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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">High throughput communications satellite</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Spacecraft properties</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Satellite_bus" title="Satellite bus">Bus</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/LS-1300" class="mw-redirect" title="LS-1300">LS-1300</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manufacturer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Space_Systems/Loral" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Systems/Loral">Space Systems/Loral</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch mass</th><td class="infobox-data">6,740 kg (14,860 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dry mass</th><td class="infobox-data">3,650 kg (8,050 lb)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Start of mission</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch date</th><td class="infobox-data">19 October 2011, 18:48:58<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">2011-10-19UTC18:48:58Z</span>)</span> UTC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rocket</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Proton-M" title="Proton-M">Proton-M</a>/<a href="/wiki/Briz-M" class="mw-redirect" title="Briz-M">Briz-M</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch site</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Baikonur_Cosmodrome" title="Baikonur Cosmodrome">Baikonur</a> <a href="/wiki/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Site_200" title="Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 200">200/39</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Contractor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/International_Launch_Services" title="International Launch Services">International Launch Services</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Orbital parameters</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reference system</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Geocentric_orbit" title="Geocentric orbit">Geocentric</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Regime</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Geostationary_orbit" title="Geostationary orbit">Geostationary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Longitude</th><td class="infobox-data">115.1° west</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">Perigee altitude</a></th><td class="infobox-data">35,783 kilometres (22,235 mi)<sup id="cite_ref-n2yo_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-n2yo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span 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href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>ViaSat-1</b> is a <a href="/wiki/High-throughput_satellite" title="High-throughput satellite">high throughput</a> communications satellite owned by <a href="/wiki/Viasat_(American_company)" title="Viasat (American company)"> Viasat Inc.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Telesat" title="Telesat">Telesat Canada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Launched October 19, 2011 aboard a <a href="/wiki/Proton_rocket" class="mw-redirect" title="Proton rocket">Proton rocket</a>, it held the <a href="/wiki/Guinness_World_Records" title="Guinness World Records">Guinness record</a> for the world's highest capacity communications satellite with a total capacity in excess of 140 Gbit/s, more than all the satellites covering North America combined, at the time of its launch.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>ViaSat-1 is capable of two-way communications with small dish antennas at higher speeds and a lower cost-per-bit than any satellite before.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The satellite is positioned at 115.1 degrees West longitude <a href="/wiki/Geostationary_orbit" title="Geostationary orbit">geostationary orbit</a> point, with 72 Ka-band spot beams; 63 over the U.S. (Eastern and Western states, Alaska and Hawaii), and nine over Canada. </p><p>The Canadian beams are owned by satellite operator <a href="/wiki/Telesat" title="Telesat">Telesat</a> and are used for the Xplornet broadband service to consumers in rural Canada. The US beams provide fast Internet access called <a href="/wiki/Exede" class="mw-redirect" title="Exede">Exede</a>, Viasat's satellite Internet service.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>ViaSat-1 is part of a new satellite system architecture created by Viasat Inc. 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title="2012 in spaceflight">2012 →</a></div></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">January</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elektro-L_No.1" title="Elektro-L No.1">Elektro-L No.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-224" title="USA-224">USA-224</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kounotori_2" title="Kounotori 2">Kounotori 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-09M" title="Progress M-09M">Progress M-09M</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kedr" title="Kedr">Kedr</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">February</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2470" title="Kosmos 2470">Kosmos 2470</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-225" title="USA-225">USA-225</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johannes_Kepler_ATV" title="Johannes Kepler ATV"><i>Johannes Kepler</i> ATV</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-133" title="STS-133">STS-133</a></u> (<a href="/wiki/Leonardo_(ISS_module)" title="Leonardo (ISS module)">Leonardo</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2471" title="Kosmos 2471">Kosmos 2471</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">March</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Glory_(satellite)" title="Glory (satellite)">Glory</a>, <a href="/wiki/Explorer-1_Prime" title="Explorer-1 Prime">Explorer-1 [Prime]</a>, <a href="/wiki/KySat-1" title="KySat-1">KySat-1</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hermes_(satellite)" title="Hermes (satellite)">Hermes</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-226" class="mw-redirect" title="USA-226">USA-226</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-227" title="USA-227">USA-227</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">April</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-21" title="Soyuz TMA-21">Soyuz TMA-21</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compass-IGSO3" class="mw-redirect" title="Compass-IGSO3">Compass-IGSO3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-229" title="USA-229">USA-229</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resourcesat-2" title="Resourcesat-2">Resourcesat-2</a>, <a href="/wiki/YouthSat" title="YouthSat">YouthSat</a>, <a href="/wiki/X-Sat" title="X-Sat">X-Sat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yahsat_1A" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahsat 1A">Yahsat 1A</a>, <a href="/wiki/Intelsat_28" title="Intelsat 28">New Dawn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-10M" title="Progress M-10M">Progress M-10M</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">May</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meridian_4" title="Meridian 4">Meridian 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-230" title="USA-230">USA-230</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-134" title="STS-134">STS-134</a></u> (<a href="/wiki/Alpha_Magnetic_Spectrometer" title="Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer">AMS-02</a>, <a href="/wiki/ExPRESS_Logistics_Carrier" title="ExPRESS Logistics Carrier">ELC-3</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telstar_14R" title="Telstar 14R">Telstar 14R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ST-2" title="ST-2">ST-2</a>, <a href="/wiki/GSAT-8" title="GSAT-8">GSAT-8 / INSAT-4G</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">June</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-02M" title="Soyuz TMA-02M">Soyuz TMA-02M</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SAC-D" title="SAC-D">SAC-D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasad_1" title="Rasad 1">Rasad 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ChinaSat_10" title="ChinaSat 10">ChinaSat 10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-11M" title="Progress M-11M">Progress M-11M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2472" title="Kosmos 2472">Kosmos 2472</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-231" title="USA-231">USA-231</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">July</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shijian" title="Shijian">Shijian XI-03</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-135" title="STS-135">STS-135</a></u> (<a href="/wiki/Raffaello_MPLM" title="Raffaello MPLM">Raffaello</a>, <a href="/wiki/PSSC-2" title="PSSC-2">PSSC-2</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tianlian_I-02" class="mw-redirect" title="Tianlian I-02">Tianlian I-02</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Globalstar_M083&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globalstar M083 (page does not exist)">Globalstar M083</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Globalstar_M088&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globalstar M088 (page does not exist)">Globalstar M088</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Globalstar_M091&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globalstar M091 (page does not exist)">Globalstar M091</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Globalstar_M085&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globalstar M085 (page does not exist)">Globalstar M085</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Globalstar_M081&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globalstar M081 (page does not exist)">Globalstar M081</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Globalstar_M089&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globalstar M089 (page does not exist)">Globalstar M089</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSAT-12" title="GSAT-12">GSAT-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SES-3" title="SES-3">SES-3</a>, <a href="/wiki/KazSat-2" title="KazSat-2">KazSat-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-232" title="USA-232">USA-232</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spektr-R" title="Spektr-R">Spektr-R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compass-IGSO4" class="mw-redirect" title="Compass-IGSO4">Compass-IGSO4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shijian" title="Shijian">Shijian XI-02</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">August</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Juno_(spacecraft)" title="Juno (spacecraft)">Juno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1N" title="Astra 1N">Astra 1N</a>, <a href="/wiki/BSAT-3c" title="BSAT-3c">BSAT-3c</a>/<a href="/wiki/JCSAT-110R" class="mw-redirect" title="JCSAT-110R">JCSAT-110R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paksat-1R" title="Paksat-1R">Paksat-1R</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hai_Yang_2A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hai Yang 2A (page does not exist)">Hai Yang 2A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sich_2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sich 2 (page does not exist)">Sich 2</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=NigeriaSat-2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NigeriaSat-2 (page does not exist)">NigeriaSat-2</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=NigeriaSat-X&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NigeriaSat-X (page does not exist)">NigeriaSat-X</a>, <a href="/wiki/RASAT" title="RASAT">RASAT</a>, <a href="/wiki/EduSAT" title="EduSAT">EduSAT</a>, <a href="/wiki/AprizeSat-5" class="mw-redirect" title="AprizeSat-5">AprizeSat-5</a>, <a href="/wiki/AprizeSat-6" class="mw-redirect" title="AprizeSat-6">AprizeSat-6</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=BPA-2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="BPA-2 (page does not exist)">BPA-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ekspress-AM4" title="Ekspress-AM4">Ekspress-AM4</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shijian" title="Shijian">Shijian XI-04</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-12M" title="Progress M-12M">Progress M-12M</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">September</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gravity_Recovery_and_Interior_Laboratory" class="mw-redirect" title="Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory">GRAIL-A</a> , <a href="/wiki/Gravity_Recovery_and_Interior_Laboratory" class="mw-redirect" title="Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory">GRAIL-B</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zhongxing-1A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zhongxing-1A (page does not exist)">Zhongxing-1A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2473" title="Kosmos 2473">Kosmos 2473</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arabsat_5C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arabsat 5C (page does not exist)">Arabsat 5C</a>, <a href="/wiki/SES-2" title="SES-2">SES-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IGS_Optical_4" class="mw-redirect" title="IGS Optical 4">IGS Optical 4</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Atlantic_Bird_7&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Atlantic Bird 7 (page does not exist)">Atlantic Bird 7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TacSat-4" title="TacSat-4">TacSat-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiangong-1" title="Tiangong-1">Tiangong-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QuetzSat_1" title="QuetzSat 1">QuetzSat 1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">October</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2474" title="Kosmos 2474">Kosmos 2474</a> / <a href="/wiki/GLONASS-M" title="GLONASS-M">GLONASS-M 742</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelsat_18" class="mw-redirect" title="Intelsat 18">Intelsat 18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eutelsat" title="Eutelsat">Eutelsat 16A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megha-Tropiques" title="Megha-Tropiques">Megha-Tropiques</a>, <a href="/wiki/SRMSAT" title="SRMSAT">SRMSAT</a>, <a href="/wiki/VesselSat-1" title="VesselSat-1">VesselSat-1</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Jugnu_(satellite)" title="Jugnu (satellite)">Jugnu</a></span></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">ViaSat-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Galileo_satellites" title="List of Galileo satellites">Galileo-IOV FM1</a> , <a href="/wiki/List_of_Galileo_satellites" title="List of Galileo satellites">Galileo-IOV FM2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suomi_NPP" title="Suomi NPP">NPP</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/AubieSat-1" title="AubieSat-1">AubieSat-1</a></span>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Dynamic_Ionosphere_CubeSat_Experiment" title="Dynamic Ionosphere CubeSat Experiment">DICE-1</a></span>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Dynamic_Ionosphere_CubeSat_Experiment" title="Dynamic Ionosphere CubeSat Experiment">DICE-2</a></span>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/M-Cubed" title="M-Cubed">M-Cubed</a></span>, <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/RAX-2" title="RAX-2">RAX-2</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-13M" title="Progress M-13M">Progress M-13M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenzhou_8" title="Shenzhou 8">Shenzhou 8</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">November</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2475" title="Kosmos 2475">Kosmos 2475</a> , <a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2476" title="Kosmos 2476">Kosmos 2476</a> , <a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2477" title="Kosmos 2477">Kosmos 2477</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fobos-Grunt" title="Fobos-Grunt">Fobos-Grunt</a> , <a href="/wiki/Yinghuo-1" title="Yinghuo-1">Yinghuo-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaogan" title="Yaogan">Yaogan 12</a> , <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tian_Xun-1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tian Xun-1 (page does not exist)">Tian Xun-1</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-22" title="Soyuz TMA-22">Soyuz TMA-22</a></u></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shiyan_Weixing_4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shiyan Weixing 4 (page does not exist)">Shiyan Weixing 4</a> , <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chuang_Xin_1C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chuang Xin 1C (page does not exist)">Chuang Xin 1C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AsiaSat_7" title="AsiaSat 7">AsiaSat 7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mars_Science_Laboratory" title="Mars Science Laboratory">Mars Science Laboratory</a> (<a href="/wiki/Curiosity_(rover)" title="Curiosity (rover)">Curiosity</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2478" title="Kosmos 2478">Kosmos 2478</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaogan" title="Yaogan">Yaogan 13</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">December</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Compass-IGSO5" class="mw-redirect" title="Compass-IGSO5">Compass-IGSO5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amos-5" class="mw-redirect" title="Amos-5">Amos-5</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luch_5A" title="Luch 5A">Luch 5A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IGS_Radar_3" class="mw-redirect" title="IGS Radar 3">IGS Radar 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleiades_(satellite)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pleiades (satellite)">Pléiades-HR 1A</a>, <a href="/wiki/SSOT_(satellite)" title="SSOT (satellite)">SSOT</a>, <a href="/wiki/ELISA_1" class="mw-redirect" title="ELISA 1">ELISA 1</a>, <a href="/wiki/ELISA_2" class="mw-redirect" title="ELISA 2">ELISA 2</a>, <a href="/wiki/ELISA_3" class="mw-redirect" title="ELISA 3">ELISA 3</a>, <a href="/wiki/ELISA_4" class="mw-redirect" title="ELISA 4">ELISA 4</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=NigComSat-1R&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NigComSat-1R (page does not exist)">NigComSat-1R</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-03M" title="Soyuz TMA-03M">Soyuz TMA-03M</a></u></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ziyuan-1C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ziyuan-1C (page does not exist)">Ziyuan-1C</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Meridian_5" title="Meridian 5">Meridian 5</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Globalstar_M080&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globalstar M080 (page does not exist)">Globalstar M080</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Globalstar_M082&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globalstar M082 (page does not exist)">Globalstar M082</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Globalstar_M084&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globalstar M084 (page does not exist)">Globalstar M084</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Globalstar_M086&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globalstar M086 (page does not exist)">Globalstar M086</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Globalstar_M090&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Globalstar M090 (page does not exist)">Globalstar M090</a>, <a 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