WORLD SPACECRAFT DIGEST by Jos Heyman 2013 Version: …The satellite was jointly operated by Azerbaijan and Malaysia’s satellite operator, Measat. Measat used 40 per cent of the

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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 2013 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 55.5oW. The Odyssey platform was located at 0o, 154oW.

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: 98.2o

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: 98.6o

AAUSAT-3 was a 1 kg cubesat built at the Aalborg University in Denmark to test two Automatic Identification System (AIS) receivers in space. It was deployed through the Nanosatellite Launch System (NLS)-8 as described for 2003 031H

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: 98.6o

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: 98.6o

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. It was also known as CanX-3B and was deployed through the Nanosatellite Launch System (NLS)-8 as described for 2003 031H

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, BRITE-Toronto (2014 033L) and BRITE-Montreal (failed to deploy on 19 June 2014)), 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 (2013 066R) and -2 (2014 049B) 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. UniBRITE was also known as CanX-3A and was deployed through the Nanosatellite Launch System (NLS)-8 as described for 2003 031H

--- 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 mission 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 21°E 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. In May 2014 the satellite was renamed at Eutelsat 117 West-A.

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 satellite in the China High-Resolution Earth Observation System (CHEOS) series of seven civilian remote sensing satellites fitted with high resolution equipment in which each satellites carried different equipment directed towards a specific remote sensing requirement. GF-1 was an optical satellite based on the CAST-2000 platform and was fitted with two High Resolution Cameras and four Wide Field Imagers to deliver imagery with a swath width of 69 km and a resolution of up to 2 m in the panchromatic band and 8 m for multispectral images. The satellite had a mass of app. 400 kg.

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 98oE 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 115.5oE and in April 2014 to 98oE again.

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. The satellite was also fitted with an experimental Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) receiver developed by the German DLR space agency, to develop the methodology to monitor the movements of aircraft in air space.

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.

--- Name: Kunpeng-7 Country:: China Launch date: 13 May 2013 Re-entry: 13 May 2013 Launch site: Xichang Launch vehicle: DF-21 or DF-31 Orbit: sub-orbtal to app. 30,000 km It was reported that the Kunpeng-7 sub-orbital launch carried a magnetosphere science payload that included a Langmuir probe, particle detectors, a magnetometer and a barium cloud release. Launched with an inclination of 32o and the altitude it seemed to have attained, it is, however, suspected that this flight was in fact a test of an anti-satellite system although there is no evidence that sch a payload was tested. The flight may have lasted 8 to 9 hours but no objects were left in space..

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 3oE

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 3oE position. In July 2014 the satellite was relocated to 7oE as Eutelsat 7-B.

2013 023A (39166) Name: Navstar 2F-4 Country: USA Launch date: 15 May 2013 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, Navstar-66, NMavstar-69, 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 41.5oW

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: 51.6o

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: 0.0o

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 45o 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: 0.0o Communications satellite as described for 2013 031A.

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: 0.0o Communications satellite as described for 2013 031A.

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: 0.0o Communications satellite as described for 2013 031A. 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: 27.0o

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

--- 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 100°W Military communications satellite as described for 2012 009A.

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 97.7o orbit. After this Payload C moved away again. Similar rendezvous tests were conducted on 12 April 2014 and 28 May 2014.

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 25oE

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 82oE

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: 11 February 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-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 undocked on 4 February 2014. It remained in orbit for several additional days to undertake the Izgib programme to evaluate the thermal effects of space on its attitude control system.

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.

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: geostationary at 135°W 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: 97.6o

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 74oE

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 65oE

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 x 1116 km, inclination: 63.4° Earth observation satellite as described for 2006 015A. Also known as Jian Bing 8-3.

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 x 1117 km, inclination: 63.4° Companion satellite to YW-17A (2013 046A).

2013 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 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: 18 April 2014 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 158o. 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 and was later extended by 28 days. On 11 April 2014 the orbit was lowered to 2 km, after which the orbit gradually decayed until the spacecraft impacted on the far side of the Moon.

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 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 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 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 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 120°W Military communications satellite as described for 2010 039A. Also known as USA-246. It was moved to 155oW in Setember 2014.

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 x 413 km, inclination: 51.6o

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 N2H4/NTO or N2H4. 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 m3 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 27m3, 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: 1 September 2015 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: 11 March 2014 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. Eng.) 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. On 1 November 2013 it was moved to the Zvezda docking port. The spacecraft undocked on 11 March 2014. The mission duration was 165 days, 6 hours, 28 minutes.

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 three satellites to assess changes in the density of the upper atmosphere in response to heightened solar activity. The satellites were three 10-centimeter diameter spheres filled with sand to masses of 1, 1.5, and 2 kilograms. One of the satellites was painted with flat white paint whilst the others batch were polished. During the launch the three spheres were separated by spacers and placed in a 3U cubesat container. The spacers were identified as 2013 055R, 2013 055Y, 2013 055AA and 2013 055AB. The satellites are to be tracked until they decay after 10 to 15 years in space. 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-16-1 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 previously 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: Mangalyaan MOM Country: India Launch date: 5 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Sriharikota Launch vehicle: PSLV-XL Orbit: trans-martian trajectory

Also known as Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), 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 19.2o, seven engine firings on 6 November 2013, 7 November 2013, 8 November 2013, 10 November 2013 (which was too short), 11 November 2013 (to compensate for the shortage 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 reached Mars on 24 September 2014 and at an altitude of 423 km from the martian surface, the liquid fuelled engine was fired to slow down its velocity from 22.2 km/sec to 2.14 m/s, allowing it to be captured into a martian orbit of 200 x 8000 km with an inclination of 74.2o. Once settled in orbit, the six months scientific programme was commenced.

2013 061A (39373) Name: Soyuz TMA-11M Country: Russia Launch date: 7 November 2013 Re-entry: 13 May 2014 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 spacecraft undocked on 13 May 2014. The mission had lasted 187 days, 11 hours, 44 minutes.

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. On 21 September 2014 the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) entered into an orbit around Mars. The six thruster engines first fired briefly to stabilise the engines pointing directions, following which they ignited two by two in quick succession over a period of 33 minutes, slowing the spacecraft down for orbit insertion at 380 km above the north pole. The spacecraft was then commanded to perform six maneuvers to move it into the four-and-a-half-hour orbit of 145 x 6275 km from which the spacecraft made measurements of the composition, structure and escape

of atmospheric gases 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: Phonesat v-2-4 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° PhoneSat v-2-4 was a 1U cubesat similar to PhoneSat v-2 (2013 016C). It was part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa)-IV programme.

2013 064C (39382) Name: CAPE-2 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: 23 October 2014 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 500 x 506 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. It was later renamed Louisiana-Oscar (LO)-75. It was part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa)-IV programme.

2013 064D (39383) Name: DragonSat-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°

Dual RF Astrodynamic GPS Orbital Navigator Satellite (DragonSat)-1, was 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 and was part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa)-IV programme.

2013 064E (39384) Name: KYSat-2 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: 12 February 2015 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 498 x 501 km, inclination: 40.5°

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. It was part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa)-IV programme.

2013 064F (39385) Name: TJ3Sat Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: 17 September 2015 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 496 x 504 km, inclination: 40.5°

TJ3Sat 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 and was part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa)-IV programme.

2013 064G (39386) Name: ORSES Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: 3 January 2016 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 498 x 503 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.

2013 064H (39387) Name: ORS Tech-1 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: 23 March 2015 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 497 x 501 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.

2013 064J (39388) Name: SENSE-1 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: 21 March 2015 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 had a mass of 5 kg.

2013 064K (39389) Name: NPS-SCAT Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: 28 October 2015 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 499 x 502 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.

2013 064L (39390) Name: Prometheus 1-4 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: 13 December 2015 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 497 x 503 km, inclination: 40.5° 1.5 U cubesat as decribed for Prometheus 1-1 (2013 064AC).

2013 064M (39391) Name: Prometheus 1-2 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: 10 December 2015 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 497 x 503 km, inclination: 40.5° 1.5 U cubesat as decribed for Prometheus 1-1 (2013 064AC).

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 1-5 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: 29 November 2015 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 498 x 502 km, inclination: 40.5° 1.5 U cubesat as decribed for Prometheus 1-1 (2013 064AC).

2013 064Q (39294) Name: Prometheus 1-6 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: 10 December 2015 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 498 x 502 km, inclination: 40.5° 1.5 U cubesat as decribed for Prometheus 1-1 (2013 064AC).

2013 064R (39395) Name: COPPER Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: 4 February 2016 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 and was part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa)-IV programme.

2013 064S (39396) Name: ORS Tech-2 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: 3 April 2015 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 498 x 501 km, inclination: 40.5° ORS Tech-2 was a 3U cubesat as descrnbed for ORS Tech-1 (2013 064H).

2013 064T (39397) Name: STARE-B 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° 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.

2013 064U (39398) Name: Black Knght-1 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: 16 July 2015 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 496 x 504 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.

2013 064V (39399) Name: Prometheus 1-7 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: 5 November 2015 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 498 x 502 km, inclination: 40.5° 1.5 U cubesat as decribed for Prometheus 1-1 (2013 064AC).

2013 064W (39400) Name: SPA-1 Trailblazer Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: 22 May 2016 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 499 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. It was part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa)-IV programme.

2013 064X (39401) Name: Prometheus 1-8 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: 1 December 2015 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 064AC).

2013 064Y (39402) Name: SwampSat Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: 13 December 2015 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 500 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 and was part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa)-IV programme. .

2013 064Z (39403) Name: Ho‘oponopono-2 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°

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. It was part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa)-IV programme.

2013 064AA (39404) Name: Firefly 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.°

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.

2013 064AB (39405) Name: ChargerSat-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°

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. It was part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa)-IV programme.

2013 064AC (39406) Name: Prometheus 1-1 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: 12 December 2015 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 495 x 503 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.

2013 064AD (39407) Name: Prometheus 1-3 Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: 21 November 2013 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 494 x 504 km, inclination: 40.5° 1.5 U cubesat as decribed for Prometheus-1 (2013 064AC).

2013 064AE (39408) Name: Vermont Lunar Cubesat Country: USA Launch date: 20 November 2013 Re-entry: 8 December 2015 Launch site: Wallops Island Launch vehicle: Minotaur 1 Orbit: 495 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 and was part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa)-IV programme. .

2013 064AF (39409) 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.

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 x 1207 km, inclination: 100.5° Earth observation satellite as described for 2006 015A. Also known as Jian Bing 9-3.

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 653 km, inclination: 97.8° Communications satellite as described for 2002 058B. The satellite was later transferred to the Canadian exactEarth company as exactView-6R.

2013 066B (39417) Name: ZACube-1 Country: South Africa Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 540 x 598 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 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 066V), $50SAT (2013 066W), Beakersat-1 (2013 066X) and QBScout-1 (2013 066AD) . The satellite also carried two GAUSS CubeSat Deployer Systems, als known as PEPPOD, that deployed PUCP Sat-1 (2013 066AC) which, in turn, released the Pocket-PUCP (2013 066AH), ICube-1 (2013 066S), HumSat-D (2013 066T) and Dove-4 (2013 066U).

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 CO2 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. The satellite was later transferred to the Canadian exactEarth company as exactView-12.

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. The satellite was later renamed as Global Air Traffic Awareness and Optimizing through Spaceborne Surveillance (GATOSS).

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 2013 009G. The satellite, also referred to as Lem, had a mass of 10 kg. It was also nown as CanX-3C.

2013 066S (39432) Name: ICube Country: Pakistan 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 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.

2013 066T (39433) 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.

2013 066U (39434) Name: Dove-4 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° 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. It has subsequently been suggested that Dove-4 had not been deployed and that 2013 066U may have been Pocket-PUCP as described for 2013 066AH.

2013 066V (39435) Name: Wren Country: Germany Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 593 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).

2013 066W (39436) Name: $50SAT Country: USA Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 595 x 639 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). It was ater also named as Oscar-76 of MO-76.

2013 066X (39437) Name: Beakersat-1 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°

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.

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.

2013 066Z (39439) Name: First-MOVE 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 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.

2013 066AA (39440) 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..

2013 066AB (39441) 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.

2013 066AC (39442) Name: PUCPSat-1 Country: Peru Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 589 x 640 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.

2013 066AD (39443) Name: QBScout-1 Country: USA Launch date: 21 November 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Yasni Launch vehicle: Dnepr 1 Orbit: 596 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).

2013 066AE (39444) 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 066AF (39445) Name: HINCube Country: Norway 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 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 066AG (39446) Name: UWE-3 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 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).

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 066AC) on 6 December 2013. The Int.Des. has not been confirmed but remained unused.

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: 507 x 512 km, inclination: 87.7o

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.

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: 454 x 459 km, inclination: 87.3o 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: 454 x 459 km, inclination: 87.3o 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: 9 June 2014 Launch site: Baikonour Launch vehicle: Soyuz U Orbit: 414 x 419 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-vous 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 undocked on 23 April 2014 after which it docked again at the Zvezda port on 25 April 2014 in a test of the Kurs docking system. It undocked on 9 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 45o. 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 44.12oN and 19.51oW. 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. The lander ceased communications in the early months of 2014. 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 was expected to remain operational for three months, during which time it was expected to travel a maximum distance of 10 km, whilst exploring an area of 3 km2. Following initial tests the vehicle made photos of its surrounding and conducted some science measurement before it was closed down for the lunar night on 23 December 2013. On 11 January 2014 the lander as well as Yutu, were re-activated until on 25 January 2014 Yutu suffered a failure of communications.

Communications were not re-established until 13 February 2014 but the rover vehicle was still encountering electrical problems preventing it from not only moving its solar panels into an insulating position during the lunar night, but from moving on the surface. In spite of these problems Yutu’s instruments managed to operate, be at ever reducing capacity.

In October 2014 the rover remained immobile and its instruments continue to degrade although it was still capable to communicate with ground controllers. Communications were still operating in December 2015.

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 95oE

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° Radar imaging satellite as described for 2010 046A. Also known as NROL-39 and USA-247. 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. It was part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa)-II programme.

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). It was part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa)-II programme.

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. It was part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa)-II programme.

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 and it was part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa)-II programme.

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 and was part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa)-II programme.

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. Its mass was 5 kg and it was probably used to tests tactical communications or for imaging.

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 62.5oE

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 1-3, 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 98.5o.

--- 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.

2013 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 0.7m2; 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 reached 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 87.2oW

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 076E (39485) Name: Kosmos-2491 Country: Russia Launch date: 25 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Rokot/Briz KM Orbit: 1482 x 1509 km, inclination: 82.5° Originally thought to be debris, Kosmos-2491 is now believed to be a small military satellite probably built by Reshetnev as 14F153 and with a mass of around 45 kg. The objective of these tests is not known. It could be a test in Russia’s plan to clean up space junk or it could be a test leading towards of repairing and refuelling satellites. However, as Russia did not declare the launch of this satellite until 5 May 2014, and judging by the object’s peculiar and very active movements across the skies, it could be part of an anti-satellite weaponry programme, something that the then USSR abandoned in 1982 but may be revived by Russia, based on a 2010 statement by Oleg Ostapenko, then commander of Russia’s space forces, and now head of its space agency, said Russia was again developing “inspection” and “strike” satellites. On 30 November 2014 the satellite activated the RS-46 amateur radio payload.

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 140oE

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: SKRL 756-1 Country: Russia Launch date: 28 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1v/Volga Orbit: 600 x 626 km, inclination: 82.4°

Two SKRL 756 satellites fitted to the payload stage

Radar calibration satellite. The flight was essentially a test flight of the next version of the Soyuz launch vehicle and the Volga upper stage and ballast was carried during the launch. It was also known as Kosmos-2943.

2013 078B (39491) 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: 593 x 625 km, inclination: 82.4° Radar calibration satellite as described for 2013 078B. It was also known as Kosmos-2494.

2013 078C (39492) Name: Aist-1 Country: Russia Launch date: 28 December 2013 Re-entry: in orbit Launch site: Plesetsk Launch vehicle: Soyuz 2-1v/Volga Orbit: 597 x 626 km, inclination: 82.4° Student satellite similar to Aiist-2 (2013 015D).