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WORLD SPACECRAFT DIGEST by Jos Heyman 2014 Version: 7 February 2016 © Copyright Jos Heyman WORLD SPACECRAFT DIGEST by Jos Heyman 2014 Version: 7 February 2016 © Copyright Jos Heyman 2014 001A (39498) Name: GSat-14 Country: India Launch date: 5 January 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Sriharikota Launch vehicle: GSLV Mk 2 Orbit: geostationary at 75 °E Based on the I-2K platform, the 1982 kg Gsat-14 communications satellite was fitted with 6 extended C-band transponders, 6 Ku band transponders to provide educational and medical communications services. In addition the satellite carried 2 Ka band beacons that were used to carry out studies related to rain and atmospheric effects on Ka band satellite communication links in Indian region. The satellite also carried several new technology experiments, a Fiber Optic Gyro, an Active Pixel Sun Sensor and Thermal control coating experiments. 2014 002A (39500) Name: Thaicom-6 Country: Thailand Launch date: January 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 v.1.1 Orbit: geostationary at 78.8 oE Thaicom-6 was a communications satellite built by Orbital using the Star 2.4 platform. Owned by Thaicom Public Company Limited (formerly Shin Satellite Public Company Limited), the 3325 kg satellite carried 8 Ku band and 18 C band transponders. 2014 003A (39502) Name: Cygnus Orb-1 Country: USA Launch date: 9 January 2014 Re-entry: 19 February 2014 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Antares Orbit: 405 x 415 km, inclination: 51.6 ° Cargo spacecraft as described for 2013 051A. The spacecraft, also known as the C. Gordon Fullerton, docked at the Harmony module of ISS (1998 067A) on 12 January 2014.. The spacecraft carried 1261 kg of supplies for ISS, including several scientific experiments, 23 student experiments, crew provisions, spare parts and experimental hardware. In addition it carried a number of cubesats that were ejected with the NanoRack Cubesat deployers located in the airlock of the Kibo module of ISS. These cubesats were: 1. 28 Flock 1 3U cubesats which were ejected in batches of two between 11 February 2014 and 28 February 2014 as 1998 067DG to 1998 067EK; 2. SkyCube, ejected on 28 February 2014 as 1998 067EL; 3. UAPSAT, ejected on 28 February 2014 as 1998 067EM; 4. LitSat, ejected on 28 February 2014 as 1998 067EN; 5. LituanicaSAT-1, ejected on 28 February 2014 as 1998 067EP; and 6. Ardusat-2, ejected on 28 February as 1998 067EQ. The spacecraft undocked on 18 February 2014. 2014 004A (39504) Name: TDRS-12 Country: USA Launch date: 23 January 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Atlas V-401 Orbit: geostationary at 150 °W Communications relay satellite as described for 2013 004A. It was also known as TDRS-L. In February 2015 it was oved to 41 oW. 2014 005A (39506) Name: Progress M-22M Country: Russia Launch date: 5 February 2014 Re-entry: 18 April 2014 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-22M docked at the Pirs nadir port of ISS (1998 067A) on 5 February 2014. The flight was also known as ISS-54P. The payload included Chasqui-1 (1998 067ET), a Peruvian 1U cubesat built at the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería del Perú and that was deployed on 18 August 2014 during an EVA. The spacecraft undocked on 7 April 2014 but remained in orbit to conduct Radar-Progress ionospheric studies. 2014 006A (39508) Name: ABS-2 Country: Hong Kong Launch date: 6 February 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Ariane 5ECA Orbit: geostationary at 75 oE Communications satellite owned by Asia Broadcast Satellite and built by Space Systems Loral using the LS- 1300 platform. The 6330 kg satellite carried 32 C, 51 Ku and 6 Ka transponders. Some of these transponders were used by SIngtel of Singapore, as ST-3, as well as KT Telecom of Korea, as Mugunghwa-8. 2014 006B Name: Athena-Fidus Country: France Launch date: 6 February 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Kourou Launch vehicle: Ariane 5ECA Orbit: geostationary at 38 oE The Access on THeaters for European Nations Allied Forces-French Italian Dual Use Satellite (Athena-Fidus) was built by Thales Alenia Space for the French space agency CNES, the French defense procurement agency DGA, the Italian space agency ASI and the Italian Ministry of Defense. Using the Spacebus 4000B2 platform the 3080 kg satellite was fitted with state-of-the-art civil broadband technologies operating in the EHF and Ka bands, to provide communications services to both armed forces and civil security agencies in France and Italy. 2014 007A (39522) Name: Turksat-4A Country: Turkey Launch date: 14 February 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Proton M/Briz M Orbit: geostationary at 42 oE Communications satellite owned by Turksat and built by Mitsubishi Electric MELCO using the DS2000 platform. The 4910 kg satellite was fitted with 28 transponders in the Ku band and 2 transponders in the Ka band. 2014 008A (39533) Name: Navstar 2F-5 Country: USA Launch date: 20 February 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Cape Canaveral Launch vehicle: Delta 4M+(4,2) Orbit: 20451 x 20469 km, inclination: 55.0 ° Navigational satellite as described for 2010 022A. It was also known as GPS 2F-5, USA-248, Canopus, Navstar-64, Navstar-69 and SVN-64. 2014 009A (39572) Name: ShindaiSat Country: Japan Launch date: 27 February 2014 Re-entry: 24 November 2014 Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H 2A Orbit: 383 x 399 km, inclination: 65 o The objective of ShindaiSat was to demonstrate an LED to drive an optical communications ground station link at distances up to 400 km. Also named Ginrei, the 35 kg satellite was built at the Shinshu University. 2014 009B (39573) Name: KSat-2 Country: Japan Launch date: 27 February 2014 Re-entry: 29 June 2014 Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H 2A Orbit: 381 x 388 km, inclination: 65 o The Kagoshima University Satellite (KSat)-2 was a 1U cubesat to study water vapour in the Earth's atmosphere and obtain Earth images. It also tested a pantograph design extending boom and was used for a number of other space-related experiments. Also named Hayato-2, it was a modified reflight of KSat (2010 020A).. 2014 009C (39574) Name: GPM Core Country: USA Launch date: 27 February 2014 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H 2A Orbit: 387 x 405 km, inclination: 65 o A successor to TRMM (1997 074A), the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)-Core mission was a joint effort by NASA and Japan to measure rain and snow worldwide. The data collected by GPM Core was expected to advance the understanding of the Earth's water and energy cycles and enhance the forecasting of extreme events that cause natural disasters. The 3850 kg satellite carried two instruments: 1. GPM Microwave Imager (GMI), carrying a conical- scanning, microwave radiometer operating in thirteen channels in the frequencies from 10 GHz to 183 GHz, to provide a precipitation standard for the spacecraft as well as a radiometric standard for the other GPM constellation members; and 2. Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR), consisting of a Ku-band precipitation radar (KuPR) and a Ka-band precipitation radar (KaPR) to provide a three dimensional observation of rain enabling the provision of an accurate estimation of rainfall rate to the scientific community. The GPM Core satellite cooperated with eight other weather satellites operated or to be launched by France’s Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Japan, EUMETSAT and others. The eight satellites made it possible to get a global rainfall distribution in every 3 hours. The satellites involved were MetOp-2 (2012 049A) and MetOp-C (to be launched), Suomi NPP (2011 061A), Megha Tropiques (2011 058A), NOAA-19 (2009 005A), GCOM-W1 (2012 025A), DMSP F-19 and -20 (to be launched) and JPSS-1 (to be launched) As part of the outreach programme for the mission, NASA held a competition for the design of an anime character for the mission. The winning character was Mizu-chan, designed by Sabrynne Buchhold, from Hudson, CO. Mizo-chan wore a flowing blue dress with clouds at the hemline. She could evaporate water with her hair. Along with the second prize winner, who measured all the rainfall and snowfall on Earth, she starred in her own comic series that taught the public about precipitation science and the GPM mission. 2014 009D (39575) Name: OPUSat Country: Japan Launch date: 27 February 2014 Re-entry: 24 July 2014 Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H 2A Orbit: 349 x 366 km, inclination: 65 o The Osaka Prefecture University Satellite (OPUSat) was a 1U cubesat to test lithium-ion capacitors for use as a power source in space. 2014 009E (39576) Name: TeikyoSat-3 Country: Japan Launch date: 27 February 2014 Re-entry: 25 October 2014 Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H 2A Orbit: 383 x 3993 km, inclination: 65 o TeikyoSat-3 was a 20 kg biological research satellite developed at the Teikyo University. It carried an onboard camera to observe and transmit images of growth in the slime mould Dictyostelium Discoideum. TeikyoSat-1 and -2 were non-flight cubesats for fundamental experiment with use of accelerometer and thermometer, etc. for students for graduation thesis. They were developed in 2008. 2014 009F (39577) Name: ITF-1 Country: Japan Launch date: 27 February 2014 Re-entry: 2 September 2014 Launch site: Tanegashima Launch vehicle: H 2A Orbit: 381 x 390 km, inclination: 65 o The Image The Future (ITF)-1 1U cubesat was built at the University of Tsukuba to transmit data to simple receivers by the use of Morse code that could be received by simple equipment such as a handheld transceiver or scanner.
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