Mission History

Below is a listing of previous Astrotech Space Operations missions.

Telstar 14 / Estrela do Sul 1
Launch Date
January 10, 2004

The satellite will support business applications such as broadcast video and cable programming, Internet backbone connectivity, VSAT data and other telecommunications services.

Launch Site
Sea Launch
Vehicle
Zenit - 3SL

UFO F-11
Launch Date
December 17, 2003

UFO F-11 will provide UHF and enhanced EHF communications. The UHF payload incorporates a new UHF digital receiver, providing two additional UHF channels and greater flexibility in configuring communication services.

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Atlas 3B

Galaxy XIII / Horizons-1
Launch Date
September 30, 2003

The satellite will be used to offer a variety of digital video, Internet and data services. Using a Hawaii-based relay station, the satellite's Ku-band payload also will be able to deliver content and services between the United States and Asia.

Launch Site
Sea Launch
Vehicle
Zenit - 3SL

Echostar IX / Telstar 13
Launch Date
August 7, 2003

EchoStar has equipped the spacecraft with the first commercial Ka-band spot-beam payload in the United States. In addition, Loral Skynet will own and operate the satellite's C-band capacity, which will provide television programmers with North American coverage.

Launch Site
Sea Launch
Vehicle
Zenit - 3SL

Thuraya D-2
Launch Date
June 10, 2003

The Boeing GEO-Mobile satellite was built for Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company of United Arab Emirates to support Thuraya's mobile data and voice services business.

Launch Site
Sea Launch
Vehicle
Zenit-3SL

HellasSat 2
Launch Date
May 13, 2003

Two of the spacecraft's deployable antennas will provide Pan European coverage, including Greece, the Balkans and Eastern Europe, while two steerable beams can be moved to cover South Africa and the Middle East.

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Atlas V

AsiaSat 4
Launch Date
April 11, 2003

AsiaSat will use the spacecraft to provide communications, direct-to-home and broadband services to customers in Asia and Australia.

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Atlas 3B

ICESat / CHIPSat
Launch Date
January 12, 2003

ICESat is the benchmark Earth Observing System mission for measuring ice sheet mass balance, cloud and aerosol heights, as well as land topography and vegetation characteristics. CHIPSat is a University-Class Explorer (UNEX) mission funded by NASA.

Launch Site
VAFB
Vehicle
Delta II

Coriolis
Launch Date
January 6, 2003

The Air Force Coriolis mission will fly the Navy Windsat microwave polarimetric radiometer and Air Force Solar Mass Ejection Imager in a low Earth, sun synchronous orbit.

Launch Site
VAFB
Vehicle
Titan II

Eutelsat W-5
Launch Date
November 20, 2002

The W5 fixed widebeam will offer unparalleled Ku-band connectivity stretching from Western Europe through the Middle East and Central Asia to Southern Asia.

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Delta IV

Hispasat-1D
Launch Date
September 18, 2002

Hispasat-1D, along with Hispasat-1C (launched 2000) offers pan-European and pan-American multi-area coverage. This coverage can extend to certain areas of North Africa. The flexibility offered by the satellite's design will allow users to benefit from intercontinental links between Europe and the Americas.

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Atlas 2AS

Eutelsat Hotbird-6
Launch Date
August 21, 2002

Hotbird-6 delivers digital television and radio channels to satellite and cable homes in Europe, North Africa and large parts of the Middle East, reinforcing one of the largest broadcasting systems in Europe.

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Atlas V

PanAmSat's Galaxy IIIC
Launch Date
June 15, 2002

Galaxy IIIC will provide Internet, video, audio and data services to the United States and Latin America.

Launch Site
Sea Launch
Vehicle
Zenit-3SL

EchoStar-7
Launch Date
February 21, 2002

EchoStar 7 will replace EchoStar 4, which has experienced a series of anomalies impacting its performance.

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Atlas 3B

Iridium IS-1
Launch Date
February 11, 2002

Iridium IS-1 is one satellite in the Iridium satellite constellation. The large group of satellites provides voice and data coverage to satellite phones, pagers and integrated transceivers over Earth's entire surface.

Launch Site
VAFB
Vehicle
Delta II

QuickBird-2
Launch Date
October 18, 2001

Digital images taken from orbit by the QuickBird-2 satellite are expected to rival aerial photography in terms of both cost and possible economic and scientific applications.

Launch Site
VAFB
Vehicle
Delta II

Orbview-4/QUICKTOMS
Launch Date
September 21, 2001

The OrbView-4 satellite is a high-resolution and hyperspectral imaging satellite. QuickTOMS is an ozone mapping instrument designed for NASA.

Launch Site
VAFB
Vehicle
Taurus

Genesis
Launch Date
August 8, 2001

The Genesis spacecraft was a NASA sample return probe which collected a sample of solar wind and returned it to Earth for analysis.

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Delta II

GOES-M
Launch Date
July 23, 2001

The GOES I-M satellites are the primary element of U.S. weather monitoring and forecast operations and are a key component of NOAA's National Weather Service operations and modernization program.

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Atlas II

MAP (PAM)
Launch Date
June 30, 2001

NASA's Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) will scan the sky for over two years, gathering information on the faint cosmic glow.

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Delta II

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