1985-076C
American Satellite Corp. was a joint venture of Fairchild and Continental Telecom, Inc. It was bought by Contel in 1985, forming Contel ASC. Contel merged with GTE in Mar 1991, and Contel ASC became part of GTE Spacenet.
The ASC 1 (sometimes referred to as Amersat 1 in the early 1980s) satellite was launched in 1985 on Shuttle mission 51-I. It was used for data transmissions and occasional business video.
| ASC 1 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 Aug 27 | 2207:34 | Deploy from OV-103 | |
| 1985 Aug 27 | 2252:34? | PAM-D | |
| 2254 | PAM-D burnout | ||
| 2256? | PAM-D sep | ||
| 1985 Aug 28 | 639.45 365 x 36051 x 27.1 | ||
| 1985 Aug 31 | 639.47 388 x 36029 x 27.1 | ||
| 1985 Aug 31 | 1729 | Star 30C burn | |
| 1985 Aug 31 | 1472.06 36043 x 36931 x 0.9 GEO 86.1W+8.8W | ||
| 1985 Sep 1 | 1476.71 36052 x 37103 x 0.8 GEO 96.2W+9.9W | ||
| 1985 Sep 5 | 1441.36 35862 x 35916 x 0.7 GEO 115.7W+1.3W | ||
| 1985 Oct 14 | 1436.11 35783 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 128.0W+0.01W | ||
| 1985 Dec 17 | 1436.08 35781 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 128.0W | ||
| 1986 Mar 31 | 1436.07 35780 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 128.0W | ||
| 1987 Jun 1 | 1436.06 35776 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 128.1W | ||
| 1989 May 13 | 1436.04 35776 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 128.1W | ||
| 1991 Mar | Ownership to GTE Spacenet | ||
| 1991 Oct 15 | 1436.04 35772 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 127.9W | ||
| 1993 May 10 | 1436.05 35759 x 35811 x 0.0 GEO 127.8W | ||
| 1994 May 20 | 1436.05 35765 x 35806 x 0.2 GEO 127.5W | ||
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