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Titan 404B | NROL-9
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 22, 1999, 9:36 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
This satellite is suspected to be a stealthy electro-optical reconnaissance satellite. The program name for developing an stealth IMINT capability is reportedly "Misty". Hobbyist satellite observers continue to track an object from that launch in a 2700 km × 3100 km, 63.4° orbit, but detailed orbital analysis reveals significant solar radiation pressure perturbations, from an area to mass ratio of about 0.1 m2/kg, 10 to 20 times that of a payload, and more akin to debris or a decoy, can be deduced. It appears to be no more than 5 to 10 m across, and only a few hundred kilograms in mass. If USA 144 is Misty-2, then it is likely to be in a 700 to 800 km, quasi 65° orbit. These orbits are low-drag, so orbit maintenance manoeuvres are not required.
Low Earth Orbit
Proton-K/DM-2M | Nimiq 1
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 20, 1999, 10:30 p.m.
Pegasus XL HAPS | MUBLCOM & TERRIERS
Orbital Sciences Corporation | United States of AmericaAir launch to orbit
May 18, 1999, 5:09 a.m.
Long March 4B | Feng Yun 1C
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | ChinaTaiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 10, 1999, 1:33 a.m.
Delta 8930 | Orion 3
Boeing | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 5, 1999, 1 a.m.
Titan IVB | Milstar 3
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
April 30, 1999, 4:30 p.m.
Kosmos-3M | ABRIXAS & MegSat 0
Russian Space Forces | RussiaKapustin Yar, Russian Federation
April 28, 1999, 8:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The ABRIXAS (A Broadband Imaging X-Ray All-Sky Survey) small satellite (A BRoadband Imaging X-ray All-sky Survey Satellite) was designed to perform the first complete survey of the sky with an imaging telescope in the X-ray energy range from 0.5 to 10 keV. MegSat 0 was the first MegSat communications satellite.
Low Earth Orbit
Athena II | Ikonos 1
Lockheed Martin | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 27, 1999, 6:22 p.m.
Dnepr | UOSAT-OSCAR-36
ISC Kosmotras | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 21, 1999, 4:59 a.m.
Delta II | Landsat 7
United Launch Alliance | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 15, 1999, 6:32 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Landsat 7 continued the long-term Earth observation Landsat program begun in 1972. Landsat 7 was a joint project between NASA, NOAA, and the US Geological Survey to obtain continuous high-resolution imagary of the earth's surface for environmental monitoring, disaster assessment, land use and regional planning, cartography, range management, oil and mineral exploration.
Low Earth Orbit
