UCS-Satellite-Database
| Id | Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Current Official Name of Satellite | Country/Org of UN Registry | Country of Operator/Owner | Operator/Owner | Users | Purpose | Detailed Purpose | Class of Orbit | Type of Orbit | Longitude of GEO (degrees) | Perigee (km) | Apogee (km) | Eccentricity | Inclination (degrees) | Period (minutes) | Launch Mass (kg.) | Dry Mass (kg.) | Power (watts) | Date of Launch | Expected Lifetime (yrs.) | Contractor | Country of Contractor | Launch Site | Launch Vehicle | COSPAR Number | NORAD Number | Comments | Source Used for Orbital Data | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 786 | Galaxy-13 (Horizons 1, Galaxy 13L) | Galaxy-13 | USA | USA/Japan | PanAmSat (Intelsat S.A.)/Sky Perfect JSAT Corp. | Commercial | Communications | GEO | -126.97 | 35,781 | 35,790 | 1.07E-04 | 0.01 | 1436.07 | 4,060 | 2,630 | 8,600.00 | 2003/10/1 | 15 | Boeing Satellite Systems | USA | Sea Launch Odyssey | Zenit 3 | 2003-044A | 27954 | Horizons 1 is Ku-band payload; C-band is on Galaxy 13. | JM/12_08 | http://perso.wanadoo.fr/eurospace/espdatabase/index.html | ||
| 872 | Global Change Observation Mission - 1 Water (GCOM-1, Shikuzu) | GCOM-1 | Japan | USA/Japan | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) | Government | Earth Observation | Earth Science | LEO | Sun-Synchronous | 0 | 701 | 704 | 2.12E-04 | 98.2 | 98.8 | 1,900 | 4.05 | 2012/5/17 | 5 | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) | Japan | Tanegashima Space Center | H2A | 2012-025A | 38337 | First of a series of satellites to study water circulation systems in the Earth's atmosphere; July 2012 took up lead position in A-Train. | www.satellitedebris.net 12/12 | http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/gcom_w/index_e.html | |
| 970 | GPM Core Observatory (Global Precipitation Measurement) | GPM Core Observatory | NR | USA/Japan | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/JAXA | Government | Earth Observation | Earth Science | LEO | Non-Polar Inclined | 0 | 392 | 409 | 1.26E-03 | 65.02 | 92.57 | 3,850 | 2014/2/27 | NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center | USA | Tanegashima Space Center | H2A | 2014-009C | 39574 | The GPM Core observatory is equipped with radar and microwave imagers to collect data to measure precipitation in the Earth's atmosphere. | SC - ASCR | http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GPM/spacecraft/index.html#.U7bZNbHviAo | |||
| 1064 | Horizons 2 | Horizons 2 | USA | USA/Japan | Horizons 2 Satellite, LLC (Intelsat, Sky Perfect JSAT Corporation) | Commercial | Communications | GEO | 85 | 35,777 | 35,796 | 2.25E-04 | 0 | 1436.1 | 2,300 | 4,700.00 | 2007/12/21 | 15 | Orbital Sciences Corp. | USA | Guiana Space Center | Ariane 5 | 2007-063B | 32388 | Joint venture between Intelsat and JSAT; 20 Ku-band transponders, services to the US, Canada and Japan. | JM/12_08 | http://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/Publications/Horizons2_fact.pdf | |||
| 1065 | Horizons 3e | Horizons 3e | NR | USA/Japan | Horizons 2 Satellite, LLC (Intelsat, Sky Perfect JSAT Corporation) | Commercial | Communications | GEO | 169 | 35,789 | 35,798 | 1.07E-04 | 0 | 1436.1 | 6,500 | 2018/9/25 | 15 | Boeing | USA | Guiana Space Center | Ariane 5 ECA | 2018-074B | 43633 | Aeronautical and maritime mobility services in Pacific Northwest and North America. | JMSatcat/11_18 | http://www.intelsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/H-3e-Fact-Sheet.pdf |
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