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Año 2001 Recopilación de datos Ing. Eladio Miranda Batlle. Los textos, imágenes y tablas fueron obtenidos de la National Space Science. Data Center. NASA

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There were 85 spacecraft returned.

Spacecraft Name NSSDC ID Launch Date

2001 Mars Odyssey 2001-014A 2001-04-07

Artemis 2001-029A 2001-07-12

Astra 2C 2001-025A 2001-06-16

Atlantic Bird 2 2001-042A 2001-09-25

BADR 2 2001-056C 2001-12-10

BIRD 2 2001-049C 2001-10-22

BSAT 2A 2001-011B 2001-03-08

BSAT 2B 2001-029B 2001-07-12

COMPASS 2001-056B 2001-12-10

CORONAS-F 2001-032A 2001-07-31

Cosmos 2377 2001-022A 2001-05-29

Cosmos 2378 2001-023A 2001-06-08

Cosmos 2379 2001-037A 2001-08-24

Cosmos 2380 2001-053C 2001-12-01

Cosmos 2381 2001-053B 2001-12-01

Cosmos 2382 2001-053A 2001-12-01

Cosmos 2383 2001-057A 2001-12-21

Cosmos 2384 2001-058A 2001-12-28

Cosmos 2385 2001-058B 2001-12-28

Cosmos 2386 2001-058C 2001-12-28

Destiny 2001-006B 2001-02-07

DirecTV 4S 2001-052A 2001-11-27

Ekran-M 18 2001-013A 2001-04-07

Eurobird 1 2001-011A 2001-03-08

Genesis 2001-034A 2001-08-08

Genesis Sample Collection and Return Capsule 2001-034D 2001-08-08

GOES 12 2001-031A 2001-07-23

GOES-M GOES-M 2001-07-22

Gonets 12 2001-058D 2001-12-28

Gonets 13 2001-058E 2001-12-28

Gonets 14 2001-058F 2001-12-28

GSAT 1 2001-015A 2001-04-18

ICO F2 2001-026A 2001-06-19

Intelsat 901 2001-024A 2001-06-09

Intelsat 902 2001-039A 2001-08-30

Jason 1 2001-055A 2001-12-07

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LRE 2001-038A 2001-08-29

Maroc-Tubsat 2001-056D 2001-12-10

Mars Surveyor 2001 Lander MS2001L 2001-04-10

Mars Surveyor 2001 Rover MS2001R 2001-04-05

Meteor-3M 2001-056A 2001-12-10

MILSTAR 4 2001-009A 2001-02-27

Molniya 3 2001-050A 2001-10-25

Molniya 3-K 2001-030A 2001-07-20

Navstar 50 2001-004A 2001-01-30

Odin 2001-007A 2001-02-20

PAS 10 2001-019A 2001-05-15

PCSAT 2001-043C 2001-09-30

Picosat 9 2001-043B 2001-09-30

PROBA 1 2001-049B 2001-10-22

Progress DC-1 2001-041A 2001-09-14

Progress M-44 2001-008A 2001-02-26

Progress M-45 2001-036A 2001-08-21

Progress M1-5 2001-003A 2001-01-24

Progress M1-6 2001-021A 2001-05-21

Progress M1-7 2001-051A 2001-11-26

Quickbird 2 2001-047A 2001-10-18

Raduga 1-6 2001-045A 2001-10-06

Reflector 2001-056E 2001-12-10

Sapphire 2001-043D 2001-09-30

Shenzhou 2 2001-001A 2001-01-09

Shenzhou 2 module 2001-001C 2001-01-09

Sicral 2001-005A 2001-02-07

Skynet 4F 2001-005B 2001-02-07

Soyuz TM-32 2001-017A 2001-04-28

Soyuz TM-33 2001-048A 2001-10-21

Starshine 2 2001-054B 2001-12-16

Starshine 3 2001-043A 2001-09-30

STS 100 2001-016A 2001-04-19

STS 102 2001-010A 2001-03-08

STS 104 2001-028A 2001-07-12

STS 105 2001-035A 2001-08-10

STS 108 2001-054A 2001-12-05

STS 98 2001-006A 2001-02-07

TES 2001-049A 2001-10-22

TIMED 2001-055B 2001-12-07

Turksat 2 2001-002A 2001-01-10

USA 158 2001-020A 2001-05-18

USA 159 2001-033A 2001-08-06

USA 160 2001-040A 2001-09-08

USA 161 2001-044A 2001-10-05

USA 162 2001-046A 2001-10-11

WMAP 2001-027A 2001-06-30

XM 1 2001-018A 2001-05-08

XM 2 2001-012A 2001-03-18

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Description

The 2001 Mars Odyssey is the remaining part of the MarsSurveyor 2001 Project, which originally consisted of twoseparately launched missions, The Mars Surveyor 2001 Orbiterand the Mars Surveyor 2001 Lander. The lander spacecraftwas cancelled as part of the reorganization of the MarsExploration Program at NASA. The orbiter, renamed the 2001Mars Odyssey, will nominally orbit Mars for three years, withthe objective of conducting a detailed mineralogical analysis ofthe planet's surface from orbit and measuring the radiationenvironment. The mission has as its primary science goals togather data to help determine whether the environment onMars was ever conducive to life, to characterize the climateand geology of Mars, and to study potential radiation hazardsto possible future astronaut missions. The orbiter will also actas a communications relay for future missions to Mars over aperiod of five years.

Spacecraft and SubsystemsThe main body of the 2001 Mars Odyssey is box-shaped, 2.2meters x 1.7 meters x 2.6 meters. The spacecraft has a launchmass of 725.0 kg, including 348.7 kg of fuel. The orbiter isdivided into two modules, the upper equipment module holdsthe equipment deck which supports the engineeringcomponents and the science instruments. Above theequipment module, connected by struts, is the science deck,holding the star cameras, high energy neutron detector, UHFantenna, the THEMIS instrument and a deployable 6 meterboom holding the gamma sensor head for the GRS. A set ofsolar array panels extends out from one side of the main bus.A parabolic high-gain dish antenna is mounted on a mastextending from one corner of the bottom of the bus. TheMARIE instrument is mounted inside the spacecraft. The lowerpart of the bus is the propulsion module. The main engine, ahydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide rocket which can produce65.3 kg thrust, is mounted in the bottom part of the propulsionmodule, along with the fuel, oxidizer and helium pressurizationtanks.

Attitude control is provided by four 0.1 kg thrusters and thespacecraft can be turned using four 2.3 kg thrusters. Thespacecraft is three-axis stabilized using three primary reactionwheels and one backup. Navigation is provided by a Sunsensor, star camera, and inertial measurement unit. Power isprovided by the gallium arsenide solar cells in the solar paneland a 16 amp-hr nickel hydrogen battery. Communicationsbetween the orbiter and Earth are in X-band via the high-gainantenna and communications between the orbiter and anyMars landers are via the UHF antenna. Thermal control isachieved using a system of heaters, radiators, louvers,

2001 Mars Odyssey

NSSDC ID: 2001-014A

Alternate Names

Mars Odyssey 2001

Mars Surveyor 2001Orbiter

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Launch Date: 2001-04-07Launch Vehicle: DeltaII 7425Launch Site: CapeCanaveral, United StatesMass: 376.3 kg

Funding Agency

NASA-Office of SpaceScience (United States)

Discipline

Planetary Science

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insulating blankets and thermal paint. Command and datahandling is through a RAD6000 computer with 128 MbytesRAM and 3 Mbytes of non-volatile memory.

The 2001 Mars Odyssey carries star cameras, the MarsRadiation Environment Experiment (MARIE), which measuresthe near-space radiation environment as related to theradiation-related risk to human explorers, the ThermalEmission Imaging System (THEMIS), which maps themineralogy of the martian surface using a high-resolutioncamera and a thermal infrared imaging spectrometer, and theGamma-Ray Spectrometer (GRS), which maps the elementalcomposition of the surface and determines the abundance ofhydrogen in the shallow subsurface.

Mission ProfileThe 2001 Mars Odyssey launched on 7 April 2001 at 15:02:22UT (11:02:22 a.m. EDT). During the cruise to Mars, in August,the MARIE instrument failed to respond during a routine datatransfer and was put into hibernation. Attempts to revive theinstrument were successful in March 2002 and MARIE begantaking scientific data from orbit on 13 March. The star trackercamera is having difficulties with too much stray light, it isthought that this will not affect its operation severely. After aseven month cruise the spacecraft reached Mars on 24October 2001 at 02:26 UT (23 October 10:26 p.m. EDT). Thespacecraft used a 19.7 minute main-engine propulsivemaneuver to transfer into an 18.6 hour elliptical capture orbitand used aerobraking until 11 January 2002, when thespacecraft pulled out of the aerobraking orbit into a 201 x 500km orbit. This orbit was trimmed over the next few weeks untilit became a 2-hour, approximately 400 x 400 km polar scienceorbit on January 30, 2002. The Orbiter will act as acommunications relay for the Mars Exploration Rovers, whicharrived in January 2004, and possibly other future missions.Data was collected from orbit until the end of the 917 daynominal mission in July 2004. The mission has been extendedfor another martian year, until September 2006.

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Personnel

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Mr. Roger G.Gibbs

ProjectManager

NASA Jet PropulsionLaboratory

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Dr. Michael A.Meyer

ProgramScientist

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Selected References

Saunders, R. S., et al., 2001 Mars Odyssey Mission summary, Space Sci. Rev., 110, No. 1-2, 1-36, 2004.

Latest Images from THEMIS mapping instrument.

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2001 Mars Odyssey Home Page - NASA JPLThermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) - Arizona State UniversityGamma Ray Spectrometer (GRS) - University of Arizona

Odyssey finds water ice in abundance under Mars' surface - NASA Press Release 28 May 20022001 Mars Odyssey unveils early science results - NASA Press Release 1 March 20022001 Mars Odyssey to Arrive at Mars on October 23, 2001 - NASA Press Release 18 October20012001 Mars Odyssey Pre-launch Briefing - NASA Press Release 19 March 20012001 Mars Odyssey Name Selected - NASA Press Release 28 September 2000Science Experiments Selected - NASA Press Release 6 November 1997

2001 Mars Odyssey Orbital Insertion Schedule2001 Mars Odyssey Arrival Press Kit (PDF File)

Cancelled Mars Surveyor 2001 Lander InformationCancelled Mars Surveyor 2001 Rover Information

Mars Home PageMars Fact SheetMars Global Surveyor Information

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Description

Artemis was to be an European (ESA) geosynchronouscommunications spacecraft that was launched by an Ariane 5rocket from Kourou at 23:58 UT on 12 July 2001. A propulsionproblem is the final stage resulted in the 3.1 tonne (with fuel),2.5 kW spacecraft ending up in a much lower orbit. It howevercarries two engines and adequate fuel that if ignited couldelevate the orbit significantly, probably to the geosynchronousaltitude. If that succeeds, it will provide voice and datacommunications between mobile phones in Europe and NorthAmerica, and act as a relaying satellite between low-Earthorbiters and ground stations. Eventually, as part of the plannedEGNOS system (to be operational by about 2010) it willprovide navigation/location determination like the GPS andGLONASS fleet do.

Artemis

NSSDC ID: 2001-029A

Alternate Names

26863

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Launch Date: 2001-07-12Launch Vehicle: Ariane5Launch Site: Kourou,French Guiana

Funding Agency

European Space Agency(International)

Discipline

Communications


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Description

Astra 2C is a European (Luxembourg-registered)geosynchronous communications spacecraft that waslaunched by a Proton-K rocket from Baikonur at 01:49 UT on16 June 2001. The 3.7 ton (including 1.2 ton of fuel), 8 kWspacecraft is the fifth in the Astra series. It carries 32 Ku-bandtransponders to provide voice, video, and data links toWestern Europe through a pair of 3 m diameter dishes, afterparking over 28.2 deg-E longitude.

Astra 2C

NSSDC ID: 2001-025A

Alternate Names

26853

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Launch Date: 2001-06-16LaunchVehicle: Proton-KLaunch Site: Tyuratam(Baikonur Cosmodrome),Kazakhstan

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Description

Atlantic Bird 2 is a European geosynchronous communicationsspacecraft belonging to the Eutelsat fleet that was launched byan Ariane 44P rocket from Kourou at 23:21 UT on 25September 2001. The 3.1 tonne spacecraft is the twenty-second member of the current fleet. It will provide high-speedtelevision, video streaming, radio and internet servicesbetween North and South America, and Europe, North Africa,and the Middle East, through its 26 Ku-band transponders.

Atlantic Bird 2

NSSDC ID: 2001-042A

Alternate Names

26927

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Launch Date: 2001-09-25Launch Vehicle: Ariane44PLaunch Site: Kourou,French Guiana

Funding Agency

EuropeanTelecommunicationsSatellite Consortium(International)

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Communications


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BADR 2 is a Pakistani microsatellite that was launched by aZenit rocket from Baikonur at 17:19 UT on 10 December 2001.The 68 kg satellite is intended to ascertain and update thestatus of ground based receiving/commanding stations, and totest remote sensing CCD instruments.

BADR 2

NSSDC ID: 2001-056C

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26703

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Unknown (Pakistan)

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BIRD 2 (Bispectral InfraRed Detector 2) is a German, 94 kgminisatellite that was launched by a PSLV-C3 rocket fromSriharikota in south-east Indian coast at 04:53 UT on 22October 2001. It is a technology demonstrator to help design amajor remote sensing array of infrared detectors.

BIRD 2

NSSDC ID: 2001-049C

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Bispectral InfraredDetector

26959

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Launch Date: 2001-10-22Launch Vehicle: PSLVLaunch Site: Sriharikota,India

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Unknown (FederalRepublic of Germany)

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Description

BSAT 2A is a Japanese geosynchronous communicationsspacecraft that was launched by an Ariane 5 rocket fromKourou at 22:51 UT. The 1.3 ton (with fuel) satellite will beparked over 110 deg-E longitude to provide direct-to-homevoice, video and internet communications.

BSAT 2A

NSSDC ID: 2001-011B

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26720

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Unknown (Japan)

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Description

BSAT 2B was intended to be a Japanese geosynchronouscommunications spacecraft. It was launched by an Ariane 5rocket from Kourou at 23:58 UT on 12 July 2001. A propulsionproblem in the final stage of rocket caused the 1.3 tonnesatellite to orbit at a much lower altitude. Since BSAT 2Bcarries only one engine, an ignition of that will be inadequateto lift the orbit significantly.

BSAT 2B

NSSDC ID: 2001-029B

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Description

Kompass is a Russian microsatellite that was launched by aZenit rocket from Baikonur at 17:19 UT on 10 December 2001.It is to explore earthquake prediction capabilities.

COMPASS

NSSDC ID: 2001-056B

Alternate Names

Complex OrbitalMagneto-PlasmaAutonomous SmallSatellite

KOMPAS

26702

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-12-10Launch Vehicle: Zenit 2Launch Site: Tyuratam(Baikonur Cosmodrome),Kazakhstan

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Unknown (Russia)

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Description

CORONAS-F (also known as KORONAS-F, and AUS-SM-KF)is a Russian solar observatory that was launched by a Tsiklon3 rocket from Plesetsk at 08:00 UT on 31 July 2001. The 2,260kg (with fuel) spacecraft will be pointing toward Sun within 10arc-minutes to conduct a variety of observations. In broadcategories, it carries X-ray monitors to locate sources within 1arc-sec, radio receivers to measure flux and polarization, andparticle counters.

The DIFOS instrument (Investigator: V. N. Oraevsky,IZMIRAN) is to monitor fluctuations in light intensity in sixoptical bands (350, 500, 650, 850, 1,100, and 1.500nanometer) at a precision of one part in a million. The analysiswill reveal a spectrum of normal mode seismic oscillations inthe Sun.

The SORS instrument (Investigators: S. A. Pulinets, IZMIRAN,and Z. Kloss, CBK-PAN) will monitor solar radio bursts of II, III,and IV types, in the range 0.1-30 MHz, with 0.5 microvoltsensitivity and through 400 frequency channels, with a fullspectrum enabled in three seconds.

The ZENIT instrument (Investigator: V. N. Oraevsky, IZMIRAN)is a coronograph to monitor the corona out to six solar radii inthe 750-850 nm band, at a resolution of 1 arc-min. A full scanis done in less than a minute.

The SUFR instrument (Investigator: T. V. Kazachevskaya, IAG)is a UV radiometer in the 0.1-130 nm band to capture the fulldisk emission from the Sun, in the dynamic range 0.1-30erg/sq-cm/sec.

The VUSS instrument (Investigator: A. A. Nousinov, IAG) isdesigned to monitor the intensity of full-disk, 121.6 nm Lyman-Alpha line in a band of 5 nm width, with a dynamic range of0.1-30 erg/sq-cm/sec.

The DIAGENESS instrument (Investigators: Y. Silvester, CBK-PAN, and S. Boldyrev, IZMIRAN) is to scan the Sun's activeregions and flares at five arc-sec resolution in the bands29.601-33.915, 49.807-53.721, 61.126-67.335 nm at a tempralresolution of 0.1-10 seconds. It is also to monitor the full diskX-ray emissions in the bands 2-8 keV, and 10-160 keV at atemporal resolution of about one second.

The RESIK instrument (Investigator: Y. Silvester, CBK-PAB,and S. Boldyrev, IZMIRAN) is a bent crystal X-rayspectrometer to monitor the bands 11.23-12.93, 12.74-14.42,14.36-16.30, 16.53-20.29, 21.54-24.45, 24.80-30.43, 33.69-

CORONAS-F

NSSDC ID: 2001-032A

Alternate Names

KORONAS-F

AUS-SM-KF

26873

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-07-31LaunchVehicle: Tsiklon-3Launch Site: Plesetsk,Russia

Funding Agency

Russian Space Agency(Russia)

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38.79, 38.21-43.26, and 49.60-60.86 nm. The first sevenbands pertain, respectively, to emissions from Ar, Mg, Si, S,Ca, Fe, K, Ni, and the last is a continuum.

The IRIS experiment (Investigator: Kocharov, PTI) aims tomonitor hard X-ray flares in the 2.0-200 keV energy range attemporal resolution of 0.01-2.5 seconds, with a sensitivity of10 nanoergs/sq-cm/sec. The sensitivity in the 2-15 keV is highenough to capture microflares and precursors in a number ofsmall width channels.

The HELIKON instrument (Investigator: E. P. Mazets, PTI) is tocapture high energy X-rays and Gamma rays in the range 10keV-8 MeV. It carries two detectors, one pointing to the Sunand the other in the anti-solar direction to monitor the energyrange in 128 channels, and with 4,096 channels to cover thelower range of 10 keV-1.0 MeV.

The SKL instrument (Investigator: S. N. Kuznetsov, NIIYaF-MSU) has three components. The SONG is to measure solarGamma rays in the 0.03-100 MeV band through a total of 250channels, the neutrons in the range 3.0-100 MeV through fivechannels, and electrons in the 11-108 MeV range through sixchannels. The second component, MKL is to capture protonsin the range 1-300 MeV, electrons in the 0.5-12 MeV, protonsat >10 MeV, and electrons at >1.3 MeV. The third component,SKI-3 is to ascertain the chemical composition in the Z = 1-10group in the 1.5-20 MeV ions. It has a channel for 1.5-19 MeVprotons.

The RES-K instrument (Investogator: I. A. Zhitnik (LPI) is a X-ray spectroheliograph to provide high resolution images of thesolar disk using the emission lines of FeXXIV and FeXXV inthe 18.5 -18.7 nm, and the MgXII line in the 84.1-84.3 nmrange. Images in the emission lines covering 1800-2050 nmand 2850-3350 nm will also be obtained by scanning the rangein widths of 0.3 nm. The images will be at a spatial resolutionof six arc-sec. Each full-disk image is to be produced in aboutsix seconds.

The RPS instrument (Investigator: V. M. Pankov, IKI, and Yu.D. Kotov, MEPHI) is an X-ray spectrometer covering the 3-30keV band in steps of 1.5 keV. The range includes the Fe55 lineat 5.9 keV. The detector width is 0.5 sq-cm.

Lastly, the SPR-N instrument (Investigator: I. Sobelman, FIAN,and S. Kuznetsov, NIIYAF) is a X-ray polarimeter to measurenonthermal/synchrotron emissions in solar flares in the energyranges 20-40, 40-60, and 60-100 keV range at a sensitivity ofone microerg/sq-cm/sec.

More details may be obtained viahttp://www.izmiran.rssi.ru/projects/CORONAS/F/.

A similar version of this observatory, CORONAS-I(KORONAS-I, 1994-041A) was launched in 1994, but itsfunctionality was crippled by orientation control failure a fewmonths after launch.

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Description

Cosmos 2377 is a Russian military spacecraft that waslaunched from Plesetsk cosmodrome by a Soyuz-U rocket at17:55 UT on 29 May 2001.

Cosmos 2377

NSSDC ID: 2001-022A

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Launch Date: 2001-05-29LaunchVehicle: Soyuz-ULaunch Site: Plesetsk,Russia

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Unknown (Russia)

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Surveillance and OtherMilitary


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Description

Cosmos 2378 is a Russian military spacecraft that waslaunched by a Cosmos-3M rocket from Plesetsk at 16:12 UTon 8 June 2001. It is likely to belong in the Tsyklon-Bconstellation of navigational/communications systemcomprising of Parus ("Sail") spacecraft for accurate location ofmissile carrying submarines and ships.

Cosmos 2378

NSSDC ID: 2001-023A

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26818

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Launch Date: 2001-06-08LaunchVehicle: CosmosLaunch Site: Plesetsk,Russia

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Description

Cosmos 2379 is a Russian geosynchronous militaryreconnaissance spacecraft that was launched by a Proton-Krocket with a DM-2 final stage from Baikonur at 20:39 UT on24 August '01. It is to provide early warning of missileslaunched from the United States with the help of a heat-sensing array of detectors. [According to the MoscowKommersant newspaper, these early warning geosynchronoussatellites belong to the US-KMO group, also known asPrognoz fleet, while the highly elliptical complement belongs tothe US-KS group, also known as OKO fleet, bothsupplemented by about eight ground based radars.] Parkinglongitude is unknown.

Cosmos 2379

NSSDC ID: 2001-037A

Alternate Names

26892

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Description

Cosmos 2380, 2381, and 2382 are the latest trio to join thecurrent Russian fleet of GLONASS satellites. They werelaunched by a Proton-K rocket from Baikonur at 18:00 UT on 1December 2001. These Cosmos series spacecraft haveanother model name also; two of them called Uragan classand the third an enhanced Uragan-M class. According to somereports, the nominally complete fleet of 24 have now only ninefully functional spacecraft. The latest trio has been placed inPlane-1.

Cosmos 2380

NSSDC ID: 2001-053C

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Glonass 790

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Description

Cosmos 2380, 2381, and 2382 are the latest trio to join thecurrent Russian fleet of GLONASS satellites. They werelaunched by a Proton-K rocket from Baikonur at 18:00 UT on 1December 2001. These Cosmos series spacecraft haveanother model name also: two of them are called Uragan classand the third an enhanced Uragan-M class. According to somereports, the nominally complete fleet of 24 have now only ninefully functional spacecraft. The latest trio has been placed inPlane-1.

Cosmos 2381

NSSDC ID: 2001-053B

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Glonass 789

26988

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Description

Cosmos 2380, 2381, and 2382 are the latest trio to join thecurrent Russian fleet of GLONASS satellites. They werelaunched by a Proton-K rocket from Baikonur at 18:00 UT on 1December 2001. These Cosmos series spacecraft haveanother model name also: two of them are called Uragan classand the third an enhanced Uragan-M class. According to somereports, the nominally complete fleet of 24 have now only ninefully functional spacecraft. The latest trio has been placed inPlane-1.

Cosmos 2382

NSSDC ID: 2001-053A

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Glonass 711

26987

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Description

Cosmos 2383 is a Russian military spacecraft that waslaunched by a Tsiklon 2 rocket from Baikonur at 04:00 UT on21 December 2001.

Cosmos 2383

NSSDC ID: 2001-057A

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27053

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Description

Cosmos 2384 (previously identified and reported in SPX-578as Payload A) is a Russian military communications satellitethat was launched by a Tsiklon 3 rocket from Plesetsk at 04:09UT on 28 December 2001.

Cosmos 2384

NSSDC ID: 2001-058A

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27055

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Description

Cosmos 2385 (previously unidentified and reported in SPX-578 as Payload B) is a Russian military communicationssatellites that was launched by a Tsiklon 3 rocket from Plesetskat 04:09 UT on 28 December 2001.

Cosmos 2385

NSSDC ID: 2001-058B

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27056

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Description

Cosmos 2386 (previously unidentified and reported in SPX-578 as Payload C) is a Russian military communicationssatellites that was launched by a Tsiklon 3 rocket from Plesetskat 04:09 UT on 28 December 2001.

Cosmos 2386

NSSDC ID: 2001-058C

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Description

Destiny is an American module on the ISS that was carried bySTS 98 and fitted robotically to one of the ports on the Unitymodule of the ISS on 10 February. The 8.4 meter long and 4.2meter wide cylindrical strucutre of mass of 15 tons will functionas a science and technology module as well as a primarycontrol module for the ISS.

Destiny

NSSDC ID: 2001-006B

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26700

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Launch Date: 2001-02-07LaunchVehicle: ShuttleLaunch Site: CapeCanaveral, United States

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National Aeronautics andSpace Administration(United States)

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Description

DirecTV-4S is an American geosynchronous communicationsspacecraft that was launched by an Ariane 44LP rocket fromKourou at 00:35 on 27 November 2001. The 4.3 tonne satellitewill provide more than 300 local TV channels to 41metropolitan communitites through its 11 C-band transpondersafter parking over 101-W longitude.

DirecTV 4S

NSSDC ID: 2001-052A

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26985

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Launch Date: 2001-11-27Launch Vehicle: Ariane44LPLaunch Site: Kourou,French Guiana

Funding Agency

Unknown (United States)

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Communications


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Description

Ekran-M 18 is a Russian geosynchronous communicationsspacecraft that was launched by the new/upgraded Proton-Mrocket from Baikonur at 03:47 UT on 7 April 2001. The two tonspacecraft will provide direct-to-home video and voicechannels to Siberia and far-eastern regions. (Proton-M canlaunch satellites 1.5 tons heavier than those launched byProton-K, uses environment-friendly fuel that, in fact, will befully burnt before the rocket re-enters, and its re-entry locationcan be controlled to a small, specific location. The fourth stageof the rocket is the well tested Breeze-M which may soon bereplaced by a crygenic hydrogen-oxygen state named KVRB,so as to complete with Ariane-5's capability. Ekran-M 18 willreplace the recently failed Ekran-M 15 that has been operatingsince October 1992, after parking near 105 deg-E longitude.

Ekran-M 18

NSSDC ID: 2001-013A

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26736

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Launch Date: 2001-04-07LaunchVehicle: Proton-MLaunch Site: Tyuratam(Baikonur Cosmodrome),Kazakhstan

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Communications


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Description

EUROBIRD is the 18th member of the European Eutelsatconsortium's geosynchronous constellation that was launchedby an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou at 22:51 UT. It carries 24Ku-band transponders to provide broad bandwidth and highpower direct-to-home transmissions to enable digitalentertainment and internet connections. The 3-ton (with fuel)satellite will be parked over 28.5 deg-E longitude, replacing theaging COPERNICUS (presumably, an alternative name forKOPERNIKUS (DFS 3), 1992-066A).

Eurobird 1

NSSDC ID: 2001-011A

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26719

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Description

The parachute on the Genesis sample return capsule failed todeploy on re-entry. The capsule crashed in the Utah desert.The fragments from the sample return container have beenpackaged for shipment to Johnson Space Center's curationfacility in early October. Scientists are optimistic that they willbe able to salvage useful data from the samples.

The primary objective of the Genesis mission is to collectsamples of solar wind particles and return them to Earth fordetailed analysis. The science objectives are to obtain precisemeasurements of solar isotopic and elemental abundancesand provide a reservoir of solar matter for future scientificanalysis. Specifically, the primary scientific objectives were toobtain precise measurements of isotope ratios of oxygen,nitrogen, and solar wind isotopic fractionation. Study of thesesamples will allow testing of theories of solar system formationand evolution and early nebular composition. A total samplemass of roughly 10 to 20 micrograms is expected.

Spacecraft and SubsystemsThe Genesis spacecraft has a launch mass of 636 kg,including 142 kg of fuel, and consists of a 2.3 meter long, 2meter wide spacecraft deck with two fixed solar panel wingswith a total span of 7.9 meters and a sample return capsulemounted on top of the deck. The spacecraft is spin stabilizedat one revolution every 37.5 seconds. Propulsion is providedby a hydrazine monopropellant thruster using a heliumpressurant. Communication is S-band via a fixed antenna. Thesolar panels provide a maximum of 254 Watts power to anickle-hydrogen storage battery. Temperatures are maintainedby heaters and passive thermal control. The spacecraft is alsoequipped with ion and electron electrostatic monitors todetermine which solar wind regime is being encountered andto help set the appropriate collector voltage. Spacecraftsubsystems and monitors are mounted beneath the samplereturn capsule.

Sample Return CapsuleThe sample return capsule is disc-shaped with a blunt conicaltop and bottom, 1.5 meters in diameter and 1.31 meters high,with a total mass of about 225 kg. It contains a 97.3 cmdiameter science cannister which holds a concentrator andthree collector arrays. The collector arrays are flat discs madeof ultra-pure silicon, silicon carbide, germanium, sapphire,chemically deposited diamond, gold, aluminum, and metallicglass wafers which are exposed to the solar wind. Isotopes ofhelium, oxygen, nitrogen, neon, radon, and other elements areimplanted in the top 100 nm of these materials. Theconcentrator is an electrostatic mirror which concentrates

Genesis

NSSDC ID: 2001-034A

Alternate Names

Genesis Solar WindSample Return

26884

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-08-08Launch Vehicle: DeltaII 7326Launch Site: CapeCanaveral, United StatesMass: 494.0 kgNominalPower: 254.0 W

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elements up to neon by a factor of approximately 20. Eachcollector array is to be deployed for a different solar windregime.

Mission ProfileGenesis launched successfully at 16:13:40.324 UT on 8August 2001 on a Delta 7326 (a Delta II Lite launch vehiclewith three strap-on solid-rocket boosters and a Star 37FM thirdstage). Approximately 1 hour later the spacecraft left low Earthorbit on a three month journey out towards the L1 LagrangianSun-Earth libration point, 0.01 AU from Earth, to be insertedinto a halo orbit about the L1 point. The L1 point is beyond theinfluences of the geomagnetic field and its trapped particles.Genesis reached the L1 point on 16 November 2001 and firedits hydrazine thrusters for 268 seconds to insert itself into thehalo orbit at 19:03 UT (2:03 p.m. EST). On 3 December 2001 itopened its collector arrays and began gathering samples ofsolar wind particles. It completed 5 halo orbits over 30 monthscollecting samples. In April of 2004 it ended sample collectionand shut the door to the sample collection cannister.

The samples were stowed and sealed in the contamination-tight canister within the Sample Return Capsule and returnedto Earth over a five month period, flying past the Earth andthen returning in order to be positioned for daylight entry. On 8September 2004 the sample return capsule was released fromthe main spacecraft bus at about 12:00 UT and re-entered theEarth's atmosphere at 15:52:47 UT (11:53 a.m. EDT, 9:53 a.m.local MDT) and should have deployed a drogue parachute 2minutes 7 seconds after entry at 33 km altitude. The parachutenever deployed and the capsule crashed in the desert at aspeed of 311 km/hr, severely damaging the capsule. Thescience cannister was removed to a clean room and thesample collection fragments are now ready to be shipped toJohnson Space Center. The cause of the parachute failure isbelieved to be incorrectly installed accelerometers which wereto deploy the parachutes. The science team is confident thatmost of the planned science can be recovered from thesalvaged sample collectors.

The spacecraft bus looped around Earth after the capsule wasreleased and headed back out towards the L1 point.

The original plan for re-entry was as follows: Six minutes afterdrogue chute deployment the main parafoil was to deploy atan altitude of 6 km over the U.S.A.F. Utah Test and TrainingRange, where it would be aerocaptured by one of two speciallyequipped helicopters at an altitude of about 2.5 km. Thespacecraft had the capability of going into a parking orbit if theweather at the capture site was unsuitable. The capsule wastaken to a clean room at the U.S. Army Dugway ProvingGround and will be transported to Johnson Space Center forcontamination control and curation, and distributed to selectedAdvanced Analytical Instrument Facilities for analysis.

There was some concern that the sample return capsulebattery would fail, jeopardizing the re-entry. The battery wasoverheating in space, but ground tests showed that the batteryshould have been unaffected by the amount of heating it hadendured, and should have operated to deploy the parachuteon reentry. The actual cause of the parachute deploymentfailure is not known at this time.

Genesis was the fifth launch in NASA's Discovery program.The total cost of the project is $164 million for spacecraftdevelopment and science instruments and $45 million foroperations and science data analysis.

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Dr. DavidLindstrom

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NASA Headquarters

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Project Manager NASA Jet PropulsionLaboratory

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Dr. Donald S.Burnett

Mission PrincipalInvestigator

California Institute ofTechnology

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Selected References

Burnett, D. S., et al., The Genesis Discovery mission: Return of solar matter to earth, SpaceSci. Rev., 105, No. 3-4, 509-534, 2003.

Genesis Sample Return Capsule

NASA's Discovery ProgramNASA Announces Key Genesis Science Collectors in Excellent Shape - 20 April 2005NASA sends first Genesis early-science samples to researchers - 27 January 2005Status Report on the Mishap Investigation Board preliminary results - 14 October 2004Status Report on preparation of samples for shipping - 30 September 2004Status Report and Press Release on the appointment of a Mishap Investigation Board leader -10 September 2004Press Release on the sample return capsule failure - 8 September 2004Press Release on the planned September 8 sample return - 19 August 2004Press Release on beginning of sample collection - 03 December 2001Press Release on Genesis mission arrival at L1 point - 16 November 2001Press Release on Genesis mission and upcoming launch - 11 July 2001Press Release on selection of Genesis mission - 20 October 1997

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The Genesis sample return capsule on the ground after impact and the science cannister in theclean room

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Genesis

DESCRIPCIÓN:

Esta nave forma parte del programa Discovery de la NASA y está dedicada a coger muestras del llamado 'viento solar', es decir, la materia expulsada por el Sol y los isótopos que lo componen. Fue lanzada el 8 de agosto de 2.001 y tras una serie de complicadas maniobras llegó hasta el punto de equilibrio gravitacional entre la Tierra y el Sol conocido como L1, donde permanecerá hasta su vuelta a la Tierra en el año 2.004. FECHAS PRINCIPALES:

Lanzamiento: agosto 2.001 Comienzo toma muestras: noviembre 2.001 Retorno muestras a Tierra: septiembre 2.004

LA NAVE:

El diseño es muy simple y posee dos paneles solares que la alimentan eléctricamente y una cápsula que se abre para recoger las muestras dejando al descubierto los instrumentos científicos.

INSTRUMENTOS:

- Celdas colectoras: formadas por materiales de gran pureza, permite que los iones se inserten dentro de ellos y queden atrapados. - Concentrador electrostático: permite desviar las particulas más ligeras y realizar mediciones sobre ellas sobre todo el oxígeno. - Monitores de viento solar: permiten la medición de los iones y electrones. ORGANISMOS:

La misión está financiada por la NASA y será controlada desde el JPL. Participan diferentes organismos entre los que están Caltech y Lockheed Martin Astronautics .


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Description

The Genesis sample collection and return capsule wasmounted on the Genesis spacecraft bus during launch, samplecollection, and tranfer back to Earth. It acted as the storagecannister for the solar wind samples after collection and thevehicle to return the samples back to the Earth for retrieval andanalysis. The parachute failed to deploy and the capsulecrashed, but useful samples were still obtained.

Spacecraft and SubsystemsThe Genesis sample collection and return capsule was disc-shaped with a blunt conical top and bottom, 1.5 meters indiameter and 1.31 meters high, with a total mass of about 225kg. It was mounted on the front of the Genesis spacecraft bus.It contained a 97.3 cm diameter science cannister which held aconcentrator and three collector arrays. The collector arrayswere flat discs made of hexagons of ultra-pure silicon, siliconcarbide, germanium, sapphire, chemically deposited diamond,gold, aluminum, and metallic glass wafers which were exposedto the solar wind. Isotopes of helium, oxygen, nitrogen, neon,radon, and other elements were implanted in the top 100 nmof these materials. The concentrator was an electrostaticmirror which concentrates elements up to neon by a factor ofapproximately 20. Each collector array was deployed for adifferent solar wind regime. The capsule was protected by aheat shield and contained a compartment holding a drogueand main parachute with a battery and sensors fordeployment.

Mission ProfileThe Genesis spacecraft launched successfully at 16:13:40.324UT on 8 August 2001 on a Delta 7326 (a Delta II Lite launchvehicle with three strap-on solid-rocket boosters and a Star37FM third stage). Approximately 1 hour later the spacecraftleft low Earth orbit on a three month journey out towards theL1 Lagrangian Sun-Earth libration point, 0.01 AU from Earth. Itwas inserted into halo orbit. On 3 December 2001 the collectorarrays were opened and began gathering samples of solarwind particles. It completed 5 halo orbits over 30 monthscollecting samples. In April of 2004 it ended sample collectionand shut the door to the sample collection cannister after 884days of sample collection. The total estimated sample returnedwas about 0.4 milligrams, roughly 1E20 ions.

The samples were stowed and sealed in the contamination-tight cannister within the capsule and the spacecraft began afive month return to Earth, flying past the Earth and thenreturning in order to be positioned for daylight entry. On 8September 2004 the sample return capsule was released fromthe main spacecraft bus at about 12:00 UT and re-entered the

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Facts in Brief


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Solar Physics

Space Physics


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Earth's atmosphere at 15:52:47 UT (11:53 a.m. EDT, 9:53 a.m.local MDT) and should have deployed a drogue parachute 2minutes 7 seconds after entry at 33 km altitude. The parachutenever deployed and the capsule crashed in the desert at aspeed of 311 km/hr, severely damaging the capsule. Thescience cannister was removed to a clean room and thesample collection fragments recovered and shipped to theJohnson Space Center astromaterials curation facility fordistribution to laboratories. The science team has determinedthat the sample collection fragments, though damaged andcontaminated by exposure on impact, are still viable forscientific research and that most of the science goals can beachieved.

Personnel


Dr. DavidLindstrom

ProgramScientist

NASA Headquarters

Dr. Donald N.Sweetnam

MissionOperationsManager


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Dr. Donald S.Burnett


California Institute ofTechnology

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Mr. Chester N.Sasaki

Project Manager NASA Jet PropulsionLaboratory

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Selected References

Burnett, D. S., et al., The Genesis Discovery mission: Return of solar matter to earth, SpaceSci. Rev., 105, No. 3-4, 509-534, 2003.


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Description

GOES 12 is an American geosynchronous weather satellitethat was launched by an Atlas 2A rocket from Cape Canaveralat 07:23 UT on 23 July 2001. The spacecraft carries an IRimager, a "sounder", and an X-ray imager. The IR imager is aCassegrain telescope covering five wavelength channels, 0.55-0.75, 3.80-4.00, 6.50-7.00, 10.20-11.20, and 11.50-12.50microns. It can provide images covering 3,000 km x 3,000 kmevery 41 seconds, by scanning the area in 16 square kilometersections. The "sounder" is to provide vertical distribution oftemperature, moisture and ozone, by passive monitoring in 18depth-dependent wavelengths. (Long wave IR: 14.71, 14.37,14.06, 13.64, 13.37, 12.66, and 12.02 microns. Medium waveIR: 11.03, 9.71, 7.43, 7.02, and 6.51 microns. Short wave IR:4.57, 4.52, 4.45, 4.13, 3.98, and 3.74 microns. There is alsoanother band at visible wavelength 0.7 microns, just to providepictures of cloud tops.) The sounder covers an area of 3,000km x 3,000 km in about 42 minutes. Another instrumentpackage named SEM (Space Environment Monitor) monitorsthe energetic electrons and protons in the magnetosphere andthe x-rays from the Sun. The above three have been carried onthe earlier GOES missions, but GOES 12 carries also an X-rayimager providing an X-ray (about 0.1-1.0 nm wavelength)picture of the solar disk. For some months, the spacecraft willbe on a standby, to be activated and moved to a desiredlongitude. The URL,

http://psbsgil.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/EBB/ml/gsensor.html

carries more information on the payloads.

GOES 12

NSSDC ID: 2001-031A

Alternate Names

26871

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-07-23Launch Vehicle: Atlas2ALaunch Site: CapeCanaveral, United StatesMass: 980.0 kgNominalPower: 973.0 W

Funding Agency

NOAA NationalEnvironmental SatelliteService (United States)

Disciplines

Earth Science

Solar Physics


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Description

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-M) is the fifth satellite in a series of next generationgeosynchronous spacecraft, referred to as GOES-NEXT andrepresented by the GOES I through GOES M spacecraft. TheGOES-NEXT series is a joint effort on the part of NASA andNOAA to provide continued operational monitoring of weathersystems primarily over the United States, distributemeteorological data to regional and national weather officeswithin the USA, contribute to the development of anenvironmental data collection network, contribute to the searchand rescue program, improve the capability for forcasting andprovide real-time warnings of solar distrubances, and toextend knowledge and understanding of atmosphericprocesses to improve short and long-term weather forecasts.The GOES-NEXT series, extends the capabilities of theprevious GOES 1-7 spacecraft. The GOES I-M spacecraft willbe placed over the equator at 135 deg West or 75 deg West.The spacecraft structure is based on the Space TransportationSystem (STS)-launched, three-axis stabilized Insat(geostationary satellite for India) meteorological satellitedesign. The design allows unobstructed views of the Earth foroperational coverage by the spacecraft sensors. Thespacecraft configuration is a compact box-shaped main bodythat carries the Earth-observing instruments, a continuous-drive solar array attached to the south panel through a yokeassembly, and a solar pointing instrument gimbal mounted onthe solar panel yoke. The main body accomodates thesensors, electronics, and support subsystems. Thecommunication antennas, except the Tracking, Telemetry, andCommand (TT&C) antenna, are hard-mounted to the Earth-facing panel. The Propulsion Module consists of the fuel andoxidizer tanks for the bipropellant propulsion subsystemmounted on the central cylinder. The Attitude and Orbit ControlSubstem (AOCS) provides attitude control of the spacecraft.The AOCS consists of the sensors, electronics, and theactuators. The GOES power is generated from the solar arrayand two 12 A-hr batteries. Power is automatically regulatedduring solar eclipses. The Image Navigation/Registration (INR)system provides Imager and Sounder data products in real-time to users. The Communications, Command, and DataHandling subsystem is comprised of antennas, receivers,transponders, transmitters, data encoders and encryptors andmultiplexers. The Tracking Telemetry and Command (TT&C)subsystem provides the necessary monitor and command linkbetween the spacecraft and the ground stations. The GOES-NEXT instruments consist of the following: (1) Earth ImagingSystem, a 5-channel visible and infrared radiometer whichprovides Earth imagery 24 hours a day; (2) Sounding System,a 19-channel discrete-filter radiometer for obtaining

GOES-M

NSSDC ID: GOES-M

Alternate Names

GOES-NEXT

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-07-22Launch Vehicle: Atlas ILaunch Site: CapeCanaveral, United StatesMass: 980.0 kgNominalPower: 973.0 W

Funding Agencies

NOAA NationalEnvironmental SatelliteService (United States)

NASA-Office of SpaceScience Applications(United States)

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Engineering

Earth Science

Solar Physics

Space Physics


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atmospheric temperature and moisture soundings; (3) a SpaceEnvironment Monitor (SEM), which consists of a magnetic fieldsensor, a solar X-ray sensor, an energetic particle sensor(EPS), and a High Energy Proton and Alpha Detector(HEPAD); (4) a Search and Rescue subsystem (SARSAT),which receives signals from 406 MHz distress beacons andrelays them to the ground; (5) a Data Collection System (DCS)for collecting and relaying real-time information from DataCollection Platforms (DCPs) such as buoys, balloons, remoteweather stations, ships, and aircraft; and (6) a WeatherFacsimile (WEFAX) system which relays processed weatherimagary from the Wallops Island station to the user community.


Personnel


Mr. Martin A.Davis

ProgramManager


Mr. Arthur F.Obenschain

ProjectManager

NASA Goddard SpaceFlight Center

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ProjectScientist


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Description

Gonets 12 is a Russian civilianreconnaissance/communications spacecraft that was launchedby a Tsiklon 3 rocket from Plesetsk at 04:09 UT on 28December 2001. (Some Russian reports have carried theseries name as GONETS D1, instead of just GONETS.) Thesewere reported as Payload D, Payload E, and Payload F inSPX-578. The Gonets' are to locate and report natural andman-made environmental disasters around the world, and torelay messages from/to mobile telephones, like the earlier sixGonets' are doing.

Gonets 12

NSSDC ID: 2001-058D

Alternate Names

27058

Facts in Brief


Funding Agency

Unknown (Russia)

Discipline

Communications


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Description

Gonet 13 is a Russian civilian reconnaissance/communicationsspacecraft that was launched by a Tsiklon 3 rocket fromPlesetsk at 04:09 UT on 28 December 2001. (Some Russianreports have carried the series name as Gonets D1, instead ofjust Gonets.) These were reports as Payload D, Payload E,and Payload F in SPX-578. The Gonets' are to locate andreport natural and man-made environmental disasters aroundthe world, and to relay messages from/to mobile telephones,like the earlier six Gonets are doing.

Gonets 13

NSSDC ID: 2001-058E

Alternate Names

27059

Facts in Brief


Funding Agency

Unknown (Russia)

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Description

Gonets 14 is a Russian civilianreconnaissance/communications spacecraft that was launchedby a Tsiklon 3 rocket from Plesetsk at 04:09 UT on 28December 2001. (Some Russian reports have carried theseries name as Gonets D1, instead of just Gonets.) Thesewere reported as Payload D, Payload E, and Payload F inSPX-578. The Gonets' are to locate and report natural andman-made environmental disasters around the world, and torelay messages from/to mobile telephones, like the earlier sixGonets' are doing.

Gonets 14

NSSDC ID: 2001-058F

Alternate Names

27060

Facts in Brief


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Description

GSAT 1 is an Indian, 1,500 kg (scaled down) test model of afuture, geosynchronous communications spacecraft. It waslaunched by a GSLV-D1 rocket from Shriharikota (at 13 deg-Nand 80 deg-E, on the eastern coast of India) at 10:13 UT on18 April 2001. The expectation/test was on the 400 ton rocketassembly which is an augmented version of the well-provenPSLV rocket, with a third cryogenic stage; the motor for thecryogenic, hydrogen-oxygen stage had been purchased fromRussia. After a series of gas burns to lift the spacecraft fromthe transfer orbit (180 km x 32,000 km with an inclination of19.2 deg), and move the orbital plane to the equator, theGSAT 1 ran out of a necessary 10 kg more of fuel. Preliminaryanalysis revealed a shortfall of 0.5% in the thrust, probably ofthe third stage motor, that resulted in a short fall of the transferorbit apogee. The fully functionally transponders andtransmitters on board may be deactivated if the InternationalTelecommunications Union so advises.

GSAT 1

NSSDC ID: 2001-015A

Alternate Names

26745

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-04-18Launch Vehicle: GSLV-D1Launch Site: Sriharikota,India

Disciplines

Communications

Engineering


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Description

ICO F2 is a British relay satellite that was launched by an Atlas2AS rocket from Cape Canaveral at 04:41 UT on 19 June2001. The ICO fleet, anticipated to consist of 10 satellites, willenable relay in S- and C-bands of voice and internetcommunications from/to land and ocean based mobiletelephones. With a total power of 5 kW, ICO F2 will enable asimultaneous capacity in 4,500 channels.

ICO F2

NSSDC ID: 2001-026A

Alternate Names

26857

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-06-19Launch Vehicle: Atlas2ASLaunch Site: CapeCanaveral, United States

Funding Agency

Unknown (Brazil)

Discipline

Communications


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Description

INTELSAT 901 is a geosynchronous communicationsspacecraft of that international consortium that was launchedby an Ariane 44 L rocket from Kourou at 06:45 UT on 9 June2001. (The expanded name of the consortium is InternationalTelecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO). Beginningwith its first satellite, Early Bird (1965-028A), it has so farsuccessfully launched 54 satellites, 19 of which are currentlyoperational.) The 4.7 ton (with fuel) will provide voice and videoservices to Europe and the Americas through 44 C-band and12 Ku-band transponders after parking over the equatorialAtlantic ocean.

Intelsat 901

NSSDC ID: 2001-024A

Alternate Names

26824

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-06-09Launch Vehicle: Ariane44LLaunch Site: Kourou,Kazakhstan

Funding Agency

Unknown (International)

Discipline

Communications


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Description

INTELSAT 902 is a geosynchronous communicationsspacecraft that was launched by an Ariane 4 rocket fromKourou at 06:46 UT on 30 August '01. It will providetelecommunications and television broadcast to Europe, sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, the Far East and Australiathrough its 44 C- and 12 Ku-band transponders. Parkinglongitude is unknown.

Intelsat 902

NSSDC ID: 2001-039A

Alternate Names

26900

Facts in Brief


Funding Agency

Unknown (International)

Discipline

Communications


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Description

Jason 1 is an American-French (NASA-CNES) oceanographicsatellite that was launched by a Delta 2 rocket fromVandenberg AFB 15:07 UT on 7 December 2001. It is intendedto supplement and extend the TOPEX-Poseidon missionresults by monitoring the sea surface level and wave heights.The 500 kg, 1.0 kW, triaxially stabilized spacecraft carries fiveinstruments. The main observation/experiment is done by thealtimeters; the four other instruments merely provide auxiliarydata to correct and refine the altimeter data. There are tworadars altimeters: the CNES Poseidon-2 Altimeter at 13.65GHz and a NASA TOPEX Altimeter at 13.6 and 5.3 GHz, bothmeasuring the sea surface with an accuracy of 4.2 cm. TheNASA Jason Microwave Radiometer (JMR) enables watervapor measurement along the Altimeter path so as to correctthe echo time. The CNES DORIS Doppler tracking antennareceives ground signals for precise determination of thesatellite altitude after correction for ionospheric delays. TheNASA BlackJack GPS receiver provides accurate location ofthe satellite. Finally, the NASA laser retroreflector array workswith ground stations to track the satellite and calibrate/verifythe Altimeter measurements. The data from Jason 1 will bemade available through NASA/JPL and CNES. Data dump willbe made over Poker Flats, Alaska, and Wallops Island,Virginia. For more details see

http://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/jason-1.html

Jason 1

NSSDC ID: 2001-055A

Alternate Names

EOS-ALT1

EOS-Altimetry

26997

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-12-07Launch Vehicle: DeltaIILaunchSite: Vandenberg AFB,United States

Discipline

Earth Science


Launch/Orbitalinformation for Jason 1

Experiments on Jason 1

Data collections fromJason 1

Questions or commentsabout this spacecraft canbe directed to: Dr. Dieter K.Bilitza.

Personnel


Mr. Lee-LuengFu

ProjectScientist


[email protected]


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Description

LRE (Laser Reflecting Equipment) is a Japanese testspacecraft that was launched from the Tsukuba Space Centerin the Tanegashima island by a H-2A rocket at 07:29 UT on 29August 2001. The main goal was to launch the H-2Asuccessfully after its earlier version, H-2 had failedsequentially. The H-2A is a modified version with (unlike the H-2) many components procured in the international markets.The 87 kg LRE is a passive mirror ball of diameter 51 cm andcarries 24 glass sheets and 126 prisms on its surface, andwas ejected from the H-2A just to ascertain the rocket'spotential capability for precisely launching four tonne payloadswith the help of light echoes from the LRE. Though theeventual goal of H-2A is to launch geosynchronous spacecraftwith capabilities comparable to some of the rockets in othercountries, but at a lower cost, the LRV will remain merely in a"transfer orbit".

LRE

NSSDC ID: 2001-038A

Alternate Names

Laser ReflectingEquipment

26898

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-08-29Launch Vehicle: H-2ALaunchSite: Tanegashima, Japan

Funding Agency

Unknown (Japan)

Discipline

Engineering


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Description

Maroc-Tubsat is a Moroccan microsatellite that was launchedby a Zenit rocket from Baikonur at 17:19 UT on 10 December2001. It is to test a 3-dimensional attitude control system thatwill be incorporated in a future remote sensing mission.

Maroc-Tubsat

NSSDC ID: 2001-056D

Alternate Names

26704

Facts in Brief


Funding Agency

Unknown (Morocco)

Discipline

Engineering


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Description

This mission has been cancelled as part of the review andrestructuring of NASA's Mars Exploration Program.

The Mars Surveyor 2001 Project consists of two separatelylaunched missions, The Mars Surveyor 2001 Orbiter and theMars Surveyor 2001 Lander. The orbiter will nominally orbitMars for three years, with the objective of conducting adetailed mineralogical analysis of the planet's surface fromorbit and measuring the radiation environment. The lander isequipped to study soil and atmospheric chemistry andradiation at the surface and has a rover which will be deployedto study the immediate surroundings. The orbiter will also actas a communications relay for the lander and future missionsto Mars over a period of five years.

Mission ProfileThe launch window for the Mars Surveyor 2001 Lander openson 10 April 2001. The lander is scheduled to reach Mars on 22January 2002 after being entirely enclosed in a capsule for thenine-month cruise. The spacecraft will enter Mars' atmospheredirectly from the hyperbolic approach trajectory. Five minutesbefore entry the cruise stage will be jettisoned. The entrysequence starts at 125 km altitude with an entry velocity of 7.8km/s at a 20 degree angle. At 226 seconds after entry at analtitude of 9 to 10 km the parachute is deployed. Images will betaken during the descent.

Ten seconds after parachute deployment the aeroshell isreleased. At an altitude (measured by altimeter) of 1.43 km(approximately 269 seconds after entry) the descent rocketsare ignited and the lander legs deployed. The parachute andbackshell are released 2 seconds after ignition. Landing takesplace about 37 seconds later at a velocity of 2.5 m/s. Afterlanding there will be a period for functional checkout, landerdeployments, and return of critical lander images. This will befollowed by rover deployment and then by science activities.The target is 15 degrees south latitude, 315 degrees longitudeand landing will take place during late southern summer. Thenominal lander lifetime on the surface is 100 martian days,with limited capabilities for another 50 days or so. These timeswill vary depending on the exact landing latitude. The batteriesand systems will freeze during the winter, but some may berevivable the following summer.

Lander Craft and SubsystemsThe lander is a platform mounted on three landing legs whichholds the fuel tanks and propulsion units, topped by a platformholding the science experiments. The mission will be based onthe Mars '98 Polar Lander and will include the Mars DescentImager (MARDI), the Mars Radiation Environment Experiment(MARIE), designed to study the radiation environment at thesurface, a Panoramic Camera (PanCam), a small ThermalEmission Spectrometer (Mini-TES), the Mars EnvironmentCompatibility experiment (MECA), designed to measure thetoxicity to humans of martian soil and dust, the Mars In-situPropellant production experiment (MIP), and a robotic arm andcamera. These experiments make up the Athena precursorexperiment (APEX) package. The lander will also carry a smallsundial, pictures of which will be taken with the PanCam, andwill be equipped with a radiation monitor, UHF transmitters andantennas, as well as the rover. Lander power is provided by 3square meters of solar cells and two 12 amp-hour lithium-ionbatteries providing approximately 25 to 30 W during the day.Most lander activities will be turned off at night.Communications will be through a UHF relay to the Mars 2001Surveyor Orbiter and the Mars '98 Orbiter. Two uplink sessions

Mars Surveyor 2001 Lander

NSSDC ID: MS2001L

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are planned per day. The fully-fueled launch mass of thespacecraft is 628 kg, the landed mass will be 328 kg.

Rover and SubsystemsThe Athena rover, originally planned for this mission, has beenpostponed until 2003, the rescoped 2001 mission will use the"Marie Curie" rover, a near-duplicate of the Mars Pathfinder"Sojourner" rover. It carries an Alpha-Proton X-raySpectrometer (APXS), stereo black and white front camerasand a mono black and white rear camera. The APXS, aduplicate of the one used on Mars Pathfinder with minormodifications, is mounted on the back of the rover and will beused to study the composition of rocks and soils. The rearcamera is for close-up imaging of the APXS targets andterrain imaging. The front cameras are also for terrain imagingas well as hazard detection.

The rover is a six-wheeled vehicle, 28 cm high, 63 cm long,and 48 cm wide with a ground clearance of 13 cm, mounted ona "rocker-bogie" suspension. It has a mass 13.81 kg. It has 6wheels, each with its own drive motor. Four of the wheels aresteerable. The wheels are 13 cm in diameter and 8 cm wide.Electronics and batteries are stored in an insulated warmelectronics box which is heated by 3 RHU's. Additionalelectronic heating is maintained during daytime. Power isprovided by 0.2 square meters of GaAr/Ge solar cells mountedon the flat top of the rover. Maximum power is 16 W at noon,greater than 10 W will be produced for 6 hrs each sol. Non-rechargeable lithium thionyl chloride (LiSOCl2) D-cell batteriesprovide backup. Communications are via UHF antenna and9600 baud modem with the lander. The modem gives line-of-sight communication up to 500 m and an effective data transferrate of 2 Kbps. On-board computing uses a single Intel 80C852 MHz CPU with 100 KIPs, 64 kB RAM main memory and 512kB RAM temporary data storage.

After landing, the rover will be unstowed from the lander anddeployed by the lander robotic arm. The rover is controlled bycommands sent from the ground to the lander and on to therover. Ground controllers use images returned by the landerpanoramic camera and rover cameras to determine the routecommands to uplink. The rover uses wheel odometers todetermine distance travelled. On-board hazard avoidanceequipment includes accelerometers to determine tilt angle,laser stripers, and contact sensors. The rover also has a"waypoint" driving capability, in which coordinates of adestination can be sent to the rover and it will use its on-boardnavigation system to avoid obstacles and travel to the target.The top speed of the rover is 0.6 cm/sec. It is planned that therover will traverse over 100 m during the mission, up to 10 mfrom the lander. The rover will only be active during the dayand go into a hibernation stage at night.

Mars Surveyor 2001Rover InformationMars Surveyor 2001Orbiter Information

Mars Surveyor 2001 HomePage - NASA JPLMars In-Situ PropellantProduction Precursor - NASAJSCMars Surveyor 2001 Sundial -CornellScience Experiments Selected- NASA Press Release 6 Nov1997

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Description

This mission has been cancelled as part of the review andrestructuring of NASA's Mars Exploration Program.

The Mars Surveyor 2001 Lander will carry a near-duplicate ofthe Mars Pathfinder "Sojourner" rover called the "Marie Curie".It carries an Alpha-Proton X-ray Spectrometer (APXS), stereoblack and white front cameras and a mono black and whiterear camera. The APXS, a duplicate of the one used on MarsPathfinder with minor modifications, is mounted on the back ofthe rover and will be used to study the composition of rocksand soils. The rear camera is for close-up imaging of theAPXS targets and terrain imaging. The front cameras are alsofor terrain imaging as well as hazard detection.

The rover is a six-wheeled vehicle, 28 cm high, 63 cm long,and 48 cm wide with a ground clearance of 13 cm, mounted ona "rocker-bogie" suspension. It has a mass 13.81 kg. It has 6wheels, each with its own drive motor. Four of the wheels aresteerable. The wheels are 13 cm in diameter and 8 cm wide.Electronics and batteries are stored in an insulated warmelectronics box which is heated by 3 RHU's. Additionalelectronic heating is maintained during daytime. Power isprovided by 0.2 square meters of GaAr/Ge solar cells mountedon the flat top of the rover. Maximum power is 16 W at noon,greater than 10 W will be produced for 6 hrs each sol. Non-rechargeable lithium thionyl

chloride (LiSOCl2) D-cell batteries provide backup.Communications are via UHF antenna and 9600 baud modemwith the lander. The modem gives line-of-sight communicationup to 500 m and an effective data transfer rate of 2 Kbps. On-board computing uses a single Intel 80C85 2 MHz CPU with100 KIPs, 64 kB RAM main memory and 512 kB RAMtemporary data storage.

After landing, the rover will be unstowed from the lander anddeployed by the lander robotic arm. The rover is controlled bycommands sent from the ground to the lander and on to therover. Ground controllers use images returned by the landerpanoramic camera and rover cameras to determine the routecommands to uplink. The rover uses wheel odometers todetermine distance travelled. On-board hazard avoidanceequipment includes accelerometers to determine tilt angle,laser stripers, and contact sensors. The rover also has a"waypoint" driving capability, in which coordinates of adestination can be sent to the rover and it will use its on-boardnavigation system to avoid obstacles and travel to the target.The top speed of the rover is 0.6 cm/sec. It is planned that therover will traverse over 100 m during the mission, up to 10 m

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NSSDC ID: MS2001R

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from the lander. The rover will only be active during the dayand go into a hibernation stage at night. Mars Surveyor 2001

Lander InformationMars Surveyor 2001

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Description

Meteor-3M is a joint Russian-US environment/atmospheremonitoring meteorological satellite. The spacecraft is anadvanced model of the Meteor spacecraft that was developedin the 1970s. The payload consists of the NASA SAGE III andother instruments designed to measure temperature andhumidity profiles, clouds, surface properties, and high-energyparticles in the upper atmosphere.

The satellite is in a sun-synchronous orbit with an ascendingnode time of about 9 a.m. The orbit yields solar measurementopportunities between 50-80 degrees north latitude and 30-50degrees south latitude. The high northern latitude coverageprovides insight into the processes leading to ozone depletionduring boreal winter and provides coverage that complementsthe mid- and low-latitude coverage provided by SAGE II andother SAGE III missions.

Meteor-3M

NSSDC ID: 2001-056A

Alternate Names

SAGE III/Meteor 3M

26701

Facts in Brief


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Russian Space Agency(Russia)


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Earth Science


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Description

USA 157 is an American geosynchronous militarycommunications spacecraft that was launched by a Titan4/Centaur combination from Cape Canaveral at 21:20 UT. The4.5 ton spacecraft is the first in the MILSTAR 2 series which iscapable of higher data rates and is more secure againstdisabling efforts.

MILSTAR 4

NSSDC ID: 2001-009A

Alternate Names

USA 157

26715

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-02-27Launch Vehicle: TitanIV-CentaurLaunch Site: CapeCanaveral, United States

Funding Agency

Department of Defense(United States)

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Communications



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Description

Molniya 3 is a Russian military communication satellite thatwas launched by a Molniya-M rocket from Plesetsk at 11:34 UTon 25 October 2001.

Molniya 3

NSSDC ID: 2001-050A

Alternate Names

26970

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-10-25LaunchVehicle: Molniya-MLaunch Site: Plesetsk,Russia

Funding Agency

Unknown (Russia)

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Communications



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Description

Molniya 3-K (named Molniya 1-K by USSPACECOM) is aRussian military communications spacecraft that was launchedby a Molniya-M rocket from Plesetsk at 00:47 UT on 20 July2001.

Molniya 3-K

NSSDC ID: 2001-030A

Alternate Names

Molniya 1-K

26867

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-07-20LaunchVehicle: Molniya-MLaunch Site: Plesetsk,Russia

Funding Agency

Unknown (Russia)

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Communications



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Description

NAVSTAR 50 (USA 156) is an American GPS navigationalspacecraft that was launched by a Delta 2 rocket fromVandenberg AFB at 07:55 UT. The two-ton satellite is the 28thmember of the "second generation" fleet, four of which(including the latest) being replacements for the older models.A case history of all GPS spacecraft is available athttp://leonardo.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/Programs/gps.html. In GPSparlance, the spacecraft is GPS 2-28.

Navstar 50

NSSDC ID: 2001-004A

Alternate Names

USA 156

26690

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Launch Date: 2001-01-30Launch Vehicle: DeltaIILaunch Site: CapeCanaveral, United States

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Description

Odin is a Swedish dual disciplinary (astrophysics andatmospheric science) spacecraft that was launched by aSTART 1 rocket from Svobodny cosmodrome in far-easternSiberia at 08:48 UT. (START 1 is modified Topol ICBM.) The250 kg, 340 W spacecraft has a pointing accuracy of 15arcsec and a data storage capacity of 100 MB. It carries acryogeneic radiometer to monitor three mm-bands at 118.25-119.25, 486.1-503.9, and 541.0-580.4 GHz, at a resolution of0.1-1.0 MHz. It carries also a cryogenic Optical Spectrometerto cover three visible and infrared bands at 280-800 nm, andanother infrared band at 1,270 nm. The target gases ofastrophysical interest are clorine iodide (CI), water vapor,hydrogen sulfide, ammonia and a few others. For atmosphericstudies, the gases are clorine monoxide, nitrous oxide,nitrogen dioxide, hydrogen peroxide, nitrous oxide, nitric acid,and a few others. Both instruments were few by a 1.1 meterGregorian telescope.

Odin

NSSDC ID: 2001-007A

Alternate Names

26701

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-02-20Launch Vehicle: ICBMRS-12M Topol or SS-25Sickle, 3-stage SRMLaunch Site: Svobodniy,RussiaMass: 250.0 kgNominalPower: 340.0 W

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Swedish SpaceCorporation (Sweden)

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Astronomy

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Description

PAS 10 (PanAmSat 10) is an American geosynchronouscommunications spacecraft that was launched from Baikonurby a Proton-K rocket (with a DM-3 booster) at 01:11 UT on 15May 2001. The 3.7 kg (with fuel) satellite carries 48transponders (24 in C-band and 24 in Ku-band) to providedirect-to-home video channels to Europe, Middle-East, andSouth Africa after parking over 68.5 deg-E longitude.

PAS 10

NSSDC ID: 2001-019A

Alternate Names

PanAmSat 10

Intelsat 10

IS-10

26766

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Communications


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Description

PCSAT (Prototype Communications SATellite) is to act as arelay for amateur radio transmissions. It was built by themidshipmen at the US Naval Academy. It will augment theexisting worldwide Amateur Radio Automatic PositionReporting System (APRS).

PCSAT

NSSDC ID: 2001-043C

Alternate Names

PrototypeCommunicationsSATellite

OSCAR 44

26931

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Launch Date: 2001-09-30LaunchVehicle: Athena 1Launch Site: KodiakLaunch Complex, UnitedStates

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Description

Picosat 9 is a British-built (US DOD-funded) microsatellite (67kg) to test electronic components/systems in space conditions.It carries four test payloads: Polymer Battery Experiment(PBEX), Ionospheric Occultation Experiment (IOX), CoherentElectromagnetic Radio Tomography (CERTO) and an ultra-quiet platform (OPPEX). The name PICO combines the firstletters of all four experiments. PICOSat is designed for aminimum of one year of on orbit operations. PICOSat flies in a800 km circular orbit with a 67 degree inclination. PICOSatuses a gravity gradient boom for stabilization. The bodymounted solar panels produce an average on orbit power of 22W. The Ultra-Quiet Platform (UQP), developed by the Air ForceResearch Lab, aims to provide a 10:1 reduction in vibrationisolation over a 100 Hz bandwidth between the spacecraft busand a science payload. A PICOSat factsheet can be found at

http://www.losangeles.af.mil/SMC/PA/Fact_Sheets/PICOSat.htm

Picosat 9

NSSDC ID: 2001-043B

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26930

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Description

PROBA 1 (PRoject for On-Board Autonomy, 1) is a Belgian,94 kg minisatellite that was launched by a PSLV-C3 rocketfrom Sriharikota in south-east Indian coast at 04:53 UT on 22October 2001. It carries a radiation detector, a debris impactmonitoring instrument, and a remote sensing camera forperformance assessment.

PROBA 1

NSSDC ID: 2001-049B

Alternate Names

Project for On-BoardAutonomy, 1 (PROBA 1)

26958

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Unknown (Belgium)

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Engineering

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Description

Progress DC-1 is a Russian automatic cargo carrier that waslaunched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur at 23:44 UT on14 September 2001. The ITAR-TASS names the spacecraft asProgress M-SO1. It is actually a habitable, docking module(and not just a carrier) named Pirs (meaning Pier), andcontained an astronaut chair, a space suit, a small crane, andsome equipment for the Zvezda module of the ISS. Thisdocking module will enable for the first time entry/exit ofastronauts with Russian or American space suits. The moduledocked automatically with the ISS at 01:08 UT on 17September 2001. Its propulsion engine was jettisoned on 26September to burn away.

Progress DC-1

NSSDC ID: 2001-041A

Alternate Names

26908

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-09-14LaunchVehicle: Soyuz-ULaunch Site: Tyuratam(Baikonur Cosmodrome),Kazakhstan

Funding Agency

Unknown (Russia)

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Resupply/Refurbishment/Repair


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Description

Progress M-44 was a Russian automatic cargo carrier thatwas launched by a Soyuz-U booster from Baikonur at 08:09UT. It carried 2.5 tons of food, water, fuel, oxygen, andequipment to dock with the Zvezda module of the InternationalSpace Station (ISS) which is hosting the first crew ofastronauts (two Russian and one American) since earlyNovember 2000. In preparation for the docking, that crewrepositioned the Soyuz TM-31 escape craft from its port onZvezda to a port on Zarya module. It docked at 09:47 UT on 28February.

Progress M-44

NSSDC ID: 2001-008A

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26713

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Unknown (Russia)

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Description

Progress M-45 is a Russian automatic cargo ship that waslaunched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur at 09:32 UT on21 August 2001. It docked automatically with the ISS on 23August and delivered 2.5 tonne of fuel, water, oxygen,equipment and spare parts.

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Progress M-45

NSSDC ID: 2001-036A

Alternate Names

26890

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-08-21LaunchVehicle: Soyuz-ULaunch Site: Tyuratam(Baikonur Cosmodrome),Russia

Funding Agency

Unknown (Russia)

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Description

Progress M1-5 is a Russian automatic cargo carrier that waslaunched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur at 04:28 UT.Nick-named "Hearse", it is to deliver the 130 ton Mir station toits cremation over the southern Pacific. It carried two tons offuel part of which was for transfer to Mir for continuousattitude/orbit maneuver so as to enable it to reach down to analtitude of 240 km, whereupon around 6 March 2001 theProgress itself will give the final push. It docked automaticallywith Mir at 05:30 UT on 27 Jan after a previously dockedProgress M-43 was evicted from its port and commanded fromthe ground to crash at about the same site in southern Pacificwhere Mir itself will. (Six astronauts were on "Hot-Standby" toreach Mir in the event the automatic docking failed.) It isspeculated that some, several-hundred kg fragments may landin the ocean, probably 3,000 km east of southern NewZealand.

Progress M1-5

NSSDC ID: 2001-003A

Alternate Names

Hearse

26688

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-01-24LaunchVehicle: Soyuz-ULaunch Site: Tyuratam(Baikonur Cosmodrome),Russia

Funding Agency

Unknown (Russia)

Discipline



Launch/Orbitalinformation for ProgressM1-5

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Description

Progress M1-6 is a Russian automatic cargo carrier that waslaunched from Baikonur by the new Soyuz-FG rocket at 22:42UT on 21 May 2001. It carried 2.5 tons of food, fuel , water,and life-support material to deliver to the International SpaceStation (ISS). Nearly one tonne of the fuel is for raising thealtitude of the ISS. It docked automatically at a port on theZvezda module on 23 May at 00:15 UT.

Progress M1-6

NSSDC ID: 2001-021A

Alternate Names

26773

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-05-21LaunchVehicle: Soyuz-FregatLaunch Site: Tyuratam(Baikonur Cosmodrome),Kazakhstan

Funding Agency

Unknown (Russia)

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Description

Progress M1-7 is a Russian automatic cargo carrier that waslaunched by an upgraded Soyuz-FG booster from Baikonur at18:24 UT on 26 November 2001. It docked with the Zaryamodule of the International Space Station (ISS) at 19:45 UT on28 November 2001 to deliver 2.5 tonne of food, fuel andequipment. Its docking remained to be secured by a spacewalkby one or more astronauts, so as to ensure a safe docking by ato-be-launched Shuttle. It carried also a microsatellite namedKLIBRI to be released after the Progress undocked fromZarya.

Progress M1-7

NSSDC ID: 2001-051A

Alternate Names

26983

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-11-26Launch Vehicle: SoyuzFGLaunch Site: Tyuratam(Baikonur Cosmodrome),Kazakhstan

Funding Agency

Unknown (Russia)

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Description

Quickbird 2 is an American, privately owned Earth-imagingsatellite that was launched by a Delta 2 rocket fromVandenberg AFB at 18:51 UT on 18 October 2001. It will beoperational after a few months of calibration and "ground-truth"checkouts to market high resolution images. The 1.0 tonnesatellite is reported to be capable of images with a resolutionas small as 0.6 meter, though the standard products will becoarser. Unlike the comparable quality images from IKONOSimages, some of which are currently marketed exclusively tothe US military, all Quickbird 2 images may be available in theopen market.

Quickbird 2

NSSDC ID: 2001-047A

Alternate Names

26953

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-10-18Launch Vehicle: DeltaIILaunchSite: Vandenberg AFB,United States

Funding Agency


Discipline

Earth Science


Launch/Orbitalinformation for Quickbird2

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Description

Raduga 1-6 is a Russian geosynchronous militarycommunications satellite that was launched by a Proton-Krocket from Baikonur at 16:45 UT on 6 October 2001.

Raduga 1-6

NSSDC ID: 2001-045A

Alternate Names

26936

Facts in Brief


Funding Agency

Unknown (Russia)

Disciplines

Communications



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Description

Reflector is an Americn microsatellite that was launched by aZenit rocket from Baikonur at 17:19 UT on 10 December 2001.No additional information is available at this time.

Reflector

NSSDC ID: 2001-056E

Alternate Names

27005

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Other


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http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experimentSearch.do?spacecraft=Reflector

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Description

Sapphire (a US DOD-funded microsatellite) was built by theStanford University students and faculty, and carries a voicesynthesizer to convert text messages into human voice.

Sapphire

NSSDC ID: 2001-043D

Alternate Names

OSCAR 45

26932

Facts in Brief


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Communications


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http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experimentSearch.do?spacecraft=Sapphire

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Description

Shenzhou 2 (translated as " Divine Ship", or "Magic Vessel", orGod Vessel") is an unmanned Chinese (PRC) spacecraft thatwas launched by a Long March 2F rocket from Jiuquan launchcenter (in the north-western province of Gansu) at "01:00a.m.". The descent module (also carrying the name, Shenzhou2 but with ID 2001-001C) landed smoothly in Inner Mongoliaon 16 January at 11:22 UT after separating from 2001-001Awhich continued to orbit, doing some zero-gravity experiments.The descent module is a prototype of an eventual mannedspacecraft to carry Taikongyuans (astronauts). A majorconcern during this and the next few launches would be toassess the integrity of the heat shield during re-entry. So far,there has not been any report on the heat shield.

Shenzhou 2

NSSDC ID: 2001-001A

Alternate Names

26664

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-01-09Launch Vehicle: LongMarch 2FLaunch Site: Jiuquan,Peoples Republic of China

Funding Agency

China National SpaceAdministration (PeoplesRepublic of China)

Discipline

Engineering


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Description

Shenzhou 2 (translated as " Divine Ship", or "Magic Vessel", or"God Vessel") is an unmanned Chinese (PRC) spacecraft thatwas launched by a Long March 2F rocket from Jiuquan launchcenter (in the north-western province of Gansu) at "01:00a.m.". The descent module (also carrying the name, Shenzhou2 but with ID 2001-001C) landed smoothly in Inner Mongoliaon 16 January at 11:22 UT after separating from 2001-001Awhich continued to orbit, doing some zero-gravity experiments.The descent module is a prototype of an eventual mannedspacecraft to carry Taikongyuans (astronauts). A majorconcern during this and the next few launches would be toassess the integrity of the heat shield during re-entry. So far,there has not been any report on the heat shield.

Shenzhou 2 module

NSSDC ID: 2001-001C

Alternate Names

26687

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-01-09Launch Vehicle: LongMarch 2FLaunch Site: Jiuquan,Peoples Republic of China

Funding Agency

China National SpaceAdministration (PeoplesRepublic of China)

Discipline

Engineering


Launch/Orbitalinformation for Shenzhou2 module

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Description

Sicral is an Italian geosynchronous military communicationsspacecraft that was launched by an Ariane 44L rocket fromKourou at 23:05 UT. The 1.25 ton (dry mass), 3.3 kW, 3.4 m x4.9 m, triaxially stabilized spacecraft carries a total of ninetransponders in the SHF-, UHF-, and EHF-bands to enablesecure communications after parking over 16.2 deg-Elongitude. [SHF: Superhigh Frequency. UHF: UltrahighFrequency. EHF: Extremely High Frequency. Band ranges arenot available now.]

Sicral

NSSDC ID: 2001-005A

Alternate Names

26694

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-02-07Launch Vehicle: Ariane44LLaunch Site: Kourou,French Guiana

Funding Agency

Unknown (Italy)

Disciplines

Communications



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http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experimentSearch.do?spacecraft=Sicral

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Description

Skynet 4F is a British geosynchronous military communicationsspacecraft that was launched by an Ariane 44L rocket fromKourou at 23:05 UT. The 1.5 ton (with fuel) spacecraft carriesa total of eight transponders in the SHF-, UHF-, and S-bandsto provide secure communications after parking over either 1deg-E or 6 deg-W.

Skynet 4F

NSSDC ID: 2001-005B

Alternate Names

26695

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-02-07Launch Vehicle: Ariane44LLaunch Site: Kourou,French Guiana

Funding Agency

Unknown (BritishSolomon Islands)

Disciplines

Communications



Launch/Orbitalinformation for Skynet 4F

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http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experimentSearch.do?spacecraft=Skynet 4F

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Description

Soyuz TM-32 is a Russian passenger craft that was launchedfrom Baikonur by a Soyuz-U rocket at 07:37: UT, on 28 April2001. It carried a three man crew (two Russian and oneAmerican, the latter not a professional astronaut) to theInternational Space Station, ISS. It docked automatically withthe ISS at 07:57 UT on 30 April, just a few hours after theshuttle STS 100 undocked. The crew will stay for a week.

Soyuz TM-32

NSSDC ID: 2001-017A

Alternate Names

26749

Facts in Brief


Discipline

Human Crew


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Soyuz TM-32

ssia

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date: 28.04.2001 Launch time: 07:37 UT Launch site: Baikonur Launch pad: 1 Altitude: 192,8 - 247 km Inclination: 51,63° Landing date: 06.05.2001 Landing time: 05:41 UT

Landing site: 46° 44' 58'' N, 69° 42' 58'' E

Crew

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1 Musabayev

Talgat Amangeldyyevich Commander 3 7d 22h 04m 125

2 Baturin Yuri Mikhailovich Flight Engineer 2 7d 22h 04m 125

3 Tito Dennis Anthony Spaceflight

Participant 1 7d 22h 04m 125

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Flight

Launch from Baikonur; landing 177 km southeast of Dzheskasgan in Kazhakstan; Taxi-Crew 1 to the ISS; Tito (USA) paid as the first space tourist 20 million Dollar for his flight; docking on ISS and common work with expedition 2; replacing ISS' escape craft (Soyuz TM-31); Soyuz TM-32 serves as a new lifeboat.

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Description

Soyuz TM-33 is a Russian astronaut-transporting spacecraftthat was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur at 08:59UT on 21 October 2001. It carried two Russian and one Frenchastronaut to the International Space Station (ISS). It dockedwith the ISS at 10:00 UT on 23 October. This new crew spenteight days on the ISS, and returned on the older Soyuz TM-32at 03:59 UT on 31 October. The new Soyuz will remain dockedas a lifeboat craft for the current crew of three (two Russianand one American) astronauts.

Soyuz TM-33

NSSDC ID: 2001-048A

Alternate Names

26955

Facts in Brief


Funding Agency

Unknown (Russia)

Disciplines

Human Crew



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Soyuz TM-33

Russia


Launch date: 21.10.2001 Launch time: 08:59 UT Launch site: Baikonur Launch pad: 1 Altitude: 191,3 - 226,5 km Inclination: 51,66° Landing date: 31.10.2001 Landing time: 04:59 UT Landing site: 50° 02' N, 66° 59' E

Crew


s

1 Afanasiyev

Viktor Mikhailovich Commander 4 9d 19h 59m 155

2 Haigneré Claudie Flight

Engineer 2 9d 19h 59m 155

3 Kozeyev Konstantin

Mirovich Flight Engineer 1 9d 19h 59m 155

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Launch 1 Afanasiyev 2 Haigneré 3 Kozeyev

Landing 1 Gidzenko 2 Vittori 3 Shuttleworth

Flight

Launch from Baikonur; landing 26 km southeast of Arkalyk / Kazakhstan. Taxi-Crew 2 to the ISS; common work with ISS expedition 3; the 'Andromède mission had two main purposes: to exchange the Soyuz spacecraft Soyuz TM-32 (Soyuz TM-33 now serves as a new lifeboat) and to carry out a scientific and technical research program organized by the French space agency CNES.

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Description

Starshine 2 is an American, high school educationalmicrosatellite that was launched from STS 108 on 16December 2001. It was built with the participation of 25,000students in 26 countries. No further details are available, but itis expected to be very similar to the Starshine 3 (2001-043A)that was launched in September 2001.

Starshine 2

NSSDC ID: 2001-054B

Alternate Names

26996

Facts in Brief


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Other


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Description

Starshine 3 is an American microsatellite that was launched,along with PICOSAT 9, PCSAT, and Sapphire, by an Athena 1rocket from the Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC) on Alaska'sKodiak island (located 400 km south of Anchorage) at 02:40UT on 30 September 2001. (Foul weather and auroralconditions had delayed the launch many times.) The 80 kgNASA satellite is basically a passive light-reflecting sphere ofone meter diameter, consisting of 1,500 student-built mirrors(polished by kindergarten and grade school students frommany countries) and 31 laser "retroreflectors". A few solar cellsprovide enough power to send a beacon at 145.825 MHzevery minute. Ham operators around the world are expected toobtain signal strengths from which the decay (due to magnetictorque) of its spin rate can be determined. This is the firstorbital launch from the KLC.

Starshine 3

NSSDC ID: 2001-043A

Alternate Names

OSCAR 43

26929

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-09-30LaunchVehicle: Athena 1Launch Site: KodiakLaunch Complex, UnitedStatesMass: 91.0 kg

Funding Agency


Disciplines

Communications

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Description

STS 100 is an American shuttle spacecraft that was launchedfrom Cape Canaveral at 18:41 UT on 19 April 2001 to dockwith the International Space Station (ISS). It carried a crew offour Americans, one Russian, one Canadian and one Italian.The main mission was to install an 18 meter, 1,700 kgCanadian robotic arm named Canadarm-2 on the ISS, and totransport an Italian cargo container, Raffaello which delivered4,500 kg of supplies and equipment to the station. It dockedwith the ISS at 13:59 UT on 21 April. The robotic arm washooked to the ISS with the help of the shuttle's own 16 meterarm and two of the crew members. The seven-joint arm wasnot permanently bolted to the ISS, and will crawl along theexterior walls under computer control, temporarily anchoringwherever needed. There was a sequential failure of the threeonboard computers on the ISS, but after four days of effort abackup computer was activated fairly enough to enable theCanadarm-2 to hand over its own packing crate to the shuttlearm. STS 100 undocked from the ISS on 29 April afterretrieving Raffello, and landed at Edwards AFB in California on01 May.

STS 100

NSSDC ID: 2001-016A

Alternate Names

26747

Facts in Brief


Disciplines

Engineering

Human Crew


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STS-100

Endeavour (16)


Launch date: 19.04.2001 Launch time: 18:40 UT

Launch site: Cape Canaveral (KSC)

Launch pad: 39-A Altitude: 320 km Inclination: 51,6° Landing date: 01.05.2001 Landing time: 16:11 UT Landing site: Edwards AFB

Crew

No. Surname Given name Job Flight No. Duration Orbits

1 Rominger Kent Vernon CDR 5 11d 21h 31m 186

2 Ashby Jeffrey Shears "Bones" PLT 2 11d 21h 31m 186

3 Hadfield Chris Austin MSP 2 11d 21h 31m 186

4 Phillips John Lynch MSP 1 11d 21h 31m 186

5 Parazynski Scott Edward MSP 4 11d 21h 31m 186

6 Guidoni Umberto MSP 2 11d 21h 31m 186

7 Lonchakov Yuri Valentinovich MSP 1 11d 21h 31m 186

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Resumen de la misión

La máxima prioridad de la misión fue la instalación, axtivación e inspección del brazo robótico Canadarm. La operación del brazo es urgente para seguir los pasos en la construcción de la

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Espacial Internacional, y también fue necesaria para instalar una nueva esclusa de aire a la estación en el próximo vuelo, la misión STS-104. Un componente final del Canadarm es el Sistema de Base Móvil (MBS, por sus siglas en inglés), instalado en la estación durante la misión STS-111.

El brazo robótico Canadarm durante su instalación

Otros objetivos de esta misión del Endeavour es atracar el módulo Raffaelo a la estación, activarlo, transferir carga entre la estación y Raffaelo, y reatracar el módulo al transbordador. El Raffaelo es el segundo de tres módulos logísticos multi-próposito desarrollados por la Agencia Espacial Italiana. El módulo Leonardo fue lanzado y regresado en la misión previa del transbordador, la STS-102, en marzo.

Lanzamiento del STS-100

Los objetivos restantes incluyen la transferencia de otros equipos a la estación, como la antena de comunicaciones de Ultra alta frecuencia y un componente electrónico que se atracará a la estación en los paseos espaciales]]. Finalmente, la transferencias de suministros y agua para su uso a bordo de la estación, la transferencia de experimento al complejo, y la transferencias de artículos para su retorno a la Tierra desde la estación al transbordador están entre los objetivos.

El Endeavour también tuvo que alzar la altitud de la estación y realizar un flyaround del complejo, incluyendo grabaciones con la cámara en la bahía de carga IMAX.

Durante la misión, el astronauta Chris Hadfield se convirtió en el primer astronauta canadiense en realizar un EVA.

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Description

STS 102 is an American shutte spacecraft that was launchedfrom Cape Canaveral at 11:42 UT. It carried a crew of sevenastronauts (six American and one Russian). The primarymission is to deliver a multi-rack Italian container LMPLM(Leonardo MultiPurpose Logistics Module) to the DestinyModule of the International Space Station, ISS. It docked withthe ISS at 05:34 UT on 9 March. The 6.4 m x 4.6 m cylindricalLMPLM delivered new equipment to Destiny, and retrievedused/unwanted equipment, and trach back to the shuttle. Thecrew did a few spacewalks to install a platform on the ISS tosupport a Canadian robot arm when it arrives next month. TheSTS 102 left behind three of the astronauts (two American andone Russian) and brought back the three astronauts (oneAmerican and two Russian) who had been inhabiting the ISSfor about four and a half months, when it landed at CapeCanaveral at 07:31 UT on 21 March.

STS 102

NSSDC ID: 2001-010A

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STS-102

Discovery (29)




Launch pad: 39-B Altitude: 320 km Inclination: 51,6° Landing date: 21.03.2001 Landing time: 07:31 UT

Landing site: Cape Canaveral (KSC)

Crew


s

1 Wetherbee

James Donald "Wexbee" CDR 5 12d 19h 49m 201

2 Kelly James McNeal

"Vegas" PLT 1 12d 19h 49m 201

3 Thomas Andrew Sydney

Withiel MSP 3 12d 19h 49m 201

4 Richards Paul William MSP 1 12d 19h 49m 201

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5 Voss James Shelton Flight

Engineer 5 167d 06h 41m 2635

6 Helms Susan Jane Flight

Engineer 5 167d 06h 41m 2635

7 Usachyov Yuri Vladimirovich ISS-CDR 4 167d 06h 41m 2635


Launch

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2 Kelly 3 Thomas

4 Richards

5 Voss 6 Helms

7 Usachyov

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5 Thomas

6 Krikalyov

7 Gidzenko

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Flight

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); Landing on Cape Canaveral (KSC); Mission ISS-07-5A.1 MPLM "Leonardo". Docking on ISS; Usachyov, Voss und Helms as "Expedition-2" new resident crew of the ISS; Expedition-1-Crew (Shepherd, Gidzenko and Krikalyov) returned to Earth with STS-102. EVA by Helms and Voss on 11.03.2001 (8h 56m - new U.S.- spacewalk-record) to prepare PMA-3 for repositioning from the berth to the port side of Unity to make room for Italian-built Multi-Purpose Logistics Module "Leonardo", which was later attached to the ISS. Second EVA by Richards an Thomas on 13.03.2001 (6h 2m) in which they installed a stowage platform and attached an ammonia coolant pump on the platform; also cables were connected, which will be needed for the Canadian-built robtic arm, which will attached to the station in a future flight.

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Resumen de la misión

El módulo Leonardo en la bodega de carga del Discovery el 10 de marzo de 2001.

La STS-102 fue la octava misión que visitó la estación y realizó una misión de reemplazo en la tripulación de la ISS. El Transbordador espacial Discovery llevó al equipo de la Expedición 2 a la estación y devolvió al equipo de la Expedición 1 a la Tierra. La carga primaria para esta misión fue el módulo logístico multiusos Leonardo, con seis racks para el Laboratorio Espacial Destiny, entregado e instalado en la estación durante la misión STS-98. La tripulación de la STS-102 conectó temporalmente el Leonardo a la estación para descargar su contenido.

También se realizaron dos EVAs para completar esta misión de ensamblaje. Los objetivos del primer paseo eran mover el puerto de acoplamiento del transbordador para dejar espacio para el MPLM (Leonardo) y sujetar la base de ensamblaje del laboratorio (Lab Cradle Assembly) sobre éste. El módulo se usó en la misión STS-100 cuando el Brazo Robótico de la Estación Canadarm2 se montó en la estación. En el segundo paseo, los astronautas atracaron una plataforma de almacenamiento y una bomba refrigerante en el exterior del módulo Destiny.

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Description

STS 104 is an American shuttle spacecraft that was launchedfrom Cape Canaveral at 09:04 UT on 12 July 2001. It carried acrew of five American astronauts and a major unit called ISSAirlock, and docked with the ISS at 03:08 UT on 14 July 2001.The six tonne Airlock is a pressurizable unit consisting of twocyclinders of diameter four meters and a total length sixmeters. They were installed and secured by the crew duringthree EVAs. The Airlock can be pressurized by the externallymounted high pressure oxygen-nitrogen tanks, and will be thesole unit through which all future EVAs will take place. (Untilnow, all EVA entries/exits have been through a Russianmodule in ISS, with non-Russians having to wear Russianspace suits.) Another payload was the "EarthKAM" ofmiddle/high school interest. It will allow pupils to commandpicture-taking of chosen spots on Earth; there were expectedto target 2,000 spots. The shuttle also carried out pulsedexhaust during maneuvers to enable better understanding ofthe formation of HF echoes from the shuttle exhaust. Theechoes were obtained by ground based radars in anexperiment called SIMPLEX (Shuttle Ionospheric Modificationwith Pulsed Local EXhaust). The shuttle landed back in CapeCanaveral at 03:39 UT on 25 July 2001.

STS 104

NSSDC ID: 2001-028A

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26862

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STS-104

Atlantis (24)




Launch pad: 39-B Altitude: 444 km Inclination: 51,6° Landing date: 25.07.2001 Landing time: 03:39 UT


Crew


1 Lindsey Steven Wayne CDR 3 12d 18h 35m 200

2 Hobaugh Charles Owen "Scorch" PLT 1 12d 18h 35m 200

3 Gernhardt Michael Landon MSP 4 12d 18h 35m 200

4 Kavandi Janet Lynn MSP 3 12d 18h 35m 200

5 Reilly James Francis II "J.R." MSP 2 12d 18h 35m 200



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Flight

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Description

STS 105 is an American shuttle spacecraft that was launchedfrom Cape Canaveral at 21:10 UT on 10 August '01 to dockwith the ISS. It carried a crew of 10, including three to-be-stationed long endurance astronauts (one American and twoRussian), five tonnes of supplies, hardware, and a bedroomsuite to accomodate a third astonaut in the Destiny module.The crew installed in the station two new science experimentracks that were carried in the Leonardo container which wasfirst lifted out of the shuttle and bolted to the UNITY module.Leonardo then carried back all the trash from the ISS back tothe shuttle. They installed also the MISSE (MaterialsInternational Space Station Experiment) container outside theISS to test the effect of radiation on materials, and some lowcost science experiments such as microgravity cell growthstudies inside the station. The shuttle landed back in CapeCanaveral at 18:23 UT on 22 August '01, ferrying back threeastronauts (one Russian and two American) who had spentover five months in the station.

STS 105

NSSDC ID: 2001-035A

Alternate Names

26888

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STS-105

Discovery (30)


Launch date: 10.08.2001 Launch time: 21:10 UT Launch site: Cape Canaveral (KSC) Launch pad: 39-A Altitude: 226 km Inclination: 51,6° Landing date: 22.08.2001 Landing time: 18:23 UT Landing site: Cape Canaveral (KSC)

Crew


s

1 Horowitz Scott Jay "Doc" CDR 4 11d 21h 13m 186



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2 Sturckow Frederick Wilford

"Rick" PLT 2 11d 21h 13m 186

3 Forrester Patrick Graham MSP 1 11d 21h 13m 186

4 Barry Thomas Daniel MSP 3 11d 21h 13m 186

5 Culbertson Frank Lee, Jr. ISS-CDR 3 128d 20h 45m 2028

6 Tyurin Mikhail Vladislavovich Flight

Engineer 1 128d 20h 45m 2028

7 Dezhurov Vladimir Nikolayevich Flight

Engineer 2 128d 20h 45m 2028


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5 Culbertson

6 Dezhurov 7 Tyurin

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Flight

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Note

Culbertson, Dezhurov and Tyurin landed on 17.12.2001, 17:55 UT with STS-108-spacecraft.

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Description

STS 108 is an American shuttle spacecraft that was launchedfrom Cape Canaveral at 22:19 UT on 5 December 2001. Itcarried a crew of seven astronauts (one Russian and sixAmerican) and three tonnes of food and equipment to theInternational Space Station (ISS), and docked with it at 19:59UT on 7 December 2001. It is the 12th shuttle mission to theISS, and carried an Italian cargo module that was attached tothe Unity module of the ISS. Later the cargo was transferred tothe Destiny laboratory. The crew did a spacewalk to install athermal blanket over the Beta Gimbal Assemblies (BGAs) atthe base of the solar panels that are intended to direct thepanels sunward at an optimal angle. It carried also a Starshine2 microsatellite for release. In addition, the shuttle carried fourGAS (Get Away Special) containers, one with sevenexperiments from Utah State University students, the secondwith three experiments from Penn State University students,the third with Swedish Space Corp experiments, and the fourthwith NASA/AMES experiments. An animal enclosure modulecarried a few mice, and a bird module some quail eggs. TheSTS landed back in Cape Canaveral at 17:55 UT on 17December 2001, with the crew that included three astronauts(two Russian and one American) that had spent 129 days onthe ISS.

STS 108

NSSDC ID: 2001-054A

Alternate Names

26995

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STS-108

Endeavour (17)




Launch pad: 39-B Altitude: 354 - 377 km Inclination: 51,64° Landing date: 17.12.2001 Landing time: 17:55 UT


Crew


s

1 Gorie Dominic Lee

Pudwill CDR 3 11d 19h 36m 186

2 Kelly Mark Edward PLT 1 11d 19h 36m 186

3 Godwin Linda Maxine MSP 4 11d 19h 36m 186

4 Tani Daniel Michio MSP 1 11d 19h 36m 186



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5 Onufriyenko Yuri Ivanovich ISS-CDR 2 195d 19h 39m 3081

6 Bursch Daniel Wheeler Flight

Engineer 4 195d 19h 39m 3081

7 Walz Carl Erwin Flight

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7 Bursch 8

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Flight

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Onufriyenko, Walz and Bursch landed on 19.06.2002, 17:58 UT with STS-111-spacecraft.

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Description

STS 98 is an American shuttle spacecraft that was launchedfrom Cape Canaveral at 23:13 UT. It carried a large module,Destiny and a crew of five astronauts to deliver it to theInternational Space Station (ISS). It docked with the Unitymodule on 9 February, and delivered Destiny (2001-006B) toanother port on Unity. After many hours of spacewalk, theastronauts secured the electrical connections and mechanicalfits. The crew also delivered over a ton of food, fuel andequipment to the ISS. STS 98, with all five astronauts, landedin Edwards AFB in California on 20 February at 20:33 UT dueto persistent wind problems at Cape Canaveral.

STS 98

NSSDC ID: 2001-006A

Alternate Names

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STS-98

Atlantis (23)




Launch pad: 39-A Altitude: 328 km Inclination: 51,6° Landing date: 20.02.2001 Landing time: 20:22 UT Landing site: Edwards AFB

Crew


1 Cockrell Kenneth Dale "Taco" CDR 4 12d 21h 21m 202

2 Polansky Mark Lewis "Roman" PLT 1 12d 21h 21m 202

3 Curbeam Robert Lee, Jr. "Beamer" MSP 2 12d 21h 21m 202

4 Ivins Marsha Sue MSP 5 12d 21h 21m 202

5 Jones Thomas David MSP 4 12d 21h 21m 202


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Flight

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing on Edwards AFB; Mission ISS-06-5A Lab "Destiny". Docking on ISS space station and common work with the ISS expedition 1; EVA's: Jones and Curbeam on 10.02.2001 (7h 34m) installing the Destiny lab; Jones and Curbeam on 12.02.2001 (6h 50m) completing installation of the Power and Data Grapple Fixture on the Destiny lab and connecting a shuttle docking part (PMA) from Z1 truss to the Destiny lab; Jones and Curbeam on 14.02.2001 (5h 25m) to attach a spar communications antenna to the Space Station's exterior and to release a cooling radiator on the station; it was the 100th American spacewalk.

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Description

TES (Technology Experiment Satellite) is an Indian remotesensing and photo-reconnaissance satellite that was launchedby a PSLV-C3 rocket from the Sriharikota High Altitude Range(SHAR) at Sriharikota in the south-east Indian coast at 04:53UT on 22 October 2001. This is the fifth consecutive successfullaunch of the 294 tonne PSLV rocket, and the second launchwith multiple satellites. The 1,108 kg satellite carries a one-meter resolution panchromatic camera.

TES

NSSDC ID: 2001-049A

Alternate Names

Technology ExperimentSatellite

26957

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Unknown (India)

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Earth Science


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Description

The Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Mesosphere Energetics andDynamics (TIMED) mission was designed to study the physicaland chemical processes acting within and upon the coupledmesosphere, lower-thermosphere/ ionosphere system betweenabout 60 and 180 km. TIMED investigates a region that isdifficult to study because it is too high for even the largestresearch balloons and still dense enough to quickly cause asatellite to decay from orbit. Because of the lack ofmeasurements this atmospheric region is often referred to asthe "ignorosphere". Absorping a considerable amount of solarultraviolet radiation from the sun and intercepting high energyatomic particles, this region is the "skin" between the life-sustaining lower layers and outer space. Originally proposedas a two-spacecraft mission, the TIMED project was rescopedto a one-satellite mission due to budgetary pressure. TIMEDwas downsized to a core mission of four experiments and sixinterdisciplinary investigations and mission management wasmoved to JHU-APL in an effort to reduce the cost to the$100M level. The instruments include the Solar EUVExperiment (SEE) provided by the University of Colorado, theTIMED Doppler Interferometer (TIDI) provided by theUniversity of Michigan, the Global Ultraviolet Imager (GUVI)provided by the Aerospace Corp., and the Sounding of theAtmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER)provided by NASA's Langley Research Center. TIMED waslaunched together with Jason 1 by a Delta II rocket fromVandenberg AFB on 7 December 2001. All instruments arefully operational, only the TIDI instrument is operating withsomewhat decreased sensitivity because of a light leak andice deposits on the instrument optics.

TIMED

NSSDC ID: 2001-055B

Alternate Names

ThermosphereIonosphere MesosphereEnergetics and Dynamics

26998

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-12-07Launch Vehicle: DeltaIILaunchSite: Vandenberg AFB,United StatesMass: 660.0 kgNominalPower: 300.0 W

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http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftTelemetry.do?id=2001-055B

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftTelemetry.do?id=2001-055B

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experimentSearch.do?spacecraft=TIMED

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/datasetSearch.do?spacecraft=TIMED

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/datasetSearch.do?spacecraft=TIMED









http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/spacecraft/timed.jpg



about this spacecraft canbe directed to: Dr. Dieter K.Bilitza.

Personnel


Mr. David G.Grant

ProjectManager

Johns Hopkins University [email protected]

Mr. Richard J.Howard

ProgramManager


Dr. Hans G.Mayr

ProjectScientist

NASA Goddard Space FlightCenter

[email protected]

Mr. Harry G.McCain

ProjectManager

NASA Goddard Space FlightCenter

Mr. Jeng-HwaYee

ProjectScientist

Johns Hopkins University [email protected]

Dr. Mary M.Mellott

ProgramScientist


Other Sources of TIMED Data/InformationTIMED Data (CDAWeb)

TIMED page (APL/JHU)TIMED page (NASA GSFC)

GUVI page (APL/JHU)SABER page (NASA LARC)SEE page (U. Colorado)TIDI page (U. Michigan)TIDI page (NCAR)


mailto:[email protected]?Subject=NMC Comment/Question: TIMED (2001-055B)

mailto:[email protected]?Subject=NMC Comment/Question: TIMED (2001-055B)

http://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/

http://www.timed.jhuapl.edu/

http://stp.gsfc.nasa.gov/missions/timed/timed.htm

http://guvi.jhuapl.edu/home.html

http://saber.larc.nasa.gov/

http://lasp.colorado.edu/see/

http://tidi.engin.umich.edu/

http://timed.hao.ucar.edu/tidi/

http://www.usa.gov/








Description

Turksat 2 (also named EURASIASAT 1) is a Turkishgeosynchronous communications spacecraft that waslaunched by an Ariane 4 rocket from Kourou at 21:39 UT. Thedual name is probably due to the dual ownership of thespacecraft: 75% Turk Telecom and 25% by the manufacturerAlcatel Space Company. The 3.4 ton, 9 kW spacecraft willprovide direct-to-home voice, and data transmissions tocountries between central Europe and the Indian subcontinent,through its 32 "BSS- and FSS-bands" transponders, afterparking over 42 deg-E longitude (replacing the aging Turksat1C).

Turksat 2

NSSDC ID: 2001-002A

Alternate Names

Eurasiasat 1

26666

Facts in Brief


Funding Agency

Unknown (Turkey)

Discipline

Communications


Launch/Orbitalinformation for Turksat 2

Experiments on Turksat 2

Data collections fromTurksat 2



Spacecraft

Experiments

Data Collections

Personnel

Publications

Maps

New/Updated Data






http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experimentSearch.do?spacecraft=Turksat 2

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/datasetSearch.do?spacecraft=Turksat 2

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/datasetSearch.do?spacecraft=Turksat 2

mailto:[email protected]?Subject=NMC Comment/Question: Turksat 2 (2001-002A)











http://www.usa.gov/








Description

USA 158 (also known as GeoLITE) is an Americangeosynchronous military spacecraft of the NationalReconnaissance Office (NRO) fleet. It was launched by a Delta2 rocket from Cape Canaveral AFS at 17:45 UT on 18 May2001. It is a TRW T-310 class satellite carrying a lasercommunications technology demonstrator and a UHF datarelay.

USA 158

NSSDC ID: 2001-020A

Alternate Names

GeoLITE

26770

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-05-18Launch Vehicle: DeltaIILaunch Site: CapeCanaveral, United StatesMass: 93.0 kg

Funding Agency


Discipline



Launch/Orbitalinformation for USA 158

Experiments on USA 158

Data collections from USA158



Spacecraft

Experiments

Data Collections

Personnel

Publications

Maps

New/Updated Data






http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experimentSearch.do?spacecraft=USA 158

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/datasetSearch.do?spacecraft=USA 158


mailto:[email protected]?Subject=NMC Comment/Question: USA 158 (2001-020A)











http://www.usa.gov/








Description

USA 159 is an American geosynchronous militaryreconnaissance satellite in the DSP (Defense SupportProgram) fleet that was launched by a Titan 4B rocket fromCape Canaveral at 07:28 UT on 6 August 2001. The 2,386 kg,1.485 kW, 10 m long and 6.7 m diameter spacecraft carries anarray of 6,000 heat-sensing detectors to monitor and locatemissile launches. It will also enable monitoring surface nuclearexplosions and forest fires. The USA 159 is the 21st memberof the DSP fleet, with many of its members still operational. Itsalternative name may probably be DSP 21.

USA 159

NSSDC ID: 2001-033A

Alternate Names

26880

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-08-06Launch Vehicle: Titan4BLaunch Site: CapeCanaveral, United States

Funding Agency


Discipline








Spacecraft

Experiments

Data Collections

Personnel

Publications

Maps

New/Updated Data




















http://www.usa.gov/








Description

USA 160 is an American military reconnaissance satellite thatwas launched by an Atlas 2AS/Centaur rocket fromVandenberg AFB at 15:25 UT on 8 September 2001. Therehas been no official listing of the payload, though "amateurspace sleuths" are reported to have concluded that it belongsto the NOSS constellation, each member being actually aclose cluster of triangular triplet. (This and other claims werereported in http://www.spaceflightnow.com, dated 13September 2001.)

USA 160

NSSDC ID: 2001-040A

Alternate Names

26905

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-09-08Launch Vehicle: Atlas2ASLaunchSite: Vandenberg AFB,United States

Funding Agency


Discipline








Spacecraft

Experiments

Data Collections

Personnel

Publications

Maps

New/Updated Data




http://www.spaceflightnow.com,/

















http://www.usa.gov/








Description

USA 161 is an American military visual/radar imaging satellitethat was launched by a Titan 4B rocket from Vandenberg AFBat 21:21 UT on 5 October 2001. The 13 tonne (with fuel)satellite belongs to the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)within its fleet of Earth Imaging System (EIS) satellites. A BBCwebsite reported a resolution of 10 cm in the images. (Thecommonly used name for the EIS satellites is AdvancedKeyholes.) The first member of the EIS fleet is USA 144 (1999-028A), launched in May 1999.

USA 161

NSSDC ID: 2001-044A

Alternate Names

26934

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-10-05Launch Vehicle: Titan4BLaunchSite: Vandenberg AFB,United States

Funding Agency


Discipline








Spacecraft

Experiments

Data Collections

Personnel

Publications

Maps

New/Updated Data




















http://www.usa.gov/








Description

USA 162 is an American military satellite that was launched byan Atlas 2AS-Centaur rocket from Cape Canaveral at 14:32 UTon 11 October 2001. It belongs to the NationalReconnaissance Office (NRO). Based only on the launchingsite, some reports carry the inference that the mission may beto relay data from imaging satellites, probably after reaching ageosynchronous orbit. The NRO is on the web athttp://www.nro.gov/.

USA 162

NSSDC ID: 2001-046A

Alternate Names

26948

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-10-11Launch Vehicle: Atlas2ASLaunch Site: CapeCanaveral, United States

Funding Agency


Discipline








Spacecraft

Experiments

Data Collections

Personnel

Publications

Maps

New/Updated Data




http://www.nro.gov/.

















http://www.usa.gov/








Description

The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) is aNASA MIDEX class mission designed to probe the conditionspresent in the early universe. The goals of WMAP are to: (1)determine the values of the cosmological parameters of the BigBang theory; (2) examine how structures of galaxies formed inthe universe; and, (3) ascertain when the first structures ofgalaxies formed. In order to address these goals, WMAPmeasures the temperature differences (anisotropies) in thecosmic microwave background radiation over the entire sky.

WMAP observes the sky from a controlled Lissajous orbitabout the L2 Sun-Earth Lagrange point, 1.5 million km fromEarth.

WMAP

NSSDC ID: 2001-027A

Alternate Names

MIDEX/WMAP

Microwave AnisotropyProbe

Explorer 80

Wilkinson MicrowaveAnisotropy Probe

MAP

26859

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-06-30Launch Vehicle: DeltaIILaunch Site: CapeCanaveral, United StatesMass: 840.0 kgNominalPower: 419.0 W

Funding Agency


Discipline

Astronomy


Launch/Orbitalinformation for WMAP

PDMP information forWMAP

Telecommunicationsinformation for WMAP

Experiments on WMAP

Data collections fromWMAP


Spacecraft

Experiments

Data Collections

Personnel

Publications

Maps

New/Updated Data









http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experimentSearch.do?spacecraft=WMAP

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/datasetSearch.do?spacecraft=WMAP

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/datasetSearch.do?spacecraft=WMAP












Personnel


Dr. CharlesL. Bennett



[email protected]

US Active Archive for WMAP Information/Data

The WMAP Archive at LAMBDA

Other Sources of WMAP Information/Data

WMAP Project

Explorers Program


mailto:[email protected]?Subject=NMC Comment/Question: WMAP (2001-027A)



http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/map/

http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/

http://explorers.gsfc.nasa.gov/

http://www.usa.gov/








Description

XM 1, also known as Roll, is an American geosynchronousrelay satellite that was launched by a Zenit rocket from afloating platform, Odyssey on the equatorial Pacific ocean at10:10 UT on 8 May 2001. (XM 2, also known as Rock, waslaunched in March 2001.) It will provide one hundred channelsof digital music and entertainment to motorists in NorthAmerica after parking over 85 deg-W.

XM 1

NSSDC ID: 2001-018A

Alternate Names

XM Roll

Roll

25761

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-05-08Launch Vehicle: ZenitLaunch Site: Odyssey(Sea Launch Platform), null

Funding Agency


Discipline

Communications


Launch/Orbitalinformation for XM 1

Experiments on XM 1

Data collections from XM 1



Spacecraft

Experiments

Data Collections

Personnel

Publications

Maps

New/Updated Data






http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experimentSearch.do?spacecraft=XM 1

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/datasetSearch.do?spacecraft=XM 1

mailto:[email protected]?Subject=NMC Comment/Question: XM 1 (2001-018A)











http://www.usa.gov/








Description

XM 2 (better known as XM ROCK) is an Americangeosynchronous radio broadcast satellite that was launched bya Zenit 3SL rocket from the Sea Launch Platform on theequatorial Pacific ocean at 22:33 UT. The 4.7 ton (with fuel),18 kW satellite carries two transmitters (3 kW each) in the S-band to relay 100 channels of digital quality music uplinked inthe X-band from one or more ground stations, after parkingover 115 deg-W longitude. (It will be accompanied by XMROLL due to be launched in May 2001.) The investors includeseveral auto manufacturers who will be equipping the specialreceivers in their models.

XM 2

NSSDC ID: 2001-012A

Alternate Names

XM Rock

Rock

26724

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2001-03-18Launch Vehicle: Zenit3SLLaunch Site: Odyssey(Sea Launch Platform), null

Funding Agency


Discipline

Communications


Launch/Orbitalinformation for XM 2

Experiments on XM 2

Data collections from XM 2



Spacecraft

Experiments

Data Collections

Personnel

Publications

Maps

New/Updated Data






http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experimentSearch.do?spacecraft=XM 2

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/datasetSearch.do?spacecraft=XM 2












http://www.usa.gov/





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The Complete Book of Spaceflight / David Darling / John Wiley & Sons, Inc. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/archives/2005.html http://www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/jsr.html http://www.spacefacts.de/english/flights.htm http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misiones_del_Programa_STS http://claudelafleur.qc.ca/Spacecrafts-2008.html http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0812/25glonass/

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