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Atlas Agena B | Eutelsat W4
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 24, 2000, 11:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The W satellites are designed to provide telecommunications services primarily over Europe (W1, W2, W3, W3A and W5) and communication services over Russia and Africa (W4). Eutelsat W4 is designed to provide 31 transponders at saturation. The W satellites have a minimum operational lifetime of 12 years. The spacecraft is based on the Spacebus-3000B2 platform.
Geostationary Orbit
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-101
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
May 19, 2000, 10:11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-101 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis. The mission was a 10-day mission conducted between 19 May 2000 and 29 May 2000. The mission was designated 2A.2a and was a resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Low Earth Orbit
Rokot / Briz-KM | SimSat 1 & 2
Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 16, 2000, 8:27 a.m.
Delta II | GPS IIR-4
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 11, 2000, 1:48 a.m.
Titan 402B IUS | DSP 20
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 8, 2000, 4:01 p.m.
Soyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-4KS1M 9
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 3, 2000, 1:25 p.m.
Atlas IIA | GOES 11
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 3, 2000, 7:07 a.m.
Soyuz U | Progress M1-2
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 25, 2000, 8:08 p.m.
Ariane 42L | Galaxy 4R
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
April 19, 2000, 12:29 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Galaxy 4R, a Hughes HS-601HP or "high power" spacecraft, provides broadcast and telecommunications service to North America, with the capability to provide back-up services to Latin America. The satellite was built on an expedited basis.
Geostationary Orbit
Proton-K/DM-2M | Sesat
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 17, 2000, 9:06 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The SESAT 1 (Siberia - Europe SATellite) provides a wide range of telecommunications services over a very large geographical coverage area extending from the Atlantic Ocean to Eastern Russia, including a large part of Siberia. The satellite also provides similar services within the Indian Sub-Continent by means of a Steerable Spotbeam. Sharing the 36° East orbital position with the Eutelsat W4 satellite, SESAT contributes to the development of international, regional and domestic services, such as thin route telephony, corporate and specialised data services and long distance trunk telephony. It facilitates the development of new markets in far eastern Europe and southern Asia for all types of telecommunication and business services, as well as providing full interconnectivity with western and central Europe.
Geostationary Orbit
