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duration</th><td class="infobox-data">15 years (planned)<br />24 years, 7 months (achieved)</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">Spacecraft properties</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spacecraft type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boeing_601" title="Boeing 601">Boeing 601</a></td></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/Boeing_601" title="Boeing 601">HS-601</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manufacturer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Satellite_Systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing Satellite Systems">Hughes Space and Communications</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch mass</th><td class="infobox-data">3,010 kg (6,640 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Power</th><td class="infobox-data">4.7 <a href="/wiki/Watt" title="Watt">kW</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">Start of mission</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launch date</th><td class="infobox-data">8 April 1996, 23:09:01 <a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rocket</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Proton-K" title="Proton-K">Proton-K</a> / <a href="/wiki/Blok_D" title="Blok D">DM-2M</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_81" title="Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81">Site 81/23</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Contractor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Khrunichev_State_Research_and_Production_Space_Center" title="Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center">Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Entered service</th><td class="infobox-data">June 1996</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">End of mission</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Disposal</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Graveyard_orbit" title="Graveyard orbit">Graveyard orbit</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deactivated</th><td class="infobox-data">November 2020</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 orbit</a><sup id="cite_ref-n2yo_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-n2yo-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Regime</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Geostationary_orbit" title="Geostationary orbit">Geostationary orbit</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Longitude</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Astra_19.2%C2%B0E" title="Astra 19.2°E">Astra 19.2°E</a> (1996-2009)<br />51°E (2009-20100<br />55°E (2010-2015)<br />44.5°E (2015-2020)</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">16 <a href="/wiki/Ku_band" title="Ku band">Ku-band</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bandwidth</th><td class="infobox-data">FSS: 26 <a href="/wiki/Hertz" title="Hertz">Mhz</a><br />BSS: 33 MHz</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coverage area</th><td class="infobox-data">Europe</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><div class="" style="width:100%; text-align:center; border-top:1px #aaa solid"><a href="/wiki/Astra_(satellite)" title="Astra (satellite)">Astra constellation</a></div><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/Astra_1E" title="Astra 1E">Astra 1E</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/Astra_1G" title="Astra 1G">Astra 1G</a> →</div></div><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Astra 1F</b> is one of the <a href="/wiki/Astra_(satellites)" class="mw-redirect" title="Astra (satellites)">Astra</a> <a href="/wiki/Communications_satellite" title="Communications satellite">communications satellites</a> in <a href="/wiki/Geostationary_orbit" title="Geostationary orbit">geostationary orbit</a> owned and operated by <a href="/wiki/SES_(company)" title="SES (company)">SES</a>. It was launched in April 1996 to the <a href="/wiki/Astra_19.2%C2%B0E" title="Astra 19.2°E">Astra 19.2°E</a> orbital slot initially to provide digital television and radio for <a href="/wiki/Satellite_television" title="Satellite television">direct-to-home</a> (DTH) across Europe. </p><p>The satellite originally provided two broadcast beams, of horizontal and vertical <a href="/wiki/Polarization_(waves)" title="Polarization (waves)">polarisation</a>, for <a href="/wiki/Fixed_Service_Satellite" class="mw-redirect" title="Fixed Service Satellite">Fixed Service Satellite</a> (FSS) (10.70-10.95 <a href="/wiki/Hertz" title="Hertz">GHz</a>) and for <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_Satellite_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadcast Satellite Service">Broadcast Satellite Service</a> (BSS) (11.70-12.10 GHz) frequency bands. 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Astra_(satellite)" title="Astra (satellite)">Astra</a> fleet</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Active</i>: <a href="/wiki/Astra_1KR" title="Astra 1KR">Astra 1KR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1L" title="Astra 1L">1L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1M" title="Astra 1M">1M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1N" title="Astra 1N">1N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1P" title="Astra 1P">1P (SES-24)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_2E" title="Astra 2E">2E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_2F" title="Astra 2F">2F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_2G" title="Astra 2G">2G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_3B" title="Astra 3B">3B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_4A" title="Astra 4A">4A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_5B" title="Astra 5B">5B</a></li> <li><i>Backups</i>: <a href="/wiki/Astra_1D" title="Astra 1D">Astra 1D</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1G" title="Astra 1G">1G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1H" title="Astra 1H">1H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_2A" title="Astra 2A">2A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_2B" title="Astra 2B">2B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_2C" title="Astra 2C">2C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_2D" title="Astra 2D">2D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_3A" title="Astra 3A">3A</a></li> <li><i>Retired</i>: <a href="/wiki/Astra_1A" title="Astra 1A">Astra 1A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1B" title="Astra 1B">1B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1C" title="Astra 1C">1C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_1E" title="Astra 1E">1E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_5A" title="Astra 5A">5A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirius_3" class="mw-redirect" title="Sirius 3">Sirius 3</a></li> <li><i>Failed launch</i>: <a href="/wiki/Astra_1K" title="Astra 1K">Astra 1K</a></li> <li><i>Orbital positions</i>: <a href="/wiki/Astra_5%C2%B0E" title="Astra 5°E">5.0°E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_19.2%C2%B0E" title="Astra 19.2°E">19.2°E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_23.5%C2%B0E" title="Astra 23.5°E">23.5°E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_28.2%C2%B0E" title="Astra 28.2°E">28.2°E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_31.5%C2%B0E" title="Astra 31.5°E">31.5°E</a></li> <li><i>Subsidiary</i>: <a href="/wiki/SES_Astra" title="SES Astra">SES Astra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Third parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Active</i>: <a href="/wiki/Ciel-2" title="Ciel-2">Ciel-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%BCrkmen%C3%84lem_52%C2%B0E_/_MonacoSAT" title="TürkmenÄlem 52°E / MonacoSAT">MonacoSAT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QuetzSat_1" title="QuetzSat 1">QuetzSat 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yahsat_1A" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahsat 1A">Yahsat 1A</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="←_1995Orbital_launches_in_19961997_→618" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Orbital_launches_in_1996" title="Template:Orbital launches in 1996"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Orbital_launches_in_1996" title="Template talk:Orbital launches in 1996"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Orbital_launches_in_1996" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Orbital launches in 1996"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="←_1995Orbital_launches_in_19961997_→618" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><div style="float: left;"><a href="/wiki/1995_in_spaceflight" title="1995 in spaceflight">← 1995</a></div><a href="/wiki/1996_in_spaceflight" title="1996 in spaceflight"><span class="vevent"><span class="summary">Orbital launches in <span class="dtstart">1996</span></span></span></a><div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/1997_in_spaceflight" title="1997 in spaceflight">1997 →</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><u><a href="/wiki/STS-72" title="STS-72">STS-72</a></u> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=SPARTAN-206&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SPARTAN-206 (page does not exist)">SPARTAN-206</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelsat_3R" title="Intelsat 3R">PAS-3R</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Africasat-1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Africasat-1 (page does not exist)">MEASAT-1</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ABS-1A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ABS-1A (page does not exist)">Koreasat 2</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2327&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2327 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2327</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorizont_No.43L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gorizont No.43L (page does not exist)">Gorizont #43L</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/Paksat-1" title="Paksat-1">Palapa C1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N-STAR_b" title="N-STAR b">N-STAR b</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Intelsat_708" title="Intelsat 708">Intelsat 708</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NEAR_Shoemaker" title="NEAR Shoemaker">NEAR Shoemaker</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2328&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2328 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2328</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2329&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2329 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2329</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2330&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2330 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2330</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gonets-D1_No.1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gonets-D1 No.1 (page does not exist)">Gonets-D1 #1</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gonets-D1_No.2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gonets-D1 No.2 (page does not exist)">Gonets-D1 #2</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gonets-D1_No.3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gonets-D1 No.3 (page does not exist)">Gonets-D1 #3</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gran%27_No.44L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gran' No.44L (page does not exist)">Gran' #44L</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-23" title="Soyuz TM-23">Soyuz TM-23</a></u></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-75" title="STS-75">STS-75</a></u> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=TSS-1R&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TSS-1R (page does not exist)">TSS-1R</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polar_(satellite)" title="Polar (satellite)">Polar</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><a href="/w/index.php?title=REX_II&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="REX II (page does not exist)">REX II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelsat_707" title="Intelsat 707">Intelsat 707</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2331&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2331 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2331</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRS-P3" title="IRS-P3">IRS-P3</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-76" title="STS-76">STS-76</a></u></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-117" title="USA-117">USA-117</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><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inmarsat-3_F1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Inmarsat-3 F1 (page does not exist)">Inmarsat-3 F1</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Astra 1F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MSAT-1" class="mw-redirect" title="MSAT-1">MSAT-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priroda" title="Priroda">Priroda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midcourse_Space_Experiment" title="Midcourse Space Experiment">MSX</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2332&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2332 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2332</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-118&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-118 (page does not exist)">USA-118</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BeppoSAX" title="BeppoSAX">BeppoSAX</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/Progress_M-31" title="Progress M-31">Progress M-31</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-119&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-119 (page does not exist)">USA-119</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-120&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-120 (page does not exist)">USA-120</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-121&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-121 (page does not exist)">USA-121</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-122&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-122 (page does not exist)">USA-122</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-123&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-123 (page does not exist)">USA-123</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-124&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-124 (page does not exist)">USA-124</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kometa_No.18&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kometa No.18 (page does not exist)">Kometa #18</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palapa_C2" class="mw-redirect" title="Palapa C2">Palapa C2</a>, <a href="/wiki/Intelsat_24" class="mw-redirect" title="Intelsat 24">Amos-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MSTI-3" class="mw-redirect" title="MSTI-3">MSTI-3</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-77" title="STS-77">STS-77</a></u> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=SPARTAN-207&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SPARTAN-207 (page does not exist)">SPARTAN-207</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inflatable_Antenna_Experiment" title="Inflatable Antenna Experiment">IAE</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=PAMS-STU&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="PAMS-STU (page does not exist)">PAMS-STU</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galaxy_9" title="Galaxy 9">Galaxy 9</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorizont_No.44L&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gorizont No.44L (page does not exist)">Gorizont #44L</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><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cluster_F1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cluster F1 (page does not exist)">Cluster F1</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cluster_F2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cluster F2 (page does not exist)">Cluster F2</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cluster_F3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cluster F3 (page does not exist)">Cluster F3</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cluster_F4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cluster F4 (page does not exist)">Cluster F4</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelsat_709" title="Intelsat 709">Intelsat 709</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-78" title="STS-78">STS-78</a></u></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=June_1996_Soyuz_launch_failure&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="June 1996 Soyuz launch failure (page does not exist)">Kobal't</a></i></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/TOMS-EP" class="mw-redirect" title="TOMS-EP">TOMS-EP</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-125&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-125 (page does not exist)">USA-125</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apstar_1A" class="mw-redirect" title="Apstar 1A">Apstar 1A</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arabsat_2A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arabsat 2A (page does not exist)">Arabsat 2A</a>, <a href="/wiki/T%C3%BCrksat_1C" title="Türksat 1C">Türksat 1C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-126" title="USA-126">USA-126</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-127&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-127 (page does not exist)">USA-127</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-32" title="Progress M-32">Progress M-32</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="/w/index.php?title=T%C3%A9l%C3%A9com_2D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Télécom 2D (page does not exist)">Télécom 2D</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Italsat_2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Italsat 2 (page does not exist)">Italsat 2</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molniya_1-79&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Molniya 1-79 (page does not exist)">Molniya 1-79</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midori_(satellite)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Midori (satellite) (page does not exist)">Midori</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fuji_2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fuji 2 (page does not exist)">Fuji 2</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TM-24" title="Soyuz TM-24">Soyuz TM-24</a></u></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HGS-2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HGS-2 (page does not exist)">Chinasat-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fast_Auroral_Snapshot_Explorer" class="mw-redirect" title="Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer">FAST</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Interbol_2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Interbol 2 (page does not exist)">Interbol 2</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Maigon_5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maigon 5 (page does not exist)">Maigon 5</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Victor_(satellite)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Victor (satellite) (page does not exist)">Victor</a></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="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2333&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2333 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2333</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2334&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2334 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2334</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=UNAMSAT-2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="UNAMSAT-2 (page does not exist)">UNAMSAT-2</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inmarsat-3_F2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Inmarsat-3 F2 (page does not exist)">Inmarsat-3 F2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AMC-1" title="AMC-1">GE-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EchoStar_II" title="EchoStar II">EchoStar II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA-128" title="USA-128">USA-128</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-79" title="STS-79">STS-79</a></u></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ekspress-6&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ekspress-6 (page does not exist)">Ekspress-6</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/Fanhui_Shi_Weixing" title="Fanhui Shi Weixing">FSW-17</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Molniya_3-62&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Molniya 3-62 (page does not exist)">Molniya 3-62</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/High_Energy_Transient_Explorer" class="mw-redirect" title="High Energy Transient Explorer">HETE</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=SAC-B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SAC-B (page does not exist)">SAC-B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mars_Global_Surveyor" title="Mars Global Surveyor">Mars Global Surveyor</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arabsat_2B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arabsat 2B (page does not exist)">Arabsat 2B</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Africasat_2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Africasat 2 (page does not exist)">MEASAT-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mars_96" title="Mars 96">Mars 96</a></li> <li><u><a href="/wiki/STS-80" title="STS-80">STS-80</a></u> (<a href="/wiki/Wake_Shield_Facility" title="Wake Shield Facility">WSF</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=ORFEUS-SPAS&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ORFEUS-SPAS (page does not exist)">ORFEUS-SPAS</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-33" title="Progress M-33">Progress M-33</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eutelsat_W48&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eutelsat W48 (page does not exist)">Hot Bird 2</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/Mars_Pathfinder" title="Mars Pathfinder">Mars Pathfinder</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sojourner_(rover)" title="Sojourner (rover)">Sojourner</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2335&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2335 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2335</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inmarsat-3_F3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Inmarsat-3 F3 (page does not exist)">Inmarsat-3 F3</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kosmos_2336&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kosmos 2336 (page does not exist)">Kosmos 2336</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USA-129&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USA-129 (page does not exist)">USA-129</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bion_No.11" class="mw-redirect" title="Bion No.11">Bion No.11</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ).<br /><u>Crewed flights</u> are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. 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