Mission History

Below is a listing of previous Astrotech Space Operations missions.

ICO F-2
Launch Date
June 19, 2001

ICO F-2 will provide wireless messaging, data transfer, telephone and Internet connectivity using small hand-held devices that can be used worldwide.

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Atlas 2AS

GeoLITE (PAM)
Launch Date
May 18, 2001

GeoLITE is an advanced technology demonstration satellite with a laser communications experiment and an operational UHF communications mission.

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Delta II

XM-1 "Roll"
Launch Date
May 8, 2001

XM-1 will join another XM satellite in orbit and the two satellites will blanket the entire lower 48 states, working in tandem to relay XM Satellite Radio's programming to special receiving radios installed in subscribers' cars and trucks and portable units that you can take anywhere.

Launch Site
Sea Launch
Vehicle
Zenit-3SL

Mars Odyssey (PAM)
Launch Date
April 7, 2001

NASA's robotic spacecraft will use spectrometers and electronic imagers to detect evidence of past or present water and volcanic activity on Mars. It is hoped that the data Odyssey obtains will help answer the question of whether life has ever existed on Mars.

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Delta II

XM-2 "Rock"
Launch Date
March 18, 2001

The XM-2 satellite is designed to provide state-of-the-art digital audio radio programming directly to cars, homes and portable radios coast to coast.

Launch Site
Sea Launch
Vehicle
Zenit-3SL

GPS - IIR7 (PAM)
Launch Date
January 30, 2001

GPS IIR-7 will join 28 other operational GPS satellites now on orbit. This satellite will improve global coverage and increase the overall performance of the GPS constellation.

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Delta II

EO-1 / SAC-C
Launch Date
November 21, 2000

The Earth Observing-1 Mission (EO-1) satellite is part of NASA's New Millennium Program (NMP). SAC-C is part of the AM Constellation together with NASA's Landsat 7, TERRA and EO-1.

Launch Site
VAFB
Vehicle
Delta II

GPS - IIR6 (PAM)
Launch Date
November 10, 2000

GPS - IIR6 (USA-154) is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System.

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Delta II

THURAYA 1
Launch Date
October 20, 2000

THURAYA 1 is a turnkey satellite system that will expand mobile telephone service availability to approximately 1.8 billion people in 100 countries.

Launch Site
Sea Launch
Vehicle
Zenit-3SL

PANAMSAT 9
Launch Date
July 28, 2000

PANAMSAT 9 is designed to deliver video distribution, data relay and Internet services throughout the Americas, the Caribbean and western Europe.

Launch Site
Sea Launch
Vehicle
Zenit-3SL

ECHOSTAR - VI
Launch Date
July 14, 2000

ECHOSTAR - VI provides broadcast and communications services to Europe using wide-band feeds.

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Atlas 2AS

EUTELSAT - W4
Launch Date
May 24, 2000

EUTELSAT - W4 provides communications services to Russia and Africa. It carries thirty one transponders, and has an expected on-orbit lifespan of 12 years.

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Atlas 3A

GOES - L
Launch Date
May 3, 2000

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 2AS

ICO - F1
Launch Date
March 12, 2000

The ICO-F1 satellite was to be the developmental testbed for the company's global system, preparing the foundation for the subsequent launch of the rest of ICO's constellation of 10 operational satellites.

Launch Site
Sea Launch
Vehicle
Zenit-3SL

GLOBALSTAR - 7
Launch Date
February 8, 2000

The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax via a constellation of 48 minisatellites.

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Delta II

HISPASAT - 1C
Launch Date
February 3, 2000

HISPASAT - 1C provides communications services to Europe and the Americas. It is expected to remain in service until at least 2015.

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Atlas 2AS

KOMPSAT
Launch Date
December 20, 1999

Korea's KOMPSAT program's objective is the development of a national space segment in Earth observation along with an efficient infrastructure and ground segment to provide valuable services to remote sensing users in various fields of applications.

Launch Site
VAFB
Vehicle
Taurus

EOS-AM-1 (Terra)
Launch Date
December 18, 1999

Terra (formerly EOS AM-1) is the flagship satellite of NASA's Earth observing systems.

Launch Site
VAFB
Vehicle
Atlas 2AS

UHF F/O - F10
Launch Date
November 22, 1999

UHF Follow-on satellite provides UHF and EHF communications, and Global Broadcast Service television for the US Navy.

Launch Site
CCAFS
Vehicle
Atlas 2A

DIRECTV - 1R
Launch Date
October 9, 1999

DIRECTV - 1R will be used to deliver new programming services, expand channel capacity, and strengthen in-orbit redundancy.

Launch Site
Sea Launch
Vehicle
Zenit-3SL

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