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to 2004-029A
is t h e E S A / E S O C
DISCOS
database)
COSPAR Launch Launch Launch Initial Orbital Elements Designation Date - 2004 Site Vehicle ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... National Name [Life Time]/ {Descent Date} Apogee Perigee Incl. Period (km) (km) (deg) (min) 2004-011A Superbird 6
16 April [> 1 M yr]
Kennedy SC (US)
Atlas IIAS
35793
35777
0.07
1436.05
Superbird 6 is a Japanese (3.2 tonne, 4.4 kW) geostationary commercial communications satellite was launched into a highly elliptical transfer orbit, with a period of 2895 min, apogee 120 679 km, perigee 1138 km, and inclination 25.5°. It is reported that this high apogee, with its very low velocity, is conducive to manoeuvering into geostationary status using less on-board fuel than is usually required for transfer orbits. It was to have become geostationary by 5 May 2004, after six manoeuvres. It will provide high data-rate transmissions for television and internet access to the Asia-Pacific region through its 23 Ku-band, and four Ka-band transponders, after parking over 158 ° E. It will be the fifth operational satellite in this series, after the current list of Superbird-A, -B2, -C, and -D, and became known as Superbird A2 after it reached its operational orbit. 2004-012A Tansuo 1
18 April [71 yr]
Xichang (CN)
CZ-2C
615
599
97.71
96.84
Tansuo 1 (also reported as Experimentsat 1) is a Chinese (PRC) civilian science satellite built by Harbin Institute of Technology. The 204 kg satellite will provide stereographic maps of land resources in China. 2004-012B Naxing 1
18 April [73 yr]
Xichang
CZ-2C
615
599
97.71
96.84
Naxing 1 (also reported as Nanosat 1) is a Chinese (PRC) satellite for Tsinghua University, The 25 kg satellite will perform "some high-tech experiments". 2004-013A Soyuz TMA-4
19 April [0.72 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Soyuz SL-4 (A-2)
366
359
51.63
91.83
Soyuz TMA-4A is a Russian passenger transport satellite that carried three astronauts (Gennadiy Padalka - Russia, Michael Fincke - USA and Andre Kuipers Netherlands) to the International Space Station (ISS) and docked with the Zvezda module of the ISS automatically on 21 April at 0500 UT. Padalka and Fincke will remain in the ISS for about six months, while the Dutch astronaut and the two astronauts who had inhabited the ISS for several months left the ISS on 29 April in the Soyuz TMA-3 that had remained docked with the ISS, soft landing in Kazakhstan at 0011 on 30 April. 2004-014A Gravity Probe-B
20 April [98 yr]
Vandenberg AFB (US)
Delta II 7920
646
640
90.00
97.59
Gravity Probe-B is an American (NASA) science satellite designed to verify a derivative consequence of the General Relativistic Gravitation (GRG) theory, according
to which a spinning body such as the Earth creates the space-time to wrap around. The satellite carries a telescope, embedded with four 4-cm quartz spheres that spin at a rate of 10 000 rpm as freely suspended gyroscopes. The prediction is that the orientation of the spin axes will move by 42 milliseconds-of-arc during a year of orbiting. The reference point is a bright star named HR 8703, also known as IM Pegasus, in the Pegasus constellation that will remain sighted by the telescope. 2004-015A Ekspress AM-11
26 April [> 1 Myr]
Baikonur
Proton SL-12 (D-l-e) 35790
35785
0.09
1436.17
Express AM-11 is a Russian geostationary communications satellite with a French-built telecommunications payload. It carries many transponders to provide digital television, telephone and broadband internet links to Russia and its neighbours, Southeast Asia, and Australia, after parking over a suitable longitude. 2004-016A DirecTV 7S
4 May [> 1 Myr]
Sea Launch (KY)
Zenit-3 (J-le)
35790
35782
0.O0
1436.10
DirecTV 7S is an American geostationary communications satellite. The 13 kW satellite will provide direct-to-home television service to American homes through its 54 transponders and 27 spot-beams or, in another mode, through its 44 transponders and 30 spot-beams after parking over 119° W. It is the second spot-beam satellite in the DirecTV fleet, after DirecTV 4S was launched in November 2001. 2004-017A AMC-11 (GE-11)
19 May [> 1 Myr]
Kennedy SC (US)
Atlas HAS
35790
35781
0.02
1436.07
AMC-11, also known as GE-11, is an American geostationary communications satellite operated by SES Americem. The 1.8 tonne satellite will enable dozens of television networks in America to provide HD videos through its 23 C-band transponders after parking over 131 ° W. 2004-018A Rocsat-2
20 May [142 yr]
Vandenberg AFB
Taurus
743
725
99.10
99.50
Rocsat-2 is a Taiwanese (Republic of China) remote sensing satellite. The 750 kg satellite carries imaging instruments to take pictures of crop yields in Taiwan, the effects of natural disasters, and oil spills on land and ocean, and to image high altitude red lightning strokes called 'sprites'. 2004-019A Progress M-49
25 May {30 July}
Baikonur
Soyuz SL-4 (A-2)
367
359
51.63
91.81
Progress-M 49, a Russian cargo carrier, transported 2.5 tonnes of supplies, water, food and fuel to the International Space Station (ISS). It docked automatically with the ISS Zvezda module at 1355 UT on 27 May 2004. In preparation for the docking, the previously docked Progress M1-11 was evacuated on 24 May, carrying all the trash from the ISS, and was destined for a controlled burn on 3 June. 2004-020A Cosmos 2405
28May [0.61 yr]
Baikonur
Tsyklon SL-11 (F-lm) 416
404
65.03
846
71.00
92.77
Cosmos 2405 is an electronic reconnaissance satellite operated by the Russian navy. 2004-021A Cosmos 2406
10 June [224 yr]
Baikenur
Zenit-2 SL-16 (J-1)
86
865
102.05
Cosmos 2406 is an electronic reconnaissance satelliote, operated by the Russian Defence Ministry. 2004-022A Intelsat 10-02
16 June [> 1 Myr]
Baikonur
Proton-Briz
35774
35690
0.17
1433.35
Intelsat 10-02 is a geostationary communications spacecraft in the (recently privatized) American Intelsat fleet. The 3 tonne satellite is the first in the Intelsat 10 series, and will provide digital broadcasting, telephone, and broadband internet access to users in Europe, South America, Africa and the Middle East through its 36 Ku-band, and 70 C-band transponders after parking over 1° W. 2004-023A Navstar 55
23 June [> 1 Myr]
Kennedy SC (US)
Delta II 7925
20360
20107
55.05
720.08
Navstar55 (also known as USA 178, and as GPS 2R-12) is an American navigation satellite in the GPS fleet. The 2.1 tonne satellite will soon be manoeuvered into Slot 4 in Plane F to replace the ageing GPS 2A-16 that was launched in November 1992. However, GPS 2A-16 will be repositioned in the same Plane as a backup, until its failure. 2004-024A Telstar 18
29 June [> 1 Myr]
Sea Launch (KY)
Zenit-3 (J-le)
35799
35775
0.07
1436.14
Telstar 18 (APstar 5) is a Russian communications spacecraft, jointly owned by Loral Skynet and APT Satellite. It was intended to be a geostationary satellite, but due to the premature stoppage of the boost from the final DM-SL stage, it ended far below the geostationary orbit. Trim-manoeuvre thrusters attached to the satellite itself were used to raise the orbit to a geostationary location. (Fuel use from those thrusters will adversely impact on the useful lifespan of the satellite.) 2004-025A Latinsat-D
29 June [123 yr]
Baikonur
Dnepr
851
696
98.26
100.33
Latinsat-D, also known as Apdzesat 2, is an Argentine microsatellite (12 kg) that will relay radio channels from fixed and mobile transmitters. 2004-025C Demeter
29 June [120 yr]
Baikonur
Dnepr
722
696
98.26
98.97
Demeter (Detection of ElectroMagnetic Emissions Transmitted from Earthquake Regions) is the first in the new Myriade series of French scientific satellites. It will monitor the electromagnetic activity in the ionosphere during and after earthquakes. It carries probes for electric fields (0-3 MHz) and magnetic fields (10 Hz-18 kHz), a plasma analyser, a Langmuir probe, and a particle detector. 2004-025D SaudiComsat-1
29 June [ 122 yr]
Baikonur
Dnepr
749
699
98.26
99.29
Dnepr
762
698
98.26
99.62
Dnepr
734
699
98.26
99.13
Dnepr
765
699
98.26
99.46
SaudiComsat-1 is a Saudi Arabian communications microsatellite (12 kg). 2004-025E SaudiComsat-2
29 June [121 yr]
Baikonur
SaudiComsat-2 is a Saudi Arabian communications microsatellite (12 kg). 2004-025F SaudiSat-2
29 June [121 yr]
Baikonur
Saudisat-2 is a Saudi Arabian research communications microsatellite (35 kg). 2004-025G LatinSat-C
29 June [118 yr]
Baikonur
Latinsat-C, also known as Apnzesat 1, is an Argentine microsatellite (12 kg) that will relay radio channels from fixed and mobile transmitters. 2004-025H UniSat-3
29 June [119 yr]
Baikonur
Dnepr
799
698
98.26
99.80
Baikonur
Dnepr
817
697
98.26
99.97
Unisat-3 is an Italian, scientific microsatellite (12 kg). 2004-025K Amsat Oscar-E
29 June [112 yr]
Amsat Oscar-E, also known as Amsat-Echo, is an American amateur communications microsatellite satellite (10 kg) that will relay amateur radio transmissions. 2004-026A Aura
15 July [108 yr]
Vandenberg AFB
Delta II 7920
682
673
98.22
98.31
Aura is an American (NASA) remote sensing satellite. The 2.97 tonne, 4.6 kW satellite will monitor ozone and related molecules in the stratosphere and troposphere, as an extension of the previous observations by the UARS and TOMS missions. It carries four monitoring instruments. A High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS) is a passive radiometer that aims at the Earth limb to determine the vertical and horizontal distributions of ozone, water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen oxides, nitric acid and CFC through infrared emissions in 21 channels covering 6.12-17.76 mm wavelengths. A Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) mainly aims at the vertical and horizontal distributions of ozone-depleting molecules in the lower stratosphere. It is again a limb scanner, operating in five frequency bands measuring the temperature and pressure profile; water vapour and nitric acid; ozone and CO populations; nitrous acid, HCI, CIO, BrO, and sulphur dioxide; and the OH population. An Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) will monitor the baekscattered solar radiation by ozone in the visible and UV bands, in 740 wavelength channels. It will extend the observations since 1970 by similar instruments on TOMS and Nimbus satellites. The Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) is a high resolution imaging Fourier transform spectrometer covering the 3.2-15.4 pm band. It can be oriented as a nadir-looking (at a spatial resolution of 0.53 km x 5.3 km), or limb-looking instrument (with a height resolution of 2.3 km). 2004-027A Anik F2
18 July [> 1 Myr]
Guiana SC (GF)
Ariane 5
36070
35410
0.07
1433.71
Anik F2 (Anik meaning 'little brother' in Inuit language) is a Canadian geostationary communications satellite. The 5.95 tonne (with fuel), 16 kW satellite carries 24 30-W C-band, 40 127-W Ku-band, and 50 90-W transponders to provide broadband and telemedicine to northern US states and Canada after parking over 111.1°W • It carries a xenon ion propulsion system for orbit trims when needed. Manoeuvering towards the operational orbit was still in progress in August 2004. 2004-028A Cosmos-2407
22 July [472 yr]
Plesetsk (RU)
Cosmos SL-8 (C-1) 1006
Cosmos-2407 is a Russian navigation military satellite for the Russian Defence Ministry.
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950
82.96
104.67
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COSPAR Launch Launch Launch Initial Orbital Elements Designation Date - 2004 Site Vehicle ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... National Name [Life Time]/ {Descent Date} Apogee Perigee Incl. Period (km) (km) (deg) (min) 2004-011A Superbird 6
16 April [> 1 M yr]
Kennedy SC (US)
Atlas IIAS
35793
35777
0.07
1436.05
Superbird 6 is a Japanese (3.2 tonne, 4.4 kW) geostationary commercial communications satellite was launched into a highly elliptical transfer orbit, with a period of 2895 min, apogee 120 679 km, perigee 1138 km, and inclination 25.5°. It is reported that this high apogee, with its very low velocity, is conducive to manoeuvering into geostationary status using less on-board fuel than is usually required for transfer orbits. It was to have become geostationary by 5 May 2004, after six manoeuvres. It will provide high data-rate transmissions for television and internet access to the Asia-Pacific region through its 23 Ku-band, and four Ka-band transponders, after parking over 158 ° E. It will be the fifth operational satellite in this series, after the current list of Superbird-A, -B2, -C, and -D, and became known as Superbird A2 after it reached its operational orbit. 2004-012A Tansuo 1
18 April [71 yr]
Xichang (CN)
CZ-2C
615
599
97.71
96.84
Tansuo 1 (also reported as Experimentsat 1) is a Chinese (PRC) civilian science satellite built by Harbin Institute of Technology. The 204 kg satellite will provide stereographic maps of land resources in China. 2004-012B Naxing 1
18 April [73 yr]
Xichang
CZ-2C
615
599
97.71
96.84
Naxing 1 (also reported as Nanosat 1) is a Chinese (PRC) satellite for Tsinghua University, The 25 kg satellite will perform "some high-tech experiments". 2004-013A Soyuz TMA-4
19 April [0.72 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Soyuz SL-4 (A-2)
366
359
51.63
91.83
Soyuz TMA-4A is a Russian passenger transport satellite that carried three astronauts (Gennadiy Padalka - Russia, Michael Fincke - USA and Andre Kuipers Netherlands) to the International Space Station (ISS) and docked with the Zvezda module of the ISS automatically on 21 April at 0500 UT. Padalka and Fincke will remain in the ISS for about six months, while the Dutch astronaut and the two astronauts who had inhabited the ISS for several months left the ISS on 29 April in the Soyuz TMA-3 that had remained docked with the ISS, soft landing in Kazakhstan at 0011 on 30 April. 2004-014A Gravity Probe-B
20 April [98 yr]
Vandenberg AFB (US)
Delta II 7920
646
640
90.00
97.59
Gravity Probe-B is an American (NASA) science satellite designed to verify a derivative consequence of the General Relativistic Gravitation (GRG) theory, according
to which a spinning body such as the Earth creates the space-time to wrap around. The satellite carries a telescope, embedded with four 4-cm quartz spheres that spin at a rate of 10 000 rpm as freely suspended gyroscopes. The prediction is that the orientation of the spin axes will move by 42 milliseconds-of-arc during a year of orbiting. The reference point is a bright star named HR 8703, also known as IM Pegasus, in the Pegasus constellation that will remain sighted by the telescope. 2004-015A Ekspress AM-11
26 April [> 1 Myr]
Baikonur
Proton SL-12 (D-l-e) 35790
35785
0.09
1436.17
Express AM-11 is a Russian geostationary communications satellite with a French-built telecommunications payload. It carries many transponders to provide digital television, telephone and broadband internet links to Russia and its neighbours, Southeast Asia, and Australia, after parking over a suitable longitude. 2004-016A DirecTV 7S
4 May [> 1 Myr]
Sea Launch (KY)
Zenit-3 (J-le)
35790
35782
0.O0
1436.10
DirecTV 7S is an American geostationary communications satellite. The 13 kW satellite will provide direct-to-home television service to American homes through its 54 transponders and 27 spot-beams or, in another mode, through its 44 transponders and 30 spot-beams after parking over 119° W. It is the second spot-beam satellite in the DirecTV fleet, after DirecTV 4S was launched in November 2001. 2004-017A AMC-11 (GE-11)
19 May [> 1 Myr]
Kennedy SC (US)
Atlas HAS
35790
35781
0.02
1436.07
AMC-11, also known as GE-11, is an American geostationary communications satellite operated by SES Americem. The 1.8 tonne satellite will enable dozens of television networks in America to provide HD videos through its 23 C-band transponders after parking over 131 ° W. 2004-018A Rocsat-2
20 May [142 yr]
Vandenberg AFB
Taurus
743
725
99.10
99.50
Rocsat-2 is a Taiwanese (Republic of China) remote sensing satellite. The 750 kg satellite carries imaging instruments to take pictures of crop yields in Taiwan, the effects of natural disasters, and oil spills on land and ocean, and to image high altitude red lightning strokes called 'sprites'. 2004-019A Progress M-49
25 May {30 July}
Baikonur
Soyuz SL-4 (A-2)
367
359
51.63
91.81
Progress-M 49, a Russian cargo carrier, transported 2.5 tonnes of supplies, water, food and fuel to the International Space Station (ISS). It docked automatically with the ISS Zvezda module at 1355 UT on 27 May 2004. In preparation for the docking, the previously docked Progress M1-11 was evacuated on 24 May, carrying all the trash from the ISS, and was destined for a controlled burn on 3 June. 2004-020A Cosmos 2405
28May [0.61 yr]
Baikonur
Tsyklon SL-11 (F-lm) 416
404
65.03
846
71.00
92.77
Cosmos 2405 is an electronic reconnaissance satellite operated by the Russian navy. 2004-021A Cosmos 2406
10 June [224 yr]
Baikenur
Zenit-2 SL-16 (J-1)
86
865
102.05
Cosmos 2406 is an electronic reconnaissance satelliote, operated by the Russian Defence Ministry. 2004-022A Intelsat 10-02
16 June [> 1 Myr]
Baikonur
Proton-Briz
35774
35690
0.17
1433.35
Intelsat 10-02 is a geostationary communications spacecraft in the (recently privatized) American Intelsat fleet. The 3 tonne satellite is the first in the Intelsat 10 series, and will provide digital broadcasting, telephone, and broadband internet access to users in Europe, South America, Africa and the Middle East through its 36 Ku-band, and 70 C-band transponders after parking over 1° W. 2004-023A Navstar 55
23 June [> 1 Myr]
Kennedy SC (US)
Delta II 7925
20360
20107
55.05
720.08
Navstar55 (also known as USA 178, and as GPS 2R-12) is an American navigation satellite in the GPS fleet. The 2.1 tonne satellite will soon be manoeuvered into Slot 4 in Plane F to replace the ageing GPS 2A-16 that was launched in November 1992. However, GPS 2A-16 will be repositioned in the same Plane as a backup, until its failure. 2004-024A Telstar 18
29 June [> 1 Myr]
Sea Launch (KY)
Zenit-3 (J-le)
35799
35775
0.07
1436.14
Telstar 18 (APstar 5) is a Russian communications spacecraft, jointly owned by Loral Skynet and APT Satellite. It was intended to be a geostationary satellite, but due to the premature stoppage of the boost from the final DM-SL stage, it ended far below the geostationary orbit. Trim-manoeuvre thrusters attached to the satellite itself were used to raise the orbit to a geostationary location. (Fuel use from those thrusters will adversely impact on the useful lifespan of the satellite.) 2004-025A Latinsat-D
29 June [123 yr]
Baikonur
Dnepr
851
696
98.26
100.33
Latinsat-D, also known as Apdzesat 2, is an Argentine microsatellite (12 kg) that will relay radio channels from fixed and mobile transmitters. 2004-025C Demeter
29 June [120 yr]
Baikonur
Dnepr
722
696
98.26
98.97
Demeter (Detection of ElectroMagnetic Emissions Transmitted from Earthquake Regions) is the first in the new Myriade series of French scientific satellites. It will monitor the electromagnetic activity in the ionosphere during and after earthquakes. It carries probes for electric fields (0-3 MHz) and magnetic fields (10 Hz-18 kHz), a plasma analyser, a Langmuir probe, and a particle detector. 2004-025D SaudiComsat-1
29 June [ 122 yr]
Baikonur
Dnepr
749
699
98.26
99.29
Dnepr
762
698
98.26
99.62
Dnepr
734
699
98.26
99.13
Dnepr
765
699
98.26
99.46
SaudiComsat-1 is a Saudi Arabian communications microsatellite (12 kg). 2004-025E SaudiComsat-2
29 June [121 yr]
Baikonur
SaudiComsat-2 is a Saudi Arabian communications microsatellite (12 kg). 2004-025F SaudiSat-2
29 June [121 yr]
Baikonur
Saudisat-2 is a Saudi Arabian research communications microsatellite (35 kg). 2004-025G LatinSat-C
29 June [118 yr]
Baikonur
Latinsat-C, also known as Apnzesat 1, is an Argentine microsatellite (12 kg) that will relay radio channels from fixed and mobile transmitters. 2004-025H UniSat-3
29 June [119 yr]
Baikonur
Dnepr
799
698
98.26
99.80
Baikonur
Dnepr
817
697
98.26
99.97
Unisat-3 is an Italian, scientific microsatellite (12 kg). 2004-025K Amsat Oscar-E
29 June [112 yr]
Amsat Oscar-E, also known as Amsat-Echo, is an American amateur communications microsatellite satellite (10 kg) that will relay amateur radio transmissions. 2004-026A Aura
15 July [108 yr]
Vandenberg AFB
Delta II 7920
682
673
98.22
98.31
Aura is an American (NASA) remote sensing satellite. The 2.97 tonne, 4.6 kW satellite will monitor ozone and related molecules in the stratosphere and troposphere, as an extension of the previous observations by the UARS and TOMS missions. It carries four monitoring instruments. A High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS) is a passive radiometer that aims at the Earth limb to determine the vertical and horizontal distributions of ozone, water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen oxides, nitric acid and CFC through infrared emissions in 21 channels covering 6.12-17.76 mm wavelengths. A Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) mainly aims at the vertical and horizontal distributions of ozone-depleting molecules in the lower stratosphere. It is again a limb scanner, operating in five frequency bands measuring the temperature and pressure profile; water vapour and nitric acid; ozone and CO populations; nitrous acid, HCI, CIO, BrO, and sulphur dioxide; and the OH population. An Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) will monitor the baekscattered solar radiation by ozone in the visible and UV bands, in 740 wavelength channels. It will extend the observations since 1970 by similar instruments on TOMS and Nimbus satellites. The Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) is a high resolution imaging Fourier transform spectrometer covering the 3.2-15.4 pm band. It can be oriented as a nadir-looking (at a spatial resolution of 0.53 km x 5.3 km), or limb-looking instrument (with a height resolution of 2.3 km). 2004-027A Anik F2
18 July [> 1 Myr]
Guiana SC (GF)
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Anik F2 (Anik meaning 'little brother' in Inuit language) is a Canadian geostationary communications satellite. The 5.95 tonne (with fuel), 16 kW satellite carries 24 30-W C-band, 40 127-W Ku-band, and 50 90-W transponders to provide broadband and telemedicine to northern US states and Canada after parking over 111.1°W • It carries a xenon ion propulsion system for orbit trims when needed. Manoeuvering towards the operational orbit was still in progress in August 2004. 2004-028A Cosmos-2407
22 July [472 yr]
Plesetsk (RU)
Cosmos SL-8 (C-1) 1006
Cosmos-2407 is a Russian navigation military satellite for the Russian Defence Ministry.
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