Fleetsatcom 8

 1989-077A

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FLTSATCOM F8 was launched in Sep 1989 by Atlas Centaur. It was assigned the code number USA-46.

FLTSATCOM F8
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 Sep 25	0856:02	Launch by Atlas Centaur	CC LC36
		T+2:35 BECO, 69 km 2.549 km/s
		T+2:38 Booster sep, 72 km 2.549 km/s	-5940 x 120?
		T+3:00 Centaur insulation panels sep, 94 km 2.737 km/s	-5800 x 160?
		T+3:43 Fairing, 131 km 3.153 km/s	-5650 x 170?
		T+4:30 VECO 165 km
		T+4:32 Atlas sep 165 km 3.785 km/s	-5300 x 200?
	0900:45	T+4:43 Centaur MES
	0905:57	T+9:55 Centaur MECO-1 189 km 7.442 km/s	167 x 455 x 28.5
	0919:58	T+23:56 Centaur MES-2
	0921:34	T+25:32 MECO-2
	0923:49	T+27:47 Centaur sep	613.69 159 x 34927 x 28.5
	1500?	Apo 1 over 130E
1989 Sep 26	0100?	Apo 2 over 55W
	1000?	Apo 3 over 150E
	2100?	Apo 4 over 5W
1989 Sep 26	2225?	Star 37FM burn
1989 Sep 26			1413.47 34762 x 35923 x 5.1 GEO 20.3W+5.8E
1989 Sep 30			1438.00 35712 x 35935 x 5.0 GEO 10.2W+0.5W
1989 Oct 11			1436.41 35792 x 35793 x 5.0 GEO 22.8W
1989 Nov 27			1436.05 35778 x 35792 x 4.8 GEO 22.7W
1992 Jan 11			1436.04 35768 x 35802 x 3.5 GEO 22.6W
1994 Jun 1			1436.23 35768 x 35809 x 2.3 GEO 23.4W
1996 Aug 5			1436.18 35771 x 35804 x 2.0 GEO 22.8W
1996 Jun 16			1436.25 35783 x 35795 x 2.6 GEO 23.2W