1972-090A
Telesat Canada contracted with Hughes to build Anik and with NASA to launch it on a Delta. The first Anik series of satellites used the Hughes HS-333 spin-stabilized platform, with an FW5 solid kick motor. Anik was operated by Telesat Canada from Telesat Satellite Control Centre, Ottawa. The Anik A-1 satellite was known to NASA as Telesat A prior to launch. Anik is Inuit for `brother'. The satellite was stationed at 114W and moved to 104W in around 1976, swapping with Anik A3. It was retired in 1982. NORAD orbital data in the 1983-1984 period, and occasionally up to 1995, are misidentified with another Anik satellite.
| Anik A-1 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 Nov 10 | 0114:03 | Launch by Delta 1914 | CK LC17B |
| SRM sep | |||
| 0118:29 | T+4:26 MECO | ||
| St 1 sep | |||
| 1972 Nov 10 | 0118:34 | Stage 2 burn (T+4:31) | |
| 0123? | Stage 2 SECO | ||
| 0136? | St 2 sep | ||
| 0137:03 | Star 37E burn 44s (T+23:00) | ||
| 0137:47 | Star 37E burnout | ||
| 0138 | Star 37E sep | 189 x 36470 x 26.9 | |
| 0220? | SES-2 experimental | ||
| SECO-2 | 10389 204 x 1680 x 28.6 | ||
| 1972 Nov 13 | 2055 | FW5 burn, 7th apogee | 3E/d drift |
| 1972 Nov 25 | On station | GEO 114W | |
| 1975 Dec 30 | GEO 110W | ||
| 1977 Jan 28 | 1436.11 35775 x 35798 x 0.3 GEO 104.0W | ||
| 1978 Mar 29 | 1436.09 35775 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 104.0W | ||
| 1980 Aug 1 | 1436.08 35774 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 104.0W | ||
| 1980 Dec 17 | 1436.10 35770 x 35803 x 0.3 GEO 104.0W | ||
| 1981 Jun 3 | 1436.10 35780 x 35793 x 0.7 GEO 104.0W | ||
| 1982 Jul 12 | 1436.11 35780 x 35793 x 1.6 GEO 104.1W | ||
| 1982 Jul 14 | mv out | 1457.0 36140 x 36256 | |
| 1982 Jul 15 | Decommissioned | ||
| 1982 Jul 27 | 1456.99 36136 x 36252 x 1.6 | ||
| 1983 Jul 6 | 1457.06 36141 x 36250 x 2.4 | ||
| 1991 Sep 11 | 1457.03 36127 x 36263 x 9.6 | ||
| 1994 May 20 | 1457.11 36144 x 36249 x 11.6 | ||
| 1998 Aug 2 | 1457.08 36159 x 36233 x 13.7 | ||
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