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Kosmos-3M | ABRIXAS & MegSat 0
Russian Space Forces | RussiaKapustin Yar, Russian Federation
April 28, 1999, 8:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The ABRIXAS (A Broadband Imaging X-Ray All-Sky Survey) small satellite (A BRoadband Imaging X-ray All-sky Survey Satellite) was designed to perform the first complete survey of the sky with an imaging telescope in the X-ray energy range from 0.5 to 10 keV. MegSat 0 was the first MegSat communications satellite.
Low Earth Orbit
Athena II | Ikonos 1
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 27, 1999, 6:22 p.m.
Dnepr | UOSAT-OSCAR-36
ISC Kosmotras | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 21, 1999, 4:59 a.m.
Delta II | Landsat 7
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 15, 1999, 6:32 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Landsat 7 continued the long-term Earth observation Landsat program begun in 1972. Landsat 7 was a joint project between NASA, NOAA, and the US Geological Survey to obtain continuous high-resolution imagary of the earth's surface for environmental monitoring, disaster assessment, land use and regional planning, cartography, range management, oil and mineral exploration.
Low Earth OrbitSoyuz-U-PVB | Globalstar 19,42,44,45
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 15, 1999, 12:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax via a constellation of 48 minisatellites. The constellation operates in a 1410 km orbit inclined at 52 degrees, and will also have 8 spares. The satellites were built by Space Systems Loral and Alenia Aerospazio in Rome, Italy.
Low Earth OrbitAtlas IIAS | Eutelsat W3
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 12, 1999, 10:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The W satellites are designed to provide telecommunications services primarily over Europe (Eutelsat W2, W3 and W5) and communication services over Russia and Africa (W4). W2, W3 and W5 are designed to offer 24 transponders at saturation and W4 is designed to provide 31 transponders at saturation. The W satellites have a minimum operational lifetime of 12 years. The spacecraft are based on the Spacebus-3000B2 platform.
Geostationary OrbitTitan 402B IUS | DSP 19
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 9, 1999, 5:01 p.m.
Ariane 42P | Insat 2E
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
April 2, 1999, 10:03 p.m.
Soyuz U | Progress M-41
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 2, 1999, 11:28 a.m.
Zenit | DemoSat
Sea Launch | RussiaSea Launch
March 28, 1999, 1:29 a.m.
