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Soyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-4K2 79
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 18, 1999, 6 p.m.
Delta 7420-10C | Globalstar 24,27,53,54
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Aug. 17, 1999, 4:37 a.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 Orbit
Ariane 42P | Telkom 1
Aérospatiale | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Aug. 12, 1999, 10:52 p.m.
Delta 7420-10C | Globalstar 26,28,43,48
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 25, 1999, 7:46 a.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 Orbit
Space Shuttle Columbia OV-102 | STS-93
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
July 23, 1999, 4:31 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-93 marked the 95th launch of the Space Shuttle, the 26th launch of Columbia, and the 21st night launch of a Space Shuttle. Eileen Collins became the first female shuttle Commander on this flight. Its primary payload was the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Low Earth OrbitZenit-2 | Okean-O
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 17, 1999, 5:38 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Okean-O was a joint Ukrainian and Russian remote sensing satellite program designed as a follow on to the Okean-O1 series. It was designed to gather remote sensing data crucial for research of natural resources of the Earth and world oceans. The mission also included ecological monitoring and management of externalities (weather forecast, hazards prevention).
Polar Orbit
Soyuz U | Progress M-42
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 16, 1999, 4:37 p.m.
Delta 7420-10C | Globalstar 30,32,35,41
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
July 10, 1999, 8:45 a.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 OrbitMolniya-M | Molniya-3 63L
Russian Space Forces | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 8, 1999, 8:45 a.m.
Proton-K/Briz-M | Raduga 34
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 5, 1999, 1:32 p.m.
