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Satellite and space probe launches (1 April 2007 -31 July 2007)
SATELLITE AND SPACE PROBE LAUNCHES (1 April 2007 - 31 July 2007) (The source of information for satellites 2007-008A to 2007-032A is the ESA/ESOC DISCOS database.) COSPAR Designation
Launch Date 2006
National Name
[Life Time]/ (Descent Date)
2007-008A Soyuz TMA 10
7 April [0.22 yr]
Launch Site
Launch Vehicle
Initial Orbital Elements Apogee (km)
Baikonur (KZ)
SoyuzSL-4 (A-2)
240
Perig. (km)
193
Incl. (deg)
51.65
Period (min)
88.84
Soyuz TMA 10 is a Russian passenger spacecraft. It carried two astronauts and a tourist to the International Space Station (IgS) where it docked with the Zarya module at 1910 U T on 9 April. The tourist and two other long-resident ISS astronauts returned to Earth on 21 April in the previously docked TMA 9. The two astronauts on TMA 10 will remain in ISS for several months.
2007-009A AnikF3
9 April [>1 Myr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Proton-Briz
35797
35776
00.00
1436.12
Anik F3 is a Canadian geostationary communications spacecraR. The 4.6 tonne, 10 kW satellite carries 32 Ku-band, 24 C-band and two Ka-band transponders to provide voice and video transmissions throughout North America aider parking over 119°W.
2007-010A Hal Yang 1B
11 April [153 yr]
Taiyuan (CN)
CZ-2C
813
783
98.62
100.84
21544
21519
55.27
773.39
Haivang 1B is a Chinese ocean-imaging surveillance satellite. Five more such launches are planned for launch before 2009.
2007 -011A Beidou 5
13 April [>1 Myr]
Xichang (CN)
CZ3A
Beidou 5 (aka Beidou M1) is a Chinese navigational cram belonging to the COMPASS constellation of position-providing satellites. When the constellation is completed, it will have five geostationary and 30 low-Earth orbiters, enabling location to be obtained with an accuracy of 10 m, and velocity with an accuracy of 0.2 m/s.
2007-012A Egyptsat 1
17 April [35 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
665
658
98.09
97.97
Egyptsat 1 is an Ukrainian-built remote sensing Egyptian minisatellite. The 100 kg minisatellite carries a multispectral imager for Earth observations, stores the data on-board and f o ~ a r d s them over Egypt.
2007-012B Saudisat 3
17 April [39 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
678
656
98.09
98.10
Saudisat 3 is an experimental Saudi Arabian minisatellite, built in collaboration with the faculty and students of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST). The 200 kg minisatellite carries a high resolution imager.
2007-012C Saudicomsat 7
17 April [60 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
734
654
98.09
98.66
Saudicomsat 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are five Saudi Arabian communications nanosatellites. Each is a 12 kg CubeSat built by the students of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) for storing and then fo~a~varding communications. They are the first five among a planned fleet of 24 such nanosatellites.
2007-012E Saudicomsat 6
17 April [59 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
762
648
98.08
98.89
17 April [64 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
770
648
98.09
98.67
See 2007-012C.
2007-012F Aerocube 2
2007-012F is an amateur technology American 1.0 kg CubeSat picosatellite for Cal. Poly. It is likely to have separated ftom MAST, the triplet CubeSat.
2007 -012H Saudicomsat 5
17 April [61 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
729
651
98.09
98.57
17 April [62 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
718
652
98.09
98.47
See 2007-012C.
2007-012J Saudicomsat 3 See 2007-012C.
63
2007-012K MASt
17 April [64 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
782
647
98.09
98.08
MAST (Multiple Application Survivable Tether experiment) is a triplet of 1.0 kg American stacked Cubesats. Built by Stanford University students, it is intended to study damage to the multiple-wire tether due to meteoric impacts and UV-engendered degradation. Once in orbit, two of the three were to separate as t~ee flyers.
2007-012L Saudicomsat 4
17 April [60 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
751
648
98.09
98.78
17 April [44yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
761
649
98.13
98.89
Dnepr
792
646
98.09
99.17
792
647
98.09
99.18
See 2007-012C.
2007 -012M CalPoly CP3
CalPoly CP3 is an American student-built CubeSat picosatellite of mass 1.0 kg.
2007-012N Libertad 1
17 April [44yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Libertad 1, the first Columbian satellite, is a CubeSat of mass 1.0 kg built by the students at Sergio Arboleda University.
2007 -012P CAPE 1
17 April [44 yr]
Baikonur ~z)
Dnepr
CAPE 1 is an American CubeSat of sides 10 cm, and mass 1.0 kg, built by students at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette (ULL). It will collect and store data on the ambient ionosphere and relay those data while over ULL.
2007-012Q CalPoly CP4
17 April [44 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
770
648
98.08
98.97
768
649
98.08
98.97
553
523
2.47
95.40
253
48.22
91.67
CalPoly CP4 is one of four U S picosatellites launched by a Dnepr rocket (a modified SS-18 ICBM) at 0702 U T on 17 April.
2007-012R CSTB 1
17 April [44 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
CSTB 1 is one of four U S picosatellites launched by a Dnepr rocket (a modified SS-18 ICBM) at 0702 U T on 17 April.
2007-013A AGILE
23 April [44 yr]
Sriharikota (IN)
PSLV
AGILE is an Italian satellite, of 325 kg mass, carrying X-ray and gamma- ray spectrometers to study astronomical objects in the galaxy.
2007-014A NFIRE
24 April [0.54 yr]
Wallops I. (US)
Minotaur
459
NFIRE (Near Field Int~aRed Experiment) is a Missile Defense Agency satellite designed to test missile plume discrimination sensors which in turn will activate a so-called kill vehicle (KV) aimed at any rocket that is launched directly against it. Its ins/:aJments can distinguish between the exhaust plume at the launch phase and the rocket body. The Missile Defense Agency will launch two ballistic missiles towards NFIRE t~om Vandenberg AFB to test the performances of the two systems: NFIRE and the KV. Two more NFIREs are under consmJction.
2007-015A A/M
25 April [6.9 yr]
Vandenberg AFB (US)
Pegasus XL
599
586
97.79
96.54
AJM (Aeronomy of Ice in Mesosphere) is an American (NASA) satellite designed to study noctilucent clouds (NLC) in the polar mesosphere. It is a triaxially stabilized 197 kg, 216 W spacecrat~, that can store data gathered for 50 hours, at 1.3 Gbits/day. AJMcarries three ins/:aJments. One is a Solar Occultation For Ice Experiment (SOFIE) that will remotely sense the gases that condense to NLCs. The ins/:aJment will look at the Sun as it passes through the limb of the Earth's atmosphere to measure the absorption of spectral lines of water vapour, ozone, nitric acid and methane and derive their density profiles; it will also measure the temperature of the slralama. The ins/:aJment was built at the Space Dynamics Laboratory of Utah State University. Another constitutes a Cosmic Dust Experiment (CDE) and is an in situ sampler of the (mostly) charged cosmic dust flux over the NLCs; it uses a permanent electrically-polarized foil sensor which counts each impacting dust particle and its charge. The ins/:aJment was built at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder. The third ins/:aJment, for a Cloud Imaging and Particle Size experiment (CIPS), is a panoramic U V imager of the NLCs operating in the 265 nm wavelength band, with a field-of-view of 80 deg x 120 deg; it will provide the morphology of the clouds in both hemispheres.
2007-016A Astra 1L
4 May [>1 Myr]
Guiana SC (GF)
Ariane 5 ECA
35788
35784
0.09
1436.09
Astra 1L is a European (Luxembourg-based) geostationary communications satellite. The 4.5 tonne (with fuel) crat~ carries 29 Ku-band and two Ka-band transponders to provide video and voice links direct-to-home in all of Europe, aider parking over 19.2 deg E longitude.
2007-016B Galaxy 17
4 May [>1 Myr]
Guiana SC (GF)
Ariane 5 ECA
35706
35695
0.06
1431.73
Galaxy 17 is an American geostationary communications satellite. The 4.1 tonne (with fiJel), 9.5 kW spacecraft carries 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders to provide telephone and television services to South and North America and Europe, aider parking over 74°W.
64
2007 -017A Progress M60
12 Mayl [6.9 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Soyuz SL-4 (A-2)
276
237
51.63
89.64
Progress M 60 is a Russian automatic cargo carrier (aka Progress 25, presumably belonging to the new model series). It carried 45 kg of air, 419 kg of water, and 1.4 tonne of dry cargo including 241 kg of fruit and vegetables and 136 kg of medical equipment. It docked automatically with the Zvezda module of the ISS at 0510 U T on 15 May 2007.
2007-018A Nigcomsat 1
13 May [>1 Myr]
Xichang (CN)
CZ-38
35790
35783
0.12
1436.12
Nigcomsat/is a Nigerian geostationary communications satellite, built and launched by China. The 5.2 tonne (with f~el) spacecraR carries four C-band, 18 Ku-band, four Ka-band, and two L-band transponders to provide voice, video, and data links to all of Aftica, and southern t~urope after parking over 42.5 °E.
2007-019A Yaogan 2
25 May [51 yr]
Jiuquan (CN)
CZ-2D
655
641
97.84
97.59
913
52.00
103.47
Yaogan 2 is a Chinese (PRC) remote-sensing spacecraft gathering data that will help in crop estimates and in disaster alert/relief eftbrts.
2007-020A Globalstar M065
29 Mayl [670 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Soyuz SL-4 (A-2)
932
Gl~balstarM~65is~ne~fthef~ur~atestAmericanG~ba~starc~mmunicati~nssate~itesintheG~ba~starfleet(Gl~balstar~ B, C, and-D) that were launched by a Soyuz-Fregat rocket ftom Baikonur at 2031 UT on 29 May 2007. They are also known as Globalstar FM65, FM69, FM71, and FM72, respectively. These second-generation spacecraft each have a dry mass of 350 kg like the older 52 craR in the fleet, providing two-way transmission of voice and data ftom mobile and fixed stations. 2007-020C Globalstar M069
29 May [670 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Soyuz SL-4 (A-2)
931
910
52.00
103.44
29 May [670 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Soyuz SL-4 (A-2)
930
914
52.00
103.47
29 May [670 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Soyuz SL-4 (A-2)
931
913
52.00
103.47
31 May [>1 Myr]
Xichang (CN)
CZ-3A
35787
35783
0.24
1436.05
See 2007-020A
2007-020D Globalstar M071 See 2007-020A
2007-020F Globalstar M072 See 2007-020A
2007-021A Xinnou 3
Xinnou (SinoSat) 3 is a Chinese geostationary communications satellite carrying 10 C-band transponders to provide voice and video links to much of eastern Asia, after parking over 125°E.
2007-022A Cosmos 2427
7 June [0.1 lyr]
Plesetsk (RU)
SoyuzSL-4(A-2)
338
168
67.14
89.56
Vandenberg AFB (US)
Delta I17420
599
586
97.79
96.54
Cosmos 2427 is a Russian Defence Ministry imaging satellite.
2007-015A Cosrno SkyMed 1
8 June [ 19 yr]
Cosrno SkyMed 1 is an Italian Earth-imaging Synthetic Aperture Radar. The 1.7 tonne, 3.6 kW craft is the first of a four-satellite constellation, and carries an X-band (9.6 GHz) radar. The swath width is variable and provides images at a resolution between three to 100 metres.
2007-024A Atlantis STS 117
8 June (22 June)
Kennedy SC (US)
OV-104 (STS-117)
229
155
51.63
88.35
STS 117 is an American (NASA) shutile spacecraft that carried seven American astronauts and tonnes of material to the ISS. It docked with the ISS at 1938 U T on 10 June. The crew made four spacewalks to install two trusses ($3/$4) totalling 16 tonnes and two more solar panels on the ISS, as well as to repair the damaged insulation on the tail section of the shuttle. The trusses will facilitate installation of Japanese and European modules on the ISS. The new solar panels are reported to be the cause of a break-down of the missioncritical Russian computers which were soon repaired by ground commands. STS 117 undocked ftom the ISS at 1442 U T on 19 June. Due to bad weather at Cape Carnaveral, the landing was delayed by an extra day due to need to land at Edwards AFB in California at 1949 U T on 22 June. The return included six of those seven astronauts plus another astronaut who had been in the ISS for over six months.
2007-025A OSeq 7
10 June [3.6 yr]
Palmachim AFB (IL)
Shayit
573
384
141.75
94.17
Dnepr
510
507
97.43
94.50
Ojbq 7 is an Israeli, 30 kg military reconnaissance microsatellite.
2007-026A Terra S A R ~
15 June [7.7 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Terra SAR-X is a German (DLR) Synthetic Aperture Radar. It will map the Earth and oceans at a rate of one million square-km/day, provide scientific data such as sea ice coverage, vegetation/crop estimates, and military reconnaissance information, all at 1.0 m resolution.
65
2007-027A USA 194
15 June [nk]
Kennedy SC (US)
Atlas V 401
Dombaroyskiy (RU)
Dnepr
0
0
0.00
0.00
562
555
64.51
95.83
USA 194 (aka NROL 30) is a classified US defence satellite.
2007-028A Genesis 2
28 June [6.0 yr]
Genesis 2 is an American (Bigelow Aerospace Corp.) inflatable cram. The 1.9 m diameter, 1.36 tonne cram was inflated to a diameter of 3.8 m after launch. It is a technology demonstrator envisaged for an affordable space tourism market. It carried photos and other mementoes from fee-paying customers that could, in turn, be digitally photographed by 22 cameras on-board and televised to the company's website.
2007-029A Cosmos 2428
29 June [610 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Z enit-2 SL-16 (J-l)
857
846
70.98
101.97
Cosmos $1-8 (C- 1)
507
469
98.18
94.38
Cosmos 2428 is a Russian Defence Ministry Tselina 2 signals intelligence satellite.
2007-030A SARLupe 2
2 July [6.89 yr]
Plesetsk (US)
S A R L u p e 2 is a German military reconnaissance satellite. The 770 kg spacecram carries a large Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to provide l - m resolution images. It is the second of five such cram that will eventually comprise the SAR Lupe fleet.
2007-03 I A Zhongxing 6B
5 July [>IM yr]
Xichang (CN)
CZ-3B
35988
35789
0.14
1441.33
ChinaSat (Zhongxing) 6B is a Chinese (PRC) geostationary communications satellite. The 4.6 tonne, 8.7 kW spacecraft carries 38 C-band lransponders to provide voice and video services to Asia-Pacific and Oceania amer parking over 115.5°E.
2007-032A DirecTV 10
7 July [>1 Myr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Proton-Briz
36794
34906
0.19
1439.37
DireeTV 10 is an American geostationary communications satellite. The 5.9 tonne spacecram (including 2.2 tonnes of f~el) carries 32 broad beam Ka-band transponders, and 55 spotbeam Ka-band transponders to provide direct-to-home high-definition video (HDTV) and intemet services throughout the U S A after parking over 102.8°W.
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Launch Date 2006
National Name
[Life Time]/ (Descent Date)
2007-008A Soyuz TMA 10
7 April [0.22 yr]
Launch Site
Launch Vehicle
Initial Orbital Elements Apogee (km)
Baikonur (KZ)
SoyuzSL-4 (A-2)
240
Perig. (km)
193
Incl. (deg)
51.65
Period (min)
88.84
Soyuz TMA 10 is a Russian passenger spacecraft. It carried two astronauts and a tourist to the International Space Station (IgS) where it docked with the Zarya module at 1910 U T on 9 April. The tourist and two other long-resident ISS astronauts returned to Earth on 21 April in the previously docked TMA 9. The two astronauts on TMA 10 will remain in ISS for several months.
2007-009A AnikF3
9 April [>1 Myr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Proton-Briz
35797
35776
00.00
1436.12
Anik F3 is a Canadian geostationary communications spacecraR. The 4.6 tonne, 10 kW satellite carries 32 Ku-band, 24 C-band and two Ka-band transponders to provide voice and video transmissions throughout North America aider parking over 119°W.
2007-010A Hal Yang 1B
11 April [153 yr]
Taiyuan (CN)
CZ-2C
813
783
98.62
100.84
21544
21519
55.27
773.39
Haivang 1B is a Chinese ocean-imaging surveillance satellite. Five more such launches are planned for launch before 2009.
2007 -011A Beidou 5
13 April [>1 Myr]
Xichang (CN)
CZ3A
Beidou 5 (aka Beidou M1) is a Chinese navigational cram belonging to the COMPASS constellation of position-providing satellites. When the constellation is completed, it will have five geostationary and 30 low-Earth orbiters, enabling location to be obtained with an accuracy of 10 m, and velocity with an accuracy of 0.2 m/s.
2007-012A Egyptsat 1
17 April [35 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
665
658
98.09
97.97
Egyptsat 1 is an Ukrainian-built remote sensing Egyptian minisatellite. The 100 kg minisatellite carries a multispectral imager for Earth observations, stores the data on-board and f o ~ a r d s them over Egypt.
2007-012B Saudisat 3
17 April [39 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
678
656
98.09
98.10
Saudisat 3 is an experimental Saudi Arabian minisatellite, built in collaboration with the faculty and students of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST). The 200 kg minisatellite carries a high resolution imager.
2007-012C Saudicomsat 7
17 April [60 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
734
654
98.09
98.66
Saudicomsat 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are five Saudi Arabian communications nanosatellites. Each is a 12 kg CubeSat built by the students of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) for storing and then fo~a~varding communications. They are the first five among a planned fleet of 24 such nanosatellites.
2007-012E Saudicomsat 6
17 April [59 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
762
648
98.08
98.89
17 April [64 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
770
648
98.09
98.67
See 2007-012C.
2007-012F Aerocube 2
2007-012F is an amateur technology American 1.0 kg CubeSat picosatellite for Cal. Poly. It is likely to have separated ftom MAST, the triplet CubeSat.
2007 -012H Saudicomsat 5
17 April [61 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
729
651
98.09
98.57
17 April [62 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
718
652
98.09
98.47
See 2007-012C.
2007-012J Saudicomsat 3 See 2007-012C.
63
2007-012K MASt
17 April [64 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
782
647
98.09
98.08
MAST (Multiple Application Survivable Tether experiment) is a triplet of 1.0 kg American stacked Cubesats. Built by Stanford University students, it is intended to study damage to the multiple-wire tether due to meteoric impacts and UV-engendered degradation. Once in orbit, two of the three were to separate as t~ee flyers.
2007-012L Saudicomsat 4
17 April [60 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
751
648
98.09
98.78
17 April [44yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
761
649
98.13
98.89
Dnepr
792
646
98.09
99.17
792
647
98.09
99.18
See 2007-012C.
2007 -012M CalPoly CP3
CalPoly CP3 is an American student-built CubeSat picosatellite of mass 1.0 kg.
2007-012N Libertad 1
17 April [44yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Libertad 1, the first Columbian satellite, is a CubeSat of mass 1.0 kg built by the students at Sergio Arboleda University.
2007 -012P CAPE 1
17 April [44 yr]
Baikonur ~z)
Dnepr
CAPE 1 is an American CubeSat of sides 10 cm, and mass 1.0 kg, built by students at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette (ULL). It will collect and store data on the ambient ionosphere and relay those data while over ULL.
2007-012Q CalPoly CP4
17 April [44 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
770
648
98.08
98.97
768
649
98.08
98.97
553
523
2.47
95.40
253
48.22
91.67
CalPoly CP4 is one of four U S picosatellites launched by a Dnepr rocket (a modified SS-18 ICBM) at 0702 U T on 17 April.
2007-012R CSTB 1
17 April [44 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Dnepr
CSTB 1 is one of four U S picosatellites launched by a Dnepr rocket (a modified SS-18 ICBM) at 0702 U T on 17 April.
2007-013A AGILE
23 April [44 yr]
Sriharikota (IN)
PSLV
AGILE is an Italian satellite, of 325 kg mass, carrying X-ray and gamma- ray spectrometers to study astronomical objects in the galaxy.
2007-014A NFIRE
24 April [0.54 yr]
Wallops I. (US)
Minotaur
459
NFIRE (Near Field Int~aRed Experiment) is a Missile Defense Agency satellite designed to test missile plume discrimination sensors which in turn will activate a so-called kill vehicle (KV) aimed at any rocket that is launched directly against it. Its ins/:aJments can distinguish between the exhaust plume at the launch phase and the rocket body. The Missile Defense Agency will launch two ballistic missiles towards NFIRE t~om Vandenberg AFB to test the performances of the two systems: NFIRE and the KV. Two more NFIREs are under consmJction.
2007-015A A/M
25 April [6.9 yr]
Vandenberg AFB (US)
Pegasus XL
599
586
97.79
96.54
AJM (Aeronomy of Ice in Mesosphere) is an American (NASA) satellite designed to study noctilucent clouds (NLC) in the polar mesosphere. It is a triaxially stabilized 197 kg, 216 W spacecrat~, that can store data gathered for 50 hours, at 1.3 Gbits/day. AJMcarries three ins/:aJments. One is a Solar Occultation For Ice Experiment (SOFIE) that will remotely sense the gases that condense to NLCs. The ins/:aJment will look at the Sun as it passes through the limb of the Earth's atmosphere to measure the absorption of spectral lines of water vapour, ozone, nitric acid and methane and derive their density profiles; it will also measure the temperature of the slralama. The ins/:aJment was built at the Space Dynamics Laboratory of Utah State University. Another constitutes a Cosmic Dust Experiment (CDE) and is an in situ sampler of the (mostly) charged cosmic dust flux over the NLCs; it uses a permanent electrically-polarized foil sensor which counts each impacting dust particle and its charge. The ins/:aJment was built at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder. The third ins/:aJment, for a Cloud Imaging and Particle Size experiment (CIPS), is a panoramic U V imager of the NLCs operating in the 265 nm wavelength band, with a field-of-view of 80 deg x 120 deg; it will provide the morphology of the clouds in both hemispheres.
2007-016A Astra 1L
4 May [>1 Myr]
Guiana SC (GF)
Ariane 5 ECA
35788
35784
0.09
1436.09
Astra 1L is a European (Luxembourg-based) geostationary communications satellite. The 4.5 tonne (with fuel) crat~ carries 29 Ku-band and two Ka-band transponders to provide video and voice links direct-to-home in all of Europe, aider parking over 19.2 deg E longitude.
2007-016B Galaxy 17
4 May [>1 Myr]
Guiana SC (GF)
Ariane 5 ECA
35706
35695
0.06
1431.73
Galaxy 17 is an American geostationary communications satellite. The 4.1 tonne (with fiJel), 9.5 kW spacecraft carries 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders to provide telephone and television services to South and North America and Europe, aider parking over 74°W.
64
2007 -017A Progress M60
12 Mayl [6.9 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Soyuz SL-4 (A-2)
276
237
51.63
89.64
Progress M 60 is a Russian automatic cargo carrier (aka Progress 25, presumably belonging to the new model series). It carried 45 kg of air, 419 kg of water, and 1.4 tonne of dry cargo including 241 kg of fruit and vegetables and 136 kg of medical equipment. It docked automatically with the Zvezda module of the ISS at 0510 U T on 15 May 2007.
2007-018A Nigcomsat 1
13 May [>1 Myr]
Xichang (CN)
CZ-38
35790
35783
0.12
1436.12
Nigcomsat/is a Nigerian geostationary communications satellite, built and launched by China. The 5.2 tonne (with f~el) spacecraR carries four C-band, 18 Ku-band, four Ka-band, and two L-band transponders to provide voice, video, and data links to all of Aftica, and southern t~urope after parking over 42.5 °E.
2007-019A Yaogan 2
25 May [51 yr]
Jiuquan (CN)
CZ-2D
655
641
97.84
97.59
913
52.00
103.47
Yaogan 2 is a Chinese (PRC) remote-sensing spacecraft gathering data that will help in crop estimates and in disaster alert/relief eftbrts.
2007-020A Globalstar M065
29 Mayl [670 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Soyuz SL-4 (A-2)
932
Gl~balstarM~65is~ne~fthef~ur~atestAmericanG~ba~starc~mmunicati~nssate~itesintheG~ba~starfleet(Gl~balstar~ B, C, and-D) that were launched by a Soyuz-Fregat rocket ftom Baikonur at 2031 UT on 29 May 2007. They are also known as Globalstar FM65, FM69, FM71, and FM72, respectively. These second-generation spacecraft each have a dry mass of 350 kg like the older 52 craR in the fleet, providing two-way transmission of voice and data ftom mobile and fixed stations. 2007-020C Globalstar M069
29 May [670 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Soyuz SL-4 (A-2)
931
910
52.00
103.44
29 May [670 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Soyuz SL-4 (A-2)
930
914
52.00
103.47
29 May [670 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Soyuz SL-4 (A-2)
931
913
52.00
103.47
31 May [>1 Myr]
Xichang (CN)
CZ-3A
35787
35783
0.24
1436.05
See 2007-020A
2007-020D Globalstar M071 See 2007-020A
2007-020F Globalstar M072 See 2007-020A
2007-021A Xinnou 3
Xinnou (SinoSat) 3 is a Chinese geostationary communications satellite carrying 10 C-band transponders to provide voice and video links to much of eastern Asia, after parking over 125°E.
2007-022A Cosmos 2427
7 June [0.1 lyr]
Plesetsk (RU)
SoyuzSL-4(A-2)
338
168
67.14
89.56
Vandenberg AFB (US)
Delta I17420
599
586
97.79
96.54
Cosmos 2427 is a Russian Defence Ministry imaging satellite.
2007-015A Cosrno SkyMed 1
8 June [ 19 yr]
Cosrno SkyMed 1 is an Italian Earth-imaging Synthetic Aperture Radar. The 1.7 tonne, 3.6 kW craft is the first of a four-satellite constellation, and carries an X-band (9.6 GHz) radar. The swath width is variable and provides images at a resolution between three to 100 metres.
2007-024A Atlantis STS 117
8 June (22 June)
Kennedy SC (US)
OV-104 (STS-117)
229
155
51.63
88.35
STS 117 is an American (NASA) shutile spacecraft that carried seven American astronauts and tonnes of material to the ISS. It docked with the ISS at 1938 U T on 10 June. The crew made four spacewalks to install two trusses ($3/$4) totalling 16 tonnes and two more solar panels on the ISS, as well as to repair the damaged insulation on the tail section of the shuttle. The trusses will facilitate installation of Japanese and European modules on the ISS. The new solar panels are reported to be the cause of a break-down of the missioncritical Russian computers which were soon repaired by ground commands. STS 117 undocked ftom the ISS at 1442 U T on 19 June. Due to bad weather at Cape Carnaveral, the landing was delayed by an extra day due to need to land at Edwards AFB in California at 1949 U T on 22 June. The return included six of those seven astronauts plus another astronaut who had been in the ISS for over six months.
2007-025A OSeq 7
10 June [3.6 yr]
Palmachim AFB (IL)
Shayit
573
384
141.75
94.17
Dnepr
510
507
97.43
94.50
Ojbq 7 is an Israeli, 30 kg military reconnaissance microsatellite.
2007-026A Terra S A R ~
15 June [7.7 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Terra SAR-X is a German (DLR) Synthetic Aperture Radar. It will map the Earth and oceans at a rate of one million square-km/day, provide scientific data such as sea ice coverage, vegetation/crop estimates, and military reconnaissance information, all at 1.0 m resolution.
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2007-027A USA 194
15 June [nk]
Kennedy SC (US)
Atlas V 401
Dombaroyskiy (RU)
Dnepr
0
0
0.00
0.00
562
555
64.51
95.83
USA 194 (aka NROL 30) is a classified US defence satellite.
2007-028A Genesis 2
28 June [6.0 yr]
Genesis 2 is an American (Bigelow Aerospace Corp.) inflatable cram. The 1.9 m diameter, 1.36 tonne cram was inflated to a diameter of 3.8 m after launch. It is a technology demonstrator envisaged for an affordable space tourism market. It carried photos and other mementoes from fee-paying customers that could, in turn, be digitally photographed by 22 cameras on-board and televised to the company's website.
2007-029A Cosmos 2428
29 June [610 yr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Z enit-2 SL-16 (J-l)
857
846
70.98
101.97
Cosmos $1-8 (C- 1)
507
469
98.18
94.38
Cosmos 2428 is a Russian Defence Ministry Tselina 2 signals intelligence satellite.
2007-030A SARLupe 2
2 July [6.89 yr]
Plesetsk (US)
S A R L u p e 2 is a German military reconnaissance satellite. The 770 kg spacecram carries a large Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to provide l - m resolution images. It is the second of five such cram that will eventually comprise the SAR Lupe fleet.
2007-03 I A Zhongxing 6B
5 July [>IM yr]
Xichang (CN)
CZ-3B
35988
35789
0.14
1441.33
ChinaSat (Zhongxing) 6B is a Chinese (PRC) geostationary communications satellite. The 4.6 tonne, 8.7 kW spacecraft carries 38 C-band lransponders to provide voice and video services to Asia-Pacific and Oceania amer parking over 115.5°E.
2007-032A DirecTV 10
7 July [>1 Myr]
Baikonur (KZ)
Proton-Briz
36794
34906
0.19
1439.37
DireeTV 10 is an American geostationary communications satellite. The 5.9 tonne spacecram (including 2.2 tonnes of f~el) carries 32 broad beam Ka-band transponders, and 55 spotbeam Ka-band transponders to provide direct-to-home high-definition video (HDTV) and intemet services throughout the U S A after parking over 102.8°W.
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