Past Missions

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Company	Vehicle	Launch Site	Launch Date	Mission or Payload
ASO	Atlas V	CCAFS	May 4, 2012	AEHF-2 The Air Force's Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite is designed to be secure, survivable, and resistant to attempted jamming, and will provide communications for the US military, as well as the armed forces of the United Kingdom, Canada, and the Netherlands.
ASO	Atlas V	CCAFS	Feb 25, 2012	MUOS 1 The MUOS-1 satellite will ensure continued mission capability of the existing Ultra-High Frequency Satellite Communications (UHF SATCOM) system, and represents deployment of the first satellite in the next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system.
ASO	Delta IV Medium	CCAFS	Jan 20, 2012	WGS-4 The primary mission of WGS has become supplementing and eventually replacing the Defense Satellite communications System, or DSCS. Having started as a U.S. program, WGS has grown to include several other countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Oct 28, 2011	NPP The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership mission represents a critical first step in building the next-generation Earth-observing satellite system that will collect data on both long-term climate change and short-term weather conditions.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Sep 10, 2011	GRAIL GRAIL’s primary science objectives will be to determine the structure of the lunar interior, from crust to core and to advance understanding of the thermal evolution of the Moon.
ASO	Minotaur IV	VAFB	Aug 11, 2011	HTV-2B The HTV-2 flights were made as part of the Force Application and Launch From Continental United States (FALCON) programme, which is being conducted by the US Air Force and DARPA.
ASO	Atlas V	CCAFS	Aug 5, 2011	Juno NASA's Juno mission will study how Jupiter formed and evolved. After a five-year journey, the spacecraft is expected to arrive at the gas giant planet in August 2016. Juno will investigate the composition of the planet's core, which could help researchers piece together how Jupiter and the rest of the solar system formed.
ASO	Atlas V	CCAFS	Mar 6, 2011	OTV-2 The launch marks the start of the X-37 B programme's second space mission. The OTV was designed to examine how highly complex technologies will perform in space before they are made operational. OTV was the first vehicle since NASA's shuttle orbiter capable of returning experiments to Earth for further inspection and analysis.
ASO	Taurus XL	VAFB	Mar 4, 2011	Glory The Glory satellite was a planned NASA satellite mission that would have collected data on the chemical, micro-physical and optical properties—and the spatial and temporal distributions—of sulfate and other aerosols, and would have collected solar irradiance data for the long-term climate record. The satellite was lost during launch, when its Taurus XL carrier rocket malfunctioned.
ASO	Delta IV Heavy	VAFB	Jan 20, 2011	L-49 L-49 is a classified payload put into orbit for the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Nov 5, 2010	COSMO-SkyMed 4 The COSMO-SkyMed programme is a partnership between ASI (the Italian Space Agency), the Italian Ministry of Defence, and e-GEOS, a commercial organisation. It consists of four satellites, of which COSMO-4 will be the last, which have all been launched by Delta II rockets over the last three and a half years.
ASO	Minotaur IV	VAFB	Sep 26, 2010	SBSS The SBSS system will revolutionize the nation's Space Situational Awareness by detecting and monitoring dimmer, most distant objects than ever before.
ASO	Atlas V	CCAFS	Aug 14, 2010	AEHF-1 AEHF is a joint service satellite communications system that will provide survivable, global, secure, protected, and jam-resistant communications for high-priority military ground, sea and air assets.
ASO	Atlantis	KSC	May 14, 2010	MRM-1 The Mini-Research Module 1 became the fifth permanent element of the International Space Station built by Russia. The spacecraft was essentially a stopgap measure to fill the nadir (Earth-facing) docking port on the Zarya FGB control module of the outpost.
ASO	Atlas V	CCAFS	Apr 22, 2010	X-37 Orbital Test Vehicle The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is the newest and most advanced re-entry spacecraft. Based on NASA's X-37 design, the unmanned OTV is designed for vertical launch to low Earth orbit altitudes where it can perform long duration space technology experimentation and testing.
ASO	Minotaur IV	VAFB	Apr 22, 2010	Falcon HTV-2 The Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle (HTV-2) is part of "Prompt Global Strike," a US military effort to develop bombers that can strike targets with conventional weapons anywhere on the planet within minutes.
ASO	Delta IV	CCAFS	Mar 4, 2010	GOES-P GOES-P is the sixteenth Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES), and the last of the three current-generation GOES-N series spacecraft. Once it reaches its operational geostationary orbit, it will be renamed GOES 15.
ASO	Atlas V	CCAFS	Feb 11, 2010	SDO The SDO is the culmination of decades of solar research, providing a balance between understanding the small-scale dynamics of plasma and magnetic fields on the solar surface and gaining a wide-angle view of the entire solar disk.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Dec 14, 2009	WISE WISE is a NASA-funded Explorer mission that will provide a vast storehouse of knowledge about the solar system, the Milky Way, and the Universe. Among the objects WISE will study are asteroids, the coolest and dimmest stars, and the most luminous galaxies.
ASO	Delta IV	CCAFS	Dec 5, 2009	WGS-3 The WGS satellites are important elements of a new high-capacity satellite communications system providing enhanced communications capabilities to America's troops around the world for the next decade and beyond.
ASO	Atlas V	CCAFS	Nov 23, 2009	Intelsat 14 The Intelsat 14 spacecraft is a communication satellite which will be placed in geosynchronous orbit at a longitude of 45 degrees west. It carries sixty-two transponders, which will be used to provide coverage of Africa, America and Europe. It will replace the nine-year old Intelsat 1R satellite.
ASO	ARES 1X	CCAFS	Oct 28, 2009	ARES 1X First Stage Ares I-X was the first stage prototype and design concept demonstrator in the Ares I program, a launch system for human spaceflight developed by the United States space agency.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Oct 8, 2009	WorldView-2 WorldView-2 is DigitalGlobe’s third satellite in a constellation of spacecraft that offers the highest-resolution commercial satellite imagery of Earth.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Sep 25, 2009	STSS Demo STSS Demo is an element of the STSS Program, a space-based sensor component of a layered Ballistic Missile Defense System designed for the overall mission of detection, tracking, and discrimination of ballistic missiles.
ASO	Atlas V	CCAFS	Sep 8, 2009	PAN “Palladium At Night,” or PAN, is a classified communications satellite, which was built by the Special Programs division of Lockheed Martin Space Systems for the US Government. However, the agency responsible for operating the spacecraft has not been disclosed.
ASO	Delta IV	CCAFS	Jun 27, 2009	GOES-O GOES-O will provide enhanced weather monitoring and prediction capability, communications subsystems to rebroadcast data, and space environmental monitoring instruments and sensors. In addition, the satellite will provide more accurate location of severe storms and other weather phenomena, resulting in earlier and more precise warnings to the public.
ASO	Atlas V	CCAFS	Jun 18, 2009	LRO/LCROSS LRO will remotely sense evidence of resources such as water ice in cold regions of the moon. The mission will also carry another spacecraft, LCROSS, which will directly determine if water ice occurs in an area of permanent shadow near the lunar poles.
ASO	Zenit - 3SL	Sea Launch	Apr 20, 2009	Sicral 1B Sicral 1B will provide strategic and tactical communications services for the Italian armed forces, in Italy and abroad, as well as ensuring mobile communications with land, naval and air platforms. It will also provide NATO forces with UHF and SHF SATCOM capabilities.
ASO	Atlas V	CCAFS	Apr 3, 2009	WGS-2 The WGS-2 mission is the second installment of the WGS system. The WGS satellites are important elements of a new high-capacity satellite communications system providing enhanced communications capabilities to America's troops around the world for the next decade and beyond.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Mar 6, 2009	Kepler The Kepler mission is designed to survey a portion of our region of the Milky Way galaxy to discover dozens of Earth-size planets in or near the habitable zone and determine how many of the billions of stars in our galaxy have such planets.
ASO	Taurus XL	VAFB	Feb 24, 2009	OCO The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) is a NASA satellite mission intended to provide global space-based observations of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Oct 24, 2008	COSMO-SkyMed 3 COSMO-3 is the third satellite of the COSMO-SkyMed (Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation) constellation.
ASO	Pegasus	VAFB	Oct 19, 2008	IBEX The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission science objective is to discover the nature of the interactions between the solar wind and the interstellar medium at the edge of our solar system.
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	Sep 24, 2008	Galaxy-19 Galaxy 19 will offer government and network customers refreshed capacity, with seamless data communications for years to come.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Sep 6, 2008	GeoEye-1 GeoEye-1 is part of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) NextView program. The NextView program is designed to ensure that the NGA has access to commercial imagery in support of its mission to provide timely, relevant and accurate geospatial intelligence in support of national security.
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	Jul 16, 2008	EchoStar-11 The EchoStar XI spacecraft is designed for an orbital service life of 15 years, with 20kW of power to support the expansion of DISH Network's capacity and capabilities to customers throughout the United States.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Jun 20, 2008	OSTM The Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM) on the Jason-2 satellite is an international Earth observation satellite mission that continues the sea surface height measurements begun in 1992 by the joint NASA/CNES TOPEX/Poseidon mission and followed by the NASA/CNES Jason-1 mission launched in 2001.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Jun 11, 2008	GLAST GLAST, now renamed the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, is a space observatory being used to perform gamma-ray astronomy observations from low Earth orbit.
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	May 21, 2008	Galaxy-18 The Galaxy-18 satellite will enable Intelsat to provide advanced cable television, data and telecommunications services to customers throughout North America, Puerto Rico and Hawaii.
ASO	Atlas V	CCAFS	Apr 14, 2008	ICO G1 ICO G1 will provide S band mobile communications for satellite phones. It is the heaviest satellite to be launched by an Atlas rocket, and the heaviest single commercial satellite to be launched into a geosynchronous transfer orbit.
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	Mar 18, 2008	DirectTV-11 The satellite is designed to optimize DirecTV's advanced transmission techniques and state-of-the-art video compression technology for delivering national high-definition (HD) programming and local HD channels to subscribers throughout the United States.
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	Jan 15, 2008	Thuraya-3 The mobile communications satellite will expand Thuraya's network coverage to include all key markets of the Asia-Pacific region.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Dec 8, 2007	COSMO-2 The overall objective of the COSMO program is global Earth observation and relevant data responding to the needs of the military and scientific community, as well as to the public demand for environmental control.
ASO	Atlas V	CCAFS	Oct 10, 2007	WGS-1 WGS-1 is a high capacity satellite communications system planned for use in partnership by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and the Australian Department of Defense.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Sep 27, 2007	DAWN Dawn's goal is to characterize the conditions and processes of the solar system's earliest epoch by investigating in detail two of the largest protoplanets remaining intact since their formations.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Sep 18, 2007	WorldView WorldView-1 is a commercial earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe. The satellite will free capacity on DigitalGlobe’s QuickBird satellite to meet the growing commercial demand for multi-spectral geospatial imagery.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Aug 4, 2007	Phoenix (PAM) As the very first of NASA's Mars Scout class, Phoenix combines legacy and innovation in a framework of a true partnership: government, academia, and industry.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Jun 7, 2007	COSMOS (SkyMed-1) COSMO-SkyMed is an Earth observation satellite system funded by the Italian Ministry of Research and Ministry of Defence and conducted by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), intended for both military and civilian use.
ASO	Atlas V	CCAFS	Mar 9, 2007	STP-1 STP-1 was the first time the Air Force launched six unique satellites at once. The six spacecraft represent a wide variety of scientific experiments and technology demonstrations from across the DOD, including the Air Force, Navy, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Department of Energy.
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	Jan 30, 2007	NSS-8 NSS-8 will provide global communications network coverage to two-thirds of the world’s population, serving countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and Asia.
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	Oct 30, 2006	XM-4 XM-4 will accommodate XM's direct broadcast of radio programming to cars, homes and portable radios throughout the continental United States and parts of Canada.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Oct 25, 2006	STEREO STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) is a solar observation mission. Two nearly identical spacecraft were launched into orbits around the sun that cause them to respectively pull farther ahead of and fall gradually behind the Earth. This will enable stereoscopic imaging of the Sun and solar phenomena, such as coronal mass ejections.
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	Aug 22, 2006	KoreaSat 5 KoreaSat 5 will operate on behalf of South Korea's Agency for Defense Development and the KT Corporation - a leading telecommunications provider in the Asia-Pacific region.
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	Jun 18, 2006	Galaxy 16 Galaxy 16 provides coverage for data and video services, including high-definition television (HDTV) broadcasts and IPTV (Internet Protocol Television), across the entire United States, including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, in addition to Canada and Mexico.
ASO	Delta IV	CCAFS	May 24, 2006	GOES-N The multimission GOES series N-P is the next series of satellites. This series will be a vital contributor to weather, solar and space operations, and science. NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are actively engaged in a cooperative program to expand the existing GOES system with the launch of the GOES N-P satellites.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Apr 28, 2006	CloudSAT and CALIPSO NASA launched the CloudSat and the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) spacecraft to study the role that clouds and aerosols play in regulating Earth's weather, climate and air quality.
ASO	Atlas V	CCAFS	Apr 20, 2006	Astra 1KR The ASTRA satellite system is the leading direct-to-home (DTH) satellite system in Europe, delivering services to some 107 million direct-to-home and cable households. The ASTRA satellite fleet currently comprises 13 satellites, transmitting in excess of 1,600 analog and digital television and radio channels as well as multimedia and Internet services.
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	Apr 12, 2006	JCSAT-9 JCSAT-9 joins nine other JSAT spacecraft currently in orbit, covering North America, Hawaii, Asia and Oceania with communications and broadcasting services for corporate and inter-company networks as well as international telecommunications services.
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	Feb 16, 2006	Echostar The Echostar spacecraft is designed to deliver direct-to-home broadcast services to DISH Network customers throughout the United States.
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	Nov 8, 2005	Inmarsat-4 Inmarsat-4 is designed to provide high-speed mobile service to people throughout the Americas during its 13-year service life. It is one in a series of satellites designed to support the Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN).
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	Jun 23, 2005	Intelsat Americas-8 (IA-8) The IA-8 satellite is designed to provide expanded coverage over the Americas, the Caribbean, Hawaii and Alaska with voice, video and data transmission and distribution services.
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	Apr 26, 2005	Spaceway F-1 Spaceway F-1 will provide high definition television to DIRECTV customers with its Ka-band communications payload.
ASO	Atlas V	CCAFS	Mar 11, 2005	Inmarsat-4 PFM The Inmarsat-4 PFM (or F1) spacecraft becomes the cornerstone in a sophisticated network providing mobile broadband communications services spanning the globe for users at sea, in the air, and on land.
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	Feb 28, 2005	XM-3 The XM-3 spacecraft is a revised model from its two predecessors, which were deployed in 2001 before engineers discovered a crippling design flaw that degrades the power-generating capacity as the satellites age.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Jan 12, 2005	NASA - DEEP IMPACT The Deep Impact mission was planned to help answer fundamental questions about comets, which included what makes up the composition of the comet's nucleus, what depth the crater would reach from the impact, and where the comet originated in its formation.
ASO	Delta IV Heavy	CCAFS	Dec 22, 2004	Heavy Demo The demonstration flight of the Delta 4-Heavy is a means of testing the rocket before critical national security payloads begin flying aboard the vehicle.
ASO	Atlas V	CCAFS	Dec 17, 2004	AMC-16 The purpose of the AMC-16 sattelite is to expand SES AMERICOM's world-wide fleet of satellites, which provide global distribution of cable, broadcast television and radio programming, mobile communications, business television, broadband data and telecommunications services.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Aug 3, 2004	NASA - MESSENGER MESSENGER is a robotic NASA spacecraft orbiting the planet Mercury, the first spacecraft ever to do so. The instruments carried by MESSENGER were tested on a complex series of flybys – the spacecraft flew by Earth once, Venus twice, and Mercury itself three times, allowing it to decelerate relative to Mercury using minimal fuel.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Jul 15, 2004	NASA - AURA Aura is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth, studying the Earth's ozone layer, air quality and climate. It is the third major component of the Earth Observing System (EOS) following on Terra (launched 1999) and Aqua (launched 2002).
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	Jun 28, 2004	TELSTAR-18 The satellite provides Ku-band voice, video and data services to China, Hawaii, and East Asia, and C-band services to other parts of the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia and Hawaii. The new satellite is also used to provide space-based Internet backbone services for the main cities of Asia to and from the U.S. through Hawaii.
ASO	Taurus	VAFB	May 20, 2004	ROCSAT-2 ROCSAT-2 was built by EADS for Taiwan's National Space Program Office (NSPO). The spacecraft carries panchromatic and multispectral instruments to observe Taiwan and its surrounding waters, as well as an instrument to monitor lightning in the upper atmosphere.
ASO	Atlas 2AS	CCAFS	May 19, 2004	AMC-11 AMC-11 will provide cable television services to all 50 United States, Mexico and the Caribbean. AMC-11 will take the place of Satcom C-3.
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	May 4, 2004	DirectTV-7S DirecTV-7S will use highly focused spot beam technology to provide DIRECTV with the capacity to deliver local channels to 41 additional markets, expanding local channel coverage to a total of 106 markets.
ASO	Atlas 3	CCAFS	Mar 13, 2004	MBSAT The new spacecraft will be a version of Loral’s space-proven three-axis, body-stabilized 1300 bus. The spacecraft's system will be able to broadcast more than 50 programs simultaneously.
ASO	Atlas 2AS	CCAFS	Feb 02, 2004	AMC-10 AMC-10 will provide cable television services to all 50 United States, Mexico and the Caribbean. The satellite will take the place of the retiring Lockheed Martin-built Satcom C-4.
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	Jan 10, 2004	Telstar 14 / Estrela do Sul 1 The satellite will support business applications such as broadcast video and cable programming, Internet backbone connectivity, VSAT data and other telecommunications services.
ASO	Atlas 3B	CCAFS	Dec 17, 2003	UFO F-11 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.
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	Sep 30, 2003	Galaxy XIII / Horizons-1 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.
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	Aug 7, 2003	Echostar IX / Telstar 13 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.
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	Jun 10, 2003	Thuraya D-2 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.
ASO	Atlas V	CCAFS	May 13, 2003	HellasSat 2 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.
ASO	Atlas 3B	CCAFS	Apr 11, 2003	AsiaSat 4 AsiaSat will use the spacecraft to provide communications, direct-to-home and broadband services to customers in Asia and Australia.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Jan 12, 2003	NASA ICESat / CHIPSat 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.
ASO	Titan II	VAFB	Jan 6, 2003	Coriolis 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.
ASO	Delta IV (debut launch)	CCAFS	Nov 20, 2002	Eutelsat W-5 The W5 fixed widebeam will offer unparalleled Ku-band connectivity stretching from Western Europe through the Middle East and Central Asia to Southern Asia.
ASO	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS	Sep 18, 2002	Hispasat-1D 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.
ASO	Atlas V (debut launch)	CCAFS	Aug 21, 2002	Eutelsat Hotbird-6 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.
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	Jun 15, 2002	PanAmSat's Galaxy IIIC Galaxy IIIC will provide Internet, video, audio and data services to the United States and Latin America.
ASO	Atlas-IIIB	CCAFS	Feb 21, 2002	EchoStar-7 EchoStar 7 will replace EchoStar 4, which has experienced a series of anomalies impacting its performance.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Feb 11, 2002	Iridium IS-1 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.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Oct 18, 2001	QuickBird-2 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.
ASO	Taurus	VAFB	Sep 21, 2001	Orbview-4 / QUICKTOMS The OrbView-4 satellite is a high-resolution and hyperspectral imaging satellite. QuickTOMS is an ozone mapping instrument designed for NASA.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Aug 8, 2001	NASA's Genesis The Genesis spacecraft was a NASA sample return probe which collected a sample of solar wind and returned it to Earth for analysis.
ASO	Atlas II	CCAFS	Jul 23, 2001	GOES-M 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.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Jun 30, 2001	NASA - Microwave Anisotopy Probe (MAP) (PAM) MAP will scan the sky for over two years, gathering information on the faint cosmic glow.
ASO	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS	Jun 19, 2001	ICO F-2 ICO F-2 will provide wireless messaging, data transfer, telephone and Internet connectivity using small hand-held devices that can be used worldwide.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	May 18, 2001	GeoLITE (PAM) GeoLITE is an advanced technology demonstration satellite with a laser communications experiment and an operational UHF communications mission.
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	May 8, 2001	XM-1 "Roll" 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.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Apr 7, 2001	NASA's Mars Odyssey (PAM) The 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.
ASO	Zenit-3SL	Sea Launch	Mar 18, 2001	XM-2 " Rock" 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.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Jan 30, 2001	GPS - IIR7 (PAM) 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.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Nov 21, 2000	EO-1 / SAC-C 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.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Nov 10, 2000	GPS - IIR6 (PAM) GPS - IIR6 (USA-154) is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System.
ASO	Zenit 3SL	Sea Launch	Oct 20, 2000	THURAYA 1 THURAYA 1 is a turnkey satellite system that will expand mobile telephone service availability to approximately 1.8 billion people in 100 countries.
ASO	Zenit 3SL	Sea Launch	Jul 28, 2000	PANAMSAT 9 PANAMSAT 9 is designed to deliver video distribution, data relay and Internet services throughout the Americas, the Caribbean and western Europe.
ASO	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS	Jul 14, 2000	ECHOSTAR - VI ECHOSTAR - VI provides broadcast and communications services to Europe using wide-band feeds.
ASO	Atlas IIIA	CCAFS	May 24, 2000	EUTELSAT - W4 EUTELSAT - W4 provides communications services to Russia and Africa. It carries thirty one transponders, and has an expected on-orbit lifespan of 12 years.
ASO	Atlas IIA	CCAFS	May 3, 2000	GOES - L 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.
ASO	Zenit 3SL	Sea Launch	Mar 12, 2000	ICO - F1 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.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Feb 8, 2000	GLOBALSTAR - 7 The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax via a constellation of 48 minisatellites.
ASO	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS	Feb 3, 2000	HISPASAT - 1C HISPASAT - 1C provides communications services to Europe and the Americas. It is expected to remain in service until at least 2015.
ASO	Taurus	VAFB	Dec 20, 1999	KOMPSAT 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.
ASO	Atlas IIAS	VAFB	Dec 18, 1999	EOS-AM-1 (Terra) Terra (formerly EOS AM-1) is the flagship satellite of NASA's Earth observing systems.
ASO	Atlas IIA	CCAFS	Nov 22, 1999	UHF F/O - F10 UHF Follow-on satellite provides UHF and EHF communications, and Global Broadcast Service television for the US Navy.
ASO	Zenit 3SL	Sea Launch	Oct 9, 1999	DIRECTV - 1R DIRECTV - 1R will be used to deliver new programming services, expand channel capacity, and strengthen in-orbit redundancy.
ASO	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS	Sep 23, 1999	ECHOSTAR - V EchoStar V will add 150 more audio and video channels to the existing 350 channels of programming available on EchoStar's DISH Network.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Aug 17, 1999	GLOBALSTAR - 6 The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax via a constellation of 48 minisatellites.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Jul 25, 1999	GLOBALSTAR - 5 The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax via a constellation of 48 minisatellites.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Jul 10, 1999	GLOBALSTAR - 4 The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax via a constellation of 48 minisatellites.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Jun 10, 1999	GLOBALSTAR - 3 The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax via a constellation of 48 minisatellites.
ASO	Delta III	CCAFS	May 4, 1999	ORION 3 Orion 3 was an American spacecraft which was intended for use by Loral Space & Communications as a geostationary communications satellite.
ASO	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS	Apr 12, 1999	EUTELSAT - W3 EUTELSAT - W3 is designed to serve Europe, the Middle East and North Africa through a highpower footprint optimised for direct-to-home pay-TV, video exchanges, VSAT networks and broadband services.
ASO	Zenit 3SL	Sea Launch	Mar 27, 1999	SEA LAUNCH DEMO DemoSat was the first Boeing Sea Launch mission.
ASO	Pegasus	VAFB	Mar 4, 1999	WIRE The Wide-field Infrared Explorer (WIRE) was a small satellite carrying a cryogenically cooled infrared telescope designed to study starburst galaxies.
ASO	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS	Feb 15, 1999	JCSAT - 6 The new satellite will allow JSAT to meet increased customer demand for multimedia and Internet access and will carry voice, data and television signals to Japan.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Nov 22, 1998	BONUM - 1 BONUM-1 serves European or West-Siberian parts of Russia, selectable on-orbit by ground command.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Nov 6, 1998	IRIDIUM MS-11 This will be the eleventh Delta II launch for the Iridium system, a global wireless communication network combining the worldwide reach of 66 low-Earth orbit satellites with land-based wireless systems to enable subscribers to connect with hand-held telephones and pagers virtually anywhere in the world.
ASO	Atlas IIA	CCAFS	Oct 20, 1998	UHF F/O - F9 UHF F/O F9 incorporates a Global Broadcast Service payload to greatly enhance the communications capability of the satellite.
ASO	Atlas IIA	CCAFS	Oct 9, 1998	HOTBIRD - 5 HOTBIRD - 5 was later renamed Eurobird 2 and then finally Arabsat 2D.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Sep 8, 1998	IRIDIUM MS-10 The IRIDIUM system was designed to communicate with hand-held wireless telephones worldwide.
ASO	Delta III	CCAFS	Aug 26, 1998	GALAXY X Galaxy X was to significantly increase PanAmSat's domestic U.S. communications capabilities, delivering analog as well as digital cable TV channels and serving as a major pipeline for satellite-based telecommunications networks in the United States.
ASO	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS	Jun 18, 1998	INTELSAT - 805 The INTELSAT system provides voice/data and video services to customers around the world.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Jun 9, 1998	THOR III THOR III will provide Ku-band and direct-to-home digital television to Norway and Northern Europe.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	May 17, 1998	IRIDIUM MS-9 The IRIDIUM MS-9 communications satellite was successfully put into orbit by a Delta II rocket.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Apr 24, 1998	GLOBALSTAR - 2 The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax via a constellation of 48 minisatellites.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Mar 29, 1998	IRIDIUM MS-8 The IRIDIUM MS-8 communications satellite was successfully put into orbit by a Delta II rocket.
ASO	Atlas II	CCAFS	Mar 16, 1998	UHF F/O - F8 UHF F/O - F8 incorporates a Global Broadcast Service payload to greatly enhance the communications capability of the satellite.
ASO	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS	Feb 27, 1998	INTELSAT - 806 INTELSAT 806 will serve an extensive video cable community in the Americas, with access to over 2,000 cablehead ends in Latin America. This was the 29th INTELSAT satellite to launch on an Atlas launch vehicle.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Feb 18, 1998	IRIDIUM MS-7 The IRIDIUM system was designed to communicate with hand-held wireless telephones worldwide.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Feb 14, 1998	GLOBALSTAR - 1 The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax via a constellation of 48 minisatellites.
ASO	Taurus	VAFB	Feb 10, 1998	GEOSAT GEOdetic SATellite (GEOSAT) was a US Navy satellite designed to measure sea surface heights to within 5 cm. After a one-and-a-half year long classified mission for the Navy, Geosat's scientific Exact Repeat Mission (ERM) began.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Jan 9, 1998	SKYNET - 4D The SKYNET - 4D program mission objective is to provide communications capability for the UK military satellite communications system.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Dec 20, 1997	IRIDIUM MS-6 The IRIDIUM system was designed to communicate with hand-held wireless telephones worldwide.
ASO	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS	Dec 8, 1997	GALAXY - 8i GALAXY - 8i provides DIRECTV service to Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Nov 8, 1997	IRIDIUM MS-5 The IRIDIUM system was designed to communicate with hand-held wireless telephones worldwide.
ASO	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS	Oct 5, 1997	ECHOSTAR - III EchoStar III will join the EchoStar I and II satellites in expanding the service of the company's DISH NetworkTM satellite system, which provides television programming to its customers throughout the U.S.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Sep 26, 1997	IRIDIUM MS-4 The IRIDIUM system was designed to communicate with hand-held wireless telephones worldwide.
ASO	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS	Sep 4, 1997	GE - 3 GE-3, renamed AMC-3, is a commercial broadcast communications satellite. It provides coverage to the continental United States, Canada, the Caribbean islands, southern Greenland, and Central America.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Aug 20, 1997	IRIDIUM MS-3 The IRIDIUM system was designed to communicate with hand-held wireless telephones worldwide.
ASO	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS	Jul 27, 1997	SUPERBIRD - C SUPERBIRD-C provides television signals and business communications services throughout Japan, southern and eastern Asia, and Hawaii using Ku-band frequencies.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	Jul 9, 1997	IRIDIUM MS-2 The IRIDIUM system was designed to communicate with hand-held wireless telephones worldwide.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	May 20, 1997	THOR IIA THOR IIA will deliver direct-to-home television programming to the Nordic countries via the Ku-band.
ASO	Delta II	VAFB	May 5, 1997	IRIDIUM MS-1 The IRIDIUM system was designed to communicate with hand-held wireless telephones worldwide.
ASO	Atlas I	CCAFS	Apr 25, 1997	GOES - K GOES-K was the third spacecraft launched by the NASA ELV team in the new advanced series of geostationary weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
ASO	Atlas IIA	CCAFS	Mar 8, 1997	TEMPO - FM2 TEMPO - FM2 (and FM1) has twice the power and capacity of comparable satellites. However a solar flare in 1997 knocked out three of the spacecraft's transponders and damaged the solar array.
ASO	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS	Feb 16, 1997	JCSAT - 4 JCSAT-4 will relay voice, data, television signals via Ku-band to eastern Asia, Australia, New Zealand, India. The same will be relayed to eastern and southern Asia and Hawaii via C-band.
ASO	Atlas IIA	CCAFS	Dec 17, 1996	INMARSAT 3 - F3 INMARSAT 3 - F3 will provide broadcasting, business services and mobile communications to Pacific Ocean Region.
ASO	Atlas IIA	CCAFS	Nov 21, 1996	HOTBIRD - 2 HOT BIRD 2 will be operated by EUTELSAT, the Paris-based consortium of 45 member nations and signatories, which is a leading provider of satellite-based communication and broadcast services to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
ASO	Atlas IIA	CCAFS	Sep 8, 1996	GE - 1 AMERICOM GE-1 is owned by GE Americom and is a continuation of the old RCA/GE Satcom series.
ASO	Atlas II	CCAFS	Jul 25, 1996	EHF F7 This seventh satellite in the UHF F/O Program incorporates extremely-high frequency (EHF) capability.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	May 23, 1996	GALAXY - IX GALAXY - IX is dedicated to cable television transmission across the United States.
ASO	Atlas I	CCAFS	Apr 30, 1996	SAX SAX (X-ray Astronomy Satellite) was developed by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) in cooperation with the Dutch Space Agency (NIVR) to investigate celestial X-ray sources from inside and outside our galaxy. The satellite was built by Alenia Spazio.
ASO	Delta II	VAB	Apr 24, 1996	MSX The Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) represents the first system demonstration in space of technology to identify and track ballistic missiles during their midcourse flight phase.
ASO	Atlas IIA	CCAFS	Apr 3, 1996	INMARSAT 3 - F1 INMARSAT 3 - F1 provideS global mobile and remote area communications services on land, at sea and in the air. Inmarsat is an internationally owned cooperative headquartered in London, and it presently has 79 member nations.
ASO	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS	Jan 31, 1996	PALAPA - C1 PALAPA - C1 will provide C-band and Ku-band transmissions to an area centered on the Pacific Rim extending from Iran to Vladivostok and south to Sydney and New Zealand.
ASO	STS-72 (Endeavour)	CCAFS	Jan 20, 1996	Space Flyer Unit (post-retrieval) The mission of the Space Flyer Unit (SFU) was to verify the effectiveness of retrieval and reuse system by conducting launch, in-orbit experiments and retrieval, in addition to conduct scientific and engineering experiments and astronomical observations in orbit.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Jan 14, 1996	KOREASAT - 2 The purpose of the KOREASAT - 2 satellite was to provide broadcasting and telecommunications to South Korea.
ASO	Atlas IIA	CCAFS	Dec 14, 1995	GALAXY - 3R GALAXY - 3R is used to provide video and telecommunications services throughout the United States. The satellite's Ku-band capacity can also be switched to provide coverage of Latin America.
ASO	Atlas II	CCAFS	Oct 22, 1995	EHF F6 EHF F6 is a communications satellite operated by the US military.
ASO	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS	Aug 28, 1995	JCSAT - 3 JCSAT-3 will relay voice, data, television signals via Ku-band to eastern Asia, Australia, New Zealand, India. The same will be relayed to eastern and southern Asia and Hawaii via C-band.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Aug 5, 1995	KOREASAT - 1 KOREASAT - 1 will provide TV coverage for South Korea and other Asian countries.
ASO	Atlas II	CCAFS	May 31, 1995	EHF F5 EHF F5 will provide additional protected communications for the US military.
ASO	Atlas I	CCAFS	May 23, 1995	GOES - J GOES - J was an American weather satellite, which formed part of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system.
ASO	Atlas IIA	CCAFS	Apr 7, 1995	MSAT MSAT is a satellite-based mobile telephony service developed by the National Research Council of Canada.
ASO	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS	Mar 22, 1995	INTELSAT VII - F5 INTELSAT VII - F5 will provide global dissemination of voice, video, and data transmission services.
ASO	Atlas II	CCAFS	Jan 28, 1995	EHF F4 EHF F4 will support the Navy's global communications network, serving ships at sea and a variety of other U.S. military fixed and mobile terminals.
ASO	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS	Jan 10, 1995	INTELSAT VII - F4 INTELSAT VII - F4 will provide global dissemination of voice, video, and data transmission services.
ASO	Atlas IIA	CCAFS	Nov 29, 1994	ORION 1 ORION 1 will provide video for broadcast and business television, high-speed Internet access and multimedia services, broadband and data networking to Europe, the United States to the Rocky Mountains and parts of Canada and Mexico.
ASO	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS	Oct 6, 1994	INTELSAT VII - F3 INTELSAT VII - F3 will provide global dissemination of voice, video, and data transmission services.
ASO	Atlas IIA	CCAFS	Aug 3, 1994	DIRECTV - 2 DIRECTV - 2 has the capability to provide 150 channels of programs. It carries a time capsule named SpaceArc containing a message from the current Vice President of the United States.
ASO	Atlas I	CCAFS	Jun 24, 1994	UHF F/O - F3 UHF F/O - F3 supports the Navy's global communications network, serving ships at sea and a variety of other U.S. military fixed and mobile terminals.
ASO	Atlas I	CCAFS	Apr 13, 1994	GOES - I 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.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Feb 19, 1994	GALAXY 1R-2 GALAXY 1R-2 was the replacement satellite for GALAXY - 1R, which failed to make it into orbit.
ASO	Atlas IIAS	CCAFS	Dec 15, 1993	TELSTAR 401 TELSTAR 401 was a communications satellite owned by AT&T, which was launched in 1993 to replace Telstar 301. It was destroyed by a magnetic storm in 1997.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Dec 7, 1993	NATO - IV B NATO - IV B provides secure communications for government establishments.
ASO	Atlas I	CCAFS	Sep 3, 1993	UHF F/O - F2 UHF F/O - F2 supports the Navy's global communications network, serving ships at sea and a variety of other U.S. military fixed and mobile terminals.
ASO	STS-57 (Endeavour)	CCAFS	Jul 1, 1993	EURECA (post-retrieval) EURECA was a European scientific and technology mission, launched by the US Space Transportation System.
ASO	Atlas I	CCAFS	Mar 25, 1993	UHF F/O - F1 UHF F/O - F1 supports the Navy's global communications network, serving ships at sea and a variety of other U.S. military fixed and mobile terminals.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Oct 12, 1992	KOPERNIKUS DFS-3 DFS 3 joined two previously launched satellites, DFS 1 and DFS 2, in geostationary orbit to complete the DFS Kopernikus system, providing radio, television and data communications services throughout Germany.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Aug 31, 1992	SATCOM - C4 General Dynamics C4 System provides state-of-the-art high-speed encryption products optimized to meet size, weight, and power requirements.
ASO	Atlas I	CCAFS	Aug 22, 1992	GALAXY - 1R GALAXY - 1R was the replacement satellite for GALAXY - 1, which was exclusively devoted to cable television.
ASO	STS-46 (Atlantis)	CCAFS	Jul 31, 1992	EURECA EURECA is a European scientific and technology mission, launched by the US Space Transportation System.
ASO	Atlas IIA	CCAFS	Jun 9, 1992	INTELSAT - K INTELSAT - K is a single spacecraft purchased to meet critical requirements for Ku-band capacity over the Atlantic region, driven primarily by international broadcasters.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	May 13, 1992	PALAPA - B4 Palapa-B is the second generation of communications satellites designed and built for Indonesia by Hughes Space and Communications Company.
ASO	STS-49 (Endeavour)	CCAFS	May 7, 1992	INTELSAT VI - F3 (PKM) INTELSAT VI -F3 is a communication satellite for the International Telecommunication Satellite organization.
ASO	Atlas I	CCAFS	Mar 13, 1992	GALAXY - 5 GALAXY - 5 was used for general communications services, such as television relay, voice and data.
ASO	Atlas II	CCAFS	Dec 7, 1991	EUTELSAT - 2 F3 The satellite was launched into a highly supersynchronous transfer orbit, which required an additional perigee orbit maneuver.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Jul 3, 1991	LOSAT-X 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).
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	May 29, 1991	AURORA II 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.
ASO	Atlas I	CCAFS	Apr 18, 1991	BS - 3H BS - 3H was a part of the BS broadcasting satellite program. However, it was lost during a launch failure.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Apr 12,1991	ASC-2 ASC-2 was a commercial communications satellite serving the US and Puerto Rico.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Mar 8, 1991	INMARSAT 2 - F2 INMARSAT 2 - F2 will provide leased capacity and back up support to Inmarsat I-3 F4.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Jan 7, 1991	NATO - IV A NATO - IV A NATO - IV A provides secure communications for government establishments.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Oct 30, 1990	INMARSAT 2 - F1 INMARSAT 2-F1 is located over the Pacific, providing lease capacity.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Aug 17, 1990	BSB-R2 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.
ASO	Titan III	CCAFS	Jun 23, 1990	INTELSAT VI - F4 INTELSAT VI - F4 was a communications satellite operated by Intelsat.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Jun 12, 1990	INSAT - 1D (R) INSAT - 1D (R) is a multifunctional satellite that provides telephone, television, and weather observation services for India.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Apr 13, 1990	PALAPA - B2R After being recovered in 1984 by the space shuttle crew and brought back to Earth, PALAPA - B2 was renamed B2R and was successfully relaunched.
ASO	Titan III	CCAFS	Mar 14, 1990	INTELSAT VI - F3 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.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Feb 14, 1990	LOSAT (LACE/RME) 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.
ASO	STS-32 (Columbia)	CCAFS	Jan 9, 1990	SYNCOM IV-F5 (Leasat 5) SYNCOM IV-F1 to F5 were the first satellites to be designed for launch from the Space Shuttle payload bay.
ASO	Titan III	CCAFS	Dec 31, 1989	JCSAT - 2 / SKYNET - 4A 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.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Aug 27, 1989	BSB-R1 British Satellite Broadcasting-R1 (BSB-R1) was a British television direct broadcasting satellite also known as Marcopolo 1.
ASO	Delta II	CCAFS	Mar 20, 1987	PALAPA-B2P PALAPA-B2P was the third PALAPA-B satellite ordered and successfully launched on a Delta II rocket in 1987.
ASO	STS-61C (Columbia)	CCAFS	Jan 12, 1986	SATCOM-KU1 SATCOM-KU1 was a commercial communications satellites built by RCA and deployed by the STS 61-C shuttle mission.
ASO	STS-61B (Atlantis)	CCAFS	Nov 26, 1985	AUSSAT-2 / MORELOS-B / SATCOM-KU2 Three communications satellites were deployed during the STS-61B shuttle mission: MORELOS-B (Mexico), AUSSAT-2 (Australia) and SATCOM-KU2 (RCA Americom).
ASO	STS-51I (Discovery)	CCAFS	Aug 27, 1985	ASC-1 / AUSSAT-1 ASC-1 and AUSSAT-1 were two communications satellites deployed by the crew of STS-51I.
ASO	STS-51G (Discovery)	CCAFS	Jun 17, 1985	ARABSAT-A (PAM-D) / MORELOS A / TELSTAR-3D 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.
ASO	STS-51D (Discovery)	CCAFS	Apr 12, 1985	TELESAT-1 (PAM-D) 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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