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Ariane 5 ECA | Astra 1N & BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 6, 2011, 10:52 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Astra 1N is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES, positioned at 19.2 degrees East. It is designed to provide digital television and radio broadcasting services across Germany, France and Spain. B-SAT 3c is a geostationary communications satellite operated by B-SAT stationed at 110 degrees East, providing high definition direct television services across Japan.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Atlas V 551 | Juno
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 5, 2011, 4:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Juno is a NASA space probe orbiting the planet Jupiter. It was built by Lockheed Martin and is operated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as part of the New Frontiers program. Juno's mission is to measure Jupiter's composition, gravitational field, magnetic field, and polar magnetosphere.
Jupiter Orbit
Long March 2C | Shijian 10-02
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 29, 2011, 7:42 a.m.
Long March 3A | Compass-IGSO-4
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 26, 2011, 9:44 p.m.
Zenit-3F | Spektr-R (RadioAstron)
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 18, 2011, 2:31 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The RadioAstron is an international space Very Long Baseline Interferometry project led by the Astro Space Center of Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow, Russia. The aim of the mission is to use the Spektr-R space telescope to conduct interferometer observations in conjunction with the global ground radio telescope network in order to obtain images, coordinates, motions and evolution of angular structure of different radio emitting objects in the Universe with the extraordinary high angular resolution.
Elliptical Orbit
Delta IV M+(4,2) | GPS IIF-2 (USA-232)
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 16, 2011, 6:41 a.m.
Proton-M / Briz-M Enhanced | SES-3 & KazSat-2
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 15, 2011, 11:16 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
SES-3 is a geostationary communications satellite, providing broadcasting and network services to North America. It was launched alongside with the kazakh communications satellite KazSat-2, which replaced previously lost KazSat-1 and covers Kazakhstan and Central Asia.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
PSLV XL | GSAT-12
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
July 15, 2011, 11:18 a.m.
Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat | 6 x Globalstar-2
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 13, 2011, 2:27 a.m.
Long March 3C | Tianlian 1-02
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 11, 2011, 3:41 p.m.
