Opera News: February 8,1997

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Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space

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ECS-2

 1984-081A

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ECS 2 was built by BAe/MESH for ESA and EUTELSAT. It became Eutelsat I F-2 on delivery. ECS 2 provided cable TV distribution, business services and telephone service.

ECS 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Aug 4	1332:54	Launch by Ariane 3 (V10)	CSG ELA1
		PAP sep
		MECO
		T+2:23 St 1 sep
		T+2:23 Stage 2 burn
		T+3:41 Fairing
		T+4:29 St 2 MECO
		T+4:34 St 2 sep
	1337:32	T+4:38 Stage 3 burn
	1349:33	T+16:39 St 3 MECO
		T+17:56 spinup
	1351:17	T+18:23 ECS sep
	1352:58	T+20:04 Sylda 4400 upper section sep
	1354:38	T+21:44 Tel 1A sep	636.41 198 x 36062 x 7.0
	1900?	Apo 1
1984 Aug 4	2015	Spinup
1984 Aug 5	0030?	Peri 1
	0500?	Apo 2
	1100?	Peri 2
	1630?	Apo 3
	2130?	Peri 3
1984 Aug 6	0300?	Apo 4
1984 Aug 6	0300	Mage 2 burn
1984 Aug 6			1430.29 35532 x 35813 x 0.2 GEO 29.5W+1.46E
1984 Aug 20			1426.44 35530 x 35664 x 0.1 GEO 4.9E+2.4E
1984 Aug 23		Braking, move in 10E
1984 Aug 27			1436.68 35676 x 35919 x 0.1 GEO 9.E+0.1W
1984 Sep 13			1436.05 35746 x 35825 x 0.0 GEO 10.1E
1984 Oct 3			1436.07 35761 x 35811 x 0.0 GEO 10.0E
1984 Oct		Move to 7E
1984 Oct 12		Ownership to EUTELSAT
1984 Oct 29			1436.15 35772 x 35802 x 0.0 GEO 7.0E
1985 Jan 14			1436.03 35714 x 35856 x 0.1 GEO 6.9E
1986 Apr 8			1436/11 35721 x 35852 x 0.0 GEO 7.0E
1990 Oct 19			1436.05 35767 x 35803 x 0.3 GEO 7.0E
1990 Oct 22?		mv out
1991 Apr 19			1436.37 35777 x 35806 x 0.6 GEO 3.9E+0.08E
1991 Sep 29			1436.29 35773 x 35807 x 1.1 GEO 2.0E+0.06W
1991 Oct 29			1436.06 35772 x 35799 x 1.1 GEO 2.1E
1991 Dec 15			1436.08 35773 x 35799 x 1.2 GEO 2.0E
1991 Dec		mv out
1992 Jan 24		mv in	1436.14 35775 x 35799 x 1.3 GEO 1.1E
1992 Dec 25			1436.06 35773 x 35798 x 2.1 GEO 1.0E
1993 Oct 28			1436.04 35774 x 35796 x 2.8 GEO 1.0E

Molniya 145

 1979-091A

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Molniya-1 (F50, N45) was launched into the A plane in Oct 1979. It was replaced by N52.

Molniya-1 F50
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1979 Oct 20	0703	Launch by 8K78M	PL
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	0711	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	0756?	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	0759?	T+56:54 ML sep
1979 Oct			735.9 618 x 40627 x 62.8
1980 Feb			717.6 593 x 39756 x 63.0
1994 Feb 18		Reentered

TDF-1

 1988-098A

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The first broadcasting satellite for France Telecom's TdF (Telediffusion de France) network was launched in Oct 1988. An Aerospatiale Spacebus 300, it was similar to the German TV-SAT. TDF 1 suffered a couple of transponder failures but was otherwise successful.

TDF 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 Oct 28	0217:00	Launch by Ariane 2	CSG
		T+2:17 St 1 sep
		T+2:22 St 2 MES
		T+3:35 Fairing
	0221	T+4:22 St 2 sep
		T+4:38 St 3 MES
	0233	T+16:40 St 3 MECO
	0236	T+19:22 St 3 sep
	0237	T+20:12 St 3 avoidance
1988 Oct 28			633.43 281 x 35827 x 3.9
1988 Oct 29	1500	AKM burn 1
1988 Oct 31?		LAM-2
1988 Nov 1			1435.35 35561 x 35982 x 0.1 GEO 20.5W+0.2E
1988 Nov 3			1435.29 35559 x 35982 x 0.1 GEO 20.2W+0.2E
1988 Nov 8			1436.10 35620x35953x0.13 GEO 19.5W on sta
1988 Nov 9.9			1435.26 35558x35982x0.10 GEO 19.1W+0.2/d
1988 Dec 26			1436.09 35772 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 19.0W
1989 Aug 1			1436.11 35768 x 35805 x 0.0 GEO 19.0W
1989 Aug		transponder problems
1990 Jul		transponder problems
1991 Mar 26			1436.12 35771 x 35802 x 0.1 GEO 18.8W
1991 Oct 5			1436.09 35772 x 35800 x 0.1 GEO 18.7W
1993 Feb 11			1436.11 35779 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 18.8W
1995 Jun 15			1436.12 35776 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 18.8W

The New Yorker: January 13,1997

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