Anik B1

 1978-116A

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Telesat Canada's Anik B (Telesat D to NASA) satellite was a hybrid (C and Ku band) comsat, using RCA's Satcom bus. It began operations in Feb 1979, with the Ku-band transponders leased to the Dept. of Communications for two years for a variety of experimental projects. Commercial use at Ku-band began in Sep 1980. Anik B was stationed at 109W.

Anik B
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 Dec 16	0021	Launch by Delta 2914	CC LC17
		T+0:57 SRM 1-5 out
		T+1:04 SRM 1-3 sep
		T+1:04 SRM 6-9 on
		T+1:05 SRM 4-5 sep
		T+2:01 SRM 6-9 out
		T+2:07 SRM 6-9 sep
		T+3:45 MECO
		T+3:58 SES-1
		T+4:17 Fairing
	0029	T+8:17 SECO-1 189 km
	0041	T+20:35 SES-2
	0042	T+21:18 SECO-2	184 km
	0043	T+22:07 Spinup
		T+22:09 Stage 2 sep	184 x 2060 x 28.4
		T+22:51 TES
	0044	T+23:35 TECO
	0045	T+24:44 Stage 3 sep 231 km	200? x 35800? x 27.3
1978 Dec 16	0800?	Apo 1
	1800?	Apo 2
1978 Dec 17	0500?	Apo 3
	1500?	Apo 4
1978 Dec 18	0200?	Apo 5
	1200?	Apo 6 over 0W?
	2300?	Apo 7 over 151W
1978 Dec 19	0900?	Apo 8 over 48E
	1900?	Apo 9 over 110W
1978 Dec 19	1810?	AKM	GEO 88W dr
1978 Dec		On station	GEO 109W
1979 Jan 31			1436.05 35781 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 109.0W
1979 Feb 12		Begin ops
1980 Jan 6			1436.10 35779 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 109.0W
1980 Sep 15		First commercial Ku use
1981 Jan 2			1436.09 35778 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 109.0W
1981 Jun 1			GEO 109.0W
1986 Oct			GEO 109W
1986 Sep 27			1436.09 35775 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 109.0W
1986 Nov 30			1436.08 35774 x 35798 x 0.2 GEO 108.9W
1986 Dec		Replaced by Anik D-2
1986 Dec 17		mv out	1442.70 35897 x 35934 x 0.3
1987 Mar 8		end of ops?	1442.7 35908 x 35926 x 0.5
1987 Sep 7			1442.53 35899 x 35925 x 1.0
1992 Mar 25			1442.61 35888 x 35939 x 5.2