NATO 3C

 1978-106A

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NATO IIIC served as an orbital spare satellite before replacing NATO IIIB upon its retirement in 1986.

NATO IIIC
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 Nov 19	0046:00	Launch by Delta 2914	CC LC17
		T+0:38 SRM 1-6 off
		T+0:39 SRM 7-9 on
		T+1:17 SRM 7-9 off
		T+1:27 SRM 1-9 sep
		T+3:43 MECO
		T+3:46 SES-1
	0050	T+4:37 Fairing sep
	0054	T+8:51 SECO-1 160 km 7.864km/s	160 x 350? x ?
	0107	T+21:38 SES-2 178 km 7.437 km/s
	0107	T+21:49 SECO-2 7.53 km/s?	176 x 764 x 28.24
	0108	T+22:41 Stage 2 sep
	0109	T+23:22 TES
	0110	T+24:06 TECO	180 x 35790? x 27.7 (MOR)
	0111	T+25:15 Stage 3 sep
	0700?	Apo 1
	1700?	Apo 2
1978 Nov 20	0400?	Apo 3
	1400?	Apo 4
1978 Nov 21	0000?	Apo 5 at 170W?
1978 Nov 21	0130?	AKM
1978 Nov 30	0533		1428.56 35495 x 35783 x 4.4 GEO 172.6W+1.9E
1979 Jan 26			1428.48 35485 x 35789 x 4.3 GEO 61.7W+1.9E
1979 Feb		On station	GEO 50W
1979 Aug 31			1435.87 35779 x 35784 x 3.8 GEO 49.8W
1979 Sep		On orbit storage	GEO 50W
1981 Jan 3			1435.98 35780 x 35788 x 2.9 GEO 49.8W
1981 Jun			GEO 50W
1982 Oct 27			1436.18 35776 x 35800 x 1.5 GEO 48.9W
1982 Oct		mv out	GEO 50W
1983 Jan 20		mv in	1436.06 35777 x 35794 x 1.3 GEO 20.6W
1983 Jan		In storage	GEO 21W
1986 Sep			GEO 21.1W
1986 Nov 7			1436.04 35777 x 35794 x 2.2 GEO 20.7W
1986 Nov		In service replacing IIIB	GEO 27W dr
1987 Jan 5			1436.06 35774 x 35797 x 2.3 GEO 17.7W
1987 Jan 26		On station	GEO 17.6W
1989 Jan 29			1436.14 35775 x 35799 x 4.2 GEO 17.8W
1991 Jan 28			1436.15 35772 x 35803 x 5.5 GEO 18.0W
1991 Feb		Move to 21W
1991 Feb 25			1436.13 35783 x 35790 x 5.5 GEO 21.0W
1992 May 25			1436.13 35776 x 35798 x 6.4 GEO 21.0W
1992 May 31			1432.20 35778 x 35798 x 6.4 GEO 21.6W
1992 Jun 8		mv out	1441.45 35878 x 35798 x 6.4
1992 Jun 15		Orbit raise	1461.65 36271 x 36299 x 6.4
1992 Nov 30			1462.10 36283 x 36304 x 6.8