Jonathan's Space Report No. 384 1999 Jan 1 Cambridge, MA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan's Space Report - 1998 Launch Log Special Edition Below is the list of attempted orbital launches for 1998. As last year, it is in four sections: status of orbital payloads, manufacturers of orbital payloads, list of acronyms, and statistics of launch vehicles. Corrections to jcm@cfa.harvard.edu please. 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------ 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 .-------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Jonathan McDowell | phone : (617) 495-7176 | | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for | | | Astrophysics | | | 60 Garden St, MS6 | | | Cambridge MA 02138 | inter : jcm@cfa.harvard.edu | | USA | jmcdowell@cfa.harvard.edu | | | | JSR: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/jsr/jsr.html | | Back issues: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/jsr/back | | Subscribe/unsub: mail majordomo@head-cfa.harvard.edu, (un)subscribe jsr | '-------------------------------------------------------------------------'