A B 1 Name of Satellite, Alternate Names Country of Operator/Owner 2 AcrimSat (Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor) USA 3 Afristar USA 4 Agila 2 (Mabuhay 1) Philippines 5 Akebono (EXOS-D) Japan 6 ALOS (Advanced Land Observing Satellite; Daichi) Japan 7 Alsat-1 Algeria 8 Amazonas Brazil 9 AMC-1 (Americom 1, GE-1) USA 10 AMC-10 (Americom-10, GE 10) USA 11 AMC-11 (Americom-11, GE 11) USA 12 AMC-12 (Americom 12, Worldsat 2) USA 13 AMC-15 (Americom-15) USA 14 AMC-16 (Americom-16) USA 15 AMC-18 (Americom 18) USA 16 AMC-2 (Americom 2, GE-2) USA 17 AMC-23 (Worldsat 3) USA 18 AMC-3 (Americom 3, GE-3) USA 19 AMC-4 (Americom-4, GE-4) USA 20 AMC-5 (Americom-5, GE-5) USA 21 AMC-6 (Americom-6, GE-6) USA 22 AMC-7 (Americom-7, GE-7) USA 23 AMC-8 (Americom-8, GE-8, Aurora 3) USA 24 AMC-9 (Americom 9) USA 25 Amos 1 Israel 26 Amos 2 Israel 27 Amsat-Echo (Oscar 51, AO-51) USA 28 Amsat-Oscar 7 (AO-7) USA 29 Anik F1 Canada 30 Anik F1R Canada 31 Anik F2 Canada 32 Apstar 1 China (PR) 33 Apstar 1A (Apstar 3) China (PR) 34 Apstar 2R (Telstar 10) China (PR) 35 Apstar 6 China (PR) C D 1 Operator/Owner Users 2 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Government 3 WorldSpace Corp. Commercial 4 Mabuhay Philippines Satellite Corp. Commercial 5 Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, University of Tokyo Civilian Research 6 Earth Observation Research and Application Center/JAXA Japan 7 Centre National des Techniques Spatiales (CNTS) Government 8 Hispamar (subsidiary of Hispasat - Spain) Commercial 9 SES Americom (SES Global) Commercial 10 SES Americom (SES Global) Commercial 11 SES Americom (SES Global) Commercial 12 SES Americom (SES Global) Commercial 13 SES Americom (SES Global) Commercial 14 SES Americom (SES Global) Commercial 15 SES Americom (SES Global) Commercial 16 SES Americom (SES Global) Commercial 17 SES Americom (SES Global) Commercial 18 SES Americom (SES Global) Commercial 19 SES Americom (SES Global) Commercial 20 SES Americom (SES Global) Commercial 21 SES Americom (SES Global) Commercial 22 SES Americom (SES Global) Commercial 23 SES Americom (SES Global) Commercial 24 SES Americom (SES Global) Commercial 25 Israel Aircraft Industries Military/Commercial 26 Israel Aircraft Industries Military/Commercial 27 Amsat-NA Civil 28 Amsat-NA Civil 29 Telesat Canada Ltd. (BCE, Inc.) Commercial 30 Telesat Canada Ltd. (BCE, Inc.) Commercial 31 Telesat Canada Ltd. (BCE, Inc.) Commercial 32 APT Satellite Holdings Ltd. Commercial 33 APT Satellite Holdings Ltd. Commercial 34 Leased to APT Satellite Holdings Ltd./Loral Skynet Commercial 35 APT Satellite Holdings Ltd. Commercial E F G H I J 1 Purpose Type of Orbit Perigee (km) Apogee (km) Eccentricity Inclination (degrees) 2 Solar Physics LEO, Sun-sync 682 727 3.18E-03 98.2 3 Communications GEO, 21.04° E 35,772 35,799 3.20E-04 0.03 4 Communications GEO, 146.03° E 35,770 35,803 3.91E-04 0.03 5 Space Physics Elliptical 264 5,732 2.92E-01 75.1 6 Earth Observation LEO, Sun-sync. 697 700 2.12E-04 98.2 7 Earth Observation LEO, Sun-sync. 680 744 4.52E-03 98.2 8 Communications GEO, 61° W 35,782 35,792 1.19E-04 0.1 9 Communications GEO, 103.05° W 35,775 35,798 2.73E-04 0 10 Communications GEO, 146.62° W 35,661 35,727 7.85E-04 0.07 11 Communications GEO, 131° W 35,779 35,794 1.78E-04 0.01 12 Communications GEO, 35.7° W 35,781 35,792 1.30E-04 0.09 13 Communications GEO, 105° W 35,780 35,794 1.66E-04 0.03 14 Communications GEO, 85° W 35,779 35,794 1.78E-04 0 15 Communications GEO, 105° W 35,784 35,789 5.93E-05 0.04 16 Communications GEO, 105.01° W 35,775 35,797 2.61E-04 0.01 17 Communications GEO, 172° E 35,776 35,792 1.90E-04 0 18 Communications GEO, 87.12° W 35,781 35,792 1.30E-04 0.04 19 Communications GEO, 101.06° W 35,783 35,790 8.30E-05 0.02 20 Communications GEO, 79.07° W 35,780 35,793 1.54E-04 0.01 21 Communications GEO, 72.04° W 35,777 35,796 2.25E-04 0.02 22 Communications GEO, 136.98° W 35,771 35,801 3.56E-04 0.01 23 Communications GEO, 138.95° W 35,770 35,801 3.68E-04 0.02 24 Communications GEO, 85.03° W 35,779 35,794 1.78E-04 0.03 25 Communications GEO, 3.94° W 35,767 35,805 4.51E-04 0.07 26 Communications GEO, 4° W 34,439 35,832 1.68E-02 0.02 27 Amateur Radio LEO, Sun-sync. 698 799 7.09E-03 98.2 28 Amateur Radio LEO, Sun-sync. 1,440 1,460 1.28E-03 101.7 29 Communications GEO, 107.31° W 35,782 35,790 9.49E-05 0.04 30 Communications GEO, 107.3° W 35,778 35,793 1.78E-04 0.07 31 Communications GEO, 111.1° W 35,783 35,790 8.30E-05 0.04 32 Communications GEO, 134° E 35,777 35,795 2.13E-04 0 33 Communications GEO, 134.05° E 35,784 35,790 7.12E-05 0.01 34 Communications GEO, 76.48° E 35,777 35,795 2.13E-04 0.04 35 Communications GEO, 134° E 35,784 35,789 5.93E-05 0.01 K L M N O P 1 Period (minutes) Launch Mass (kg.) Dry Mass (kg.) Power (watts) Date of Launch Expected Lifetime 2 98.86 115 13 10 12/21/1999 5 yrs. 3 1436.05 2,704 1,530 5,500 10/28/1998 15 yrs. 4 1436.13 3,775 1,800 9,000 8/19/1997 15 yrs. 5 150.4 294 270 (EOL) 2/21/1989 1 yr. 6 98.74 4,000 7,000 1/24/2006 3-5 yrs. 7 99.02 98 95 240 11/28/2002 5 yrs. 8 4,545 2,000 9,500 (EOL) 8/4/2004 15 yrs. 9 1436.1 2,783 1,600 6,500 (EOL) 9/8/1996 15 yrs. 10 1431.4 2,315 907 6,500 (EOL) 2/5/2004 15 yrs. 11 1436.11 2,340 2,316 (BOL) 6,500 (EOL) 5/19/2004 15 yrs. 12 1436.1 5,396 2/3/2005 16 yrs. 13 1436.08 4,200 10/14/2004 15 yrs. 14 1436.08 4,312 12/17/2004 15 yrs. 15 1436.1 2,081 918 12/8/2006 15 yrs. 16 1436.1 2,648 1,600 6,500 (EOL) 1/30/1997 15 yrs. 17 1435.96 5,000 13,000 12/29/2005 16 yrs. 18 1436.1 2,845 1,600 6,500 (EOL) 9/4/1997 15 yrs. 19 1436.1 3,909 2,500 11/13/1999 15 yrs. 20 1436.12 1,698 769 10/28/1998 15 yrs. 21 1436.12 3,901 2,500 10/22/2000 15 yrs. 22 1436.08 1,935 912 6,500 (EOL) 9/14/2000 15 yrs. 23 1436.07 2,015 919 3,300 12/19/2000 15 yrs. 24 1436.13 4,100 2,000 10,000 6/7/2003 15+ yrs. 25 1436.1 961 580 1,200 (BOL) 5/16/1996 11 yrs. 26 1402.96 1,400 646 1,900 (EOL) 12/27/2003 12 yrs. 27 99.79 12 6/29/2004 28 114.9 29 11/15/1974 29 1436.1 4,710 2,950 15,500 (EOL) 11/21/2000 15 yrs. 30 1436.06 4,500 10,000 9/9/2005 15 yrs. 31 1436.09 5,910 3,805 16,000 7/18/2004 15 yrs. 32 1436.06 1,400 560 1,100 7/21/1994 9 yrs. 33 1436.14 1,400 560 1,130 7/3/1996 12 yrs. 34 1436.09 3,750 2,000 8,300 10/17/1997 15 yrs. 35 1436.08 4,680 4/12/2005 Q 1 Contractor 2 Orbital Sciences Corp. 3 Matra Marconi Space-France 4 Space Systems Loral 5 Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, University of Tokyo 6 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) 7 Surrey Satellite Technologies Ltd. 8 EADS Astrium 9 Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems 10 Lockheed Martin 11 Lockheed Martin 12 Alcatel Space Industries 13 Lockheed Martin 14 Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems 15 Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space 16 Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems 17 Alcatel Alenia Space 18 Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems 19 Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems 20 Alcatel Space Industries 21 Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems 22 Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems 23 Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems 24 Alcatel Space Industries 25 IAI/Alcatel/Daimler-Benz Aerospace 26 Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) 27 Amsat-NA/SpaceQuest 28 Amsat-NA 29 Boeing Satellite Systems 30 EADS Astrium 31 Boeing Satellite Systems 32 Hughes Space and Communications Group 33 Boeing Satellite Systems 34 Space Systems Loral 35 Alcatel Space Industries R S T U 1 Country of Contractor Launch Site Launch Vehicle COSPAR Number 2 USA Vandenberg AFB Taurus 1999-070B 3 France Guiana Space Center Ariane 44L 1998-063A 4 USA Xichang Satellite Launch Center Long March CZ-3B 1997-042A 5 Japan Uchinoura Space Center Mu 3S2 1989-016A 6 Japan Tanegashima Space Center Space Center H-2A 2006-002A 7 United Kingdom Plesetsk Cosmodrome Cosmos 3M 2002-054A 8 France/UK/Germany/Spain Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton M 2004-031A 9 USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 2A 1996-054A 10 USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 2AS 2004-003A 11 USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 2AS 2004-017A 12 France Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton/Breeze M 2005-003A 13 USA Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton-M 2004-041A 14 USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 5 2004-048A 15 USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 5 2006-054B 16 USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 44L 1997-002A 17 France/Italy Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton-M 2005-052A 18 USA Cape Canaveral Atlas 2 AS 1997-050A 19 USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 44LP 1999-060A 20 France Guiana Space Center Ariane 44L 1998-063B 21 USA Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton-K 2000-067A 22 USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 5G 2000-054B 23 USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 5G 2000-081B 24 France Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton-K 2003-024A 25 Israel Guiana Space Center Ariane 44L 1996-030B 26 Israel Baikonur Cosmodrome Soyuz-Fregat 2003-059A 27 USA Baikonur Cosmodrome Dnepr 1 2004-025K 28 USA Vandenberg AFB Delta 2310 1974-089B 29 USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 44L 2000-076A 30 France/UK/Germany/Spain Baikonur Cosmodrome Proton-M 2005-036A 31 USA Guiana Space Center Ariane 5 2004-027A 32 USA Xichang Satellite Launch Center Long March 1994-043A 33 USA Xichang Satellite Launch Center Long March CZ-3 1996-039A 34 USA Xichang Satellite Launch Center Long March 3B 1997-062A 35 France Xichang Satellite Launch Center Long March 3B 2005-012A V 1 NORAD Number 2 26033 3 25515 4 24901 5 19822 6 28931 7 27559 8 28393 9 24315 10 28154 11 28252 12 28526 13 28446 14 28472 15 29644 16 24713 17 28924 18 24936 19 25954 20 25516 21 26580 22 26495 23 26639 24 27820 25 23865 26 28132 27 28375 28 07530 29 26624 30 28868 31 28378 32 23185 33 23943 34 25010 35 28638 W 1 Comments 2 Monitor total solar irradiance (TSI) with maximum precision; ascertain the extent of solar radiation variability.