/Delta Mar 10 Reentered May 8 * * NASA MDAC Delta Technology 16B SEDS 2 End Mass Mar 10 Reentered Mar 15 * * NASA NASA Technology 17A P90-5 TAOS Mar 13 556x 568x105.04 95.91 * * USAF TRW Eagle Technology 17B DARPASAT Mar 13 550x 550x105.0 95.9 ? * * DARPA Ball Technology 18A Kosmos-2274 Mar 17 Landed in Kazakhstan May 21 * * MO RF TsSKB Yantar' Recon 19A Progress M-22 Mar 22 Deorbited May 23 * * RKA Energia Soyuz Cargo 20A Endeavour (STS-59) Apr 9 Landed at Edwards Apr 20 * * NASA Rockwell Shuttle Spaceship 20A SRL-1 Apr 9 Remained attached to STS-59 * * NASA SL-PLT Science 20A MAPS Apr 9 Remained attached to STS-59 * * NASA MPESS Science 21A Kosmos-2275 Apr 11 19117x 19142x 64.78 675.73 * * MO RF Polyot Uragan Navigation 21B Kosmos-2276 Apr 11 19057x 19201x 64.78 675.73 * * MO RF Polyot Uragan Navigation 21C Kosmos-2277 Apr 11 19103x 19156x 64.77 675.73 * * MO RF Polyot Uragan Navigation 22A GOES 8 Apr 13 35739x 35774x 0.23 1434.58 79.04W * * NOAA SS/Loral GOES-Next Weather 23A Kosmos-2278 Apr 23 845x 858x 71.02 101.97 * * MO RF Yuzhnoe? SIGINT 24A Kosmos-2279 Apr 26 955x 1007x 82.94 104.73 * * MO RF Polyot? Parus Navigation 25A Kosmos-2280 Apr 28 244x 305x 70.35 90.01 * * MO RF TsSKB Yantar'? Recon 26A USA 103 May 3 1323x 39034x 64.4 717.9 ? * * NRO SIGINT 27A SROSS C2 May 4 430x 619x 46.04 95.13 * * ISRO ISRO SROSS Science 28A MSTI 2 May 9 411x 427x 97.11 92.96 * * BMDO/USAF SpecAst SA Technology 29A P91-A STEP-2 May 19 604x 818x 81.96 99.01 * * USAF TRW Eagle Technology 30A Gorizont No. 42 May 20 35772x 35796x 0.78 1435.99 142.43E * * Rimsat NPO PM Gorizont Comsat 31A Progress M-23 May 22 Landed in Russia Jul 2 * * RKA Energiya Soyuz Cargo FTO Kosmos May 25 Destroyed on launch * * MO RF Yuzhnoe? SIGINT 32A Kosmos-2281 Jun 7 Landed Jul 29 * * MO RF TsSKB Zenit/Oblik Recon 33A Foton No. 9 Jun 14 Landed Jul 2 * * RKA TsSKB Zenit/Foton Materials 34A Intelsat 702 Jun 17 35776x 35795x 0.02 1436.07 1.03W * * INTELSAT SS/Loral FS-1300 Comsat 34B STRV-1A Jun 17 251x 35518x 7.34 626.87 * * DRA DRA Technology 34C STRV-1B Jun 17 239x 35588x 7.36 628.00 * * DRA DRA Technology 35A UHF F/O F3 Jun 24 35776x 35795x 4.81 1436.05 14.38W * * USN Hughes HS-601 Comsat FTO P90-1 STEP 1 Jun 27 Destroyed on launch * * USAF TRW Eagle Science 36A Soyuz TM-19 Jul 1 Landed in Kazakhstan Nov 4 * * RKA Energiya Soyuz Spaceship 37A FSW-2 Jul 3 Landed in China Jul 18 * * PRC Remote sensing 37A FSW-2 service mod. Jul 3 Reentered Sep 13 * * PRC Remote sensing 38A Kosmos-2282 Jul 6 35754x 35817x 1.86 1436.06 24.06W * * MO RF Lavochkin Prognoz Early Warning 39A Columbia (STS-65) Jul 8 Landed at KSC Jul 23 * * NASA Rockwell Shuttle Spaceship 39A Spacelab IML-2 Jul 8 Remained attached to STS-65 * * NASA Spacelab-LM Science 39A EDO Jul 8 Remained attached to STS-65 * * NASA EDO Technology 40A Panamsat 2 Jul 8 35772x 35799x 0.04 1436.07 168.97E * * A-Lyracom Hughes HS-601 Comsat 40B BS-3N Jul 8 35777x 35797x 0.05 1436.15 109.67E * * NHK MMAS Series 3000 Comsat 41A Nadezhda Jul 14 951x 1007x 82.94 104.68 * * RKA Polyot? Tsikada Navigation 42A Kosmos-2283 Jul 20 Landed Sep 29 * * MO RF TsSKB Yantar' Recon 43A Apstar 1 Jul 21 35785x 35789x 0.00 1436.12 137.97E * * APT Hughes HS-376 Comsat 44A Kosmos-2284 Jul 29 Landed Sep 11 * * MO RF TsSKB Yantar'/Kometa Mapping 45A Kosmos-2285 Aug 2 974x 1013x 74.03 104.98 * * MO RF NPO PM? Calibration? 46A P90-6 APEX Aug 3 360x 2534x 69.98 114.82 * * USAF OSC Pegastar Technology 47A DBS 2 Aug 3 35776x 35797x 0.01 1436.11 100.79W * * DirecTV Hughes HS-601 Comsat 48A Kosmos-2286 Aug 5 747x 39608x 63.39 717.81 * * MO RF Lavochkin Oko Early Warning 49A Brasilsat B1 Aug 10 35782x 35791x 0.03 1436.12 70.05W * * Telebras Hughes HS-376W Comsat 49B Turksat 1B Aug 10 35740x 35829x 0.06 1436.01 41.92E * * Turkey PTT Aespat. Spacebus 2000 Comsat 50A Kosmos-2287 Aug 11 19109x 19150x 64.81 675.73 * * MO RF Polyot Uragan Navigation 50B Kosmos-2288 Aug 11 19091x 19168x 64.81 675.73 * * MO RF Polyot Uragan Navigation 50C Kosmos-2289 Aug 11 19126x 19133x 64.81 675.73 * * MO RF Polyot Uragan Navigation 51A Molniya-3 Aug 23 622x 39726x 62.97 717.67 * * RKA NPO PM Molniya-3 Comsat 52A Progress M-24 Aug 25 Deorbited over Pacific Oct 4 * * RKA Energiya Soyuz Cargo 53A Kosmos-2290 Aug 26 181x 392x 64.80 90.25 * * MO RF TsSKB ? Recon 54A USA 105 Aug 27 35780x 35790x 0 1436.1 ? * * NRO TRW? Adv. ORION? SIGINT 55A Optus B3 Aug 27 35671x 35905x 0.48 1436.19 151.74E * * Optus Hughes HS-601 Comsat 56A Kiku 6 Aug 28 8565x 38677x 13.23 861.84 * * NASDA Toshiba Comsat 57A DMSP 23545 Aug 29 840x 860x 98.89 101.94 * * USAF MMAS Block 5D-2 Weather 58 Telstar 402 Sep 9 201x 35295x 6.62 621.60 (?) * * AT&T MMAS Series 7000 Comsat 59A Discovery (STS-64) Sep 9 Landed at Edwards Sep 20 * * NASA Rockwell Shuttle Spaceship 59A LITE Sep 9 Remained attached to STS-64 * * NASA SL-PLT Science 59A GBA Sep 9 Remained attached to STS-64 * * NASA MPESS Science 59A SFSS Sep 9 Remained attached to STS-64 * * NASA MPESS Science 59B Spartan 201 Sep 13 Retrieved by STS-64 Sep 15 * * NASA NASA Spartan 200 Science 60A Kosmos-2291 Sep 21 35748x 35827x 1.13 1436.16 79.79E * * MO RF NPO PM Geyzer Comsat 61A Kosmos-2292 Sep 27 400x 1951x 82.99 108.90 * * MO RF Yuzhnoe Vektor? Calibration 62A Endeavour (STS-68) Sep 30 Landed at Edwards Oct 11 * * NASA Rockwell Shuttle Spaceship 62A SRL-2 Sep 30 Remained attached to STS-68 * * NASA SL-PLT Science 62A MAPS Sep 30 Remained attached to STS-68 * * NASA MPESS Science 63A Soyuz TM-20 Oct 3 Docked to Mir orbital station * * RKA Energiya Soyuz Spaceship 64A Intelsat 703 Oct 6 35779x 35792x 0.04 1436.07 176.96E * * INTELSAT SS/Loral FS-1300 Comsat 65A Solidaridad 2 Oct 8 35775x 35797x 0.02 1436.08 113.06W * * TdM Hughes HS-601 Comsat 65B Thaicom 2 Oct 8 35778x 35795x 0.04 1436.11 78.42E * * Shinaw. Hughes HS-376 Comsat 66A Okean-O1 no. 7 Oct 11 631x 665x 82.54 97.70 * * RKA Yuzhnoe Okean-O Rem.sensing 67A Ekspress Oct 13 35776x 35794x 0.06 1436.04 14.00W * * AO IK NPO PM Ekspress Comsat 68A IRS-P2 Oct 15 818x 820x 98.67 101.29 * * ISRO ISRO IRS-P Rem.sensing 69A Elektro Oct 31 35776x 35797x 1.03 1436.10 76.61E * * RKA VNII-EM Elektro Rem.sensing 70A Astra 1D Nov 1 35773x 35796x 0.02 1436.00 19.29E * * SES Hughes HS-601 Comsat 71A Wind Nov 1 48840x1578658x 19.65 221d * * NASA MMAS Wind Science 72A Kosmos-2293 Nov 2 402x 418x 65.03 92.78 * * MO RF NPO-M? Recon 73A Atlantis (STS-66) Nov 3 Landed at Edwards Nov 14 * * NASA Rockwell Shuttle Spaceship 73A ATLAS 3 Nov 3 Remained attached to STS-66 * * NASA/ESA SL-PLT Rem.sensing 74A Resurs-O1 No. 3 Nov 4 660x 663x 98.03 97.98 * * RKA VNII-EM Resurs-O Rem.sensing 73B CRISTA-SPAS Nov 4 Retrieved by STS-66 Nov 12 * * DARA DASA Astro-SPAS Rem.sensing 75A Progress M-25 Nov 11 Deorbited 1995 Feb 16 * * RKA Energiya Soyuz Cargo 76A Kosmos-2294 Nov 20 19052x 19207x 64.91 675.73 * * MO RF Polyot Uragan Navigation 76B Kosmos-2295 Nov 20 19094x 19165x 64.89 675.73 * * MO RF Polyot Uragan Navigation 76C Kosmos-2296 Nov 20 19118x 19141x 64.89 675.73 * * MO RF Polyot Uragan Navigation 77A Kosmos-2297 Nov 24 845x 857x 71.01 101.96 * * MO RF Yuzhnoe SIGINT 78A Geo-IK Nov 29 1480x 1526x 73.61 116.06 * * RKA/GUGK NPO PM? Musson Geodesy 79A Orion 1 Nov 29 35775x 35798x 0.03 1436.11 37.48W * * Orion MMS Eurostar 2000 Comsat 80A DFH-3 Nov 29 35225x 35957x 0.15 1426.15 * * PRC CAST/DASA DFH-3 Comsat FTO Panamsat K2 Dec 1 Destroyed on launch * * A-Lyracom Hughes HS-601 Comsat 81A Molniya-1T Dec 14 516x 39833x 62.83 717.68 * * MO RF NPO-PM Molniya-1T Comsat 82A Luch Dec 16 35757x 35815x 2.48 1436.09 95.27E * * RKA NPO-PM Al'tair Comsat 83A Kosmos-2298 Dec 20 785x 810x 74.03 100.83 * * MO RF NPO-PM Comsat 84A DSP F17 Dec 22 35780x 35790x 0 1436.1 ? * * USAF TRW DSP Early Warning 85A Radio-ROSTO RS-15 Dec 26 1881x 2163x 64.81 127.71 * * RKA? Comsat 86A Kosmos-2299 Dec 26 1402x 1415x 82.57 113.97 * * MO RF NPO PM Gonets-type Comsat 86B Kosmos-2300 Dec 26 1410x 1414x 82.55 114.05 * * MO RF NPO PM Gonets-type Comsat 86C Kosmos-2301 Dec 26 1414x 1415x 82.56 114.11 * * MO RF NPO PM Gonets-type Comsat 86D Kosmos-2302 Dec 26 1413x 1423x 82.55 114.20 * * MO RF NPO PM Gonets-type Comsat 86E Kosmos-2303 Dec 26 1413x 1430x 82.56 114.26 * * MO RF NPO PM Gonets-type Comsat 86F Kosmos-2304 Dec 26 1412x 1417x 82.56 114.11 * * MO RF NPO PM Gonets-type Comsat 87A Raduga Dec 28 35784x 35793x 1.41 1436.22 69.52E * * RKA NPO PM Raduga Comsat 88A Kosmos-2305 Dec 29 231x 288x 64.90 89.70 * * MO RF TsSKB Yantar'? Recon 89A NOAA 14 Dec 30 847x 861x 98.88 102.02 * * NOAA MMAS Adv Tiros-N Weather Abbreviations and organizations: Aespt. Aerospatiale (Toulouse, France) A-Lyracom Alpha Lyracom, USA AOIK AO Informkosmos, Russia APT APT Satellite Co, Hong Kong (Asia Pacific Telecom) AT&T American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Ball Ball Aerospace, USA BMDO Ballistic Missile Defence Organization (formerly SDIO) CAST Chinese Academy for Space Technology DARA Deutsche Agentur fur Raumfahrtgelegenheiten, Germany DASA Deutsche Aerospace DirecTV DirecTV (Hughes subsid); DBS jointly owned by USSB. DRA Defense Research Agency, Farnborough, England (UK MoD) Energiya RKK Energiya, Kaliningrad, Russia EUTELSAT European Telecommunications Satellite Organization GGM Goskogidromet (Russian Weather Service) GUGK Central Agency for Geodesy and Cartography, Russia HCI Hughes Communications Inc. Hughes Hughes Aircraft Corp. INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite Organization ISRO Indian Space Research Organization Lavochkin NPO Lavochkin, Russia Lockheed Lockheed Space and Missile Co. MDAC McDonnell Douglas Astronautics (USA) MMAS Martin Marietta Astro Space, USA MMS Matra Marconi Space MO RF Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation NASA United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASDA National Space Development Agency, Japan NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai, Japan NOAA United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NPO-M NPO Mashinostroenie NPOPM NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki (Krasnoyarsk, Russia) NRL Naval Research Lab (Washington, DC, USA) NRO National Reconnaissance Office, USA OHB OHB Systemtechnik GmbH, Germany Optus Optus Communications, Australia Orion Orion Satellite Systems OSC Orbital Sciences Corp. (VA). Polyot AKO Polyot, Omsk, Russia PRC Chinese Ministry of Astronautics Rimsat Rimsat Corp, USA. RKA Russian Space Agency (Moskva, Russia) Rockwell Rockwell International, USA SES Societe Europeene des Satellites, Luxembourg Shinaw. Shinawatra Corp. (Bangkok, Thailand) SII Space Industries Inc., Texas, USA SpecAst Spectrum Astro Inc. SS/Loral Space Systems/Loral, USA SVEC Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center, Houston, Texas, USA TdM Telecommunicaciones de Mexico TsSKB Central Specialized Design Bureau (Samara, Russia) TRW TRW Corp., USA TUB Technische Universitat Berlin (Berlin, Germany) USAF United States Air Force USN United States Navy VNII-EM VNII Elektromekhaniki (Russia) Yuzhnoe NPO Yuzhnoe, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine .-------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Jonathan McDowell | phone : (617) 495-7176 | | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for | | | Astrophysics | | | 60 Garden St, MS4 | | | Cambridge MA 02138 | inter : jcm@urania.harvard.edu | | USA | jmcdowell@cfa.harvard.edu | | | | JSR: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/QEDT/jcm/jsr.html | ! ftp://sao-ftp.harvard.edu/pub/jcm/space/news/news.* | '-------------------------------------------------------------------------'