Monday, October 30, 1995

DSP 8

 1979-053A


DSP Flight 8 was launched in Jun 1979 by Titan IIIC from Cape Canaveral and placed over the East Pacific. It was the first MOS/PIM (Multi Orbit Satellite/ Performance Improvement) class DSP. The MOS/PIM satellites were capable of operating in highly elliptical orbits but weren’t used in that mode. They had extra electronic packages for hardened survivability and added RCS fuel to extend lifetime.


DSP 11 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1979 Jun 10  1330:00  Launch by Titan IIIC  CC 
 1332  SRM sep 
 1334?  Stage 1 sep 
 1335?  Fairing 
 1337?  Stage 2 MECO  151? x 398? x 28.6 
 1338? Stage 2 sep 
 1450? Transtage MES-1 
 2000?  MES-2 
 2000?  MECO-2 
 2030?  Transtage sep 
1979 Jun 11?  Cover sep 
1979 Jun    GEO 135W 
1980 Apr    GEO 134W 
1980 Sep    GEO 135W 
1980 Oct    GEO 122W 
1981 Aug    GEO 134W 
1982 Apr    GEO 134.4W 35717 x 35853 
1982 Apr 12    35611 x 35718 GEO +1.57E/d 
1982 May 12    1435.9 35723 x 35843 GEO 86.5W 
1982 Oct    GEO 85W 
1984 Jun    GEO 85W 
1984 Nov   DSP WPAC  GEO 135W 
1985 Mar 10    GEO 125W

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