RCA Astro Weather Satellites

RCA Astro designed and built several space research satellites for NASA as follows:

Spacecraft	Date Launched	Remarks
Landsat-6	05-Oct-93	On-orbit failure
SERT	20-Jul-64	Test ion engine
Atmosphere Explorer-C	15-Dec-73	Reentry on 12-Dec-87
Atmosphere Explorer-D	06-Oct-75	Power supply failure
Atmosphere Explorer-E	19-Nov-75	Reentry on 10-Jun-81
Dynamics Explorer A&B	03-Aug-81	DE-1 reentry on 09-Feb-83. DE-2 deactivated 28-Feb-91
Mars Observer	25-Sep-92	Mars survey mission - lost contact on 21-Aug-93
UARS	12-Sep-91	Decommissioned in 2005. Reentry on 24-Sep-11
ACTS	12-Sep-93 - from spaces shuttle Discovery (STS-51)	Advanced Communications Technology Satellite.
WIND	01-Nov-94	Scientific satellite
POLAR	24-Feb-96	Scientific satellite
Mars Global Surveyor	07-Nov-96	Mars weather satellite