Westar 2

  1974-075A

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Westar II was orbited several months after the first Westar and stationed south of California. Western Union operated the satellite until 1986. Control was from Westar WCC/Glenwood, NJ.

Westar 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1974 Oct 10	2253:00	Launch by Delta 2914	CC LC17B
		T+0:38 SRM 1-6 out
		T+0:39 SRM 7-9 on
		T+1:17 SRM 7-9 out
		T+1:27 SRM 1-9 sep
		T+3:48 MECO
		T+3:56 St 1 sep
	2257	T+4:01 SES-1
		T+4:35 Fairing
	2301:55	T+8:55 SECO-1 217 km 7.772km/s	163 x 235 x 28.5
	2315?	SES-2 depletion	230 x 3456 x 27.33
	2315:34	T+22:34 St 2 sep
	2316:16	T+23:16 TES 44s 232 km 7.741 km/s
	2316:59	T+23:59 TECO
	2318:15	T+25:15 Stage 3 sep	233 x 36323 x 24.77
1974 Oct 11	0500?	Apo 1 over 89E
	1530?	Apo 2 70W
1974 Oct 12	0200?	Apo 3 130E
	1300?	Apo 4 33W
	2330?	Apo 5 172E
1974 Oct 13	1000?	Apo 6 8E
	2100?	Apo 7 148W
1974 Oct 13	2110?	AKM apogee 7 over 148W
1977 Jan 31	2035		1436.08 35771 x 35801 x 0.1 GEO 123.6W
1978 Jun 8			1436.06 35780 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 123.4W
1981 Apr 28			1436.03 35778 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 123.4W
1982 Jul 19			1436.07 35783 x 35788 x 0.0 GEO 123.4W
1982 Jul 21		Orbit change
1982 Oct 1		In reserve	1436.16 35785 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 79.0W
1983 Feb 14			1436.10 35777 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 79.0W
1984 Nov 4			1436.12 35785 x 35789 x 1.5 GEO 79.0W
1985 Dec 9			1436.04 35781 x 35789 x 2.6 GEO 79.1W
1986 Apr 27			1436.10 35779 x 35793 x 2.9 GEO 79.0W
1986 Apr 30		Orbit change	1436.53 35788 x 35801 x 2.9 GEO 79.1W+0.1W
1986 May 7		Raise orbit	1439.30 35786 x 35840 x 3.2
1986 May 14			1442.19 35900 x 35911 x 3.0
1989 Aug 22			1442.18 35890 x 35921 x 6.0
1998 Jul 31			1442.16 35894 x 35916 x 12.2