Thursday, August 2, 2001

Marisat 2

  1976-053A


Comsat General's second maritime communications satellite, Marisat F-2, was stationed at 177E to become Marisat Pacific. In 1982, it was leased by INMARSAT to become their Pacific Primary satellite, being replaced in that role in late 1983 by Intelsat 507.


Marisat 2
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1976 Jun 10  0009  Launch by Delta 2914  CC LC17 
 0012  Thor sep 
 0013  T+4:01? SES-1 4:59? 
 0018:00  SECO-1  
 0030:44  T+21:44 SES-2 9s 
 0030:53  T+21:53 SECO-2 
 0031:54  T+22:54 Stage 2 sep 
 0032:36  T+23:36 TES 
 0033:20  T+24:20 TECO 
 0034:32  T+25:32 Stage 3 sep 185 x 36924 x 25.5 
 0127:20  SES-3 test 1s 
 0127:21  SECO-3  273 x 649 x 28.5 
 0800?  Apo 1 over 61E 
 1900? Apo 2 over 103W 
1976 Jun 11  0600?  Apo 3 over 92E 
 1700?  Apo 4 over 70W 
1976 Jun 12  0030  AKM 
1976 Jun    GEO 176.5E 
1977 Jan 18   (9478) 1436.08 35781 x 35791 x 2.1 GEO 175.9E 
1977 Dec 7   (9478) 1436.16 35778 x 35796 x 1.5 GEO 176.3E 
1978 Jan 30   (9478) 1435.97 35770 x 35798 x 1.4 GEO 176.7E 
1978 Feb 8   (9478) 1435.97 35769 x 35798 x 1.3 GEO 177.0E 
1978 Feb 8   (8882)  1435.97 35769 x 35798 x 1.3 GEO 177.0E 
1980 Mar 5   (8882)  1436.02 35772 x 35797 x 0.2 GEO 176.7E 
1981 Sep 15   (8882) 1435.98 35772 x 35796 x 1.4 GEO 176.8E 
1981 Sep    GEO 176E+0.00 
1981 Oct 1   (9478) 1436.19 35778 x 35798 x 1.5 GEO 176.4E 
1982 Feb   Control to INMARSAT 
1982 May 25   (9478) 1436.22 35782 x 35795 x 2.0 GEO 176.6E 
1982 Oct   INMARSAT Pacific Primary  GEO 176E 
1983 Mar 5   (9478) 1436.17 35775 x 35800 x 2.4 GEO 174.9E 
1983 May 20   (9478) 1436.14 35776 x 35798 x 2.8 GEO 176.2E 
1983 late   Replaced by I-507 MCS 
1984 Sep 16   (9478) 1436.12 35782 x 35792 x 4.0 GEO 176.2E 
1986 Aug 19   (9478) 1436.16 35783 x 35792 x 5.7 GEO 176.2E 
1990 Jan 4   (9478) 1436.14 35782 x 35792 x 8.7 GEO 176.2E 
1991 Jul 18   (9478) 1435.90 35767 x 35798 x 9.8 GEO 176.7E 
1991 Jul 28   (9478) mv  1436.09 35782 x 35791 x 9.8 GEO 177.7W 
1992 May 14   (9478) 1436.03 35775 x 35794 x 10.4 GEO 177.8W 
1993 May 18   (9478) 1436.06 35779 x 35792 x 11.2 GEO 177.9W 
1996 Feb 26   (9478) 1436.11 35772 x 35801 x 12.9 GEO 178.0W 
1996 Sep 23   (9478) 1436.11 35765 x 35808 x 13.1 GEO 177.6W 
1996 Sep 25  Boosted out of GEO 
1996 Sep 27   (8882) 1495.17 35779 x 35796 x 13.1 
1996 Oct 10   (8882) 1501.63 36489 x 37629 x 13.4 
1997 Jan 16   (8882) 1501.57 36501 x 37615 x 13.5 
1999 Apr 27   (8882) 1501.58 36509 x 37608 x 14.3 

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