Mission History
Below is a listing of previous Astrotech Space Operations missions.
INTELSAT VI -F3 is a communication satellite for the International Telecommunication Satellite organization.
GALAXY - 5 was used for general communications services, such as television relay, voice and data.
The satellite was launched into a highly supersynchronous transfer orbit, which required an additional perigee orbit maneuver.
The prupose of LOSAT-X was to gather multi-spectral data on ground-launched rocket plumes and the space environment. It also was used for development and testing of other technologies (wide field-of-view star camera).
AURORA II provided telephone, television, maritime, radio and emergency communications service for the northern state's long distance carrier, Alascom, as well as radio and data services for GE Americom.
BS - 3H was a part of the BS broadcasting satellite program. However, it was lost during a launch failure.
ASC-2 was a commercial communications satellite serving the US and Puerto Rico.
INMARSAT 2 - F2 will provide leased capacity and back up support to Inmarsat I-3 F4.
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.
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