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href="/wiki/International_Designator" title="International Designator">COSPAR ID</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1997-059A">1997-059A</a></span><span class="ib-edit-wd"> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18327697#P247" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" 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Martin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch mass</th><td class="infobox-data">3,674 kilograms (8,100 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dry mass</th><td class="infobox-data">1,700 kilograms (3,700 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">October 5, 1997, 21:01<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1997-10-05UTC21:01Z</span>)</span> UTC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rocket</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Atlas_(rocket_family)" title="Atlas (rocket family)">Atlas IIAS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch site</th><td class="infobox-data"><a 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orbit">Geostationary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Longitude</th><td class="infobox-data">61.5° west</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Semi-major_axis" class="mw-redirect" title="Semi-major axis">Semi-major axis</a></th><td class="infobox-data">42,164.0 kilometers (26,199.5 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">Perigee altitude</a></th><td class="infobox-data">35,787.6 kilometers (22,237.4 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Apsis" title="Apsis">Apogee altitude</a></th><td class="infobox-data">35,798.8 kilometers (22,244.3 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_inclination" title="Orbital inclination">Inclination</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2.1 degrees</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_period" title="Orbital period">Period</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1,436.1 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Epoch_(astronomy)" title="Epoch (astronomy)">Epoch</a></th><td class="infobox-data">May 14, 2017</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">Transponders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Band</th><td class="infobox-data">32 <a href="/wiki/Ku_band" title="Ku band">K<sub>u</sub> band</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coverage area</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Contiguous_United_States" title="Contiguous United States">Contiguous United States</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>EchoStar III</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Communications_satellite" title="Communications satellite">communications satellite</a> operated by <a href="/wiki/EchoStar" title="EchoStar">EchoStar</a>. Launched in 1997 it was operated in <a href="/wiki/Geostationary_orbit" title="Geostationary orbit">geostationary orbit</a> at a longitude of 61.5 degrees west for 12 years. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_status">Current status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=EchoStar_III&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Current status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/EchoStar" title="EchoStar">EchoStar</a> announced August 2, 2017, EchoStar III "experienced an anomaly of unknown origin" during a relocation maneuver in the previous week "that has caused communications with the satellite to be interrupted and intermittent." EchoStar III is now drifting westward at about 0.1 degrees per day, encountering other geostationary satellites. Echostar also said the satellite "is [now] a fully depreciated, non-revenue generating asset."<sup id="cite_ref-spacenews_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spacenews-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>EchoStar III was finally placed in a graveyard orbit on <span data-sort-value="000000002017-09-06-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 6, 2017</span>.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Satellite">Satellite</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=EchoStar_III&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Satellite"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The launch of EchoStar I made use of an <a href="/wiki/Atlas_(rocket_family)" title="Atlas (rocket family)">Atlas-II AS</a> rocket flying from <a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Launch_Complex_36" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 36">Launch Complex 36</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Canaveral Air Force Station">Cape Canaveral Air Force Station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>. The launch took place at 21:01 UTC on October 5, 1997, with the spacecraft entering a <a href="/wiki/Geosynchronous_transfer_orbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Geosynchronous transfer orbit">geosynchronous transfer orbit</a>. 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href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 8 (page does not exist)">Iridium 8</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chinasat_6A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chinasat 6A (page does not exist)">Chinasat 6A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2342" title="Kosmos 2342">Kosmos 2342</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-84" title="STS-84">STS-84</a></u></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2343&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2343 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2343</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=May_1997_Zenit_launch_failure&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="May 1997 Zenit launch failure (page does not exist)">Tselina-2</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor_(satellite)#Thor_2" title="Thor (satellite)">Thor 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galaxy_25" title="Galaxy 25">Telstar 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inmarsat-3_F4" title="Inmarsat-3 F4">Inmarsat-3 F4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INSAT-2D" title="INSAT-2D">INSAT-2D</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2344&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2344 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2344</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fengyun" title="Fengyun">Fengyun 2A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 9 (page does not exist)">Iridium 9</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_10&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 10 (page does not exist)">Iridium 10</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_11&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 11 (page does not exist)">Iridium 11</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_12&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 12 (page does not exist)">Iridium 12</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_13&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 13 (page does not exist)">Iridium 13</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_14&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 14 (page does not exist)">Iridium 14</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_16&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 16 (page does not exist)">Iridium 16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelsat_802" title="Intelsat 802">Intelsat 802</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-94" title="STS-94">STS-94</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-35" title="Progress M-35">Progress M-35</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_15&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 15 (page does not exist)">Iridium 15</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_17&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 17 (page does not exist)">Iridium 17</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_18&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 18 (page does not exist)">Iridium 18</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_20&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 20 (page does not exist)">Iridium 20</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_21&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 21 (page does not exist)">Iridium 21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-132" title="USA-132">USA-132</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superbird-C" title="Superbird-C">Superbird-C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OrbView-2" class="mw-redirect" title="OrbView-2">OrbView-2</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-26" title="Soyuz TM-26">Soyuz TM-26</a></u></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-85" title="STS-85">STS-85</a></u> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=CRISTA-SPAS&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="CRISTA-SPAS (page does not exist)">CRISTA-SPAS</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/PAS-6" title="PAS-6">PAS-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosmos_2345" title="Kosmos 2345">Kosmos 2345</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agila_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Agila 2">Agila 2</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 22 (page does not exist)">Iridium 22</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_23&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 23 (page does not exist)">Iridium 23</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_24&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 24 (page does not exist)">Iridium 24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iridium_25" class="mw-redirect" title="Iridium 25">Iridium 25</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_26&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 26 (page does not exist)">Iridium 26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_(satellite)" title="Lewis (satellite)">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advanced_Composition_Explorer" title="Advanced Composition Explorer">ACE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelsat_5" title="Intelsat 5">PAS-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FORTE" title="FORTE">FORTE</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_MFS-1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium MFS-1 (page does not exist)">Iridium MFS-1</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_MFS-2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium MFS-2 (page does not exist)">Iridium MFS-2</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eutelsat_W75/ABS-1B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eutelsat W75/ABS-1B (page does not exist)">Hot Bird 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meteosat_7" class="mw-redirect" title="Meteosat 7">Meteosat 7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-3" title="AMC-3">GE-3</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_27&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 27 (page does not exist)">Iridium 27</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_28&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 28 (page does not exist)">Iridium 28</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_29&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 29 (page does not exist)">Iridium 29</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_30&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 30 (page does not exist)">Iridium 30</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_31&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 31 (page does not exist)">Iridium 31</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_32&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 32 (page does not exist)">Iridium 32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iridium_33" title="Iridium 33">Iridium 33</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2346&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2346 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2346</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=FAISAT-2V&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FAISAT-2V (page does not exist)">FAISAT-2V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NSS-5" title="NSS-5">Intelsat 803</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molniya-1T_No.98&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Molniya-1T No.98 (page does not exist)">Molniya-1T #98</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-86" title="STS-86">STS-86</a></u></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_19&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 19 (page does not exist)">Iridium 19</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_34&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 34 (page does not exist)">Iridium 34</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_35&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 35 (page does not exist)">Iridium 35</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_36&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 36 (page does not exist)">Iridium 36</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_37&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 37 (page does not exist)">Iridium 37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRS-1D" title="IRS-1D">IRS-1D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-36" title="Progress M-36">Progress M-36</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sputnik_40" title="Sputnik 40">Sputnik 40</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=X-Mir&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="X-Mir (page does not exist)">X-Mir</a>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">EchoStar III</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Foton_No.11&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Foton No.11 (page does not exist)">Foton #11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens" title="Cassini–Huygens">Cassini</a> (<a href="/wiki/Huygens_(spacecraft)" title="Huygens (spacecraft)">Huygens</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apstar_2R" title="Apstar 2R">Apstar 2R</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-133&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-133 (page does not exist)">USA-133</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=STEP-4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="STEP-4 (page does not exist)">STEP-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-135" title="USA-135">USA-135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FalconGOLD" class="mw-redirect" title="FalconGOLD">FalconGOLD</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maqsat-B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maqsat-B (page does not exist)">Maqsat-B</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maqsat-H&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maqsat-H (page does not exist)">Maqsat-H</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Young_Engineers_Satellite&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Young Engineers Satellite (page does not exist)">YES</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/VLS-1_V01" title="VLS-1 V01">VLS-1 V01</a></i> (<i><a href="/wiki/SCD-2A" class="mw-redirect" title="SCD-2A">SCD-2A</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-134&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-134 (page does not exist)">USA-134</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-136&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-136 (page does not exist)">USA-136</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_38&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 38 (page does not exist)">Iridium 38</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_39&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 39 (page does not exist)">Iridium 39</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_40&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 40 (page does not exist)">Iridium 40</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_41&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 41 (page does not exist)">Iridium 41</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_43&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 43 (page does not exist)">Iridium 43</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kupon_(satellite)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kupon (satellite) (page does not exist)">Kupon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_5A" title="Astra 5A">Sirius 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IndoStar-1" title="IndoStar-1">IndoStar-1</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Resurs-F1M_No.1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Resurs-F1M No.1 (page does not exist)">Resurs-F1M #1</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-87" title="STS-87">STS-87</a></u> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=SPARTAN-201&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SPARTAN-201 (page does not exist)">SPARTAN-201</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tropical_Rainfall_Measuring_Mission" title="Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission">TRMM</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orihime_(satellite)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orihime (satellite) (page does not exist)">Orihime</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hikoboshi_(satellite)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hikoboshi (satellite) (page does not exist)">Hikoboshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JCSAT-1B" title="JCSAT-1B">JCSAT-1B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equator-S" title="Equator-S">Equator-S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1G" title="Astra 1G">Astra 1G</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_42&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 42 (page does not exist)">Iridium 42</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_44&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 44 (page does not exist)">Iridium 44</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Galaxy_8i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Galaxy 8i (page does not exist)">Galaxy 8i</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2347&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2347 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2347</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2348&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2348 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2348</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-37" title="Progress M-37">Progress M-37</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_45&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 45 (page does not exist)">Iridium 45</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_46&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 46 (page does not exist)">Iridium 46</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_47&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 47 (page does not exist)">Iridium 47</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_48&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 48 (page does not exist)">Iridium 48</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iridium_49&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iridium 49 (page does not exist)">Iridium 49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelsat_804" title="Intelsat 804">Intelsat 804</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orbcomm_FM5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orbcomm FM5 (page does not exist)">Orbcomm FM5</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orbcomm_FM6&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orbcomm FM6 (page does not exist)">Orbcomm FM6</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orbcomm_FM7&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orbcomm FM7 (page does not exist)">Orbcomm FM7</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orbcomm_FM8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orbcomm FM8 (page does not exist)">Orbcomm FM8</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orbcomm_FM9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orbcomm FM9 (page does not exist)">Orbcomm FM9</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orbcomm_FM10&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orbcomm FM10 (page does not exist)">Orbcomm FM10</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orbcomm_FM11&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orbcomm FM11 (page does not exist)">Orbcomm FM11</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orbcomm_FM12&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orbcomm FM12 (page does not exist)">Orbcomm FM12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_Bird_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Early Bird 1">Early Bird 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PAS-22" title="PAS-22">AsiaSat 3</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( | ). Crewed flights are indicated in <u>underline</u>. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in <i>italics</i>. 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