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Zenit | DirecTV-1R
Sea Launch | RussiaSea Launch
Oct. 10, 1999, 3:28 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
To expand channel capacity and strengthen in-orbit redundancy, DirecTV, Inc., ordered a new satellite from Hughes Space and Communications Company (HSC) in 1998. The new spacecraft, called DirecTV 1-R, is a Hughes HS-601HP model satellite scheduled that was launched in October 1999 under a delivery-in-orbit contract.
Geostationary Orbit
Delta II | GPS IIR-3
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Oct. 7, 1999, 12:51 p.m.
Soyuz-U-PVB | Resurs F-1M
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 28, 1999, 11 a.m.
Proton-K/DM-2M | LMI 1
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 26, 1999, 10:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
LMI-1 (Lockheed Martin Intersputnik) was built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems and operates at an orbital location of 75 degrees East. Equipped with 44 high-power C- and Ku-band transponders, the satellite provides high-quality and reliable fixed service telephony and direct broadcast television service.
Geostationary Orbit
Ariane 44LP | Telstar 7
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Sept. 25, 1999, 6:29 a.m.
Athena II | Ikonos
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 24, 1999, 6:21 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems, an operating unit of Missiles & Space, has revolutionized the space-based imagery market with the development of the first commercial satellite capable of resolving objects on the ground as small as one meter in diameter. The company is providing a spacecraft, designated IKONOS 1, for Space Imaging, Thornton, CO, which offers high-resolution imagery of the Earth to customers around the world.
Polar OrbitAtlas IIAS | Echostar V
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 23, 1999, 6:02 a.m.
Soyuz-U-PVB | Globalstar 33,50,55,58
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 22, 1999, 2:33 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax via a constellation of 48 minisatellites. The constellation operates in a 1410 km orbit inclined at 52 degrees, and will also have 8 spares. The satellites were built by Space Systems Loral and Alenia Aerospazio in Rome, Italy.
Low Earth OrbitSoyuz-U-PVB | Foton 12
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 9, 1999, 6 p.m.
Proton-K/DM-2M | Yamal-101 & 102
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 6, 1999, 4:36 p.m.
