SBS-1

 1980-091A

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Satellite Business Systems' SBS 1 satellite was orbited to provide US domestic businesses with voice and data relay capability. The satellite was controlled by Comsat Corp. during launch and deployment and transferred to SBS once operational.

SBS 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1980 Nov 15	2249	Launch by Delta 3910/PAM D	CC LC17
		T+0:57 SRM 1-5 burnout
		T+1:04 SRM 1-3 sep
		T+1:04 SRM 6-9 burn
		T+1:05 SRM 4-5 sep
		T+2:01 SRM 6-9 out
		T+2:07 SRM 6-9 sep
		T+3:43 MECO
		T+3:52 Stage 1 sep
	2252	T+3:57 SES-1 5:06
	2253	T+4:00 Fairing
	2258	T+9:03 SECO-1 253.7 km 7.427 km/s 1.6 deg	-781 x 282 x 28.5
	2309	T+20:55 St 2 sep
	2310	T+21:03 TES 85s 201.9 km 7.4892km/s -2.6 deg
	2311	T+22:18 TECO
	2312	Stage 2 impact W of Africa
	2313	T+24:15 PAM-D sep
1980 Nov 16			633.40 243 x 35862 x 26.8
1980 Nov 17	2235	Star 30B AKM burn
1980 Nov 18		Solar panels deployed	1393.48 34063 x 35833 x 0.4 GEO 180.0W+11E
1980 Nov 20		On station	GEO 106W
1980 Dec 5		mv in	1436.10 35780 x 35792 x 0.2 GEO 105.9W
1981 Jan 16		mv out
1981 Jan 28		At operational station	1436.13 35773 x 35801 x 0.1 GEO 100.0W
1981 Jun 7			GEO 101.5W
1982 Jan			GEO 100W
1984 Jun			GEO 100W
1984 Nov			GEO 100W
1984 Nov 9			1436.09 35779 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 99.9W
1984 Nov		Move to 99W
1984 Nov 20			1436.08 35784 x 35788 x 0.0 GEO 99.0W
1985 Jan			GEO 99W
1985 Nov		Sold to MCI
1985 Dec 1			1436.10 35784 x 35788 x 0.0 GEO 99.0W
1986 Oct			GEO 99W
1987 Mar		Sold to Comsat
1989 Sep 14			1436.10 35775 x 35797 x 2.4 GEO 99.2W
1990 Mar 1		Begin drift	1436.10 35774 x 35799 x 2.8 GEO 99.2W
1990 Apr 16			1436.15 35772 x 35802 x 2.9 GEO 99.5W+0.02W
1990 Jun 18			1436.20 35769 x 35807 x 3.1 GEO 101.0W+0.03W
1990 Jun 22		orbit raise	1442.69 35900 x 35930 x 3.1
1990 Nov 18			1442.75 35891 x 35942 x 3.5