History of Satellites (1980s - 2000s)

A Recent History of Satellites 1980s - 2000s 1980s August 1981 Bulgaria 1300 June 1985 Morelos 1 November 1985 Brazilsat 1 Launched in French Guiana, along with The satellite was developed around the 'Meteor' bus, which was part of the Interkosmos program. Morelos 1 was one of two Mexican communication satellites launched Arabsat 1A by an Ariane 3 rocket, Brazilsat 1 was a Brazilian domestic between 1985 and 1998, and provided telephony, data, and television services. communications satellite. February 1986 Viking June 1988 PAS 1 September 1988 Ofeq 1 S PanAmSat. PAS 1 was the first, privately owned, Ofeg 1 was one of a series of Israeli reconnaissance satellites which it is Sweden's first satellite was used to explore plasma processes in the magnetosphere and ionosphere. international telecommunication satellite. assumed have ultraviolet and visible imaging sensors. August 1989 Marcopolo 1 December 1988 Astrra 1A Astra 1A was one of the first medium-powered satellites and the first satellite to be operated by the Sociêtė Européenne des Satellites. Part of the Thor family of satellites, Marcopolo 1 was Hughes Space and Communications' first satellite. 1990s January 1990 Lusat April 1990 Asiosat-1 July 1990 Badr 1 Co-ordinated by AMSAT Argentina, the LUSAT was a microsatellite. Asiasat-1 was used to provide Badr-1. meaning New Moon-1. was the first artificial and digital communication satellite launched by SUPARCO. telecommunications services to an area housing half of the world's population. August 1992 Kitsat A September 1993 POSAT-1 December 1993 Thaicom 1 KITSAT-1 was the first completely Built at the University of Surrey. PoSat was the first Portuguese experimental microsatellite. The first in a series of communications indigenous satellite launched by South Когеа. satellites operated from Thailand, Thaicom 1 was a geostationary communications spacecraft. August 1994 Turksat 18 August 199S PAS 4 August 199S Okean 1 PanAmSat. Launched by Arianespace, Turksat 1B An American geostationary spacecraft, the PAS 4 is also known as PANAMSAT 4. Okean 1 was part of a series of all-weather radar oceanographic systems, was a Turkish communications satellite. designed to monitor sea-ice conditions in the Arctic. August 1995 FASat Alfa January 1996 Measat 1 December 1995 Echostar 1 Constructed jointly by the Chilean Air Force (FACH) and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), FASat-Alfa was the first Chilean satellite. Transponders carried on the spacecraft Launched from French Guiana, MEASAT 1 had a geostationary orbit at 91.5 degrees East. enabled direct broadcast communications and television channels in America. May 1997 ThorII August 1997 Mabuhay 1 April 1998 Nilesat 101 A communication satellite, Mabuhay November 1995 saw Hughes awarded the contract for Thor 2, a high-powered version of Hughes' spin-stabilized HS-376 model. Nilesat 101 delivered over 100 digital TV channels, as well as radio and multimedia services, to more 1 was also known as, ABS-3, ABS-5, or Agila 2, after the Philippine eagle. than five million homes over North Africa. August 1998 ST 1 January 1999 RocSat1 February 1999 Ørsted Owned by Singapore Telecom and Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom Company, Ltd, ST-1 was a The mission objective of ROCSAT-1 is to develop, launch, and operate a low earth orbit satellite, and to conduct three scientific and technology Ørsted is Denmark's first satellite, named after Hans Christian Ørsted a Danish physicist and professor at the University of Copenhagen. communications satellite. experiments. February 1999 SUNSAT The Stellenbosch UNiversity SATellite was the first miniaturized satellite designed and manufactured in South Africa. 2000s September 2000 Saudisat October 2000 December 2001 Thuraya 1 Maroc-Tubsat Designed and built by the Space Research Institute at King Abdulaziz City. Saudisat-1a and 1b were the first Saudi Named after the Arabic word for the The Maroc-Tubsat, or Zarkae AI Yamama project, was a joint venture between CRTS Morocco and the Institut für Pleiades constellation, the UAE based satellite provides international mobile Arabian microsatellites. satellite services. Luft-und Raumfahrttechnik in Berlin. May 2003 Hellos-Sat 2 September 2003 NigeriaSat 1 November 2002 Alsat 1 ALSAT-1 was the first Algerian satellite and part of a group of satellites known as the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC). Expected to last 15 years, transponders on Hellas-Sat 2 allow the satellite to transmit digital TV direct to home receive The first Nigerian satellite was UK-built and formed part of the international DMC project. antennas. April 2007 Libertad October 20OS June 2006 Sina 1 Kozsat 1 Used for telecommunications and The first Kazakh space satellite was a Designed and built by students of the Universidad Sergio Arboleda, Libertad research purposes, Sina-1 was the first communications satellite and only lasted 2 years, with complete control of it lost in October 2008. Iranian artificial satellite. was the first Colombian satellite to orbit the Earth, April 2008 Vinasat-1 February 2009 Omid February 2012 Navid The first Vietnamese satellite was part of the country's national satellite program, which aims to bring independence in Iran's first domestically made satellite is named after the Persian word for Hope. An experimental Iranian Earth observation satellite, Navid was developed by students at the Iran University of Science and Technology. satellite communications to Vietnam. April 2013 Nee-01 Pegaso The first satellite launched by Ecuador was a nanosatellite and was equipped with instruments to transmit live video from space. Sources nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov space.skyrocket.de www.sspi.org www.broadbandwherever.net broadbandwherever