Saturday, March 14, 1998

Panamsat 1

 1988-051C


Pan American Satellite of Greenwich, Connecticut, bought the ASC 3 satellite from GE Astro Space. The company later was renamed Alpha Lyracom and then Panamsat, Inc.


PAS 1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1988 Jun 15  1119:01  Launch by Ariane 4  CSG ELA2 
  T+1:06 PAP sep 7 km 
  T+2:29 PAL sep 39 km, Vi 1.75km/s  -6250 x 60?  
  Stage 1 sep T+3:32 75 km Vi 3.238km/s  -5900 x 150?  
  T+3:37s St 2 MES   
  Fairing sep T+4:46 115 km Vi 4.317km/s -5300 x 200?  
 1124 Stage 2 sep T+5:45 148 km Vi 5.884 km/s  -3950 x 300?  
  T+5:50 St 3 MES  
 1137 M+0, T+17:43 Stage 3 MECO 
 1139 M+2:12 T+19:55 Meteosat sep  
 1139 M+2:17 T+20:00 Cyclade Adapter sep from SPELDA 
 1140 M+3:30 T+21:13 SPELDA Adapter sep 
 1142 M+5:16 T+22:59? PAS 1 sep 
 1145 M+8:51 Stage 3 evasion burn 
 1239 AMSAT sep from Cyclade 
 1700? Apo 1 
 2200? Peri 1 
1988 Jun 16  0400? Apo 2 over 75W 
 0900? Peri 2 
 1500? Apo 3 over 125E 
 1930? Peri 3 
1988 Jun 17  0100?  Apo 4 over 35W 
1988 Jun 17  0118? Star 30C burn 
1988 Jun 19    1441.20 35611 x 36161 x 0.1 GEO 41.1W+1.3W 
1988 Jul 12   mv in  1436.09 35782 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 45.2W 
1989 Jan 11    1436.15 35779 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 45.1W 
1992 Jan 1    1436.15 35772 x 35804 x 0.0 GEO 45.0W 
1993 Dec 22    1436.16 35782 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 45.0W 
1996 Jun 14    1436.13 35772 x 35802 x 0.0 GEO 45.0W 

Polyot 2

  1964-019A


The second launch of the 11A59/Polyot system came in Apr 1964. This time only the final orbit was announced initially. Object 783 (1964-19B) in a 238 x 497 km x 60.0 deg orbit, reentered after 18 days. Object 784 (1964-19A) in a 302 x 479 km x 58.1 deg orbit, stayed in orbit until 1966.


Polyot-2  
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1964 Apr 12  0930  Launch by 11A59  KB 
  T+1:30 strapon thrust reduced 
 0932 T+2:05 8K74BVGD strapon sep  
  Fairing sep 
 0935  T+5:30 8K74A core burnout, sep  -500? x 300? x 58.0? 
1964 Apr 12  0940?  T+10:30? Polyot engine burn 
 0942?  Polyot engine cutoff  242 x 485 x 59.92 
  Second burn failed 
1964 Apr 13  0211  (19B) 91.90 238 x 497 x 59.95 
1964 Apr 13  1607  (19A)  92.38 302 x 479 x 58.05 
1964 Apr 15?   End of transmissions? 
1964 Apr 17   (19B) 91.54 236 x 463 x 59.92 
1964 Apr 22   (19A) 92.37 304 x 476 x 58.06 
1964 May 8   (19B) reentered 
1966 Jun 8  2110?  (19A) reentered 

Sunday, March 8, 1998

DSP 12

 1984-129A


DSP 6R was refurbished and launched in Dec 1984 as a Phase II Upgrade satellite. It had a new primary sensor, the SED, and a MWIR for observing smaller missiles. The SED had 6000 pixels on the focal plane and included above-the-horizon capability. 


DSP 6R 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1984 Dec 22  0002:03  Launch by Titan 34D/Transtage  CC LC40 
 0004?  SRM sep 
 0006?  Stage 1 sep 
 0007?  Fairing 
 0009?  Stage 2 MECO 
 0010? Stage 2 sep (129C, d Jan 17) 
 0100? Transtage MES-1 
 0630?  MES-2 
 0630?  MECO-2 
 0700?  Transtage sep 
1984 Dec 23?  Cover sep 
1984 Dec    1445.8 35915 x 36190 x 3.4 
1985 Mar    GEO 155W 
1985 May 25   Opl WPAC  GEO 155W 
1988 May 20   mv out  GEO 155W 
1988 Jul 1   drift  GEO 90E 
1988 Jul 20    GEO 65E 
1991 Jun 15   mv out  GEO 65E 
1991 Jul 10    GEO 145E 
1992 Aug 20   mv out  GEO 145E 
1992 Sep 2   mv in  GEO 105E 
1993 Jun 15   mv out  GEO 105E 
1993 Jul 20   mv in  GEO 5E 

May 13,2026

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