Mission History
Below is a listing of previous Astrotech Space Operations missions.
NATO - IV A provides secure communications for government establishments.
INMARSAT 2 - F1 is located over the Pacific, providing lease capacity.
BSB-R2 is a UK TV broadcasting satellite known as Marco Polo 2. It joined a sister craft to provide high-power direct broadcast signals to UK users.
INTELSAT VI - F4 was a communications satellite operated by Intelsat.
INSAT - 1D (R) is a multifunctional satellite that provides telephone, television, and weather observation services for India.
After being recovered in 1984 by the space shuttle crew and brought back to Earth, PALAPA - B2 was renamed B2R and was successfully relaunched.
INTELSAT VI - F3 is a communications satellite operated by Intelsat. Following the launch failure, Intelsat commissioned NASA to launch a replacement perigee motor to raise the satellite's orbit. The satellite arrived in geostationary orbit on 21 May 1992.
LACE (Low-Power Atmospheric Compensation Experiment) and RME (Relay Mirror Experiment) were two elements of an SDI effort to validate the technology needed to perform pointing, tracking, and laser beam relay functions for a ballistic missile defense system.
SYNCOM IV-F1 to F5 were the first satellites to be designed for launch from the Space Shuttle payload bay.
Skynet 4 was the third generation of UK Ministry of Defense communications satellites. JCSAT - 2 relayed signals for voice, television, facsimile and high-speed data services for business use throughout Japan.
British Satellite Broadcasting-R1 (BSB-R1) was a British television direct broadcasting satellite also known as Marcopolo 1.
PALAPA - B2P was the third PALAPA - B satellite ordered and successfully launched on a Delta II rocket in 1987.
SATCOM-KU1 was a commercial communications satellites built by RCA and deployed by the STS 61-C shuttle mission.
Three communications satellites were deployed during the STS-61B shuttle mission: MORELOS-B (Mexico), AUSSAT-2 (Australia) and SATCOM-KU2 (RCA Americom).
ASC-1 and AUSSAT-1 were two communications satellites deployed by the crew of STS-51I.
Three communications satellites were deployed by STS-51G: MORELOS-A, for Mexico; ARABSAT-A, for Arab Satellite Communications Organization; and TELSTAR-3D, for AT&T.
TELESAT-1 was a communications satellite deployed by STS-51D. PAM-D motor is the payload assist module, which was processed at Astrotech Space Operations in Florida.
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