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This page contains philatelic information on the ASC (American Satellite Company) series and ACTS (Advanced Communications Test Satellite). Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the satellites featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
| Launch information (found elsewhere) |
Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| ASC | ASC | ASC |
| ACTS (NASA) | ACTS (NASA) | ACTS (NASA) |
Below is a list of ASC-series and ACTS postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| No (non-launch cover) postal items found | ||||
| ACTS (NASA) | ||||
| Guinea Republic | BL882A BL882B | In (upper-left) margin of SS1 (Mi4178A) In (upper-left) margin of imperforate SS1 (Mi4178B) | 2005 | ACTS |
Below is a list of ASC-series and ACTS launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| ASC- 1 (and Aussat-A1 and Leasat-F4) (pre-launch events) | ||||
| Australia | 1985-08-24 (the year "85" is inverted) | Tharwa ACT | (Canberra DSCC green and purple rubber-stamp) cachet on (airmail) cover | STS-51I pre-launch: tracking |
| 1985-08-27: ASC-1 (and Aussat-A1 and Leasat-F4 and Leasat-F3 repair deployed by STS-27 (51I)) | ||||
| United States | 1985-08-27 | Houston TX | (SCCS) cachet on cover | STS-51I launch; Aussat-A1 deployed; ASC-1 deployed |
| United States | 1985-08-27 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | STS-51I launch; Aussat-A1 deployed; ASC-1 deployed |
| United States | 1985-08-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Quadracolor?) cachet on cover | STS-51I launch; Aussat-A1 deployed; ASC-1 deployed |
| United States | 1985-08-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Zaso silk/IASP no.110) cachet on cover | STS-51I launch; Aussat-A1 deployed; ASC-1 deployed |
| United States | 1985-08-27 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | STS-51I launch; Aussat-A1 deployed; ASC-1 deployed |
| United States | 1985-08-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Zaso silk/IASP no.111) cachet on cover | STS-51I launch; Aussat-A1 deployed; ASC-1 deployed |
| United States | 1985-08-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | STS-51I launch; Aussat-A1 deployed; ASC-1 deployed |
| United States | 1985-08-27 | Houston TX | (Space Voyage) cachet (different) on cover | STS-51I launch; Aussat-A1 deployed; ASC-1 deployed |
| United States | 1985-08-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (RSDSC) cachet on cover, also insert and insert back | STS-51I launch; Aussat-A1 deployed; ASC-1 deployed |
| United States | 1985-08-27 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet on cover | STS-51I launch; Aussat-A1 deployed; ASC-1 deployed |
| United States | 1985-08-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (KSC Philatelic Society) cachet on cover | STS-51I launch; Aussat-A1 deployed; ASC-1 deployed |
| United States | 1985-08-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Centennial) cachet on cover | STS-51I launch; Aussat-A1 deployed; ASC-1 deployed |
| United States | 1985-08-27 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial) cachet on cover | STS-51I launch; Aussat-A1 deployed; ASC-1 deployed |
| United States | 1985-08-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Quadracolor?) cachet on cover | STS-51I launch; Aussat-A1 deployed; ASC-1 deployed |
| United States | 1985-08-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Ranski) cachet on cover | STS-51I launch; Aussat-A1 deployed; ASC-1 deployed |
| United States | 1985-08-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Ranski) cachet (slightly different) on cover | STS-51I launch; Aussat-A1 deployed; ASC-1 deployed |
| United States | 1985-08-27 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Zaso silk/IASP no.109) cachet on cover | STS-51I launch; Aussat-A1 deployed; ASC-1 deployed |
| Australia | 1985-08-28 | French's Forest NSW | (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-51I launch; Aussat-A1 deployed; ASC-1 deployed (on 28 August in Australia) |
| United States | 1985-08-28 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Quadracolor?) cachet on cover | Leasat-F4 (Syncom-4-4) deployed (on 29 August; "Aug 28" in the cancel and Quadracolor? cachet are incorrect for this event) |
| United States | 1985-08-29 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Hughes) cachet on cover | Leasat-F4 (Syncom-4-4) deployed |
| United States | 1985-08-29 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | Leasat-F4 (Syncom-4-4) deployed |
| United States | 1985-08-29 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Centennial) cachet on cover | Leasat-F4 (Syncom-4-4) deployed |
| United States | 1985-08-29 | Houston TX | (Cyan and black printed) cachet on cover | Leasat-F4 (Syncom-4-4) deployed |
| United States | 1985-08-29 | Houston TX, Nassau Bay Branch | (Blue rubber-stamp and black typed) cachet on cover | Leasat-F4 (Syncom-4-4) deployed |
| United States | 1985-08-29 1985-09-09 | Houston TX Houston TX | (SCCS) cachet on cover | Leasat-F4 (Syncom-4-4) deployed Leasat-F4 (Syncom-4-4) declared lost1 |
| United States | 1985-08-31 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Centennial) cachet on cover | STS-51I first EVA (Leasat-F3 (Syncom-4-3) recovered) |
| United States | 1985-09-01 | Houston TX, Nassau Bay Branch | (Black-on-yellow printed/sticker and black printed) cachet on cover | Leasat-F3 (Syncom-4-3) repaired and deployed |
| United States | 1985-09-01 | Houston TX, Nassau Bay Branch | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | Leasat-F3 (Syncom-4-3) repaired and deployed; (see also Abkhazia Unlisted d 1996 and Tajikistan None e 2000) |
| United States | 1985-09-01 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Black-on-yellow printed/sticker and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Leasat-F3 (Syncom-4-3) repaired and deployed |
| United States | 1985-09-01 1985-04-16 | Cape Canaveral FL Cape Canaveral FL | (Black-on-yellow printed/sticker and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | Leasat-F3 (Syncom-4-3) repaired and deployed Leasat-F3 (Syncom-4-3) first switch-on attempt |
| United States | 1985-09-01 1985-10-27 | Houston TX Houston TX | (SCCS) cachet on cover | Leasat-F3 (Syncom-4-3) repaired and deployed Leasat-F3 (Syncom-4-3) operational |
| United States | 1985-09-02 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Black-on-yellow printed/sticker) cachet on cover | STS-51I unknown event |
| United States | 1985-09-02 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Black-on-yellow printed/sticker and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-51I unknown event |
| United States | 1985-09-03 | Edwards CA | (Zaso silk/IASP no.112) cachet on cover | STS-51I landing |
| United States | 1985-09-03 | Edwards CA | (Quadracolor?) cachet on cover | STS-51I landing |
| United States | 1985-09-03 | Edwards AFB, CA | (Mission patch) cachet on cover | STS-51I landing |
| United States | 1985-09-03 | Edwards AFB, CA | (Ranski) cachet on cover | STS-51I landing |
| United States | 1985-09-03 | Edwards AFB, CA | (Ranski) cachet (different) on cover | STS-51I landing |
| 1991-04-12: ASC-2 / Spacenet-4 | ||||
| United States | 1991-04-12 | Patrick AFB, FL | (Grey-brown printed) cachet on cover | ACS-2 (Spacenet-4) launch |
| 1993-09-12: ACTS (and ORFEUS-SPAS-1 deployed by STS-51) | ||||
| United States | 1993-09-12 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Black rubber-stamp mission patch) cachet on cover | STS-51 launch; ACTS deployed |
| United States | 1993-09-12 | Houston TX | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | STS-51 launch; ACTS deployed |
| United States | 1993-09-12 1993-09-12 | Kennedy Space Center FL Nassau Bay Branch, Houston TX | (Green printed and cyan rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | STS-51 launch; ACTS deployed |
| United States | 1993-09-13 | Houston TX | (Black typed and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | ORFEUS deployed |
| United States | 1993-09-13 | Houston TX | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | ORFEUS deployed |
| United States | 1993-09-19 | Houston TX | (Colorano silk) cachet on cover | ORFEUS captured |
| United States | 1993-09-21 | Houston TX | (Black typed and blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | "Tenth day of flight" |
| United States | 1993-09-22 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Color photo and mission patch) cachet on cover | STS-51 landing |
1Leasat-F4 (Syncom-4-4) attained its geostationary orbit but was declared lost on 9 September 1985 after only 40 hours of operational testing due to a UHF communications system failure in the satellite
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