Jonathan's Space Report No. 347 - Annual Launch Summary Issue 1998 Jan 15 Cambridge, MA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Below is the list of attempted orbital launches for 1997. As last year, it is in four sections: status of orbital payloads, manufacturers of orbital payloads, list of acronyms, and statistics of launch vehicles. ORBITAL PAYLOADS 1997 PART 1 - List and current status Orbits are given for late Dec 1997: perigee (km) x apogee (km) x inclination (deg) INT'L NAME AGENCY TYPE LAUNCH ORBIT OR STATUS DESIGN. DATE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01A Atlantis STS-81 NASA-JSC Spaceship Jan 12 Landed at KSC Jan 22 01A Spacehab-DM NASA-JSC Spacelab Jan 12 Remained attached to OV-104 F01 GPS 43 USAF Navsat Jan 17 Exploded on launch 02A GE 2 Americom Comsat Jan 30 35772x 35801x 0.0 84.9W 02B Nahuel 1A Nahuelsat Comsat Jan 30 35774x 35798x 0.0 71.8W 03A Soyuz TM-25 RKA Spaceship Feb 10 Landed in Kazakstan Aug 14 04A Discovery STS-82 NASA-JSC Spaceship Feb 11 Landed at KSC Feb 21 05A Haruka ISAS Astronomy Feb 12 569x 21415x 31.4 06A Kosmos-2337 MO RF Comsat Feb 14 1413 x 1428x 82.6 06B Kosmos-2338 MO RF Comsat Feb 14 1413 x 1422x 82.6 06C Kosmos-2339 MO RF Comsat Feb 14 1413 x 1414x 82.6 06D Gonets-D1 No 4 RKA Comsat Feb 14 1401 x 1414x 82.6 06E Gonets-D1 No 5 RKA Comsat Feb 14 1408 x 1414x 82.6 06F Gonets-D1 No 6 RKA Comsat Feb 14 1412 x 1415x 82.6 07A JCSAT 4 JSAT Comsat Feb 17 35780 x 35793x 0.0 150.0E 08A DSP F18 USAF EarlyWarn Feb 24 35780 x 35790x 0.0 (?) 09A Intelsat 801 Intelsat Comsat Mar 1 35772 x 35798x 0.1 64.2E 10A Zeya MO RF Comsat Mar 4 460 x 472x 97.3 11A Tempo 2 TCI Comsat Mar 8 35765 x 35805 x 0.1 118.7W 12A DMSP F14 USAF Weather Apr 4 842 x 855 x98.9 13A Columbia STS-83 NASA-JSC Spaceship Apr 4 Landed at KSC Apr 8 13A Spacelab MSL-1 NASA-MSFC Spacelab Apr 4 Remained attached to OV-102 14A Progress M-34 RKA Cargo Apr 6 Deorbited Jul 2 15A Kosmos-2340 MO RF EarlyWarn Apr 9 823 x 39522 x63.3 16A Thaicom 3 Shinaw. Comsat Apr 16 35762 x 35810 x 0.1 78.5E 16B BSAT 1A BSAT Comsat Apr 16 35786 x 35787 x 0.0 110.0E 17A Kosmos-2341 MO RF Navsat Apr 17 977 x 1014x 82.9 18A Minisat 01 INTA Technology Apr 21 561 x 580x151.0 18B Celestis Celestis Burial Apr 21 553 x 581x151.0 19A GOES 10 NOAA Weather Apr 25 35759 x 35818x 0.0 105.7W 20A Iridium 8 Iridium Comsat May 5 774 x 780x 86.4 20B Iridium 7 Iridium Comsat May 5 774 x 780x 86.4 20C Iridium 6 Iridium Comsat May 5 774 x 781x 86.4 20D Iridium 5 Iridium Comsat May 5 770 x 784x 86.4 20E Iridium 4 Iridium Comsat May 5 772 x 782x 86.4 21A Zhongxing 6 Chinasat Comsat May 11 35776 x 35797x 0.0 125.0E 22A Kosmos-2342 MO RF EarlyWarn May 14 925 x 39426x 63.0 23A Atlantis STS-84 NASA-JSC Spaceship May 15 Landed at KSC May 24 23A Spacehab DM NASA-JSC Spacelab May 15 Remained attached to OV-104 24A Kosmos-2343 MO RF Recon May 15 Deorbited Sep 18 F02 Kosmos MO RF Sig Intel May 20 Fell 27 km from launch site 25A Thor 2 Telenor Comsat May 21 35778x 35794x 0.0 0.8W 26A Telstar 5 Loral/Sky Comsat May 24 35773x 35799x 0.0 97.0W 27A Inmarsat 3F4 Inmarsat Comsat Jun 3 35770x 35805x 0.0 54.0W 27B Insat 2D ISRO Comsat Jun 3 35713x 35859x 0.4 74.1E 28A Kosmos-2344 MO RF Recon Jun 6 1502x 2739x 63.4 29A Fengyun 2 CASC Weather Jun 10 35783x 35784x 0.8 104.6E 30A Iridium 14 Iridium Comsat Jun 18 775x 780x 86.4 30B Iridium 12 Iridium Comsat Jun 18 776x 778x 86.4 30C Iridium 10 Iridium Comsat Jun 18 777x 777x 86.4 30D Iridium 9 Iridium Comsat Jun 18 775x 779x 86.4 30E Iridium 13 Iridium Comsat Jun 18 777x 778x 86.4 30F Iridium 16 Iridium Comsat Jun 18 776x 778x 86.4 30G Iridium 11 Iridium Comsat Jun 18 758x 763x 86.4 31A Intelsat 802 Intelsat Comsat Jun 25 35779x 35792x 0.1 174.1E 32A Columbia STS-94 NASA-JSC Spaceship Jul 1 Landed at KSC Jul 17 32A Spacelab MSL-1R NASA-MSFC Spacelab Jul 1 Remained attached to OV-102 33A Progress M-35 RKA Cargo Jul 5 Deorbited over Pacific Oct 8 34A Iridium 15 Iridium Comsat Jul 9 775x 779x 86.4 34B Iridium 17 Iridium Comsat Jul 9 775x 780x 86.4 34C Iridium 18 Iridium Comsat Jul 9 764x 770 86.4 34D Iridium 20 Iridium Comsat Jul 9 775x 779x 86.4 34E Iridium 21 Iridium Comsat Jul 9 626x 645x 86.4 35A GPS 43 USAF Navsat Jul 23 20131x 20237x 55.0 36A Superbird C SCC Comsat Jul 28 35780x 35793x 0.0 144.0E 37A Orbview-2 Orbimage Imaging Aug 1 707x 708x 98.2 38A Soyuz TM-26 RKA Spaceship Aug 5 Docked to Mir 39A Discovery STS-85 NASA-JSC Spaceship Aug 7 Landed at KSC Aug 19 39B CRISTA DLR Research Aug 7 Recaptured Aug 16 40A PAS 6 Panamsat Comsat Aug 8 35776x 35797x 0.1 43.2W 41A Kosmos-2345 MO RF EarlyWarn Aug 14 35037 x 36534 x 1.1 26.0W 42A Agila 2 Mabuhay Comsat Aug 19 35771x 35803x 0.0 146.0E 43A Iridium 26 Iridium Comsat Aug 21 765x 770x 86.4 43B Iridium 25 Iridium Comsat Aug 21 775x 779x 86.4 43C Iridium 24 Iridium Comsat Aug 21 776x 779x 86.4 43D Iridium 23 Iridium Comsat Aug 21 776x 779x 86.4 43E Iridium 22 Iridium Comsat Aug 21 776x 779x 86.4 44A Lewis NASA Imaging Aug 23 Reentered Sep 28 45A ACE NASA/APL Research Aug 25 Earth-Sun L1 point 46A PAS 5 Panamsat Comsat Aug 28 35769x 35803x 0.0 58.0W 47A FORTE USAF Research Aug 29 799x 833x 70.0 48A Iridium MFS 1 CALT Dummy Sep 1 623x 631x 86.3 48B Iridium MFS 2 CALT Dummy Sep 1 623x 632x 86.3 49A Hot Bird 3 Eutelsat Comsat Sep 2 35762x 35806x 0.1 13.3E 49B Meteosat 7 Eumetsat Weather Sep 2 35770x 35802x 1.6 10.2W 50A GE 3 Americom Comsat Sep 4 35776x 35797x 0.0 87.1W 51A Iridium 29 Iridium Comsat Sep 14 775x 780x 86.4 51B Iridium 32 Iridium Comsat Sep 14 776x 779x 86.4 51C Iridium 33 Iridium Comsat Sep 14 776x 779x 86.4 51D Iridium 27 Iridium Comsat Sep 14 551x 558x 86.4 51E Iridium 28 Iridium Comsat Sep 14 774x 780x 86.4 51F Iridium 30 Iridium Comsat Sep 14 776x 778x 86.4 51G Iridium 31 Iridium Comsat Sep 14 775x 779x 86.4 52A Kosmos-2346 MO RF Navsat Sep 23 937x 997x 82.9 52B FAISAT-2V FAI Comsat Sep 23 937x 997x 82.9 53A Intelsat 803 Intelsat Comsat Sep 23 35776x 35795x 0.0 21.4W 54A Molniya-1T MO RF Comsat Sep 24 580x 39771x 62.9 55A Atlantis STS-86 NASA-JSC Spaceship Sep 26 Landed at KSC Oct 6 55A Spacehab-DM NASA-JSC Spacelab Sep 26 Remained attached to OV-104 56A Iridium 19 Iridium Comsat Sep 27 775x 779x 86.4 56B Iridium 37 Iridium Comsat Sep 27 776x 779x 86.4 56C Iridium 36 Iridium Comsat Sep 27 776x 778x 86.4 56D Iridium 35 Iridium Comsat Sep 27 776x 779x 86.4 56E Iridium 34 Iridium Comsat Sep 27 776x 779x 86.4 57A IRS-1D ISRO Imaging Sep 29 737x 827x 98.6 58A Progress M-36 RKA Cargo Oct 5 Deorbited over Pacific Dec 19 59A Echostar 3 Echostar Comsat Oct 5 35777x 35794x 0.0 61.4W 60A Foton No. 11 RKA Micrograv Oct 9 Landed in Kazakstan Oct 23 60A Mirka DLR Micrograv Oct 9 Landed in Kazakstan Oct 23 61A Cassini NASA/JPL Probe Oct 15 En route Venus 61B Huygens ESA Probe Oct 15 Attached to Cassini 62A Apstar 2R APT Comsat Oct 16 35774x 35798x 0.0 76.5E 63A STEP M4 USAF Research Oct 22 432x 500x 45.0 64A LACROSSE 3? NRO/CIA Recon Oct 24 666x 679x 57.0 65A DSCS III B-13 USAF Comsat Oct 25 35770x 35800x 0.0 (?) 65B Falcon Gold USAF Research Oct 25 151x 34457x 26.2 66A MAQSAT-H/TEAMSAT ESA Research Oct 30 530x 26633x 7.9 66B MAQSAT-B/EPS ESA Test Oct 30 529x 26537x 7.9 66C YES ESA Research Oct 30 544x 26625x 7.9 F03 SCD-2A INPE Research Nov 2 Destroyed during launch 58C Sputnik-40 ACF/AFR Amateur Nov 3 369x 378x 51.6 67A GPS 38 USAF Navsat Nov 5 19910x 20449x 54.9 68A TRUMPET 3? NRO/NSA? Sig Intell Nov 8 1100x 39059x 63.6 (?) 69A Iridium 43 Iridium Comsat Nov 9 776x 778x 86.4 69B Iridium 41 Iridium Comsat Nov 9 775x 779x 86.4 69C Iridium 40 Iridium Comsat Nov 9 767x 771x 86.4 69D Iridium 39 Iridium Comsat Nov 9 775x 780x 86.4 69E Iridium 38 Iridium Comsat Nov 9 768x 771x 86.4 70A Kupon TsBank RF Comsat Nov 11 35778x 35792x 0.0 71A Sirius 2 NSAB Comsat Nov 11 35781x 35791x 0.1 4.8E 71B Cakrawarta 1 Indostar Comsat Nov 11 35756x 35859x 0.2 100.6E 72A Resurs F-1M RKA Imaging Nov 17 Landed in Kazakstan Dec 13 73A Columbia STS-87 NASA-JSC Spaceship Nov 19 Landed at KSC Dec 5 73B Spartan 201 NASA-GSFC Astronomy Nov 21 Retrieved by OV-102 Nov 25 74A TRMM NASA-GSFC Research Nov 27 344x 347x 35.0 74B Hikoboshi NASDA Research Nov 27 545x 548x 35.0 74C Orihime NASDA Research Nov 27 Attached to Hikoboshi 75A JCSAT 5 JSAT Comsat Dec 2 35784x 35790x 0.1 139.4E 75B Equator-S MPE Research Dec 2 496x 67232x 4.0 76A Astra 1G SES Comsat Dec 2 35341x 36234x 0.1 23.9E 73 AERCam-Sprint NASA-JSC Support Dec 3 Retrieved by OV-102 Dec 3 77A Iridium 42 Iridium Comsat Dec 8 768x 770x 86.4 77B Iridium 44 Iridium Comsat Dec 8 775x 779x 86.4 78A Galaxy 8i Panamsat Comsat Dec 8 35781x 35799x 0.0 79.2W 79A Kosmos-2347 MO RF Recon Dec 15 403x 417x 65.0 80A Kosmos-2348 MO RF Recon Dec 15 175x 361x 67.1 58D X-Mir Inspector DASA-B Support Dec 17 377x 387x 51.7 81A Progress M-36 RKA Cargo Dec 20 Docked to Kvant 82A Iridium 45 Iridium Comsat Dec 20 660x 676x 86.6 82B Iridium 46 Iridium Comsat Dec 20 668x 671x 86.6 82C Iridium 47 Iridium Comsat Dec 20 688x 694x 86.6 82D Iridium 48 Iridium Comsat Dec 20 696x 702x 86.6 82E Iridium 49 Iridium Comsat Dec 20 690x 696x 86.6 83A Intelsat 804 Intelsat Comsat Dec 21 35767x 35805x 0.1 47.0E 84A Orbcomm FM-5 Orbcomm Comsat Dec 23 815x 821x 45.0 84B Orbcomm FM-6 Orbcomm Comsat Dec 23 814x 823x 45.0 84C Orbcomm FM-7 Orbcomm Comsat Dec 23 815x 823x 45.0 84D Orbcomm FM-8 Orbcomm Comsat Dec 23 815x 823x 45.0 84E Orbcomm FM-9 Orbcomm Comsat Dec 23 817x 822x 45.0 84F Orbcomm FM-10 Orbcomm Comsat Dec 23 816x 826x 45.0 84G Orbcomm FM-11 Orbcomm Comsat Dec 23 816x 825x 45.0 84H Orbcomm FM-12 Orbcomm Comsat Dec 23 817x 824x 45.0 85A EarlyBird EWatch Imaging Dec 24 479x 488x 97.3 86A Asiasat 3 Asiasat Comsat Dec 31 370x 35987x 51.1 PART 2: Manufacturers/Designers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Des Name Manufacturer Bus 01A OV-104 Boeing-NA Shuttle 01A Spacehab-DM Boeing-HB/Alenia Spacehab F01 GPS SVN 43 LM-VF LM4000 02A GE 3 LM-EW A2100 02B Nahuel 1A Aerospatiale Spacebus 2000 03A 7K-STM No. 74 Energiya 7K-TM 04A OV-103 Boeing-NA Shuttle 05A MUSES B NEC MUSES B 06A Strela-3 PM Strela-3 06B Strela-3 PM Strela-3 06C Strela-3 PM Strela-3 06D Gonets-D1 No. 4 PM Strela-3 06E Gonets-D1 No. 5 PM Strela-3 06F Gonets-D1 No. 6 PM Strela-3 07A JCSAT-4 Hughes HS-601 08A DSP 18 TRW DSP Block 14 09A Intelsat 801 LM-EW LM7000 10A Zeya No. 1 PM Strela-1M 11A Tempo 2 Loral FS-1300 12A DMSP S14 LM-EW DMSP 5D-2 13A OV-102 Boeing-NA Shuttle 13A Spacelab LM Unit 1 DASA-ERNO Spacelab Long Module 14A 7K-TGM No. 234 Energiya 7K-TGM 15A Oko Lavochkin Oko 16A Thaicom 3 Aerospatiale Spacebus 3000 16B BSAT 1A Hughes HS-376 17A Parus Polyot Parus 18A Minisat 01 CASA Minisat 0 18B CPAC Orbital-G CPAC 19A GOES K Loral GOES-I 20A Iridium SV008 Motorola/LM-S LM700 20B Iridium SV007 Motorola/LM-S LM700 20C Iridium SV006 Motorola/LM-S LM700 20D Iridium SV005 Motorola/LM-S LM700 20E Iridium SV004 Motorola/LM-S LM700 21A DFH-3 CAST/DASA-MBB DFH-3 22A Oko Lavochkin Oko 23A OV-104 Boeing-NA Shuttle 23A Spacehab-DM Boeing-HB/Alenia Spacehab 24A (Yantar') Progress Yantar'-? F02 Tselina-2 Yuzhnoe Tselina-2 25A Thor 2 Hughes HS-376HP 26A Telstar 5 Loral FS-1300 27A Inmarsat 3 F4 LM-EW LM4000 27B Insat 2D ISRO Insat 2 28A (Arkon-1) Lavochkin Arkon-1 29A FY-2 Shanghai-ARTI FY-2 30A Iridium SV014 Motorola/LM-S LM700 30B Iridium SV012 Motorola/LM-S LM700 30C Iridium SV010 Motorola/LM-S LM700 30D Iridium SV009 Motorola/LM-S LM700 30E Iridium SV013 Motorola/LM-S LM700 30F Iridium SV016 Motorola/LM-S LM700 30G Iridium SV011 Motorola/LM-S LM700 31A Intelsat 802 LM-EW LM7000 32A OV-102 Boeing-NA Shuttle 32A Spacelab LM Unit 1 DASA-ERNO Spacelab Long Module 33A 7K-TGM No. 235 Energiya 7K-TGM 34A Iridium SV015 Motorola/LM-S LM700 34B Iridium SV017 Motorola/LM-S LM700 34C Iridium SV018 Motorola/LM-S LM700 34D Iridium SV020 Motorola/LM-S LM700 34E Iridium SV021 Motorola/LM-S LM700 35A GPS SVN43 LM-VF LM4000 36A Superbird C Hughes HS-601 37A Orbview-2 Orbital-G Pegastar 38A 7K-STM No. 75 Energiya 7K-STM 39A OV-103 Boeing-NA Shuttle 39B ASTRO-SPAS DASA-ERNO ASTRO-SPAS 40A PAS 6 Loral FS-1300 41A Oko? Lavochkin Oko? 42A Agila 2 Loral FS-1300 43A Iridium SV026 Motorola/LM-S LM700 43B Iridium SV025 Motorola/LM-S LM700 43C Iridium SV024 Motorola/LM-S LM700 43D Iridium SV023 Motorola/LM-S LM700 43E Iridium SV022 Motorola/LM-S LM700 44A Lewis TRW-C Lewis 45A ACE APL AMPTE-CCE 46A PAS 5 Hughes HS-601HP 47A FORTE LANL FORTE 48A Iridium MFS1 Motorola/LM-S LM700 48B Iridium MFS2 Motorola/LM-S LM700 49A Hot Bird 3 MMS-F Eurostar 2000+ 49B MTP Aerospatiale Meteosat 50A GE 3 LM-EW A2100 51A Iridium SV029 Motorola/LM-S LM700 51B Iridium SV032 Motorola/LM-S LM700 51C Iridium SV033 Motorola/LM-S LM700 51D Iridium SV027 Motorola/LM-S LM700 51E Iridium SV028 Motorola/LM-S LM700 51F Iridium SV030 Motorola/LM-S LM700 51G Iridium SV031 Motorola/LM-S LM700 52A Parus PM Parus 52B FAISAT 2V Polyot/FAI FAISAT 53A Intelsat 803 LM-EW LM7000 54A Molniya-1T PM Molniya-1T 55A OV-104 Boeing-NA Shuttle 55A Spacehab-DM Boeing-HB/Alenia Spacehab 56A Iridium SV019 Motorola/LM-S LM700 56B Iridium SV037 Motorola/LM-S LM700 56C Iridium SV036 Motorola/LM-S LM700 56D Iridium SV035 Motorola/LM-S LM700 56E Iridium SV034 Motorola/LM-S LM700 57A IRS-1D ISRO IRS 58A 7K-TGM No. 235 Energiya 7K-TGM 59A Echostar 3 LM-S A2100 60A Foton No. 11 Progress Foton 60A Mirka Kayser-Threde Mirka 61A Cassini JPL Cassini 61B Huygens Aerospatiale Huygens 62A Apstar 2R Loral FS-1300 63A STEP M4 TRW-C/Orbital-M Eagle 64A LACROSSE LM-A LACROSSE 65A DSCS III B-13 LM-VF DSCS III 65B Falcon Gold AF Academy Falcon Gold 66A MAQSAT-H Kayser-Threde MAQSAT 66B MAQSAT-B Kayser-Threde MAQSAT 66C YES ESA-ESTEC YES F03 SCD-2A INPE SCD 58C Spoutnik 40 Ans AFR PS Model 67A GPS SVN 38 Boeing-SB GPS Block IIA 68A TRUMPET Boeing-K TRUMPET 69A Iridium SV043 Motorola/LM-S LM700 69B Iridium SV041 Motorola/LM-S LM700 69C Iridium SV040 Motorola/LM-S LM700 69D Iridium SV039 Motorola/LM-S LM700 69E Iridium SV038 Motorola/LM-S LM700 70A Kupon Lavochkin Kupon 71A Sirius 2 Aerospatiale Spacebus 3000-B 71B Indostar Orbital-M Starbus 72A Resurs F-1M Progress Resurs F-1 73A OV-102 Boeing-NA Shuttle 73B Spartan 201 NASA-GSFC Spartan 200 74A TRMM NASA-GSFC TRMM 74B ETS-7 Toshiba ETS-7 74 ETS-7 Target Toshiba ETS-7 Target 75A JCSAT 5 Hughes HS-601 75B Equator-S MPE Equator-S 76A Astra 1G Hughes HS-601HP 73 Sprint NASA-JSC AERCam/SAFER 77A Iridium SV042 Motorola/LM-S LM700 77B Iridium SV044 Motorola/LM-S LM700 78A Galaxy 8i Hughes HS-601HP 79A US-PM Arsenal/Kometa US-P 80A Kobalt Progress Yantar'-4 58D Inspector DASA-ERNO Inspector 81A 7K-TGM No. 237 Energiya 7K-TGM 82A Iridium SV045 Motorola/LM-S LM700 82B Iridium SV046 Motorola/LM-S LM700 82C Iridium SV047 Motorola/LM-S LM700 82D Iridium SV048 Motorola/LM-S LM700 82E Iridium SV049 Motorola/LM-S LM700 83A Intelsat 804 LM-EW LM7000 84E Orbcomm FM-5 Orbital-G Microstar 84F Orbcomm FM-6 Orbital-G Microstar 84G Orbcomm FM-7 Orbital-G Microstar 84H Orbcomm FM-8 Orbital-G Microstar 84A Orbcomm FM-9 Orbital-G Microstar 84B Orbcomm FM-10 Orbital-G Microstar 84C Orbcomm FM-11 Orbital-G Microstar 84D Orbcomm FM-12 Orbital-G Microstar 85A EarlyBird Orbital-M EarlyBird 86A Asiasat 3 Hughes HS-601HP PART 3 - Abbreviations for Organizations ACF Aero Club de France, Reunion chapter Aerospatiale Aerospatiale, Cannes, France AF Academy USAF Academy, Colorado Springs AFR Astronautical Federation of Russia, Kabardin-Balakarsk chapter Alenia Alenia Spazio, Torino, Italy Americom GE American Communications APL Applied Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD. APT Asia Pacific Telecom, Hong Kong Arsenal KB Arsenal, Sankt-Peterburg Boeing-K Boeing, Kent/Seattle Boeing-NA Boeing North American, Palmdale (formerly Rockwell) Boeing-SB Boeing North American, Seal Beach (formerly Rockwell) BSAT Broadcasting Satellite System Corp, Tokyo CALT China Academy of Launch Vehicle Tech., Beijing CASA CASA, Madrid CASC China Aerospace Corp. CAST China Acad. Space Tech., Beijing Celestis Celestis Inc., Florida Chinasat China Telecomms Broadcast Satellite Co., Beijing CIA Central Intelligence Agency, USA DASA-ERNO Daimler-Benz Aerospace, Bremen (formerly ERNO) DASA-MBB Daimler-Benz Aerospace, Munchen (formerly MBB) DLR Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft- und Raumfahrt, Koln Echostar Echostar Communications Corp., Englewood Energiya RKK Energiya im. S.P. Korolyov, Kaliningrad-Korolyov ESA European Space Agency ESA-ESTEC European Space Tech. Centre, Noordwijk EWatch EarthWatch, Longmont Eumetsat European Meteorological Sat. Org. Eutelsat European Telecommunications Sat. Org. FAI Final Analysis Inc., Greenbelt Hughes Hughes Space and Communications, El Segundo Indostar PT Media Citra Indostar, Jakarta Inmarsat International Maritime Satellite Organization, London INPE Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espacias, Sao Jose dos Campos INTA Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial, Torrejon, Madrid Intelsat International Telecommunications Sat. Org., Washington DC. Iridium Iridium Inc., Washington DC. ISAS Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences, Tokyo ISRO Indian Space Research Organization JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena JSAT Japan Satellite Systems, Tokyo Kayser-Threde Kayser-Threde, Munchen Kometa TsNPO Kometa, Moskva LANL Los Alamos National Labs 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) LM-VF Lockheed Martin, Valley Forge (formerly GE) Loral Space Systems/Loral, Palo Alto Loral/Sky Loral Skynet, Bedminster (was AT&T Skynet) Mabuhay Mabuhay Comms Corp, Manila. MMS-F Matra Marconi Space-France, Toulouse MO RF Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Motorola Motorola Satellite, Chandler MPE Max-Planck-Institut fur Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching Nahuelsat Nahuelsat, Buenos Aires, Argentina NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration, USA 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 NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA NRO US National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly NSA US National Security Agency, Fort Meade NSAB Nordiska Satellit AB, Solna, Stockholm Orbcomm Orbital Communications Corp, Dulles Orbimage Orbital Imaging 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 SCC Space Communications Corp, Tokyo SES Societe Europeene des Satellites, Luxembourg Shanghai-ARTI Shanghai Aerospace Research Tech. Inst. Shinaw. Shinawatra Satellite, Bangkok TCI Telecommunications Inc., Englewood Telenor Telenor, Oslo Toshiba Toshiba Corp., Tokyo TRW TRW, Redondo Beach TRW-C TRW, Chantilly TsBank RF Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Moskva USAF United States Air Force Yuzhnoe KB Yuzhnoe, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine PART 4 - Launch Vehicles Launch vehicles are listed by type, in order of number of launches. The totals are similar to last year, with an increase in the number of Chinese launches, while the Russian totals have stabilized. US vehicles: Launched Failures NASA Space Shuttle 8 0 Lockheed Martin Titan 5 0 Lockheed Martin Atlas 8 0 Lockheed Martin Athena 1 0 Boeing Delta 11 1 OSC Pegasus 5 0 38 Russian vehicles: TsSKB-Progress Soyuz 13 0 Krunichev Proton 9 1* Polyot Kosmos 2 0 Kompleks Start 2 0 26 Other vehicles: Arianespace Ariane 11 0 Arianespace Ariane-5 1 0+ NASDA H-II 1 0 China Long March 6 0+ Yuzhnoe Tsiklon 2 0 Yuzhnoe Zenit 1 1 ISRO PSLV 1 0+ ISAS M-V 1 0 INPE VLS 1 1 -------------------------------------------- Total 89 4 *: Reached an orbit despite failure +: One launch reached lower than planned orbit, but not enough to count as a failure. TsSKB-Progress Soyuz (13) Feb 10 Soyuz-U GIK-5 LC1 Apr 6 Soyuz-U GIK-5 LC1 Apr 9 Molniya-M/2BL GIK-1 LC16-2 May 14 Molniya-M/2BL GIK-1 LC43-4 May 15 Soyuz-U GIK-5 LC31 Jul 5 Soyuz-U GIK-5 LC1 Aug 5 Soyuz-U GIK-5 LC1 Sep 24 Molniya-M/ML GIK-1 LC43-4 Oct 5 Soyuz-U GIK-5 LC1 Oct 9 Soyuz-U GIK-1 Nov 18 Soyuz-U GIK-1 Dec 15 Soyuz-U GIK-1 Dec 20 Soyuz-U GIK-5 LC1 Boeing Delta (11) Jan 17 Delta 241 Delta 7925 CC LC17A May 5 Delta 242 Delta 7920-10C V SLC2W May 20 Delta 243 Delta 7925 CC LC17A Jul 9 Delta 244 Delta 7920-10C V SLC2W Jul 23 Delta 245 Delta 7925 CC LC17A Aug 21 Delta 246 Delta 7920-10C V SLC2W Aug 25 Delta 247 Delta 7920-8 CC LC17A Sep 27 Delta 248 Delta 7920-10C V SLC2W Nov 6 Delta 249 Delta 7925 CC LC17A Nov 9 Delta 250 Delta 7920-10C V SLC2W Dec 20 Delta 251 Delta 7920-10C V SLC2W Arianespace Ariane (11) Jan 30 V93 Ariane 44L CSG ELA2 Mar 1 V94 Ariane 44P CSG ELA2 Apr 16 V95 Ariane 44LP CSG ELA2 Jun 3 V97 Ariane 44L CSG ELA2 Jun 25 V96 Ariane 44P CSG ELA2 Aug 8 V98 Ariane 44P CSG ELA2 Sep 2 V99 Ariane 44LP CSG ELA2 Sep 23 V100 Ariane 42L CSG ELA2 Nov 12 V102 Ariane 44L CSG ELA2 Dec 2 V103 Ariane 44P CSG ELA2 Dec 22 V104 Ariane 42L CSG ELA2 Krunichev Proton (9) May 24 380-02 Proton-K/DM4 GIK-5 LC81L Jun 6 380-01 Proton-K/DM5 GIK-5 LC200L Jun 18 390-02 Proton-K/DM2 GIK-5 LC200L Aug 14 381-01 Proton-K/DM-2 GIK-5 LC200L Aug 28 387-02 Proton-K/DM3 GIK-5 LC81L Sep 14 391-01 Proton-K/DM2 GIK-5 LC81L Nov 12 Proton-K/DM-2 GIK-5 LC200L Dec 2 382-02 Proton-K/DM3 GIK-5 LC81L Dec 24 394-01 Proton-K/DM3 GIK-5 LC81L NASA Space Shuttle (8) Jan 12 STS-81 Shuttle KSC LC39B Feb 11 STS-82 Shuttle KSC LC39A Apr 4 STS-83 Shuttle KSC LC39A May 15 STS-84 Shuttle KSC LC39A Jul 1 STS-94 Shuttle KSC LC39A Aug 7 STS-85 Shuttle KSC LC39A Sep 26 STS-86 Shuttle KSC LC39A Nov 19 STS-87 Shuttle KSC LC39B Lockheed Martin Atlas (8) Feb 17 AC-127 Atlas IIAS CC LC36B Mar 8 AC-128 Atlas IIA CC LC36A Apr 25 AC-79 Atlas I CC LC36B Jul 28 AC-133 Atlas IIAS CC LC36B Sep 4 AC-146 Atlas IIAS CC LC36A Oct 5 AC-135 Atlas IIAS CC LC36B Oct 25 AC-131 Atlas IIA CC LC36A Dec 8 AC-149 Atlas IIAS CC LC36B Chinese Chang Zheng (6) May 11 CZ-3A Xichang LC2 Jun 10 CZ-3 Xichang LC1 Aug 19 CZ-3B Xichang LC2 Sep 1 CZ-2C/SD Taiyuan Oct 16 CZ-3B Xichang LC2 Dec 8 CZ-2C/SD Taiyuan Orbital Sciences Pegasus (5) Apr 21 Pegasus XL Gando Aug 1 Pegasus XL V RW30/12 Aug 29 Pegasus XL V RW30/12 Oct 22 Pegasus XL WI Dec 23 Pegasus XL/HAPS WI Lockheed Martin Titan (5) Feb 23 4B-24 Titan 402B/IUS CC LC40 Apr 4 23G-6 Titan 23G V SLC4W Oct 15 4B-33 Titan 401B/Cen CC LC40 Oct 24 4A-18 Titan 403A V SLC4E Nov 8 4A-17 Titan 401A/Cen CC LC41 Polyot Kosmos-3M (2) Apr 17 Kosmos-3M GIK-1 LC132/1 Sep 23 Kosmos-3M GIK-1 LC132 Yuzhnoe Tsiklon (2) Feb 14 Tsiklon-3 GIK-1 LC32/1 Dec 9 Tsiklon-2 GIK-5 LC90L Kompleks Start (2) Mar 4 Start-1.2 GIK-2 Dec 24 Start-1 GIK-2 Arianespace Ariane 5 (1) Oct 30 V101 Ariane 5 CSG ELA3 Yuzhnoe Zenit-2 (1) May 20 Zenit-2 GIK-5 LC45L ISRO Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (1) Sep 29 PSLV-C1 PSLV Sriharikota NASDA H-II (1) Nov 27 5F H-II Tanegashima Lockheed Martin Athena (1) Aug 23 LMLV-1 V SLC6 ISAS M-V Feb 12 M-V Kagoshima INPE VLS (1) Nov 2 VLS ALCA .-------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Jonathan McDowell | phone : (617) 495-7176 | | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for | | | Astrophysics | | | 60 Garden St, MS6 | | | Cambridge MA 02138 | inter : jcm@urania.harvard.edu | | USA | jmcdowell@cfa.harvard.edu | | | | JSR: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/QEDT/jcm/space/jsr/jsr.html | | Back issues: ftp://sao-ftp.harvard.edu/pub/jcm/space/news/news.* | '-------------------------------------------------------------------------'