Wednesday, August 21, 1996

Yuri 3B

 1991-060A


The Broadcasting Satellite 3b (BS-3b) was launched in Aug 1991 by NASDA. After on-orbit checkout it was delivered to TCSJ.

The H-I second stage ended up in an elliptical orbit with perigee over the equator; although the press kit does not mention a second stage restart, it seems likely that this occurred.

The GE 3000 bus was 1.3 x 1.6 x 1.6 m in size, 3.2 m high once the antennae were deployed with a 15 m solar panel span. Launch mass was 1115 kg, 550 kg BOL.


BS-3b 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1991 Aug 25  0840  Launch by H-I (H23F)  TNSC  
  T+0:40 SRM 1-6 out 
  T+0:40 SRM 7-9 on 
 0841  SRM 1-9 sep (T+1:25) 
 0844  T+4:30 MECO 
 0844  Stage 1 sep (T+4:38) 
 0844 T+4:42 SES-1 6:03 
 0845 T+5:14 Fairing sep 
 0851  Stage 2 MECO (T+10:45) 159 km  150 x 200? x 30.6  
  22 min coast? or to T+22min 
 0901? SES-2 
 0901? SECO-2  92.77 173 x 646 x 30.6  
 0902  Stage 2 sep 
 0902  Stage 3 TIG (over eqtr.) 62s 
 0903  Stage 3 MECO  179 x 37491 x 28.5 (SFLT) 
 0906  T+26:27 Stage 3 sep 
1991 Aug 25    660.13 196 x 37274 x 28.5 
1991 Aug 26  2329:27  Nissan AKM burn 
1991 Aug 27    1451.81 34920 x 37266 x 0.3 GEO 171.3E+3.9W 
1991 Sep 3    1447.14 35748 x 36256 x 0.2 GEO 117.4E+2.7W 
1991 Sep   Tests  due GEO 122.5E 
1991 Sep 25   mv in  1436.13 35774 x 35799 x 0.2 GEO 110.2E 
1993 Feb 15    1436.16 35775 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 110.0E 
1994 Jun 28    1436.17 35776 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 109.9E 
1996 Aug 14    1436.20 35773 x 35804 x 0.0 GEO 110.0E 

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