WORLD SPACECRAFT DIGEST by Jos Heyman 2013 Version: 1 January 2014 © Copyright Jos Heyman

The spacecraft are listed, in the first instance, in the order of their International Designation, resulting in, with some exceptions, a date order. Spacecraft which did not receive an International Designation, being those spacecraft which failed to achieve orbit or those which were placed in a sub orbital trajectory, have been inserted in the date order. .

For each spacecraft the following information is provided: a. International Designation and NORAD number For each spacecraft the International Designation, as allocated by the International Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), has been used as the primary means to identify the spacecraft. This is followed by the NORAD catalogue number which has been assigned to each object in space, including debris etc., in a numerical sequence, rather than a chronoligical sequence. Normally no reference has been made to spent launch vehicles, capsules ejected by the spacecraft or fragments except where such have a unique identification which warrants consideration as a separate spacecraft or in other circumstances which warrants their mention. b. Name The most common name of the spacecraft has been quoted. In some cases, such as for US military spacecraft, the name may have been deduced from published information and may not necessarily be the official name. Alternative names have, however, been mentioned in the description and have also been included in the index. c. Country/International Agency For each spacecraft the name of the country or international agency which owned or had prime responsibility for the spacecraft, or in which the owner resided, has been included. d. Launch date This is the launch date expressed in UTC. Where a spacecraft has been released from another space vehicle, including the Space Shuttle, the date of release has been used, as it is considered that was the date on which the spacecraft became a separate identity in space rather than on the day it was launched from the Earth. e. Re-entry This refers either to the decay date that the spacecraft burnt up in the atmosphere, or the date on which a controlled recovery took place. In selected cases, as indicated in the text, the re-entry date is the date on which the spacecraft ceased to be an entity in its own right. f. Launch Site Reference to launch site is to a geographical site rather than the named site. For example, the Kennedy Space Centre and Canaveral Air Force Station are both referred to as Cape Canaveral. g. Launch Vehicle Launch vehicles have been designated by their commonly known names. It does not include the launch vehicle’s serial number. h. Orbital parameters The orbital parameters have been obtained from Space-Track.org. For those satellite for which the orbital parameters were not formally published (in particular for US military satellites) estimated orbital parameters based on amateur observations have been shown. In most cases the first orbital parameters were chosen but, where deemed appropriate, the operational orbit has been shown. This is particularly the case with spacecraft in geostationary orbit where reference is made to the geographical longitude over which the spacecraft was placed. Only in selected instances has mention been made of subsequent orbtal parameters due to significant maneuvers as well as relocation in geostationary orbit. i. Details For each spacecraft details have been provided to readily understand the objective of the spacecraft. Information has also been provided about the instruments carried by spacecraft although, as a rule, no reference has been made to basic equipment for telemetry and spacecraft housekeeping. In a number of instances, the progress and results of the flight of a spacecraft have been discussed. Where appropriate, the mass of a spacecraft refers to the empty mass. Where a spacecraft was related to a series of similar spacecraft reference has been made to the detailed description of such a series which has usually been included in the description of the first spacecraft of that series. Details peculiar to a specific member of a series remain, however, with that specific spacecraft. j. Illustrations Illustrations, where provided, are not captioned except where it was deemed necessary to provide essential information on the illustration. The majority of illustrations were obtained from obvious sources such as space agencies, manufacturers, organisations responsible for the respective satellites and launch vehicle operators and are, as far as is known, not subject to copyright. As such, the sources have not been recorded, except in special circumstances.

The author would welcome any additional information, comments and suggestions.

Jos Heyman 86 Barnevelder Bend Southern River, WA6110 Australia e-mail: [email protected] January 2014

2013 001A (39057) Name: Kosmos-2482 Country: Russia Launch date: 15 January 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Rokot/Briz KM Orbit: 1473 x 1516 km, inclination: 82.4 °

Rodnik military communications satellite as described for 2005 048B.

2013 001B (39058) Name: Kosmos-2483 Country: Russia Launch date: 15 January 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Rokot/Briz KM Orbit: 1478 x 1502 km, inclination: 82.4 °

Rodnik military communications satellite as described for 2005 048B. It is believed that this satellite did not become operational.

2013 001C (39059) Name: Kosmos-2484 Country: Russia Launch date: 15 January 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Rokot/Briz KM Orbit: 1475 x 1514 km, inclination: 82.4 °

Rodnik military communications satellite as described for 2005 048B.

2013 002A (39061) Name: IGS-8A Country: Japan Launch date: 27 January 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H 2A-202 Orbit: 509 x 514 km, inclination: 97.5 °

Military reconnaissance satellite as described for 2003 009B. It has also been referred to as Reda-4 and Radar-4.

2013 002B (39062) Name: IGS-8B Country: Japan Launch date: 27 January 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H 2A Orbit: 512 x 523 km, inclination: 97.5 °

Military reconnaissance satellite as described for 2003 009B. It was a technology demonstration flight for an optical imaging payload. It has also been referred to as Kougaku-5 Demo and Optical-5 Demo.

--- Name: Kavoshgar Pishgam Country: Iran Launch date: 28 January 2013 Re-entry: n.a. Launch site: Semnan Launch vehicle: Fateh K110 (?) Orbit: sub-orbital to 120 km

Sub-orbital flight to test the recovery of a Capsule type C that carried a monkey. The monkey, named Aftab, was successfully recovered although at a subsequent press conference a different monkey was shown, casting doubt about the result.

2013 003A (39068) Name: STSAT-2C Country: South Korea Launch date: 30 January 2012 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Naro Launch vehicle: KSLV 1 Orbit: 292 x 1511 km, inclination: 80.3 °

The 91 kg Science and Technology Satellite (STSAT)-2C carried six instruments: 1. the Laser Retro-reflector Array (LRA) to allow the spacecraft to be tracked with centimeter accuracy by satellite laser ranging (SLR) stations; 2. a Langmuir probe to determine the electron temperature, electron density, and electric potential of plasma; 3. the Space Radiation Effects Monitor (SREM) for the measurements and monitoring of the near-earth space environment; and 4. Reaction Wheel Assembly (RWA), IR Sensor (IRS), and Femto second Laser Oscillator (FSO) to demonstrate new space technologies.

2013 004A (39070) Name: TDRS-11 Country: USA Launch date: 31 January 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Atlas V-401 Orbit: geostationary at 171 °W

TDRS-11 was the first of the next generation of Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) satellites for NASA’s communications relay network. The spacecraft was built by Boeing using the 601HP space platform and was also known as TDRS-K. The 3454 kg satellite was fitted with a steerable, single-access antennas that could simultaneously send and receive high data rate transmissions at S- band and either Ku- or Ka-band frequencies, supporting dual independent two-way communication and making the satellite less susceptible to radio interference.

--- Name: Intelsat-27 Int. Agency: Intelsat Launch date: 1 February 2013 Re-entry: n.a. Launch site: Odyssey Launch vehicle: Zenit 3SL Orbit: failed to orbit

Communications satellite owned by Intelsat and built by Boeing using the BSS-702P platform. The 6215 kg satellite was fitted with 20 C band and 20 Ku band transponders. In addition carried a military UHF payload of 20 transponders to complement the existing UFO (UHF Follow-On) and future MUOS (Multi-User Objective System) satellites. Immediately after the launch, the launch vehicle veered off course and the first stage was shut down after 25 seconds. The launch vehicle and satellite dropped into the ocean. The satellite was to have been placed in a geostationary orbit at 55.5 oW. The Odyssey platform was located at 0o, 154 oW.

2013 005A (39072) Name: Globalstar FM-78 Country: USA Launch date: 6 February 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat Orbit: 919 x 926 km, inclination: 52.0 °

Communications satellite as described for 2010 054A. The satellite was also known as Globalstar 2-19.

2013 005B (39073) Name: Globalstar FM-87 Country: USA Launch date: 6 February 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat Orbit: 917 x 926 km, inclination: 52.0 °

Communications satellite as described for 2010 054A. The satellite was also known as Globalstar 2-20.

2013 005C (39074) Name: Globalstar FM-93 Country: USA Launch date: 6 February 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat Orbit: 916 x 926 km, inclination: 52.0 °

Communications satellite as described for 2010 054A. The satellite was also known as Globalstar 2-21.

2013 005D (39075) Name: Globalstar FM-94 Country: USA Launch date: 6 February 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat Orbit: 916 x 926 km, inclination: 52.0 °

Communications satellite as described for 2010 054A. The satellite was also known as Globalstar 2-22.

2013 005E (39076) Name: Globalstar FM-95 Country: USA Launch date: 6 February 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat Orbit: 1402 x 1413 km, inclination: 52.0 °

Communications satellite as described for 2010 054A. The satellite was also known as Globalstar 2-23.

2013 005F (39077) Name: Globalstar FM-96 Country: USA Launch date: 6 February 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat Orbit: 1358 x 1400 km, inclination: 52.0 °

Communications satellite as described for 2010 054A. The satellite was also known as Globalstar 2-24.

2013 006A (39078) Name: Amazonas-3 Country: Spain Launch date: 7 February 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Ariane 5ECA Orbit: geostationary at 61 °W

Amazonas-3 was a communications satellite owned by the Spanish HISPASAT and its Brazilian subsidiary, HISPAMAR Satellites. The 6265 kg satellite was built by Space Systems/Loral using the LS1300 platform, and was fitted with 33 Ku-, 19 C- and 9 Ka-band transponders.

2013 006B (39079) Name: Azerspace-1 Country: Azerbaijan Launch date: 7 February 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Ariane 5ECA Orbit: geostationary at 46 °E

Communications satellite owned by Azercosmos, the newly formed Azerbaijan space agency. The 3275 kg satellite was built by Orbital Sciences using the STAR 2 platform and was fitted with 24 C band and 12 Ku band transponders. The satellite was jointly operated by Azerbaijan and Malaysia’s satellite operator, Measat. Measat used 40 per cent of the capacity as Africasat-1A with Azerbaijan using 20 per cent. The remaining 40% was available to other operators.

2013 007A (39082) Name: Progress M-18M Country: Russia Launch date: 11 February 2013 Re-entry: 26 July 2013 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz U Orbit: 402 x 417 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Cargo transfer spacecraft as described for 2008 060A. Progress M-18M docked at the Pirs nadir port of ISS (1998 067A) on 11 February 2013. The flight was also known as ISS-50P. The spacecraft undocked on 25 July 2013.

2013 008A (39084) Name: Landsat-8 Country: USA Launch date: 11 February 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas V-410 Orbit: 670 x 685 km, inclination: 98.2 o

Also known as the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), Landsat-8 continued the repetitive gathering of high resolution multispectral data of the Earth’s surface on a global basis. The 2071 kg satellite was built by Orbital Sciences and the instruments carried were: 1. the Operational Land Imager (OLI) to collect images for nine spectral bands in the shortwave portion of the spectrum (0.43 - 0.44 µm, 0.45 - 0.48 µm, 0,52 - 0.56 µm, 0.63 - 0.65 µm, 0.84 - 0.86 µm, 1.56 - 1.61 µm, 2.1 - 2.2 µm, 1.36 - 1.37 µm with a resolution of 30 m, and panchromatic 0.5 - 0.59 µm with a resolution of 15 m; and 2. the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) to collect data in two longwave bands (10.8 and 12 µm)with a resolution of 120 m. The satellite observed the entire globe every 16 days, except for the highest polar latitudes.

--- Name: ? Country: Iran Launch date: 17 February 2013 Re-entry: n.a. Launch site: ? Launch vehicle: ? Orbit: failed to orbit

Israeli sources have reported that on or around 17 February 2013 Iran attempted to place a satellite into orbit but as the rocket failed to perform, both the rocket and the satellite were lost after launch.

2013 009A (39086) Name: SARAL Country: India/France Launch date: 25 February 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Sriharikota Launch vehicle: PSLV CA Orbit: 706 x 772 km, inclination: 98.6 °

The Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa (SARAL) was a cooperative altimetry technology mission of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the French space agency CNES. The 365 kg satellite carried: 1. ALtiKA, a combined microwave altimeter and radiometer developed by CNES to make precise attitude measurements; 2. Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) to make a precise determination of the orbit; and 3. Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA) to make measurement from the ground; and 4. ARGOS-3 (Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite (ARGOS)-3 as part of a system to enable the localisation, acquisition and distribution of environmental data.

2013 009B (39087) Name: AAUSat-3 Country: Denmark Launch date: 25 February 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Sriharikota Launch vehicle: PSLV CA Orbit: 772 x 787 km, inclination: 98.6 o

AAUSAT-3 was a 1 kg cubesat built at the Aalborg University in Denmark to test two Automatic Identification System (AIS) receivers in space.

2013 009C (39088) Name: Sapphire Country: Canada Launch date: 25 February 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Sriharikota Launch vehicle: PSLV CA Orbit: 771 x 787 km, inclination: 98.6 o

Sapphire was a Canadian satellite that was fitted with a data collection platform for continuous surveillance of man-made objects in medium to high Earth orbits (6,000 to 40,000 km). The 148 kg satellite was built by MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) of Canada, in coorperation with Surrey Satellites. The satellite was used by both NORAD and the Canadian defence forces.

2013 009D (39089) Name: NEOSSat Country: Canada Launch date: 25 February 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Sriharikota Launch vehicle: PSLV CA Orbit: 772 x 786 km, inclination: 98.6 °

The Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite (NEOSSat) was a Canadian satellite to investigate the potential of asteroid strikes as well as monitor space debris. The 65 kg satellite was fitted with a telescope with a 15 cm aperture.

2013 009E (39090) Name: STRaND-1 Country: United Kingdom Launch date: 25 February 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Sriharikota Launch vehicle: PSLV CA Orbit: 771 x 784 km, inclination: 98.6 o

The Surrey Training, Research and Nanosatellite Demonstrator (STRaND)-1 was a 6.5 kg cubesat built by engineers at Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) in their free time using advanced commercial off-the-shelf components. The objective was to test whether a smartphone would survive the vibrations that were encountered during the launch. Other tests were to see if it worked in the near vacuum of space and if it worked exposed to extreme heat, cold and radiation

2013 009F (39091) Name: TUGSat-1 Country: Austria Launch date: 25 February 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Sriharikota Launch vehicle: PSLV CA Orbit: 769 x 785 km, inclination: 98.6 °

Satellite in the BRIght-star Target Explorer (BRITE) programme as described for 2013 009G.

2013 009G (39092) Name: UniBRITE Country: Austria Launch date: 25 February 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Sriharikota Launch vehicle: PSLV CA Orbit: 772 x 789 km, inclination: 98.6 °

The BRIght-star Target Explorer (BRITE) programme was a collaborative effort of universities in Canada, Austria and Poland to place six nanosatellites in orbit to make photometric observations of some of the brightest starts in the sky in order to examine these stars for variability. The programme was under the leadership of the University of Toronto, in Canada, and involved two Canadian satellites (Can-X3-a and –b), two Austrian satellites (UniBrite by the University of Vienna and TUGSat-1 (2013 009E) by the University of Graz) and two Polish satellites (BRITE PL-1 and -2 by the Polish Academy of Science). The satellites were based on the CanX-3 space platform developed at the University of Toronto, a 20 x 20 x 20 cm nanosatellite with a mass of 6.5 kg. Each satellite was fitted with a five-lens telescope with an aperture of 30 mm and a progressive scan CCD detector photometer with a resolution of 26.52 arcsec/pixel and a field-of-view of 24º. The telescopes were fitted with different filters.

--- Name: Grasshopper-4 Country: USA Launch date: 7 March 2013 Re-entry: n.a. Launch site: McGregor Launch vehicle: Grasshopper v1.0 Orbit: sub-orbital to 80.1 m

Fourth test of the Grasshopper test vehicle as described for Grasshopper-1 (as described for 21 September 2012). On this test that lasted 34 seconds, the vehicle achieved and altitude of 80.1 m before landing on the launch pad again.

2013 010A (39115) Name: Dragon CRS-2 Country: USA Launch date: 1 March 2013 Re-entry: 26 March 2013 Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 v1.0 Orbit: 380 x 409 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Resupply missions for the International Space Station using the Dragon C spacecraft as described for 2010 066A. The 4200 kg spacecraft docked with the nadir port of the Harmony module of ISS (1998 067A) on 3 March 2013 after a delay caused by problems with the thrusters of the spacecraft. It carried about 575 kg of supplies. The spacecraft undocked on 26 March 2013 and, on the return flight, it carried 1210 kg of scientific materials as well as space station hardware. The spacecraft splashed down about 400 km off the coast of California and was successfully recovered.

2013 011A (39120) Name: SBIRS GEO-2 Country: USA Launch date: 19 March 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Atlas V-401 Orbit: geostationary at ? °

Missile early warning satellite as described for 2011 019A. Also known as USA-241.

2013 012A (39122) Name: Satmex-8 Country: Mexico Launch date: 26 March 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton M/Briz M Orbit: geostationary at 116.8 °W

Communications satellite owned by Satellites Mexicanos (Satmex). The 5600 kg satellite was built by Space Systems/Loral using the SS/L 1300 platform. It was fitted with 24 C and 40 Ku-band transponders.

2013 013A (39125) Name: Soyuz TMA-08M Country: Russia Launch date: 28 March 2013 Re-entry: 11 September 2013 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz FG Orbit: 402 x 419 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Crewed spaceflight with cosmonauts P. Vinigradov (Cmdr.), A. Misurkin (Fl. Eng.) and C. Cassidy (USA) (Fl. Eng.) using a modified Soyuz TMA spacecraft as described for 2010 052A. The mission was also known as ISS-34S and the call sign was Karat. They were members of the thirty fifth permanent crew (EX-35) and later the thirty sixth permanent crew (EX-36) for ISS. The spacecraft docked at the Poisk docking port of ISS (1998 067A) on 29 March 2013. Instead of the previous two day flight profile to ISS, the flight used the six hours fast rendez-vous flight profile that had been first tested on Progress M-16M (2012 042A). The spacecraft undocked on 10 September 2013 and the mission had lasted 165 days, 6 hours, 15 minutes.

2013 014A (39127) Name: Anik G-1 Country: Canada Launch date: 15 April 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton M/Briz M Orbit: geostationary at 107.3 °W

Communications satellite owned by Telesat and built by Space Systems/Loral using the SS/L 1300 platform. The 4905 kg satellite carried 16 high- power Ku band transponders, 12 Ku band transponders and 24 C band transponders as well as three X band channels.

2013 015A (39130) Name: Bion M-1 Country: Russia Launch date: 19 April 2013 Re-entry: 19 May 2013 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1b Orbit: 557 x 582 km, inclination: 64.9 °

The Bion M-1 biological satellite carried an international payload of 24 experiments including live animals (45 mice, 15 geckos, eight gerbils and a number of snails) carried in the Fragmenter and Biokont-B containers, plants carried in the Fito conainer and other life sciences experiments for exposure to microgravity. In addition it carried the German Omegahab experiment consisting of an aquarium with fish and aquatic plants. On 19 May 2013 the capsule re-entered and was landed in the Russian Orenburg Region near the border with Kazakhstan for post flight investigations of the animals and plants. Most of the animals, including all eight gerbils and 39 of the mice, failed to survive the flight due to technical faults in the spacecraft. All the geckos and snails survived. Except for OSSI-1 (2013 015B), the secondary payloads were deployed on 21 April 2013. The 6266 kg spacecraft was the first of the Bion M generation of biological satellites in which the original Zenit re-entry module, used for the earlier Bion satellites as described for 1973 083A was matched with a propulsion module of the Yantar military reconnaissance satellite as described for 1974 098A.

2013 015B (39131) Name: OSSI-1 Country: South Korea Launch date: 19 April 2013 Re-entry: 8 July 2013 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1b Orbit: 257 x 546 km, inclination: 64.9 °

The Open Source Satellite Initiative (OSSI)-1) was a 0.95 kg nanosat initiated by the South Korean artist Song Hojun. The satellite carried a 145 Mhz beacon as well as a data communications transceiver in the 435 MHz band. It also carried a 44 watt LED array to flash morse code messages to observers on Earth.

2013 015C (39132) Name: Dove-2 Country: USA Launch date: 21 April 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1b Orbit: 559 x 582 km, inclination: 64.9 °

Dove-2 was a 3U cubesat developed by Cosmogia Inc., a US firm, to test the capabilities of a low-cost spacecraft. The 5.8 kg satellite was fitted with a camera system to collect images of the Earth. It was ejected from Bion M-1 (2013 015A).

2013 015D (39133) Name: Aist-2 Country: Russia Launch date: 21 April 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1b Orbit: 559 x 581 km, inclination: 64.9 °

Aist-2 was a small satellite designed by students of the Samara State Aerospace University and built by TsSKB Progress. The 39 kg spacecraft measured the Earth’s geomagnetic field and tested a new satellite design. It was also known as Radio Sport (RS)-43 and was ejected from Bion M-1 (2013 015A). Aist is the Russian word for stork.

2013 015E (39134) Name: Beesat-3 Country: Germany Launch date: 21 April 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1b Orbit: 556 x 579 km, inclination: 64.9 °

Beesat-3 was a cubesat developed at the Technical University of Berlin. The 1 kg satellite was fitted with an S band transmitter and an Earth observation camera. It was ejected from Bion M-1 (2013 015A).

2013 015F (39135) Name: SOMP Country: Germany Launch date: 21 April 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1b Orbit: 554 x 581 km, inclination: 64.9 °

The Student's Oxygen Measurement Project (SOMP) was a single cubesat developed at the Technical University of Dresden to measure atomic oxygen of the upper atmosphere and test flexible solar cells. It had a mass of 1 kg. It was ejected from Bion M-1 (2013 015A).

2013 015G (39136) Name: Beesat-2 Country: Germany Launch date: 21 April 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1b Orbit: 554 x 580 km, inclination: 64.9 °

Beesat-2 was a single cubesat developed at the Technical University of Berlin to test the micro reactions wheels (Microwheels III) experiment. The 1 kg satellite also carried a camera system for Earth observation. It was ejected from Bion M-1 (2013 015A).

2013 016A (39142) Name: Cygnus Mass Simulator Country: USA Launch date: 21 April 2013 Re-entry: 26 April 2013 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Antares 110 Orbit: 153 x 161 km, inclination: 51.6 °

This first flight of the Antares launch vehicle carried a 3800 kg Cygnus Mass Simulator of the proposed Cygnus spacecraft as described for 2013 051A. It was fitted with 22 accelerometers, 2 microphones, 12 digital thermometers, 24 thermacouples and 12 strain gages. The flight has also been referred to as the A-One Mission.

2013 016B (39143) Name: Dove-1 Country: USA Launch date: 21 April 2013 Re-entry: 27 April 2013 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Antares 110 Orbit: 160 x 169 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Dove-1 was a technology demonstration satellite consisting of a 3U cubesat. The objectives were: 1. to build a low-cost imaging satellite with non-space, COTS components; 2. to show that a bus constrained to the 3U cubesat form factor can viably host a small camera payload; and 3. to demonstrate the ability to design, produce and operate satellites on short schedules and low cost. The 3 kg satellite’s payload was developed by Cosmogia Inc. and was ejected from the Cygnus Mass Simulator (2013 016A).

2013 016C (39144) Name: PhoneSat v2 Country: USA Launch date: 21 April 2013 Re-entry: 27 April 2013 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Antares 110 Orbit: 134 x 152 km, inclination: 51.6 °

PhoneSat v2 was a technology demonstration cubesat to prove that a smartphone can be used to perform many of the functions required of a spacecraft bus. The 1 kg satellite carried a Nexus S smartphone running the Android operating system. The phone acted as the Onboard Computer and as a storage device using the phone’s SD card. The satellite also carried a 5MP camera for Earth observation, and a 3-axis accelerometer and 3-axis magnetometer for attitude determination. The satellite carried a battery only and ceased operations after about one week. The satellite was also known as Alexander and was ejected from the Cygnus Mass Simulator (2013 016A). The entire programme was developed by the NASA Ames Research Center.

2013 016D (39145) Name: PhoneSat v1-b Country: USA Launch date: 21 April 2013 Re-entry: 10 May 2013 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Antares 110 Orbit: 237 x 253 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Cubesat as described for PhoneSat v2 (2013 016C) but fitted with a Nexus One smartphone. The satellite was also known as Bell and was ejected from the Cygnus Mass Simulator (2013 016A).

2013 0016E (39146) Name: PhoneSat v1-a Country: USA Launch date: 21 April 2013 Re-entry: 26 April 2013 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Antares 110 Orbit: 161 x 175 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Cubesat as described for PhoneSat v2 (2013 016C) but fitted with a Nexus One smartphone. The satellite was also known as Graham and was ejected from the Cygnus Mass Simulator (2013 016A).

--- Name: Grasshopper-5 Country: USA Launch date: 22 April 2013 Re-entry: n.a. Launch site: McGregor Launch vehicle: Grasshopper v1.0 Orbit: sub-orbital to 250 m

Fifth test of the Grasshopper test vehicle as described for Grasshopper-1 (as described for 21 September 2012). On this test that lasted 61 seconds, the vehicle achieved and altitude of 250 m after which it landed on the launch pad again.

2013 017A (39148) Name: Progress M-19M Country: Russia Launch date: 24 April 2013 Re-entry: 19 June 2013 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz U Orbit: 403 x 416 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Cargo transfer spacecraft as described for 2008 060A. Progress M-19M docked at the Zvezda port of ISS (1998 067A) on 26 April 2013. The flight was also known as ISS-51P. The spacecraft undocked on 11 June 2013.

2013 018A (39150) Name: GF-1 Country: China Launch date: 26 April 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuquan Launch vehicle: CZ 2D Orbit: 635 x 663 km, inclination: 98.3 °

Gao Fen (GF)-1 was the first in a series of civilian remote sensing satellites fitted with high resolution equipment in which each satellites, except carried different equipment directed towards a specific remote sensing requirement. GF-1 was an optical satellite with a 2 m resolution pan-chromatic camera, an 8 m resolution multi-spectral camera and a 16 m resolution wide-angle multi-spectral camera..

2013 018B (39151) Name: NEE-01 Pegaso Country: Ecuador Launch date: 26 April 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuquan Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 630 x 654 km, inclination: 98.0 °

The Nave Espacial Ecuatoriana (NEE)-01 Pegaso was the first Ecuadorian satellite, built by the Ecuadorian Space Agency. A 1U cubesat, the 1.2 kg satellite was fitted with an on-board dual visible and infrared camera which allowed the spacecraft to take pictures and transmit live video from space. In particular space debris and the Antarctic continent were targeted for images. On 23 May 2013 the satellite collided with debris of the Tsyklon 3 launch vehicle that placed Kosmos-1666 (1985 058A) in orbit, placing NEE-01 Pegaso into a spin.

2013 018C (39152) Name: TurkSat-3USat Country: Turkey Launch date: 26 April 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuquan Launch vehicle: CZ 2D Orbit: 629 x 654 km, inclination: 98.0 °

TurkSat-3USat was a 3U-cubesat built by the Istanbul Technical University (ITÜ) as a follow-up project to ITÜ-pSat-1 (2009 051D). The 4 kg satellite carried a VHF/UHF transponder used for voice communication. Additionally a small camera was carried.

2013 018D (39153) Name: CubeBug-1 Country: Argentina Launch date: 28 April 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuquan Launch vehicle: CZ 2D Orbit: 629 x 653 km, inclination: 98.0 °

CubeBug-1 was a 2U cubesat developed in Argentina. Also known as Capitán Beto, this was the first demonstration mission which tested an ARM based on-board computer, a nano-reaction wheel with its driver circuit and a low resolution camera. On completion of the test programme the 2 kg satellite became available to the amateur radio community.

2013 019A (39155) Name: Kosmos-2485 Country: Russia Launch date: 26 April 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat Orbit: 19223 x 19667 km, inclination: 64.8 °

Glonass M navigational satellite as described for 2001 053A.

2013 020A (39157) Name: Zhongxing-11 Country: China Launch date: 1 May 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Xichang Launch vehicle: CZ 3B Orbit: geostationary at 98 oE

Communications satellite based on the DFH-4 platform. The 5400 kg satellite was fitted with 26 C band and 19 Ku band transponders. In October 2013 the satellite was relocated at 115.5 oE.

2013 021A (39159) Name: Proba V Int. Agency: ESA Launch date: 7 May 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Vega Orbit: 813 x 820 km, inclination: 98.7 °

The Project for On-Board Autonomy-Vegetation (PROBA V) satellite carried an improved and smaller version of the large VGT (Vegetation) optical instrument of SPOT-4 (1998 017A) and SPOT-5 (2002 021A) developed to provide on-going vegetation data after the close down of SPOT-5. The 140 kg satellite was built by Qinetiq Space in Belgium and continued the production of Vegetation products using advanced small satellite technology.

2013 021B (39160) Name: VNREDSat-1A Country: Vietnam Launch date: 7 May 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Vega Orbit: 682 x 686 km, inclination: 98.1 °

Vietnam Natural Resources, Environment and Disaster Monitoring Satellite (VNREDSat)-1A, was the first Earth resources satellite for Vietnam to provide images that assisted the country to improve the efficiency of natural resources management, environmental protection and disaster prevention. The 120 kg satellite was built by Astrium using the AstroSat100 platform, and was fitted with equipment enabling the collection of images with a resolution of 2.5 m

2013 021C (39161) Name: ESTCube-1 Country: Estonia Launch date: 7 May 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Vega Orbit: 658 x 671 km, inclination: 98.1 °

ESTCube-1 was a cubesat developed by students of various universities in Estonia in cooperation with Finnish and German institutions. The 1.33 kg satellite tested electric solar wind sail technologies. This so called e-sail, comprised 10 meters of 20 to 40 micrometers thick wire which was deployed once the satellite was in orbit. Two electron emitters/guns than sent positive ions through the wire thereby generating a thrust that affected the rotation speed of the satellite. An on-board camera recorded the decrease in rotation.

2013 022A (39163) Name: Eutelsat 3-D Int. Agency: Eutelsat Launch date: 14 May 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton M/Briz M Orbit: geostationary at 3 oE

Communications satellite as described for 2010 056A. The satellite was originally ordered as Eutelsat W-3D and was renamed as Eutelsat 7-B in March 2012 before being assigned to the 3 oEast position. In 2014, following the launch of Eutelsat 3-B, the satellite will be relocated to 7 oEast, presumably as Eutelsat 7-B.

2013 023A (39166) Name: Navstar 2F-4 Country: USA Launch date: 15 May 2012 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Atlas V-401 Orbit: 20449 x 20463 km, inclination: 55.0 °

Navigational satellite as described for 2010 022A. It was also known as GPS 2F-4, USA-242, Navstar-65, Vega and SVN-66.

2013 024A (39168) Name: WGS-5 Country: USA Launch date: 25 May 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Delta 4M+(5,4) Orbit: geostationary at 52.5 °W

Military communications satellite as described for 2007 046A. Also known as USA-243.

2013 025A (39170) Name: Soyuz TMA-09M Country: Russia Launch date: 28 May 2013 Re-entry: 11 November 2013 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz FG Orbit: 408 x 422 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Crewed spaceflight with cosmonauts F. Yurchikhin (Cmdr), K. Nyberg (USA) (Fl.Eng) and L. Parmitano (ESA, Italy) (Fl. Eng.) using a modified Soyuz TMA spacecraft as described for 2010 052A. The mission was also known as ISS-35S and the call sign was Olympus. Parmitano’s participation was referred to as Volare. They were members of the thirty sixth permanent crew (EX-36) and later the thirty seventh permanent crew (EX-37) for ISS. The spacecraft docked at the Rassvet docking port of ISS (1998 067A) on 29 May 2013. On 1 November 2013 the spacecraft was redocked at the Zvezda port in a 21 minutes operation. The spacecraft undock on 10 November 2013 and landed the next day. The mission duration was 166 days, 5 hours, 18 minutes..

2013 026A (39172) Name: SES-6 Country: Luxembourg Launch date: 3 June 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton M/Briz M Orbit: geostationary at 41.5 oW

Communications satellite owned by SES World Skies. Built by Astrium using the Eurostar 3000 platform, the 6100 kg satellite was equipped with 3 C- Band and 48 Ku-Band transponders.

2013 027A (39175) Name: ATV-4 Int.Agency: ESA Launch date: 5 June 2013 Re-entry: 2 November 2013 Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Ariane 5 ATV Orbit: 253 x 267 km, inclination: 51.6 o

Cargo spacecraft as described for 2008 008A. The spacecraft was named Albert Einstein. The payload consisted of: 1. 2380 kg of propellant for reboost and attitude control; 2. 860 kg of refuelling propellant for the station’s propulsion system; 3. 570 kg of water; 4. 100 kg of oxygen and nitrogen (air); and 5. 2697 kg of dry supplies. This made a total of 6607 kg. On 15 June 2013 ATV-4 docked at the rear port of the Zvezda module of ISS (1998 067A). ATV-4 undocked on 28 October 2013.

2013 028A (39177) Name: Kosmos-2486 Country: Russia Launch date: 7 June 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1b Orbit: 714 x 732 km, inclination: 98.3 °

Military photo reconnaissance satellite as described for 2008 037A.

2013 029A (39179) Name: Shenzhou-10 Country: China Launch date: 11 June 2013 Re-entry: 26 June 2013 Launch site: Jiuquan Launch vehicle: CZ 2F Orbit: 327 x 334 km, inclination: 42.8 °

Crewed spaceflight with space navigators Nie Haisheng (Commander), Zhang Xiaoguang and Wang Yaping (Operators) using a Shenzhou spacecraft as described for 1999 061A. It docked with Tiangong-1 (2011 053A) on 13 June 2013. Om 23 June 2013 the crew undocked and redocked again after 101 minutes, as part of a manual docking test. The spacecraft undocked again on 25 June 2013 and landed the next day in Inner Mongolia after a mission duration of 14 days, 14 hours, 29 minutes.

--- Name: Grasshopper-6 Country: USA Launch date: 14 June 2013 Re-entry: n.a. Launch site: McGregor Launch vehicle: Grasshopper v0.1 Orbit: sub-orbital to 325 m

Sixth test of the Grasshopper test vehicle as described for Grasshopper-1 (as described for 21 September 2012). On this test that lasted 68 seconds, the vehicle achieved and altitude of 325 m after which it landed on the launch pad again.

--- Name: Celestis-12 Country: USA Launch date: 21 June 2013 Re-entry: n.a. Launch site: White Sands Launch vehicle: SpaceLoft XL Orbit: suborbital to 119 km

The Celestis-12 payload (Centennial Flight) carried a number of human remains. The flight also carried 7 experiments in NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program (FOP). The launch took place from the Spaceport America facility.

2013 030A (39186) Name: Resurs P-1 Country: Russia Launch date: 25 June 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1b Orbit: 459 x 473 km, inclination: 97.3 °

Earth resources satellite based on the basic Resurs F satellite as described for 1979 080A and intended to replace the Resurs DK, as described for 2006 021A. The 6570 kg satellite carried: 1. optoelectronic equipment with a resolution of 1 to 4 m and a swath of 38 km; 2. hyper-spectral equipment for the EO data acquisition with a resolution of 25 to 30 m and a swath of 25 km; and 3. a wide-swath multispectral system providing imaging of the selected territory with low and moderate resolutions in a broad band ranging from 12 to 120 m and a swath of 97 to 441 km.

2013 031A (39188) Name: O3b-FM05 Country: United Kingdom Launch date: 25 June 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Soyuz ST Orbit: 7808 x 7838 km, inclination: 0.0 o

The O3b network of communications satellites provided high-speed, low-cost, low-latency Internet and telecommunications services using 12 Ka band transponders. Through local gateways the services reached the end-users within the 45 o latitude north and south of the equator, an area with insufficiently connected markets in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific and a collective population of over 3 billion people.

The name ‘O3b’ stood for "[The] Other 3 Billion", referring to the population of the world where broadband Internet is not available without help. O3b Networks, a Jersey based company with operating headquarters in The Netherlands, was financially backed by SES World Skies, Google and a range of others. The network consisted of twelve 700 kg satellites built by Thales Alenia and they were placed in 8063 km circular equatorial orbits from which orbit local gateways were within reach of each satellite for 3 hours each day, giving a full 24 coverage with 8 satellites.

2013 031B (39189) Name: O3b-FM04 Country: United Kingdom Launch date: 25 June 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Soyuz ST Orbit: 7820 x 7838 km, inclination: 0.0 o

Communications satellite as described for 2013 013A.

2013 031C (39190) Name: O3b-FM02 Country: United Kingdom Launch date: 25 June 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Soyuz ST Orbit: 7828 x 7838 km, inclination: 0.0 o

Communications satellite as described for 2013 013A.

2013 031D (39191) Name: O3b-PFM Country: United Kingdom Launch date: 25 June 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Soyuz ST Orbit: 7838 x 7842 km, inclination: 0.0 o

Communications satellite as described for 2013 013A. This particular satellite was the Prototype Flight Model (PFM).

2013 032A (39194) Name: Kosmos-2487 Country: Russia Launch date: 27 June 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Strela Orbit: 497 x 501 km, inclination: 74.7 °

Also known as Kondor E, this was an Earth observation satellite designed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya and fitted with an S-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to conduct both continuous swath surveys or detailed spot surveys. The swath width was 10 km and the resolution was up to 1-2 m in spotlight mode. The satellite had a mass of 1150 kg. The satellite was launched as part of the so-called Arktika Earth observation satellite grouping to monitor the weather and environment of the North Pole and pinpoint hydrocarbon deposits on the Arctic shelf. Two satellites in that programme were to be launched by Russia and it was hoped that another four satellites would be launched by other countries.

2013 033A (39197) Name: IRIS Country: USA Launch date: 28 June 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Pegasus XL Orbit: 622 x 663 km, inclination: 97.9 °

The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission was part of the Small Explorer Mission programme and was also known as SMEX-12 and Explorer-94. It was placed in a Sun-synchronous polar orbit for continuous observation of the Sun over a period of two years. During this time it obtained ultraviolet spectra and images with high resolution, focussing on the chromosphere and the transition region with temperatures from 4,500 to 65,000 K. The 183 kg spacecraft was built by Lockheed Martin and was fitted by a multi-channel imaging spectrograph with a 20 cm UV telescope.

2013 034A (39199) Name: IRNSS-R1A Country: India Launch date: 1 July 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Sriharikota Launch vehicle: PSLV XL Orbit: 35706 x 35869 km, inclination: 27.0 o

The Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS)-R1A was the first of seven navigational satellites. The 1425 kg satellite was based on the I-1K space platform and was fitted with an S band transponders and also carried an atomic clock.

The system was developed for the Indian government and the requirement was driven by the fact that the globally used Navstar system was a US military system and that access to it might not be guaranteed in hostile situations.

Three of the satellites will be placed in geostationary orbit over the Indian Ocean at 34 oE, 83 oE and 132 oE. The four other satellites will be placed in an orbit with altitudes similar to a geostationary orbit but with an inclination of 27 o. Two of these will cross the equator at approximately 55 oE and the other two at 111 oE. IRNSS-R1A crosses the equator of 55 oE.

--- Name: --- Country: Russia Launch date: 2 July 2013 Re-entry: n.a. Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton M/DM3 Orbit: failed to orbit

Three Glonass M navigational satellites as described for 2001 053A. They failed to orbit after the first stage of the launch vehicle failed after 30 seconds.

2013 035A (39202) Name: SJ-11-5 Country: China Launch date: 15 July 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuquan Launch vehicle: CZ 2C Orbit: 688 x 704 km, inclination: 98.1 °

Satellite for space science and engineering experiments probably similar to SJ-11-1 (2009 061A).

2013 036A (39206) Name: MUOS-2 Country: USA Launch date: 19 July 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Atlas V-551 Orbit: geostationary at ? °

Military communications satellite as described for 2012 009A. The satellite was located in a geostationary orbit over the Pacific Ocean.

2013 037A (39208) Name: SJ-15 Country: China Launch date: 19 July 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Taiyuan Launch vehicle: CZ 4C Orbit: 661 x 673 km, inclination: 98.1 °

Shijian technology satellite believed to test systems for the detection of orbiting space debris or tracking missile launches. On 18 October 2013 it ejected a sub-satellite designated as 2013 037J that flew with in 2 km, suggesting that SJ-15 may have been used for rendezvous/intercept tests. . The designation has not been confirmed.

2013 037B (39209) Name: CX-3 Country: China Launch date: 19 July 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Taiyuan Launch vehicle: CZ 4C Orbit: 667 x 673 km, inclination: 98.1 °

Chuangxin experimental satellite developed at the Chinese Academy of Science. It was approached by 2013 037C on 6 August 2013 and 9 August 2013 suggesting that it may have been a rendezvous/grapple target.. The designation has not been confirmed.

2013 037C (39210) Name: Shiyan-7 Country: China Launch date: 19 July 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Taiyuan Launch vehicle: CZ 4C Orbit: 664 x 673 km, inclination: 98.1 °

Experimental satellite believed to carry out observations of space debris. It had a mass of 204 kg. The designation has not been confirmed. Payload 2013 037C maneuvered close to Chuangxin-3 (2013 037B) on 6 August 2013 and 9 August 2013 after which it rendezvous with the Shi Jian (SJ)-7 (2005 024A) on 19 and 20 August 2013, which was then in a 564 x 610 km x 97.7 o orbit. After this Payload C moved away again.

2013 037J (39357) Name: SJ-15 sub-satellite Country: China Launch date: 18 October 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Taiyuan Launch vehicle: CZ 4C Orbit: 661 x 675 km, inclination: 98.1 °

Ejected from SJ-15 (2013 037A) on 18 October 2013, this subsatellite is believed to have been used as a target, flying within 2 km of SJ-15.

2013 038A (39215) Name: Alphasat I-XL Int. Agency: ESA/Inmarsat Launch date: 25 July 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Ariane 5ECA Orbit: geostationary at 25 oE

Sponsored by ESA and Inmarsat, the Alphasat I-XL communications satellite was built by Astrium using an Alphabus platform. It was fitted with L band facilities to join Inmarsat’s satellite fleet. In addition the 6650 kg satellite carried a number of technology demonstration payloads provided by ESA: 1. the Advanced Laser Communication and Terminal experiment to demonstrate LEO to GEO communication links; 2. the Q/V band propagation and communications experiment to evaluate bthe possible commercial exploitation of these frequencies; 3. an advanced star tracker using active pixel technology; 4. an experiment to monitor the GEO radiation environment and its effect on electronic components and sensors; and 5. a dedicated payload for the characterisation of transmission performance in the Q-V band in preparation for possible commercial exploitation of these frequencies. The satellite was also referred to as Inmarsat 4A-F4.

2013 038B (39216) Name: Insat 3-D Country: India Launch date: 25 July 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Korou Launch vehicle: Ariane 5ECA Orbit: geostationary at 82 oE

Insat 3-D was a dedicated meteorological satellite based on the I-2K platform. It was fitted with a 6-channel imager and a Data Relay Transponder (DRT) and a Search and Rescue (SAR) payload and had a mass of 2090 kg.

2013 039A (39219) Name: Progress M-20M Country: Russia Launch date: 27 July 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz U Orbit: 414 x 419 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Cargo transfer spacecraft as described for 2008 060A. Progress M-20M docked at the Pirs nadir port of ISS (1998 067A) on 28 July 2013. The flight was also known as ISS-52P. The spacecraft is scheduled to undocked on 4 February 2014.

2013 040A (39221) Name: HTV-4 Country: Japan Launch date: 3 August 2013 Re-entry: 7 September 2013 Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H 2B-304 Orbit: 406 x 419 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Cargo spacecraft as described for 2009 048A. HTV-4, also known as Kounotori-4, carried 5400 kg of cargo/supplies to the ISS of which 3900 kg was in the Pressurized Logistics Carrier and 1500 kg on the Unpressurized Logistics Carrier. The HTV-4 pressurized module contained 8 HTV Resupply Racks with station supplies and equipment. The payload also included four cubesats which were fitted in a JEM-Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD) and were to be launched through the Kibo module at a later date. These satellites were PicoDragon (1998 067DA), Ardusat-1 (1998 067DB), Ardusat-X (1998 067DC), which were deployed on 19 November 2013, and. (TechEdSat)-3 (1998 067DD) which was deployed on 20 November 2013.

Finally the pressurised cargo included Kirobo, a 34 cm tall humanoid robot to interact with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata who arrived at ISS on Soyuz TMA-11M (2013 061A). The project was managed by a team of Tokyo University researchers, the Dentsu advertising agency whilst Tomotaka Takahashi created the design for the robot, dressed in black and silver with bright red boots. The unpressurised cargo included the Space Test Program-Houston (STP-H)-4, a suite of seven experiments to investgate space communications, Earth observation and materials sciences. Two orbital replacement units (ORU), comprising a spare Main Bus Switching Unit (MBSU) and a spare Utility Transfer Assembly (UTA), both to keep the space station’s electrical system operating smoothly, were also carried as unpressurised cargo.

HTV-4 docked with the nadir port of the Harmony module of ISS (1998 067A) on 9 August 2013. It undocked on 4 September 2013 at which time it carried the Space Test Program-Houston (STP-H)-3 experiment towards destruction in the atmosphere. On re-entry the spacecraft released an i- Ball vehicle as described for 2012 038A.

1998 067DA (39412) Name: PicoDragon Country: Vietnam Launch date: 19 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: ISS Launch vehicle: --- Orbit: 411 x 416 km, inclination: 51.6 °

PicoDragon was a single cubesat that carried two amateur radio downlinks and had been developed by the Vietnam Natonal Satellite Centre. The 1 kg satellite had been brought to the space station as part of the cargo on HTV-4 (2013 040A) and was fitted in a JEM-Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD). It was deployed through the airlock of the Kibo module of ISS (1998 067A), using the Kibo robotic arm.

1998 067DB (39413) Name: Ardusat-1 Country: USA Launch date: 19 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: ISS Launch vehicle: --- Orbit: 411 x 415 km, inclination: 51.6 °

The Arduino Satellite (Ardusat) -1 was a 1U cubesat developed by NanoSatisfi Inc., as a crowd funded project to provide a platform on which students and DIY space enthusiasts to run their own space - based Arduino experiments. The primary payload was a bank of Arduino processors which could sample data from the satellite’s imaging payload, and on board sensors. Arduino was an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It was intended for artists, designers, hobbyists and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments. The 1 kg satellite had been brought to the space station as part of the cargo on HTV-4 (2013 040A) and was fitted in a JEM-Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD). It was deployed through the airlock of the Kibo module of ISS (1998 067A), using the Kibo robotic arm.

1998 067DC (39414) Name: Ardusat-X Country: USA Launch date: November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: ISS Launch vehicle: --- Orbit: 411 x 415 km, inclination: 51.6 °

1U cubesats as described for Ardusat-1 (1998 067DB). The 1 kg satellite had been brought to the space station as part of the cargo on HTV-4 (2013 040A) and was fitted in a JEM-Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD). It was deployed through the airlock of the Kibo module of ISS (1998 067A), using the Kibo robotic arm.

1998 067DD (39415) Name: TechEdSat-3 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: ISS Launch vehicle: --- Orbit: 415 x 411 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Technical and Educational Satellite (TechEdSat)-3 was a 3U cubesat that had been developed at the San Jose State University (SJSU) and the University of Idaho. The satellite tested the Exo-Brake passive de-orbit system which has been mounted in two of the three cubesat units. After deployment of the satellite the ExoBrake system was be activated and it was expected that it would de-orbit the satellite within 10 days. The 3 kg satellite had been brought to the space station as part of the cargo on HTV-4 (2013 040A) and was fitted in a JEM-Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD). It was deployed through the airlock of the Kibo module of ISS (1998 067A), using the Kibo robotic arm.

2013 041A (39222) Name: WGS-6 Country: USA Launch date: 8 August 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Delta 4M+(5,4) Orbit: 440 km x 66,900 km, inclination: 24.0 °

Military communications satellite as described for 2007 046A. Also known as USA-244. This satellite was fully funded by Australia in exchange of which Australia gained access to the satellite network.

--- Name: Grasshopper-7 Country: USA Launch date: 13 August 2013 Re-entry: n.a. Launch site: McGregor Launch vehicle: Grasshopper v0.1 Orbit: sub-orbital to 250 m

Seventh test of the Grasshopper test vehicle as described for Grasshopper-1 (as described for 21 September 2012). On this test that lasted 60 seconds, the vehicle achieved and altitude of 250 m. During the test it maneuvered lateral for 100 m before landing at the launch pad again.

2013 042A (39227) Name: Arirang-5 Country: South Korea Launch date: 22 August 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasny Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 536 x 552 km, inclination: 97.6 o

Arirang-5, also referred to as Korean Multi-purpose Satellite (KOMPSat)-5, was an Earth observation satellite to undertake the GOLDEN mission, referring to: 1. GIS: Acquisition of independent high resolution SAR images; 2. Ocean & Land Management : Survey of natural resources; and 3. Disaster & ENvironment Monitoring/Surveillance of large scale disasters. The 1400 kg satellite was fitted with: 1. the Corea SAR Instrument (COSI), a multi-mode X-band instrument provided by Thales Alenia Space-Italy to provide high resolution SAR imagery in various modes at an incidence angle of 45º; and 2. the Atmosphere Occultation and Precision Orbit Determination (AOPOD), a secondary payload consisting of the Integrated GPS Occultation Receiver (IGOR), a spaceborne dual frequency GPS receiver, and the Laser Retro Reflector Array (LRRA), to provide data for precision orbit determination. There was no Arirang-4 Program. The Sino-Korean word for the number four, "sa" is a homonym of the Chinese character for death.

2013 043A (39231) Name: Advanced KH 11-7 Country: USA Launch date: 28 August 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Delta 4 Heavy Orbit: 259 x 1002 km, inclination: 97.9 °

Military reconnaissance satellite as described for 1992 083A. Also known as USA-245 and NROL-65.

2013 044A (39233) Name: Eutelsat 25-B/Es’hail-1 Int. Agency: Eutelsat Launch date: 29 August 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Ariane 5ECA Orbit: geostationary at 25.5 °E

Communications satellite owned jointly by Eutelsat and ictQatar. The 6300 kg satellite was based on the SS/L 1300 platform and was fitted with 24 Ku and 14 Ka band transponders. Qatar named the satellite Es’hail-1, whereas Eutelsat named it initially as Eurobird-2A, renaming it as Eutelsat 25-B in March 2012.

2013 044B (39234) Name: Gsat-7 Country: India Launch date: 29 August 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Ariane 5ECA Orbit: geostationary at 74 oE

Also known as Insat 4-F, Gsat-7 was a military communications satellite based on the I2K platform. The 2650 kg satellite carried payloads in UHF, S- band, C-band and Ku-band and was used by the Indian Navy.

2013 045A (39237) Name: Amos-4 Country: Israel Launch date: 31 August 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Zenit 3SLB Orbit: geostationary at 65 oE

Communications satellite built by Israel Aerospace Industries in collaboration with Thales Alenia Space. The 4260 kg satellite was fitted with 8 Ku- and 4 Ka-band transponders.

2013 046A (39239) Name: YW-17A Country: China Launch date: 1 September 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuguan Launch vehicle: CZ 4C Orbit: 1083 km x 1116 km, inclination: 63.4 °

Earth observation satellite as described for 2006 015A.

2013 046B (39240) Name: YW-17B Country: China Launch date: 1 September 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuquan Launch vehicle: CZ 4C Orbit: 1085 km x 1117 km, inclination: 63.4 °

Companion satellite to YW-17A (2013 046A).

2031 046C (39241) Name: YW-17C Country: China Launch date: 1 September 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuquan Launch vehicle: CZ 4C Orbit: 1055 km x 1081 km, inclination: 63.4 °

Companion satellite to YW-17A (2013 046A).

2013 047A (39246) Name: LADEE Country: USA Launch date: 7 September 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur V Orbit: translunar trajectory

The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft was placed in an orbit around the Moon on 6 October 2013 to collect information about the lunar atmosphere, conditions near the surface and the environmental influences on lunar dust. The initial orbit was 558 x 15730 km with an inclination of 158 o. The orbit was later modified to a 24 hours orbit with an altitude of 250 km, whilst by 20 November 2013 it reached an orbit of 12 x 60 km. The 383 kg spacecraft carried three scientific instruments as well a technology experiment: 1. Ultraviolet and Visible Light Spectrometer, to determine the composition of the lunar atmosphere by analyzing light signatures of materials it found; 2. Neutral Mass Spectrometer, to measure variations in the lunar atmosphere over multiple lunar orbits with the moon in different space environments; 3. Lunar Dust Experiment, to collect and analyze samples of any lunar dust particles in the atmosphere in an effort to determine if the pre-sunrise horizon glow observed by Apollo astronauts was lunar dust that was electrically charged by solar ultraviolet light; and 4. Lunar Laser Communications Demonstration, to demonstrate the use of lasers instead of radio waves to achieve broadband speeds to communicate with Earth. The observations took place over period of 100 days.

2013 048A (39249) Name: Gonets M-5 Country: Russia Launch date: 11 September 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Rokot/Briz KM Orbit: 1495 km x 1510 km, inclination: 82.5 °

Message relay communications satellite communications satellite as described for 2005 048A.

2013 048B (39250) Name: Gonets M-6 Country: Russia Launch date: 11 September 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Rokot/Briz KM Orbit: 1493 km x 1508 km, inclination: 82.5 °

Message relay communications satellite communications satellite as described for 2005 048A.

2013 048C (39251) Name: Gonets M-7 Country: Russia Launch date: 11 September 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Rokot/Briz KM Orbit: 1494 km x 1509 km, inclination: 82.5 °

Message relay communications satellite communications satellite as described for 2005 048A.

2013 049A (39253) Name: SPRINT-A Country: Japan Launch date: 14 September 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: Epsilon Orbit: 952 km x 1155 km, inclination: 29.7 °

The objective of the Spectroscopic Planet Observatory for Recognition of Interaction of Atmosphere (SPRINT-A) spacecraft was the remote observation of the planets such as Venus, Mars, and Jupiter from an orbit around the Earth with a particular emphasis on how the atmospheric environments of these planets evolved from a common environment at the beginning of the solar system into their current unique atmospheric environments with an emphasis on the impact of a strong solar wind on the evolution of those environments. The 320 kg spacecraft carried an extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) imaging spectrometer for undertaking the observations. In addition the instrument observed extreme ultraviolet light from Jupiter’s moon Io to examine how to transfer energy in the plasma environment of the Jupiter based on the observation of a sulphur ion flowing out from Io. The satellite was also known as EXtreme ultraviolet spectrosCope for ExosphEric Dynamics (EXCEED) and Hisaki.

2013 050A (39256) Name: AEHF-3 Country: USA Launch date: 18 September 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Atlas V-531 Orbit: geostationary at ?°

Military communications satellite as described for 2010 039A. Also known as USA-246.

2013 051A (39258) Name: Cygnus OrbD-1 Country: USA Launch date: 18 September 2013 Re-entry: 23 October 2013 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Antares 110 Orbit: 408 km x 413 km, inclination: 51.6 o

The Cygnus Orb D-1, also referred to as G. David Low, was the first demonstration flight of the Cygnus commercial cargo spacecraft that had been developed by Orbital Sciences and Thales Alenia to meet NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS). The spacecraft consisted of a Service Module (SM) and a Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM). The SM was based on Orbital’s STAR space platform that incorporated a propulsion system fuelled by N 2H4/NTO or N 2H4. It also had two fixed wing solar arrays. The PCM was based on the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM), as described for 2001 010A and developed by Thales Alenia Space for NASA. The module had a pressurized volume of 18.9 m 3 and was capable to carry 2000 kg of crew supplies, spares and scientific experiments. The length was 3.66 m and the diameter 3.07 m. The mass, without cargo, was 1500 kg. On approach to the ISS the Cygnus spacecraft was grappled by the Canadarm2 robotic arm and was berthed at the Harmony module. The Cygnus did not have a return capability and burned-up during re-entry. Cygnus Orb D-1 carried exactly 700 kg of cargo and docked with of the Harmony module of ISS (1998 067A) on 29 September 2013 after an aborted attempt on 22 September 2013. It undocked again on 22 October 2013.

Following the fourth Cygnus, the spacecraft was fitted with an enlarged PCM with a volume of 27m 3, increasing the length to 4.86 m and the spacecraft’s mass to 1800 kg and cargo payload to 2700 kg. Versions in which the PCM would have been replaced with the Unpressurized Cargo Module (UCM), based on NASA's ExPRESS Logistics Carrier or a Return Cargo Module (RCM), were not developed.

2013 052A (39260) Name: Feng Yun 3-C Country: China Launch date: 23 September 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Taiyuan Launch vehicle: CZ 4C Orbit: 827 x 828 km, inclination: 98.8°

Meteorological satellite as described for 2008 026A.

2013 053A (39262) Name: Kuaizhou-1 Country: China Launch date: 25 September 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuquan Launch vehicle: Kuaizhou Orbit: 296 x 306 km, inclination: 96.6 °

Possibly a small remote sensing or store/dump communications satellite intended to assist in disaster monitoring. The launch was the first launch of the new Kuaizhou small quick-response launch vehicle and the payload remained attached to the upper stage.

2013 054A (39263) Name: Soyuz TMA-10M Country: Russia Launch date: 25 September 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz FG Orbit: 413 x 417 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Crewed spaceflight with cosmonauts O.Kotov (Cmdr.), S. Ryazansky (Fl. Eg.) and M. Hopkins (USA) (Fl. Eng.) using a modified Soyuz TMA spacecraft as described for 2010 052A. The mission was also known as ISS-36S and the call sign was Pulsar. They were members of the thirty seventh permanent crew (EX-37) and later the thirty eight permanent crew (EX-38) for ISS. The spacecraft docked at the Poisk docking port of ISS (1998 067A) on 26 September 2013. Ojn 1 November 2013 it was moved to the Zvezda docking port. The mission is scheduled to leave the space station in March 2014.

2013 055A (39265) Name: Cassiope Country: Canada Launch date: 29 September 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 Orbit: 325 x 1485 km, inclination: 81.0 °

Cassiope was developed by MacDonald Dettwiler (MDA) as a satellite platform for the Canadian Space Agency that could be used for a range of mission, including science, technology, Earth observation, geological exploration and high capacity information delivery. It had a mass of 375 kg and carried: 1. The Cascade commercial communications system to provide a secure digital store-and-forward file delivery system with the customers using a small parabolic antenna to upload or download files at a rate of 1.2 gigabits per second. The storage capacity will be between 50 and 500 gigabytes and the "delivery" time will be about 90 minutes, depending on the pickup and deposit points on the globe; 2. ePOP (enhanced Polar Outflow Probe (ePOP), a scientific payload comprising eight instruments to collect data on space storms in the upper atmosphere and their impacts on radio communications, comprising; • Imaging rapid scanning mass spectrometer (IRM) to measure the composition, density, velocity and temperature; • Suprathermal electron imager (SEI) to record suprathermal electro and photoelectron energy and pitch angle spectra; • Neutral mass and velocity spectrometer (NMS), to measure the neutral composition, density, velocity and temperature; • Fast auroral imager (FAI), to image the aurora using fast broadband and slower monochromatic imgages; • Radio receiver instrument (RRI) to measure HF and VLF wave electic field polarization and propagation; • Magnetic field instrument (MGF) to observe magnetic field perturbation and field aligned currents; and • Coherent EM radiation tomography experiment (CER), to observe ionospheric irregularities. The names of the two payloads gave the combination for the satellite name Cassiope, from "Cascade, Smallsat and Ionospheric Polar Explorer".

2013 055B (39266) Name: CUSat-A Country: USA Launch date: 29 September 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 Orbit: 325 x 1483 km, inclination: 81.0 °

CUSat was to consist of two identical satellites which were developed by the Cornell University for the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (ORS) as part of the Jumpstart programme to demonstrate the use of centimeter accuracy carrier-phase differential GPS for the autonomous navigation of the two satellites during which one satellite will capture imagery of the other satellite and send these images to a ground station on Earth for the reconstruction of a 3-D model of the target satellite. The two 23 kg satellites were to be separated in orbit and were to use small pulsed-thrusters to maintain station for the experiments. The purpose of the Jumpstart programme was to demonstrate a framework for responsive contracting and the ability to rapidly integrate and execute a mission, from initial call-up to launch.

During pre-launch vibration tests in 2012 one of the satellites was damaged and, although the satellite was carried into orbit to maintain the integrity of the payload stack and provide support for the other satellite, it remained attached to the Falcon 9 upper stage. The mission objective was odified to suit a single satellite.

2013 055C (39267) Name: DANDE Country: USA Launch date: 29 September 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 Orbit: 325 x 1485 km, inclination: 81.0 °

The Drag and Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment (DANDE) cubsat performed drag and neutral density measurements of the low Earth atmosphere in order to further research in space weather and atmospheric models. The 50 kg satellite was developed by the Colorado Space Grant Consortium consisting of the University of Colorado at Boulder, AF Space Command and NOAA and was the winner of the Nanosat-5 competition.

2013 055D (39268) Name: POPACS-1 Country: USA Launch date: 29 September 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 Orbit: 325 x 1480 km, inclination: 81.0 °

The Polar Orbiting Passive Atmospheric Calibration Sphere (POPACS) programme was a series of six satellites to assess changes in the density of the upper atmosphere in response to heightened solar activity. The satellites were two batches of three 10-centimeter diameter spheres filled with sand to masses of 1, 1.5, and 2 kilograms. The satellites in one of the batches were painted with flat white paint whilst those on the other batch were polished. During the launch the three spheres were separated by spacers and placed in a 3U cubesat container. The spacers re-entered after a few months. The satellites themselves were tracked until they decayed 10 to 15 years later. The mission was a collaboration between Utah State University, Planetary Systems Corporation, Drexel University, Morehead State University of Kentucky, the University of Arkansas, Montana State University, American Aerospace Advisors, Inc., SpaceX, and Analytical Graphics, Inc.

2013 055E (39269) Name: POPACS-2 Country: USA Launch date: 29 September 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 Orbit: 324 x 1482 km, inclination: 81.0 °

Cubesat as described for 2013 055D.

2013 055F (39270) Name: POPACS-3 Country: USA Launch date: 29 September 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 Orbit: 325 x 1481 km, inclination: 81.0 °

Cubesat as described for 2013 055D.

2013 056A (39285) Name: Astra 2-E Country: Luxembourg Launch date: 29 September 2012 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton M/Briz M Orbit: geostationary at 28.2 °E

Communications satellite owned by SES and built by Astrium using the Eurostar E3000 platform. The 6020 kg satellite was fitted with 60 Ku band transponders.

--- Name: Grasshopper-8 Country: USA Launch date: 12 October 2013 Re-entry: n.a. Launch site: McGregor Launch vehicle: Grasshopper v0.1 Orbit: sub-orbital to 744 m

Eighth test of the Grasshopper test vehicle as described for Grasshopper-1 (as described for 21 September 2012). On this test that lasted 80 seconds, the vehicle achieved and altitude of 744 m before returning to the launch pad. This was the last test using the Grasshopper v0.1.

2013 057A (39358) Name: SJ-16 Country: CHina Launch date: 25 october 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuquan Launch vehicle: CZ 4B Orbit: 601 x 616 km, inclination: 75.0 °

Shijian technology satellite to test advanced technologies. It was placed in an inclination not previousoy used by Chinese satellites.

2013 058A (39360) Name: Sirius FM-6 Country: USA Launch date: 25 October 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton M/Briz M Orbit: geostationary at 122.0 °W

Communications satellite owned by Sirius Satellite Radio. The 6003 kg satellite was built by Space Systems.Loral using the LS-1300 spacebus. It was fitted with an X-band uplink and an S-band downlink payload.

2013 059A (39363) Name: YW-18 Country: China Launch date: 29 October 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Taiyuan Launch vehicle: CZ 2C Orbit: 496 x 512 km, inclination: 97.5 °

Earth observation satellite as described for 2006 015A. It was also known as Jian Bing 7-3.

2013 060A (39370) Name: MOM Country: India Launch date: 5 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Sriharikota Launch vehicle: PSLV-XL Orbit: trans-martian trajectory

The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also popularly referred to as Mangalyaan, allowed India to gain experience in the design, planning, management and operations of an interplanetary mission with a specific emphasis on orbit maneuvers to transfer the probe from Earth-centered orbit to heliocentric trajectory and finally capture into Martian orbit and the associated aspects such as navigation, communications and operational requirments. The 500 kg spacecraft carried 850 kg fuel as well as a scientific payload consisting of five instruments: 1. Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyzer (MENCA); 2. Methane Sensor For Mars (MSM); 3. Mars Color Camera (MCC); 4. Probe For Infrared Spectroscopy for Mars (PRISM); and 5. Lyman-alpha photometer to measure atomic hydrogen in the Martian atmosphere.

After having been placed in Earth orbit of 248 x 23550 km, with ann inclination of 19.2 o, seven engine firings on 6 November 2013, 7 November 2013, 8 November 2013, 10 November 2013 (which was to short), 11 November 2013 (to compensate for the shirtage of the 10 November 2013 burn) and 15 November 2013, raised the orbit to 287 x 118642 km, from where it was sent, by a single firing, on a trans-martian trajectory on 30 November 2013. It will reach Mars on 21 September 2014 when it will enter into a highly elliptical martian orbit of 500 x 80,000 km.

2013 061A (39373) Name: Soyuz TMA-11M Country: Russia Launch date: 7 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz FG Orbit: 416 x 418 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Crewed spaceflight with cosmonauts M. Tyurin (Cmdr.), R. Mastracchio (USA)(Fl.Eng.) and K. Wakata (Japan) (Fl. Eng.) using a modified Soyuz TMA spacecraft as described for 2010 052A. The mission was also known as ISS-37S and the call sign was Vostok. They were initially members of the thirty seventh permanent crew (EX-37) and then the thirty eigth permanent crew (EX-38) and later the thirty nineth permanent crew (EX-39) for ISS. The spacecraft docked at the Rassvet docking port of ISS (1998 067A) on 7 November 2013. The mission is scheduled to leave the space station in May 2014.

2013 062A (39375) Name: Raduga 1M-3 Country: Russia Launch date: 11 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton M/Briz M Orbit: geostationary at 70 °E

Globus M military communications satellite as described for 2007 058A.

2013 063A (39378) Name: MAVEN Country: USA Launch date: 18 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Atlas V-401 Orbit: trans-martian trajectory

The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission made measurements of the characteristics of Mars' atmospheric gases, upper atmosphere, solar wind, and ionosphere in order to further understand the planet’s atmosphere, climate history and the potential of habitability. The 2550 kg spacecraft carried the following instruments: 1. Solar Wind Electron Analyzer (SWEA) to measure the solar wind and ionospheric electrons; 2. Solar Wind Ion Analyzer (SWIA) to measure solar wind and magnetosheath ion density and velocity; 3. Suprethermal and Thermal Ion Composition (STATIC) to measure thermal ions to moderate energy escaping ions; 4. Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) to determine the impact of solar energetic particle on the upper atmosphere; 5. Langmuir Probe and Waves (LPW) to determine the ionospheric properties and wave heating of escaping ions and solar EUV input to the atmosphere; 6. Magnetometer (MAG) to measure the interplanetary solar wind and ionospheric magnetic field; 7. Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrometer (IUVS), a remote sensing instrument to measure the global characteristics of the upper atmosphere and ionosphere; and 8. Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer (NGIMS) to measure the composition and isotopes of thermal neutrals and ion. The spacecraft was built by Lockheed Martin using the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Mars Odessey missions as baseline configurations. The spacecraft will arrive at Mars in September 2014. It will use its on-board propulsion system to enter into an elliptical orbit of 145 km x 6200 km above the planet. From that orbit the eight science instruments will take measurements during a full Earth year, which is roughly equivalent to half of a Martian year.

2013 064A (39380) Name: STPSat-3 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 497 x 508 km, inclination: 40.5 °

STPSat-3 was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies using the Ball’s Configurable Platform 100 (BCP-100), which was compatible with multiple launch vehicles. The construction of the satellite platform took 47 days, whereas the integration of the payloads took 18 days, thereby demonstrating the rapid production and deployment capability required by the ORS programme.

The 180 kg STPSat-3 carried five experiments: 1. Integrated Miniaturized Electrostatic Analyzer Reflight (iMESA-R), a USAF Academy experiment to measure plasma densities and energies; 2. Joint Component Research (J-CORE), a payload sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL); 3. Strip Sensor Unit (SSU), an AFRL experiment to provide risk reduction through on-orbit testing and operation of a sensor assembly; 4. Small Wind and Temperature Spectrometer (SWATS), a Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) experiment to provide measurements of the neutral and plasma environment to characterize the Earth’s ionosphere and thermosphere; and 5. Total Solar Irradiance Calibration Transfer Experiment (TCTE), a NASA/NOAA instrument to collect high accuracy, high precision measurements of total solar irradiance to monitor changes in solar irradiance incident at the top the Earth’s atmosphere. In addition the satellite carried the MMA Design LLC De-Orbit Module used to de-orbit the satellite in less than 25 years.

STPSat-3 was mounted on an Integrated Payload Stack whereas a total of 25 cubesats were carried on a CubeStack Wafers structure developed by MOOG CSA Engineering. This structure deployed some of the cubesats after STPSat-3 was deployed to avoid collisions. Two of the cubesats were non-separating payloads.

CubeStack Wafers

2013 064B (39381) Name: ORSES Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 499 x 501 km, inclination: 40.5 °

The ORS Enabler Satellite (ORSES) was a 3U cubesat developed for the Operationally Responsive Space office of the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command to provide communications and data for underserved tactical users. It was based on the SMDC-ONE satellite (2012-048B) but was upgraded with a Software Defined Radio (Vulcan Wireless) and an NSA Type-I encryption (Raytheon) Gryphon device. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064C (39382) Name: ORS Tech-1 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 500 x 506 km, inclination: 40.5 °

ORS Tech-1 was a 3U cubesat developed by the Johns Hopkins University to assess a multi-mission satellite as part of the Multi-Mission Bus Demonstration (MBD) program. Along with ORS Tech-2 (2013 064D), the satellite validated a robust end-to-end system architecture and key enabling nano-satellite technologies for future missions. It had a mass of 5 kg. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064D (39383) Name: ORS Tech-2 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 500 x 506 km, inclination: 40.5 °

ORS Tech-2 was a 3U cubesat as descrnbed for ORS Tech-1 (2013 064C). The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064E (39384) Name: Firefly Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 498 x 501 km, inclination: 40.5 °

Firefly was a 3U cubesat with a mass of 4 kg sponsored by the National Science Foundation and NASA to explore the relationship between lightning and terrestrial gamma ray flashes. Siena College, Hawk Institute for Space Science and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore were involved in the development. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064F (39385) Name: STARE-B Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 496 x 504 km, inclination: 40.5 °

Space-Based Telescopes for Actionable Refinement of Ephemeris (STARE)-B was the second of two 3U cubesats as described for STARE-A (2012 048H). It ad a mass of 4 kg and was also known as Horus. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064G (39386) Name: Black Knight-1 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 498 x 503 km, inclination: 40.5 °

Black Knight-1 was a 1U cubesat, with a mass of 1 kg, developed at the US Military Academy as part of a three year, multi-discipline project, requiring cadets from West Point's Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, and Physics Departments to work together to develop, design, build, integrate, test, and launch the Academy's First Satellite.. It demonstrated an experimental passive attitude control and dampening system and took digital pictures in space which were transmitted while in orbit. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064H (39387) Name: NPS-SCAT Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 497 x 501 km, inclination: 40.5 °

Naval Postgraduate School Solar Cell Array Tester (NPS-SCAT) was a 1U cubesat developed by the Space Systems Academic Group at NPS. The 1 kg satellite carried a Solar Cell Measurement System (SMS) to measure the characteristics of a solar cell. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064J (39388) Name: SENSE-1 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 496 x 503 km, inclination: 40.5 °

Space Environmental NanoSat Experiment (SENSE)-1 was one of two US Air Force 3U cubesats to demonstrate best practices for operational CubeSat/NanoSat procurement, development, test, and operations as well as test cubesat bus and sensor component technology and demonstrate the operational utility of cubesat measurements. Both satellites were fitted with a Compact Total Electron Density Sensor (CTECS) to provide radio occultation measurements. One satellite had a Cubesat Tiny Ionospheric Photometer (CTIP) monitoring 135.6 nm photons produced by the recombination of O+ ions and electrons whereas the other satellite had a Wind Ion Neutral Composite Suite (WINCS) to acquire measurements of atmospheric and ionospheric density, composition, temperature and winds/drifts. The satellite hhad a mass of 5 kg.

2013 064K (39389) Name: COPPER Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 499 x 502 km, inclination: 40.5 °

COPPER was a 1U cubesat originally developed by the St. Louis University for the Nanosat-6 competition, to capture infrared video of co-manifested satellites during separation and to capture infrared images of Earth’s oceans and atmosphere. It had a mass of 1 kg. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064L (3939o) Name: SPA-1 Trailblazer Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 497 x 503 km, inclination: 40.5 °

SPA-1 Trailblazer was a 1U cubesat with a mass of 1 kg, developed at the University of New Mexico to provide a proof-of-concept demonstration of Space Plug-and-play Architecture (SPA) technology in a space environment. In addition it carried a dosimeter and a 3D conformal printed circuit board. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064M (39391) Name: Vermont Lunar Cubesat Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 497 x 503 km, inclination: 40.5 °

Vermont Lunar Cubesat was a 1U cubesat developed at the Vermont Technical College and University of Vermont, to test four mini-thrusters and a navigations system for application on a future 2 x 3U lunar-orbiter/lander cubesat. It had a mass of 1 kg. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064N (39392) Name: SENSE-2 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 500 x 503 km, inclination: 40.5 °

Cubesat as described for SENSE-1 (2013 064J).

2013 064P (39393) Name: Prometheus-1 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 498 x 502 km, inclination: 40.5 °

Prometheus-1 was a 1.5U cubesat, with a mass of 2 kg, developed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to assess the operational effectiveness of a constellation of cubesats as well as evaluate new low-cost development and operations methodologies. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064Q (39294) Name: Prometheus-2 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 498 x 502 km, inclination: 40.5 °

1.5 U cubesat as decribed for Prometheus-1 (2013 064P). The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064R (39395) Name: Prometheus-3 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 499 x 502 km, inclination: 40.5 °

1.5 U cubesat as decribed for Prometheus-1 (2013 064P). The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064S (39396) Name: Prometheus-4 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 498 x 501 km, inclination: 40.5 °

1.5 U cubesat as decribed for Prometheus-1 (2013 064P). The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064T (39397) Name: Prometheus-5 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 497 x 504 km, inclination: 40.5 °

1.5 U cubesat as decribed for Prometheus-1 (2013 064P). The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064U (39398) Name: Prometheus-6 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 496 x 504 km, inclination: 40.5 °

1.5 U cubesat as decribed for Prometheus-1 (2013 064P). The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064V (39399) Name: Prometheus-7 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 498 x 502 km, inclination: 40.5 °

1.5 U cubesat as decribed for Prometheus-1 (2013 064P). The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064W (39400) Name: Prometheus-8 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 499 x 503 km, inclination: 40.5 °

1.5 U cubesat as decribed for Prometheus-1 (2013 064P). The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064X (39401) Name: SwampSat Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 498 x 502 km, inclination: 40.5 °

SwampSat was a 1U cubesat developed at the University of Florida (UFL) to test a Control Moment Gyroscopes (CMG) for smallsats. It had a mass of 1 kg. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064Y (39402) Name: CAPE-2 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 500 x 502 km, inclination: 40.5 °

Cajun Advanced Picosatellite Experiment (CAPE)-2 was a 1U cubesat with a mass of 1 kg, developed by the University of Louisana to demonstrate the deployment of solar panels. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064Z (39403) Name: DragonSat-1 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 497 x 505 km, inclination: 40.5 °

DragonSat-1, a 1U cubesat developed at the Drexel University to take pictures of auroras to observe the radiation dissipation intensity during the solar events and demonstrate a Boom Fluid Damper, a boom deployment mechanism. It had a mass of 1 kg. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064AA (39404) Name: KYSat-2 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 496 x 504 km, inclination: 405. °

KYSat-2 was a reflight of KySat-1 that failed to orbit on 4 March 2011. The 1 kg satellite carried upgraded components an conducted an experiment looking at the effect of the space environment on a novel chemical solar cell coating. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064AB (39405) Name: TJ 3Sat Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 498 x 502 km, inclination: 40.5 °

TJ 3Sat was a 1U cubesat developed at the Thomas Jefferson Highschool that carried a TextSpeak module that could convert coded data into spoken voice that could then be relayed back to Earth over an amateur radio frequency. It had a mass of 1 kg. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064AC (39406) Name: ChargerSat-1 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 495 x 503 km, inclination: 40.5 °

The objective of ChargerSat-1 was to improve communications for satellite operations, to demonstrate passive stabilization and to test an improved method of solar power collection. The 1U cubesat with a mass of 1 kg, was built at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). It has also been referred to as ChargerSat 1.2 to distinguish it from the prototype ChargetSat-1.0 and development unit ChargerSat-1.1 which were never launched. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064AD (39407) Name: Ho‘oponopono-2 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 494 x 504 km, inclination: 40.5 °

Ho‘oponopono-2 was a 3U cubesat with a mass of 3.5 kg, developed by students of the University of Hawaii, Honolulu (Ma-noa) in cooperation with the US Air Force, to provide a radar calibration service for the C-band radar tracking stations distributed around the world. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 064AE (39408) Name: ORS-3 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 495 x 503 km, inclination: 40.5 °

The upper stage of the Minotaur 1 launch vehicle carried two experiments that were not separated and were, together, identified as Operationally Responsive Space (ORS)-3: 1. Autonomous Flight Safety System (AFSS) that used on-board tracking and processing to terminate an errant launch vehicle; and 2. SoM/DoM, a highly modular and scalable de-orbit module payload provided by MMA Design under an AFRL SBIR contract as a passive aerodrag de-orbit system, similar to that carried on STPSat-3 (2013 064A), that was to de-orbit the Minotaur 1 upper stage. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 065A (39410) Name: YW-19 Country: China Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Taiyuan Launch vehicle: CZ 4C Orbit: 1201 km x 1207 km, inclination: 100.5 °

Earth observation satellite as described for 2006 015A.

2013 066A (39416) Name: AprizeSat-7 Country: USA Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 592 x 1609 km, inclination: 97.8 °

Communications satellite as described for 2002 058B.

2013 066B (39417) Name: HINCube Country: Norway Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 548 x 598 km, inclination: 97.8 °

The Høgskolen i Narvik CubeSat (HINCube) was a 1U cubesat with a mass of 1 kg, built by students at the Høgskolen i Narvik (HiN). The payload consisted of a camera that was used to take pictures of the Earth whilst it also carries several thermal sensors to measure the temperature variation of the satellite.

2013 066C (34918) Name: SkySat-1 Country: USA Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 567 x 599 km, inclination: 97.8 °

SkySat-1 was a commercial Earth observation satellite owned by Skybox Imaging to provide high resolution panchromatic and multispectral images of the Earth. The satellite had a mass of approximately 100 kg.

2013 066D (39419) Name: DubaiSat-2 Country: United Arab Emirates Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 585 x 603 km, inclination: 97.7 °

DubaiSat-2 was an Earth observation satellite owned by the of United Arab Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST). The objective of the satellite was to provide electro-optical image data, that can be commercialized, of the UAE and other areas with a spatial resolution of 1 m to 4 m, and to develop and implement new technologies, not used in DubaiSat-1 (2009 041B), that can be used in future space programs. The 300 kg satellite was built Satrec Initiative and was based on the SI-300 platform and was fitted with a push-broom camera with TDI sensors operating in 1 panchromatic and 4 multi-spectral bands.

2013 066E (39420) Name: OPTOS Country: Spain Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 590 x 611 km, inclination: 97.8 °

OPTOS was a 3U cubesat developed at the Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aerospacial of the Spanish Space Agency. The 3 kg satellite carried: 1. Athermalized Panchromatic Image Sensor (APIS), to study the degradation of lenses in the space environment; 2. Fiber Bragg Gratings for Optical Sensing (FIBOS), to measure temperature by studying a laser beam travelling across the optical gratings; and 3. Giant Magneto-Resistance (GMR), a system to study magnetic fluxes in the Earth’s magnetic field.

2013 066F (39421) Name: Unisat-5 Country: Italy Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 540 x 640 km, inclination: 97.8 °

Unisat-5 was a 28 kg satellite developed by the University of Rome and the Morehead State University. The satellite carried an X-ray detector to measure the polarization of gamma ray bursts, GlioSat, a space biomedical experiment with the goal of investigating the combined effects of microgravity and ionizing radiation on Glioblastoma cells behavior and a stand-alone system for high definition digital imaging. In addition the satellite carried the Morehead-Rome Femtosatellite deployers (MRFODS), a technology demonstrator built at Morehead State University for the ejection of PocketQub satellites, with a mass of under 400 grams. MRFODS carried Wren (2013 066S), $50SAT (2013 066T), Beakersat-1 (2013 066U) and QBScout-1 (2013 066V) . The satellite also carried two GAUSS CubeSat Deployer Systems, als known as PEPPOD, that deployed PUCP Sat-1 (2013 066W) which, in turn, released the Pocket-PUCP (2013 066AH), ICube-1 (2013 066AD), HumSat-D (2013 066AC) and Dove-4 (2013 066X).

2013 066G (39422) Name: STSAT-3 Country: South Korea Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 593 x 626 km, inclination: 97.8 °

The Science and Technology Satellite (STSAT)-3 was a 150 kg microsatellite designed and built at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). The instruments carried were: 1. The Multi-purpose Infrared Imaging System (MIRIS) to provide infrared imagery of the galaxy and of the cosmic background; and 2. The Compact Imaging Spectrometer (COMIS) to provide infrared and hyperspectral imagery for Earth environmental monitoring, land classification research, and monitoring of water quality.

2013 066H (39423) Name: WNISAT-1 Country: Japan Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 594 x 849 km, inclination: 97.8 °

The WeatherNews Inc Satellite (WNISAT)-1 was a 10 kg nano-satellite built by Axelspace Corp. for Weathernews Inc. to monitor polar ice as an aid for ships sailing through the Arctic Sea. The satellite was equipped with optical cameras for the monitoring of ice as well as a near-infrared camera to distinguish clouds from ice, both of which look the same within the visible wavelength. In addition the satellite carried a laser instrument to measure the CO 2 density in the atmosphere.

2013 066J (39424) Name: CINEMA-2 Country: South Korea Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 594 x 731 km, inclination: 97.8 °

Scientific satellite as described for CINEMA-1 (2012 048G ). Unlike CINEMA-1 this 4 kg satellite was provided by the Kyung Hee University and was also known as KHUSat-01.

2013 066K (39425) Name: AprizeSat-8 Country: USA Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 594 x 669 km, inclination: 97.8 °

Communications satellite as described for 2002 058B.

2013 066L (39426) Name: CINEMA-3 Country: South Korea Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 594 x 747 km, inclination: 97.8 °

Scientific satellite as described for CINEMA-2 (2013 066J). It was also known as KHUSat-02.

2013 066M (39427) Name: Triton-1 Country: The Netherlands Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 594 x 763 km, inclination: 97.8 °

Triton-1 was a 3U-cubesat developed and owned by Innovative Solutions In Space BV. The objective was to demonstrate an experimental advanced Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver. The instrumentation also allowed radio amateur operators to listen to periodic downlink broadcasts. It had a mass of 3 kg.

2013 066N (39428) Name: Delfi-n3Xt Country: The Netherlands Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 594 x 780 km, inclination: 97.8 °

Delfi-n3Xt was a 3U cubesat with a mass of 3.5 kg, developed at the Technical University of Delft. It carried the T3µPS micro-propulsion system developed by TNO in cooperation with TU Delft and University of Twente as well as ITRX, an in-orbit configurable, high-efficient transceiver platform developed by ISIS BV, in cooperation with TU Delft and SystematIC BV.

2013 066P (39429) Name: Dove-3 Country: USA Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 594 x 815 km, inclination: 97.8 °

Remote sensing technology demonstration satellite as described for Dove-1 (2013 016B).

2013 066Q (39430) Name: GOMX-1 Country: Denmark Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 593 x 819 km, inclination: 97.8 °

GomX-1 was a 2 kg 2U cubesat developed by GomSpace that was fitted with a demonstration payload capable of tracking from space trans-oceanic flights by reception of the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) signal emitted by the aircraft.

2013 066R (39431) Name: BRITE-PL-1 Country: Poland Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 593 x 886 km, inclination: 97.8 °

Polish contribution to the BRIght-star Target Explorer (BRITE) programme as described for UniBRITE (2013 009G). The satellite, also referred to as Lem, had a mass of 10 kg.

2013 066S (39432) Name: Wren Country: Germany Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 589 x 640 km, inclination: 97.8 °

Wren was a 1U PockerQubwith a mass of 0.25 kg for the STADIKO company to test miniaturized µPP-Thrusters and a new image based navigation system. The satellite was also equipped with a camera system to take pictures of the Earth, the sun and deep space objects. The satellite was deployed from MRFODS deployer on Unisat-5 (2013 066F). The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 066T (39433) Name: $50SAT Country: USA Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 589 x 640 km, inclination: 97.8 °

$50SAT was a 1.5U PocketQub satellite with a mass of 0.25 kg developed at Morehead State University. The satellite tested the HOPE RFM22 system for transmitting and receiving data from a satellite, in orbit. The satellite was deployed from MRFODS deployer on Unisat-5 (2013 066F). The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 066U (39434) Name: Beakersat-1 Country: USA Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 590 x 640 km, inclination: 97.8 °

Beakersat-1 was a 2.5U PocketQubwith as mass of 0.43 kg, designed and built at Morehead State University. It was deployed from the Morehead- Rome Femtosatellite deployer (MRFODS) carried on Unisat-5 (2013 066F). The satellite carried circuitry to test the performance of the satellite. It has also been referred to as Eagle-1 and SWESat. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 066V (39435) Name: QBScout-1 Country: USA Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 593 x 640 km, inclination: 97.8 °

QBScout-1 was a 0,4 kg satellite developed at the Small Satellites & Space Systems Institute (4SI) of the Taksha University. It was deployed from the Morehead-Rome Femtosatellite deployer (MRFODS) carried on Unisat-5 (20132 066F). The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 066W (39436) Name: PUCPSat-1 Country: Peru Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 595 x 639 km, inclination: 97.8 °

PUCPSat-1 and Pocket-PUCP

PUCPSat-1 was a 1.27 kg cubesat built at the Radio Astronomy Institute of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (INRAS-PUCP). It was deployed from the GAUSS cubesat deployer #1 on board of the Unisat-5 (2013 066F) satellite. After it was deployed it collected temperature reading with 19 sensors and, on 6 December 2013, deployed the 127 g Pocket-PUCP picosatellite (2013 066AH) which measured 8.35 x 4.95 x 1.55 cm and also took readings. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 066X (39437) Name: Dove-4 Country: USA Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 597 x 640 km, inclination: 97.8 °

Remote sensing technology demonstration satellite as described for Dove-1 (2013 016B). It was deployed from the GAUSS cubesat deployer #2 on board of the Unisat-5 (2013 066F) satellite. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 066Y (39438) Name: Velox P-2 Country: Singapore Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 593 x 700 km, inclination: 97.8 °

VELOX P-2 was a 1U cbesat built at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The 1 kg satellite tested an attitude determination and control system developed at the university. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 066Z (39439) Name: UWE-3 Country: Germany Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 593 x 699 km, inclination: 97.8 °

The University of Würzburg Experimentalsatellit (UWE)-3 was a technology demonstration project cubesat with a mass of 1 kg developed and built by students of the University of Würzburg, Germany, to an active 3-axis Attitude Determination and Control system using magnetorquers. It was a further development of UWE-2 (2009 051B). The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 066AA (39440) Name: NEE 02 Krysaor Country: Ecuador Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 593 x 715 km, inclination:97.8 °

The NEE 02 Krysaor 1U cubesat used a back-up of the NEE-01 (2013 018B) but was fitted with a different arrangement of solar panels. The satellite offered real time video transmission and tested the solar array. It had a mass of 1 kg. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 066AB (39441) Name: CubeBug-2 Country: Argentine Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 593 x 715 km, inclination: 97.8 °

The CubeBug-1, also known as Capitán Beto and Manolito, was a 2U cubesatw ith a mass of 2 kg, developed by Satellogic S.A., and Radio Club Bariloche in Argentine. It was a technology demonstration mission for a new cubesat platform design and carried an ARM based on-board computer, a nano-reaction wheel with its driver circuit and a low resolution camera, all based on COTS components. After the technology demonstration, the satellite was made available to radio amateurs and was also known as Oscar (LO)-74.. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 066AC (39442) Name: HumSat-D Country: Spain Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 589 x 640 km, inclination: 97.8 °

The Humanitarian Satellite Network-Demonstrator (HumSat-D) was a 1U cubesatwith a mass of 1 kg, developed at the University of Vigo, Spain. HumSat-D was the first satellite of the proposed HumSat constellation to provide worldwide store-and-forward communication capabilities to areas without infrastructure.. It was deployed from the GAUSS cubesat deployer #1 on board of the Unisat-5 (2013 066F) satellite. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 066AD (39443) Name: ICube Country: Pakistan Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 596 x 640 km, inclination: 97.8 °

The ICube-1 1U cubesat was developed by the Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan and carried a low-resolution camera, a 3-axis magnetometer and several temperature sensors. The 1 kg satellite was deployed from the GAUSS cubesat deployer #1 on board of the Unisat-5 (2013 066F) satellite. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 066AE (39444) Name: ZACube-1 Country: South Africa Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 593 x 683 km, inclination: 97.8 °

The ZACube-1 was a 1U cubesat developed at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa. It carried a high frequency (HF) beacon transmitter to characterize the Earth’s ionosphere and to calibrate the South African National Space Agency (SANSA)’s auroral radar installation in Antarctica. It had a mass of 1.2 kg.

2013 066AF (39445) Name: FUNcube-1 Country: United Kingdom Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 593 x 683 km, inclination: 97.8 °

The FUNcube-1 satellite was created by AMSAT-UK to transmit signals that could be easily received directly by schools and colleges for educational outreach purposes. It had a mass of 1 kg and was also known as Oscar (AO)-73.

2013 066AG (39446) Name: First-MOVE Country: Germany Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 593 x 700 km, inclination: 97.8 °

The First Munich Orbital Verification Experiment (First-MOVE) was a 1 kg 1U cubesat built at the Technical University of München, Germany. The satellite carried a CCD camera as well as two deployable solar panels carrying a new generation of solar cell. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 066AH (39447) Name: Pocket-PUCP Country: Peru Launch date: 6 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: ? x ? km, inclination: ?°

127 g picosatellite deployed from PUCPSat-1 (2013 066W) on 6 December 2013. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 066AJ (39448) Name: BPA-3 Country: Ukraine Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 585 x 601 km, inclination: 97.8 °

The Blok Perspektivnoy Avioniki (BPA)-3 is assumed to be similar to BPA-1 (2010 028C).

2013 067A (39451) Name: SWARM-A Int. Agency: ESA Launch date: 22 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Rokot Orbit: 491 x 502 km, inclination: 87.6 o

SWARM-A was one of a constellation of three identical small satellites to study the dynamics of the Earth’s magnetic field and its interactions with the Earth systems. The mission was the fourth in ESA’s Earth Explorers programme. The payload of the three satellies consisted of: 1. Vector Field Magnetometer (VFM) for linear and low-noise measurements of the Earth's magnetic field vector components; 2. Absolute Scalar Magnetometer (ASM) for the calibration of the main instrument VFM; 3. Electric Field Instrument (EFI) to measure ion density, drift velocity and electric field; 4. Accelerometer (ACC) for the measurement of non-gravitational accelerations like air-drag, winds, Earth albedo and solar radiation pressure; and 5. Laser Range Reflector (LRR), a reflecting quartz prisms as part of the satellite laser ranging network. After initial testing, the 468 kg satellites will be placed in near-polar orbits, two satellites at 460 km; one at 530 km.

2013 067B (39452) Name: SWARM-B Int. Agency: ESA Launch date: 22 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Rokot Orbit: 490 x 505 km, inclination: 87.6 o

Scientific satellite as described for SWARM-A (2013 067A).

2013 067C (39453) Name: SWARM-C Int. Agency: ESA Launch date: 22 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Rokot Orbit: 492 x 500 km, inclination: 87.6 o

Scientific satellite as described for SWARM-A (2013 067A).

2013 068A (39455) Name: Shiyan-5 Country: China Launch date: 25 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Jiuquan Launch vehicle: CZ 2D Orbit: 739 x 755 km, inclination: 98.0 °

Also known as Tansuo (TS)-5, Shiyan-5 was an experimental remote sensing satellite using the CAST1000 platform.

2013 069A (39456) Name: Progress M-21M Country: Russia Launch date: 25 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz U Orbit: 246 x 281 km, inclination: 51.6 °

Cargo transfer spacecraft as described for 2008 060A. The flight was also known as ISS-53P. After launch the spacecraft was used to test new equipment for the Kurs rendez-wous system and flew within a few kilometres of ISS on 27 November 2013. Progress M-21M docked at the Zvezda port of ISS (1998 067A) on 29 November 2013. The spacecraft is scheduled to undocked on 13 June 2014.

2013 070A (39458) Name: Chang’e-3 Country: China Launch date: 1 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Xichang Launch vehicle: CZ 3B Orbit: trans-lunar trajectory

The 3800 kg Chang’e-3 lunar spacecraft consisted of a Service Module and a Lunar Landing Vehicle. After its trans-lunar trajectory, the spacecraft was placed in a 100 x 100 km orbit on 6 December 2013 after which the Lunar Landing Vehicle separated on 14 December 2013 and descended to a 15 x 10 km orbit with an inclination of 45 o. At the altitude of 15 km variable thrusters slowed the spacecraft down descending gradually to an altitude of 100 m at which altitude the vehicle hovered to find a landing site without obstacles. It then descended to an altitude of 4 m, when the engines shut down for a free-fall onto the lunar surface. The landing site was at Sinus Iridum, at 44.12 oN and 19.51 oW.

The 1200 kg Lunar Landing Vehicle was equipped with a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) to supply its power for the one year period of operation. It carried seven instruments and cameras, including an astronomical telescope fitted with an extreme ultraviolet camera for long-term continuous observations of important celestial bodies and to determine how solar activity affects the ion layer near the Earth.

Once landed the 120 kg the Automatic Lunar Surface Exploring Vehicle, named Yutu, was deployed on 14 December 2013.. Powered by solar energy, the six wheeled vehicle was fitted with four cameras as well as two mechanical arms that were used to dig up soil. It also carried a radar for detecting the structure beneath the Moon surface and an optical telescope. An onboard camera captured images of the lunar surface. The rover remained operational for three months. During this time it travelled a maximum distance of 10 km, whilst exploring an area of 3 km 2.

2013 071A (39468) Name: SES-8 Country: Luxembourg Launch date: 3 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 v1.1 Orbit: geostationary at 95 oE

Owned by SES, the 3138 kg SES-8 satellite was built by Orbital using the GEOStar2 platform. It was fitted with 24 Ku band transponders and a single Ka transponder.

2013 072A (39462) Name: Topaz-3 Country: USA Launch date: 6 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas V-501 Orbit: 1066 x 1081 km, inclination: 123 °

Also known as NROL-39 and USA-247, this was probably a Topaz radar imaging satellite as described for 2010 046A. The twelve cubesats carried by the launch vehicle, were collectively known as Government Experimental Multisatellite (GEMSat). The orbital information is based on observations.

2013 072B (39463) Name: FIREBIRD-1 Country: USA Launch date: 6 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas V-501 Orbit: 443 x 886 km, inclination: 120.3 °

Focused Investigations of Relativistic Burst Intensity, Range and Dynamics (FIREBIRD)-1 was a 1.5U cubesats developed by the Montana State University, the University of New Hampshire and the Los Alamos National Laboratory to resolve the spatial scale size and energy dependence of electron microbursts in the Van Allen radiation belts. The 2 kg satellite worked in tandem with FIREBIRD-2.

2013 072C (39464) Name: FIREBIRD-2 Country: USA Launch date: 6 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas V-501 Orbit: 443 x 886 km, inclination: 120.3 °

1.5U cubesat similar to FIREBIRD-1 (2013 072B).

2013 072D (39465) Name: AeroCube-5A Country: USA Launch date: 6 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas V-501 Orbit: 443 x 486 km, inclination: 120.3 °

AeroCube-5A was a 1.5U cubesat developed by The Aerospace Corp. as part of an earlier started series of satellites. The satellite was an upgrade from the earlier Aerocube 4 series of satellites and tested its pointing and tracking capabilities while on orbit. It had a mass of 2 kg.

2013 072E (39466) Name: AeroCube-5B Country: USA Launch date: 6 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas V-501 Orbit: 443 x 486 km, inclination: 120.3 °

1.5U cubesat as described for AeroCube-5A (2013 072D).

2013 072F (39467) Name: ALICE Country: USA Launch date: 6 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas V-501 Orbit: 443 x 486 km, inclination: 120.3 °

AFIT LEO iMESA CNT Experiment (ALICE) was a 3U cubesat developed by the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) as part of the National Reconnaissance office’s Colony programme to test the Integrated Miniaturized Electrostatic Analyzer (iMESA) and the Carbon Nano-Tube (CNT) experiments. It had a mass of 5 kg.

2013 072G (39468) Name: SNaP Country: USA Launch date: 6 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas V-501 Orbit: 443 x 886 km, inclination: 120.3 °

SMDC Nanosatellite Program (SNaP) was a 3U cubesat built likely by the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC). Details of the mission’s purpose are not known.The satellite had a mass of 5 kg.

2013 072H (39469) Name: M-Cubed-2 Country: USA Launch date: 6 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas V-501 Orbit: 443 x 886 km, inclination: 120.3 °

M-Cubed-2 was a 1U cubesat developed by the Michigan eXploration Laboratory to evaluate NASA JPL’s image processing FPGA called COVE. It was a reflight of the M-Cubed (2011 061D) mission and had a mass of 1 kg.

2013 072J (39470) Name: CUNYSAT-1 Country: USA Launch date: 6 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas V-501 Orbit: 443 x 886 km, inclination: 120.3 °

CUNYSAT-1 was a 1U cubesat developed by The City University of New York, to investigate ionospheric disturbances using GPS signals. It had a mass of 1 kg.

2013 072K (39471) Name: IPEX Country: USA Launch date: 6 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas V-501 Orbit: 469 x 890 km, inclination: 120.3 °

Intelligent Payload Experiment (IPEX), a 1U cubesat developed at Cal Poly and also known as CP-8, to to demonstrate the operation of autonomous instrument processing, downlink operations, and ground station operations. It had a mass of 1 kg.

2013 072L (39472) Name: SMDC ONE-2.4 Country: USA Launch date: 6 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas V-501 Orbit: 443 x 886 km, inclination: 120.3 °

SMDC-ONE-2.4, also known as David, was a 4 kg 3U cubesats developed by the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command to demonstrate the ability to rapidly design and develop militarily relevant low cost spacecraft, receive packetized data from multiple Unattended Ground Sensors (UGS) and provide real time voice and text message data relay to and from field deployed tactical radio systems.

2013 072M (39473) Name: TacSat-6 Country: USA Launch date: 6 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas V-501 Orbit: 443 x 886 km, inclination: 120.3 °

TacSat-6 was a 3U cubesat developed by the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command. No details are known of its purpose and its mass was 5 kg.

2013 072N (39474) Name: SMDC ONE-2.3 Country: USA Launch date: 6 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Vandenberg Launch vehicle: Atlas V-501 Orbit: 443 x 886 km, inclination: 120.3 °

SMDC ONE-2.3 was similar to SMDC ONE-2.4 (2013 072L) It was also know as Charlie. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed.

2013 073A (39476) Name: Inmarsat 5-F1 Int.Agency: Inmarsat Launch date: 8 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton M/Briz M Orbit: geostationary at 60.3 oE

Inmarsat 5-F1 was the first of three maritime satellites built for Inmarsat by Boeing, using the 702HP platform. The 6100 kg spacecraft were fitted with 89 Ka band transponders to be used in the Broadband Global Area Network (B-GAN).. The series of satellites provided Inmarsat with the ability to adapt to shifting subscriber usage patterns of high data rates, specialized applications and evolving demographics over a projected 15-year lifetime. A fourth satellite was also ordered as a spare.

--- Name: CBERS-3 Country: Brazil Launch date: 9 December 2013 Re-entry: n.a. Launch site: Taiyuan Launch vehicle: CZ 4B Orbit: failed to orbit

The China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite (CBERS)-3, also known as Zi Yuan 1-2D, was a remote sensing satellite developed for Brazil by China. The 1980 kg satellites carried: 1. the PanMux Camera (PANMUX); 2. a Multi-spectral Camera (MUXCAM), 3. an Infrared Medium Resolution Scanner (IRSCAM); and 4. the Wide Field Imaging Camera (WFICAM). A problem with the third stage of the launch vehicle caused the satellite to fail reaching the intended 770 km orbit with an iinclination of 98.5 o.

--- Name: Kavoshgar Pazhuhesh Country: Iran Launch date: 14 December 2013 Re-entry: n.a. Launch site: Semnan Launch vehicle: Shabab 1 Orbit: sub-orbital to 120 km

The Pazhuhesh (Research Probe) was a sub-orbital flight to test the recovery of a Capsule type D that carried a 3 kg rhesus monkey named Fargam monkey. It was successfully recovered. The payload was developed at the Institute of Astronautical Systems.

013 074A.. (39479) Name: Gaia Int. Agency: ESA Launch date: 19 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1b Orbit: L2 Lagrangian point

The objective of Gaia was to undertake a global space astronomy mission to make the largest and most precise three dimensional map of the galaxy by observing more than a thousand million stars. To achieve this the spacecraft monitored each of the target stars about 70 times during a period of five years, recording their positions, distances, movements, and changes in brightness. It was also expected that the mission would discover hundreds of thousands of new celestial objects, such as extra-solar planets and brown dwarfs as well as observe hundreds of thousands of asteroids within our own Solar System. Finally, the mission was to study about 500 000 distant quasars to test of Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. The 2030 kg spacecraft carried: 1. two identical optical telescopes, each with a primary mirror of 0.7m 2; 2. the ASTRO astrometric instrument to determine the positions of stars in the sky; 3. the Radial Velocity Spectrometer (RVS) to measure the velocity of the star along the line of sight of Gaia by measuring the Doppler shift of absorption lines in a high-resolution spectrum; and 4. the photometric instrument (BP/RP) to provide colour information by generating two low-resolution spectra in red and blue. Named after the Greek goddess of Earth, the satellite was built by EADS Astrium and was fitted with a 10 m diameter sunshield to protect the instruments from sunlight. On the lower surface of the sunshield were solar panels to generate the power for the operation of the instruments. It will reach the L2 orbit on 14 January 2014.

2013 075A (39481) Name: Tupac Katari-1 Country: Bolivia Launch date: 20 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Xichang Launch vehicle: CZ 3B/E Orbit: geostationary at 87.2 oW

Tupac Katari-1, also known as TKSat-1, was Bolivia’s first satellite. The communications satellite was owned by Agencia Boliviana Espacial (ABE) and was built by Great Wall Industry Corp. of China using the DFH4 platform. The .. kg satellite was fitted with 26 Ku-band, 2 C-band and 2 Ka-band transponders. The satellite was named in honour of Tupac Katari, a Bolivian 18th century indigenous leader who fought for national independence.

2013 076A (39483) Name: Kosmos-2488 Country: Russia Launch date: 25 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Rokot/Briz KM Orbit: 1479 x 1509 km, inclination: 82.5°

Rodnik military communications satellite as described for 2005 048B.

2013 076B (39484) Name: Kosmos-2489 Country: Russia Launch date: 25 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Rokot/Briz KM Orbit: 1480 x 1511 km, inclination: 82.5°

Rodnik military communications satellite as described for 2005 048B.

2013 076C (39485) Name: Kosmos-2490 Country: Russia Launch date: 25 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Rokot/Briz KM Orbit: 1480 x 1512 km, inclination: 82.5°

Rodnik military communications satellite as described for 2005 048B.

2013 077A (39487) Name: Ekspress AM-5 Country: Russia Launch date: 26 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Bakonour Launch vehicle: Proton M/Briz M Orbit: geostationary at 140 oE

Communications satellite built by ISS Reshetnev using the Ekspress 2000 satellite platform and with a communication payload built by MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA). The 3400 kg satellite was owned by Russian State Company for Satellite Communications and carried 30 C- band, 40 Ku-band, 12 Ka-band and 2 L-band transponders.

2013 078A (39490) Name: Aist-1 Country: Russia Launch date: 28 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1v/Volga Orbit: 257 x 596 km, inclination: 82.4 °

Student satellite similar to Aiist-2 (2013 015D). The flight was essentially a test flight of the next version of the Soyuz launch vehicle and the Volga upper stage ans ballast was carried during the launch.

2013 078B (39491) Name: SKRL 756-1 Country: Russia Launch date: 28 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1v/Volga Orbit: 595 x 625 km, inclination: 82.4 °

Two SKRL 756 satellites fitted to the payload stage

Radar calibration satellite.

2013 078C (39492) Name: SKRL 756-2 Country: Russia Launch date: 28 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1v/Volga Orbit: 599 x 626 km, inclination: 82.4 °

Radar calibration satellite as described for 2013 078B.

Summary Launch Log 2013

Name Int.des. NORAD Launch Re-entry L/site L/veh Fl. Orbit Incl. km date date #

Kosmos-2482 2013 001A 39057 15-Jan-2013 Plesetsk Rokot/Briz KM 1473 x 1516 82.4 Kosmos-2483 2013 001B 39058 15-Jan-2013 Plesetsk Rokot/Briz KM 1478 x 1502 82.4 Kosmos-2484 2013 001C 39059 15-Jan-2013 Plesetsk Rokot/Briz KM 1475 x 1514 82.4 IGS-8A 2013 002A 39061 26-Jan-2013 Tanegashima H 2A-202 F22 509 x 514 97.5 IGS-8B 2013 002B 39062 26-Jan-2013 Tanegashima H 2A-202 F22 512 x 523 97.5 Kavoshgar Pishgam sub-orbital --- 28-Jan-2013 Seman Fateh K110 (?) 120 STSAT-2C 2013 003A 39068 30-Jan-2013 Naro KSVL 1 292 x 1511 80.3 TDRS-11 2013 004A 39070 31-Jan-2013 Cape Canaveral Atlas V-401 AV036 geostationary at 171W Intelsat-27 failed --- 1-Feb-2013 --- Odyssey Zenit 3SL ------Globalstar FM-78 2013 005A 39072 5-Feb-2013 Baikonour Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat ST26 919 x 926 52.0 Globalstar FM-87 2013 005B 39073 5-Feb-2013 Baikonour Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat ST26 917 x 926 52.0 Globalstar FM-93 2013 005C 39074 5-Feb-2013 Baikonour Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat ST26 916 x 926 52.0 Globalstar FM-94 2013 005D 39075 5-Feb-2013 Baikonour Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat ST26 916 x 926 52.0 Globalstar FM-95 2013 005E 39076 5-Feb-2013 Baikonour Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat ST26 1402 x 1413 52.0 Globalstar FM-96 2013 005F 39077 5-Feb-2013 Baikonour Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat ST26 1358 x 1400 52.0 Amazonas-3 2013 006A 39078 7-Feb-2013 Kourou Ariane 5ECA VA212 geostationary at 61W Azerspace-1 2013 006B 39079 7-Feb-2013 Kourou Ariane 5ECA VA212 geostationary at 46E Progress M-18M 2013 007A 39082 11-Feb-2013 26-Jul-2013 Baikonour Soyuz U 402 x 417 51.6 Landsat-8 2013 008A 39084 11-Feb-2013 Vandenberg Atlas V-410 AV035 670 x 685 98.2 ? failed --- 17-Feb-2013 ? ? ------SARAL 2013 009A 39086 25-Feb-2013 Sriharikota PSLV-CA C20 706 x 772 98.6 AAUSAT-3 2013 009B 39087 25-Feb-2013 Sriharikota PSLV-CA C20 772 x 787 98.6 Sapphire 2013 009C 39088 25-Feb-2013 Sriharikota PSLV-CA C20 772 x 787 98.6 NEOSSat 2013 009D 39089 25-Feb-2013 Sriharikota PSLV-CA C20 772 x 786 98.6 STRaND-1 2013 009E 39090 25-Feb-2013 Sriharikota PSLV-CA C20 771 x 784 98.6 TUGSat 2013 009F 39091 25-Feb-2013 Sriharikota PSLV-CA C20 769 x 785 98.6 UniBRITE 2013 009G 39092 25-Feb-2013 Sriharikota PSLV-CA C20 772 x 789 98.6 Dragon CRS-2 2013 010A 39115 1-Mar-2013 26-Mar-2013 Cape Canaveral Falcon 9 v1.0 380 x 409 51.6 Grasshopper-4 sub-orbital --- 7-Mar-2013 --- McGregor Grasshopper v0.1 0.034 SBIRS GEO-2 2013 011A 39120 19-Mar-2013 Cape Canaveral Atlas V-401 AV037 geostationary at ? Satmex-8 2013 012A 39122 26-Mar-2013 Baikonour Proton M/Briz M 935-36 geostationary at 116.8W Soyuz TMA-08M 2013 013A 39125 28-Mar-2013 11-Sep-2013 Baikonour Soyuz FG 402 x 419 51.6 Anik G-1 2013 014A 39127 15-Apr-2013 Baikonour Proton M/Briz M 935-37 geostationary at 107.3W Bion M-1 2013 015A 39130 19-Apr-2013 19-May-2013 Baikonour Soyuz 2-1b 557 x 582 64.9 OSSI-1 2013 015B 39131 19-Apr-2013 Baikonour Soyuz 2-1b 257 x 546 64.9 Dove-2 2013 015C 39132 21-Apr-2013 Baikonour Soyuz 2-1b 559 x 582 64.9 Aist-1 2013 015D 39133 21-Apr-2013 Baikonour Soyuz 2-1b 559 x 581 64.9 Beesat-3 2013 015E 39134 21-Apr-2013 Baikonour Soyuz 2-1b 556 x 579 64.9 SOMP 2013 015F 39135 21-Apr-2013 Baikonour Soyuz 2-1b 554 x 581 64.9 Beesat-2 2013 015G 39136 21-Apr-2013 Baikonour Soyuz 2-1b 554 x 580 64.9 Cygnus MS 2013 016A 39142 21-Apr-2013 26-Apr-2013 Wallops Island Antares 110 153 x 161 51.6 Dove-1 2013 016B 39143 21-Apr-2013 27-Apr-2013 Wallops Island Antares 110 160 x 169 51.6 PhoneSat v2 2013 016C 39144 21-Apr-2013 27-Apr-2013 Wallops Island Antares 110 134 x 152 51.6 PhoneSat v1-b 2013 016D 39145 21-Apr-2013 10-May-2013 Wallops Island Antares 110 237 x 253 51.6 PhoneSat v1-a 2013 016E 39146 21-Apr-2013 26-Apr-2013 Wallops Island Antares 110 161 x 175 51.6 Grasshopper-5 sub-orbital --- 22-Apr-2013 --- McGregor Grasshopper v0.1 0.25 Progress M-19M 2013 017A 39148 24-Apr-2013 19-Jun-2013 Baikonour Soyuz U 403 x 416 51.6 GF-1 2013 018A 39150 26-Apr-2013 Jiuquan CZ 2D 635 x 663 98.3 NEE-01 Pegaso 2013 018B 39151 26-Apr-2013 Jiuquan CZ 2D 630 x 654 98.0 TurkSat-3USat 2013 018C 39152 26-Apr-2013 Jiuquan CZ 2D 629 x 654 98.0 CubeBug-1 2013 018D 39153 26-Apr-2013 Jiuquan CZ 2D 629 x 653 98.0 Kosmos-2485 2013 019A 39155 26-Apr-2013 Plesetsk Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat 19223 x 19667 64.8 ZX-11 2013 020A 39157 5-May-2013 Xichang CZ 3B geostationary at 98.2E Proba V 2013 021A 39159 7-May-2013 Kourou Vega VV02 813 x 820 98.7 VNREDSat-1A 2013 021B 39160 7-May-2013 Kourou Vega VV02 682 x 686 98.1 ESTCube-1 2013 021C 39161 7-May-2013 Kourou Vega VV02 658 x 671 98.1 Eutelsat 3-D 2013 022A 39163 14-May-2013 Baikonour Proton M/Briz M geostationary at 3E Navstar 2F-4 2013 023A 39166 15-May-2013 Cape Canaveral Atlas V-401 AV039 20449 x 20463 55.0 WGS-5 2013 024A 39168 25-May-2013 Cape Canaveral Delta 4M+(5,4) 362 geostationary at 52.5W Soyuz TMA-09M 2013 025A 39170 28-May-2013 11-Nov-2013 Baikonour Soyuz FG 408 x 422 51.6 SES-6 2013 026A 39172 3-Jun-2013 Baikonour Proton M/Briz M geostationary at 41.5W ATV-4 2013 027A 39175 5-Jun-2013 2-Nov-2013 Kourou Ariane 5 ATV VA213 253 x 267 51.6 Kosmos-2486 2013 028A 39177 8-Jun-2013 Plesetsk Soyuz 2-1b 714 x 732 98.3 Shenzhou-10 2013 029A 39179 11-Jun-2013 26-Jun-2013 Jiuquan CZ 2F 327 x 334 42.8 Grasshopper-6 sub-orbital --- 14-Jun-2013 --- McGregor Grasshopper v0.1 0.325 Celestis-12 sub-orbital --- 21-Jun-2013 --- White Sands Spaceloft XL SL7 119 Resurs P-1 2013 030A 39186 25-Jun-2013 Baikonour Soyuz 2-1b 459 x 473 97.3 O3b-FM05 2013 031A 39188 25-Jun-2013 Kourou Soyuz ST VS05 7808 x 7838 0.0 O3b-FM04 2013 031B 39189 25-Jun-2013 Kourou Soyuz ST VS05 7820 x 7838 0.0 O3b-FM02 2013 031C 39190 25-Jun-2013 Kourou Soyuz ST VS05 7828 x 7838 0.0 O3b-PFM 2013 031D 39191 25-Jun-2013 Kourou Soyuz ST VS05 7838 x 7842 0.0 Kosmos-2487 2013 032A 39194 27-Jun-2013 Baikonour Strela 497 x 501 74.7 IRIS 2013 033A 39197 28-Jun-2013 Vandenberg Pegasus XL 622 x 663 97.9 IRNSS-R1A 2013 034A 39199 1-Jul-2013 Sriharikota PSLV XL C22 35706 x 35869 27.0 Glonass M (3 sats) failed --- 2-Jul-2013 --- Baikonour Proton M/Briz M ------SJ-11-5 2013 035A 39202 15-Jul-2013 Jiuquan CZ 2C 688 x 704 98.1 MUOS-2 2013 036A 39206 19-Jul-2013 Cape Canaveral Atlas V-551 AV040 geostationary at ? SJ-15(*) 2013 037A 39208 19-Jul-2013 Taiyuan CZ 4C 661 x 673 98.1 CX-3(*) 2013 037B 39209 19-Jul-2013 Taiyuan CZ 4C 667 x 673 98.1 Shiyan-7(*) 2013 037C 39210 19-Jul-2013 Taiyuan CZ 4C 664 x 673 98.1 SJ-15 sub-satellite 2013 037J 39357 18-Oct-2013 Taiyuan CZ 4C 661 x 675 98.1 Alphasat I-XL 2013 038A 39215 25-Jul-2013 Kourou Ariane 5ECA VA214 geostationary at 25E Insat-3D 2013 038B 39216 25-Jul-2013 Kourou Ariane 5ECA VA214 geostationary at 82E Progress M-20M 2013 039A 39219 27-Jul-2013 Baikonour Soyuz U 414 x 419 51.6 HTV-4 2013 040A 39221 3-Aug-2013 7-Sep-2013 Tanegashima H 2B-304 406 x 419 51.6 PicoDragon 1998 067DA 39412 19-Nov-2013 ISS --- 411 x 416 51.5 Ardusat-1 1998 067DB 39413 19-Nov-2013 ISS --- 411 x 415 51.5 Ardusat-X 1998 067DC 39414 19-Nov-2013 ISS --- 411 x 415 51.5 TechEdSat-3 1998 067DD 39415 20-Nov-2013 ISS --- 411 x 415 51.5 WGS-6 2013 041A 39222 7-Aug-2013 Cape Canaveral Delta 4 363 440 x 66900 24.0 Medium+(5,4) Grasshopper-7 sub-orbital --- 13-Aug-2013 --- McGregor Grasshopper v0.1 0.250 Arirang-5 2013 042A 39227 22-Aug-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 536 x 552 97.6 Advanced KH 11-7 2013 043A 39231 28-Aug-2013 Vandenberg Delta 4 Heavy 259 x 1002 97.9 Eutelsat 25-B 2013 044A 39233 29-Aug-2013 Kourou Ariane 5ECA VA215 geostationary at 25.5E Gsat-7 2013 044B 39234 29-Aug-2013 Kourou Ariane 5ECA VA215 geostationary at 74E Amos-4 2013 045B 39237 31-Aug-2013 Baikonour Zenit 3SLB geostationary at 65E YW-17A 2013 046A 39239 1-Sep-2013 Jiuquan CZ 4C 1083 x 1116 63.4 YW-17B 2013 046B 39240 1-Sep-2013 Jiuquan CZ 4C 1085 x 1117 63.4 YW-17C 2013 046C 39241 1-Sep-2013 Jiuquan CZ 4C 1055 x 1081 63.4 LADEE 2013 047A 39246 7-Sep-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur V translunar trajectory Gonets M-5 2013 048A 39249 11-Sep-2013 Plesetsk Rokot/Briz KM 1495 x 1510 82.5 Gonets M-6 2013 048B 39250 11-Sep-2013 Plesetsk Rokot/Briz KM 1493 x 1508 82.5 Gonets M-7 2013 048C 39251 11-Sep-2013 Plesetsk Rokot/Briz KM 1494 x 1509 82.5 SPRINT-A 2013 049A 39253 14-Sep-2013 Tanegashima Epsilon 952 x 1155 29.7 AEHF-3 2013 050A 39256 18-Sep-2013 Cape Canaveral Atlas V-531 AV041 geostationary at ? Cygnus OrbD-1 2013 051A 39258 18-Sep-2013 23-Oct-2013 Wallops Island Antares 110 408 x 413 51.6 Feng Yun 3-C 2013 052A 39260 23-Sep-2013 Taiyuan CZ 4C 827 x 828 98.8 Kuaizhou-1 2013 053A 39262 25-Sep-2013 Kuaizhou-1 Kuaizhou 296 x 306 96.6 Soyuz TMA-10M 2013 054A 39263 25-Sep-2013 Baikonour Soyuz FG 413 x 417 51.6 Cassiope-1 2013 055A 39265 29-Sep-2013 Vandenberg Falcon 9 v.1.1 325 x 1485 81.0 CUSat-A 2013 055B 39266 29-Sep-2013 Vandenberg Falcon 9 v.1.1 325 x 1483 81.0 DANDE 2013 055C 39267 29-Sep-2013 Vandenberg Falcon 9 v.1.1 325 x 1485 81.0 POPACS-1 2013 055D 39268 29-Sep-2013 Vandenberg Falcon 9 v.1.1 325 x 1480 81.0 POPACS-2 2013 055E 39269 29-Sep-2013 Vandenberg Falcon 9 v.1.1 324 x 1482 81.0 POPACS-3 2013 055F 39270 29-Sep-2013 Vandenberg Falcon 9 v.1.1 325 x 1481 81.0 Astra-2E 2013 056A 39285 29-Sep-2013 Baikonour Proton M/Briz M geostationary at 28.2E Grasshopper-8 sub-orbital --- 12-Oct-2013 --- McGregor Grasshopper v0.1 0.744 SJ-16 2013 057A 39358 25-Oct-2013 Jiuquan CZ 4B 601 x 616 75.0 Sirius FM-6 2013 058A 39360 25-Oct-2013 Bakonour Proton M/Briz M geostationary at 122W YW-18 2013 059A 39363 29-Oct-2013 Taiyuan CZ 2C 496 x 512 97.5 MOM 2013 060A 39370 5-Nov-2013 Sriharikota PSLV-XL C-25 trans martian Soyuz TMA-11M 2013 061A 39373 7-Nov-2013 Baikonour Soyuz FG 416 x 418 51.6 Raduga 1M-3 2013 062A 39375 11-Nov-2013 Baikonour Proton M/Briz M geostationary at 70E MAVEN 2013 063A 39378 18-Nov-2013 Cape Canaveral Atlas V-401 AV038 trans martian STPSat-3 2013 064A 39380 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 497 x 508 40.5 ORSES(*) 2013 064B 39381 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 499 x 507 40.5 ORS Tech-1(*) 2013 064C 39382 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 500 x 506 40.5 ORS Tech-2(*) 2013 064D 39383 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 500 x 506 40.5 Firefly(*) 2013 064E 39384 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 498 x 501 40.5 STARE-B(*) 2013 064F 39385 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 496 x 504 40.5 Black Knight-1(*) 2013 064G 39386 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 498 x 503 40.5 NPS-SCAT(*) 2013 064H 39387 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 497 x 501 40.5 SENSE-1 2013 064J 39388 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 496 x 503 40.5 COPPER(*) 2013 064K 39389 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 499 x 502 40.5 SPA-1 Trailblazer(*) 2013 064L 39390 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 497 x 503 40.5 Vermont Lunar 2013 064M 39391 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 497 x 503 40.5 Cubesat(*) SENSE-2 2013 064N 39392 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 500 x 503 40.5 Prometheus-1(*) 2013 064P 39393 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 498 x 502 40.5 Prometheus-2(*) 2013 064Q 39394 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 498 x 502 40.5 Prometheus-3(*) 2013 064R 39395 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 499 x 502 40.5 Prometheus-4(*) 2013 064S 39396 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 498 x 501 40.5 Prometheus-5(*) 2013 064T 39397 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 497 x 504 40.5 Prometheus-6(*) 2013 064U 39398 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 496 x 504 40.5 Prometheus-7(*) 2013 064V 39399 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 498 x 502 40.5 Prometheus-8(*) 2013 064W 39400 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 499 x 503 40.5 Swampsat(*) 2013 064X 39401 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 498 x 502 40.5 CAPE-2(*) 2013 064Y 39402 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 500 x 502 40.5 Dragonsat-1(*) 2013 064Z 39403 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 497 x 505 40.5 KYSat-2(*) 2013 064AA 39404 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 496 x 504 40.5 T3JSat(*) 2013 064AB 39405 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 498 x 502 40.5 ChargerSat-1(*) 2013 064AC 39406 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 495 x 503 40.5 Ho'oponopono-2(*) 2013 064AD 39407 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 494 x 504 40.5 ORS-3(*) 2013 064AE 39408 20-Nov-2013 Wallops Island Minotaur-1 495 x 503 40.5 YW-19 2013 065A 39410 20-Nov-2013 Taiyuan CZ 4C 1201 x 1207 100.5 AprizeSat-7 2013 066A 39416 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 592 x 1609 97.7 HINCube 2013 066B 39417 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 548 x 598 97.8 SkySat-1 2013 066C 39418 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 567 x 599 97.8 DubaiSat-2 2013 066D 39419 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 585 x 603 97.8 OPTOS 2013 066E 39420 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 590 x 611 97.8 Unisat-5 2013 066F 39421 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 594 x 640 97.8 STSAT-3 2013 066G 39422 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 593 x 626 97.8 WNISAT 2013 066H 39423 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 594 x 849 97.8 CINEMA-2 2013 066J 39424 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 594 x 731 97.8 AprizeSat-8 2013 066K 39425 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 594 x 669 97.8 CINEMA-3 2013 066L 39426 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 594 x 747 97.8 Triton-1 2013 066M 39427 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 594 x 763 97.8 Delfi-n3Xt 2013 066N 39428 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 594 x 780 97.8 Dove-3 2013 066P 39429 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 594 x 815 97.8 GOMX-1 2013 066Q 39430 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 593 x 819 97.8 BRITE-PL-1 2013 066R 39431 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 593 x 886 97.8 Wren(*) 2013 066S 39432 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 589 x 640 97.8 $50Sat(*) 2013 066T 39433 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 589 x 640 97.8 Beakersat-1(*) 2013 066U 39434 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 590 x 640 97.8 QBScout-1(*) 2013 066V 39435 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 593 x 640 97.8 PUCPSat-1(*) 2013 066W 39436 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 595 x 639 97.8 Dove-4(*) 2013 066X 39437 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 597 x 640 97.8 Velox P-2(*) 2013 066Y 39438 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 593 x 700 97.8 UWE-2(*) 2013 066Z 39439 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 593 x 699 97.8 NEE 02 Krysaor(*) 2013 066AA 39440 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 593 x 715 97.8 CubeBug-2(*) 2013 066AB 39441 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 593 x 715 97.8 HumSat-D(*) 2013 066AC 39442 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 589 x 640 97.8 Icube(*) 2013 066AD 39443 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 596 x 640 97.8 ZACube-1 2013 066AE 39444 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 593 x 683 97.8 FUNCube-1 2013 066AF 39445 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 593 x 683 97.8 First-MOVE(*) 2013 066AG 39446 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 593 x 700 97.8 Pocket PUCP(*) 2013 066AH 39447 6-Dec-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 ? x ? 97.8 BPA-3 2013 066AJ 39448 21-Nov-2013 Yasni Dnepr 1 591 x 1610 97.7 Swarm-A 2013 067A 39451 22-Nov-2013 Plesetsk Rokot/Briz KM 491 x 502 87.6 Swarm-B 2013 067B 39452 22-Nov-2013 Plesetsk Rokot/Briz KM 490 x 505 87.6 Swarm-C 2013 067C 39453 22-Nov-2013 Plesetsk Rokot/Briz KM 492 x 500 87.6 Shiyan-5 2013 068A 39455 25-Nov-2013 Jiuquan CZ 2D 739 x 755 98.0 Progress M-21M 2013 069A 39456 25-Nov-2013 Baikonour Soyuz U 246 x 281 51.6 Chang'e-3 2013 070A 39458 1-Dec-2013 Xichang CZ 3B trans lunar trajectory SES-8 2013 071A 39460 3-Dec-2013 Cape Canaveral Falcon 9 v.1.1 geostationary at 95E Topaz-3 2013 072A 39462 6-Dec-2013 Vandenberg Atlas V-501 AV042 1066 x 1081 123.0 FIREBIRD-1 2013 072B 39463 6-Dec-2013 Vandenberg Atlas V-501 AV042 443 x 886 120.3 FIREBIRD-2 2013 072C 39464 6-Dec-2013 Vandenberg Atlas V-501 AV042 443 x 886 120.3 AeroCube 5-A 2013 072D 39465 6-Dec-2013 Vandenberg Atlas V-501 AV042 443 x 886 120.3 AeroCibe 5-B 2013 072E 39466 6-Dec-2013 Vandenberg Atlas V-501 AV042 443 x 886 120.3 ALICE 2013 072F 39467 6-Dec-2013 Vandenberg Atlas V-501 AV042 443 x 886 120.3 SNaP 2013 072G 39468 6-Dec-2013 Vandenberg Atlas V-501 AV042 443 x 886 120.3 M-Cubed-2 2013 072H 39469 6-Dec-2013 Vandenberg Atlas V-501 AV042 443 x 886 120.3 CUNYSAT-1 2013 072J 39470 6-Dec-2013 Vandenberg Atlas V-501 AV042 443 x 886 120.3 IPEX 2013 072K 39471 6-Dec-2013 Vandenberg Atlas V-501 AV042 469 x 890 120.3 SMDC ONE-2.4 2013 072L 39472 6-Dec-2013 Vandenberg Atlas V-501 AV042 443 x 886 120.3 Tacsat-6 2013 072M 39473 6-Dec-2013 Vandenberg Atlas V-501 AV042 443 x 886 120.3 SMDC ONE-2.3 2013 072N 39474 6-Dec-2013 Vandenberg Atlas V-501 AV042 443 x 886 120.3 Inmarsat 5-1 2013 073A 39476 8-Dec-2013 Baikonour Proton M/Briz M geostationary at 60.3E CBERS-3 ------9-Dec-2013 --- Taiyuan CZ 4B 20 failed to orbit Kavoshgar Pazhuhesh sub-orbital --- 14-Dec-2013 Semnan Shabab 1 120 Gaia 2013 074A 39479 19-Dec-2013 Kourou Soyuz 2-1b VS06 L2 Lagrangian Tupac Katari-1 2013 075A 39481 20-Dec-2013 Xichnag CZ 3B geostationary at 87.2W Kosmos-2488 2013 076A 39483 25-Dec-2013 Plesetsk Rokot/Briz KM 1479 x 1509 82.5 Kosmos-2489 2013 076B 39484 25-Dec-2013 Plesetsk Rokot/Briz KM 1480 x 1511 82.5 Kosmos-2490 2013 076C 39485 25-Dec-2013 Plesetsk Rokot/Briz KM 1480 x 1512 82.5 Ekspress AM-5 2013 077A 39487 26-Dec-2013 Baikonour Proton M/Briz M geostationary at 140E Aist-1 2013 078A 39490 28-Dec-2013 Plesetsk Soyuz 2-1V/Volga 257 x 596 82.4 SKRL 756-1 2013 078B 39491 23-Dec-2013 Plesetsk Soyuz 2-1V/Volga 595 x 625 82.4 SKRL 756-2 2013 078C 39492 23-Dec-2013 Plesetsk Soyuz 2-1V/Volga 599 x 626 82.4 (*) the satellite/Int.Des. allocation has not yet been confirmed