Aurora 1

 1982-105A

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Satcom 5 (Satcom RCA E) was launched for RCA's Alascom subsidiary for domestic Alaskan communications. It was the first of the Advanced Satcom series. It was renamed Aurora 1. Mass 1116 kg launch, 589 kg BOL. Bus 1.75 x 1.62 x 1.42m with 14?m span. 143 kg of hydrazine.

Aurora 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1982 Oct 28	0127:49	Launch by Delta 3924	CC LC17A
		T+0:57 SRM 1-6 burnout
		T+1:02 SRM 7-9 burn
		T+1:09 SRM 1-6 sep 18 km	-6320 x 22?
		T+1:59 SRM 7-9 burnout
		T+2:02 SRM 7-9 sep 47 km	-6100 x 75?
		T+3:43 MECO	-4200 x 145?
		T+3:51 St 1 sep
		T+3:56 SES
	0132:03	T+4:14 Fairing sep	-4100 x 150 ?
	0137:50	T+10:01 SECO-1	174 x 513
	0148:10	T+20:21 SES-2
	0149:25	T+21:36 SECO-2	167 x 3956
	0150:27	T+22:38 St 2 sep
	0151:08	T+23:19 TES
	0151:52	T+24:03 TECO	176 x 36486 x 24.9 (MOR Post)
	0153:15	T+25:26 St 3 sep
	0206:17	T+38:28 SES-3 depletion at 1060km
	0206:27	T+38:38 SECO-3	132.28 239 x 4204 x 26.6
1982 Oct 28	0800?	Apo 1 over 100E
	1800	Apo 2 over 59W
1982 Oct 29	0430?	Apo 3 over 145E
	1530?	Apo 4 over 20W
1982 Oct 30	0300?	Apo 5 over 170E
	1300?	Apo 6 over 15E
	2330?	Apo 7 over 145W
1982 Oct 30	2319	Star 30 burn
1982 Oct 31			1462.03 35994 x 36590 x 0.2 GEO 105.3W+6.4W
1982 Nov 1			1450.58 35993 x 36145 x 0.2 GEO 106.5W-3.6W
1982 Nov 9			1450.31 35991 x 36137 x 0.1 GEO 135.3W-3.5W
1982 Nov 12		mv in	1436.06 35759 x 35811 x 0.2 GEO 143.1W
1986 May 14			1436.09 35776 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 143.0W
1988		Owned by GE Alascom
1989 Jan 23			1436.06 35782 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 143.1W
1990 Aug 28			1436.02 35780 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 142.9W
1991 Mar		Fuel problems
1991 Mar		Traffic transfer to Satcom C-1
1991 Apr 4		begin drift	1436.02 35772 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 143.0W+0.01E
1991 May 4			1435.82 35760 x 35801 x 0.2 GEO 141.8W+0.06E