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Ariane 44P | Eutelsat W1

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Sept. 6, 2000, 10:33 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Originally ordered by Orion Network Systems as Orion 2, the contract was later terminated. It was then bought by Eutelsat as spare satellite, called RESSAT, which was later renamed Eutelsat W1 as a replacement satellite compatible with their previously-launched W2 and W3 spacecraft. Eutelsat subsequently decided to launch W1 in September 2000. Located at the 10 degrees East position, the satellite serves a full range of applications that include that include business communications, Internet-based services and television transmission. It has 28 channels, 20 of which provide coverage of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and central Asia via a fixed widebeam, with the remaining eight connected to a steerable spotbeam, to address new markets in geographical areas outside the widebeam coverage area (notably southern Africa). Services can be simultaneously provided within both coverages.

Geostationary Orbit
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Proton-K/DM-2M | Sirius FM-2

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 5, 2000, 9:43 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Sirius Satellite Radio (previously known as CD Radio) is a satellite constellation to provide digital radio to mobile receivers in north America.

Elliptical Orbit
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Long March 4B | Zi Yuan-2 01 xing

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | China
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Sept. 1, 2000, 3:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

ZY-2 (Ziyuan-2, 'Resource-2'), while reported as a civilian Earth observation system, was actually code-named JB-3 (Jianbing-3) and was China's first high-resolution military imaging satellite. They are reportedly used for area surveillance.

Polar Orbit
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Proton | Raduga-1 5

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 28, 2000, 8:08 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Military geostationary communications satellite

Geostationary Orbit
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Delta 8930 | DM-F3

Boeing | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 23, 2000, 11:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

DM-F3 (Delta Mission Flight Three) is a simulated payload made up of steel and aluminum plates and cylinders that produce the same dynamic characteristics and mass properties of a Hughes HS-601 satellite.

Elliptical Orbit
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Titan 403B | NROL-11

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Aug. 17, 2000, 11:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Onyx (formerly known as Lacrosse) satellites are terrestrial radar imaging reconnaissance satellite operated by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).

Low Earth Orbit
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Ariane 44LP | Brasilsat B4 & Nilesat 102

Aérospatiale | France
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 17, 2000, 11:16 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Brazilian and Egyptian communications satellites.

Geostationary Orbit
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Soyuz-U-PVB | Cluster Rumba & Tango

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 9, 2000, 11:13 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Cluster is an magnetospheric research project, consisting of a constellation of four identical satellites. Part of the first Cornerstone Mission in the European Space Agency's long-term space science programme, the Cluster II satellites were built to replace the original Cluster mission, which was aborted after Ariane-5G's maiden flight in June 1996 failed to launch the satellites. The mission's objective is to research the Earth's magnetosphere and its interaction with the solar winds, via four identical satellites flying in formation which take simultaneous measurements to provide the most detailed three-dimensional study of changes and processes taking place in near-Earth space. The four satellites were launched in 2000 on two Soyuz-U Fregat rockets.

Elliptical Orbit
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Soyuz U | Progress M1-3

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 6, 2000, 6:26 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

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Zenit | PAS 9

Sea Launch | Russia
Sea Launch
July 28, 2000, 10:42 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

PAS-9 was one of three HS-601HP satellites ordered Oct. 12, 1998, from Hughes Space and Communications Company (HSC) by PanAmSat Corporation. The satellite provides broadcast and general communications services in C- and Ku-band for the Americas, the Caribbean and western Europe, plus direct-to-home services for Mexico in Ku-band.

Geostationary Orbit
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