Gstar 2

 1986-026A

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GTE Satellite Corp.'s second Series 3000 payload was stationed at 105W. The satellite carried the first Geostar L-band position-relay package, but it failed during on orbit testing.

Gstar 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Mar 28	2330:00	Launch by Ariane 3 (V17)	CSG ELA2
		T+0:07 PAP on
		T+0:40 PAP sep 5 km 0.28 km/s
		T+2:21 St 1 sep 57 km 1.984 km/s	-6100? x 95?
		T+3:40 Fairing 112 km	-5600? x 130?
		T+4:26 St 2 MECO
	2334	T+4:31 St 2 sep 152 km	-5100? x 210?
	2346:40	T+16:40 St 3 MECO
	2349	T+19:11 GSTAR sep
	2350	T+20:20? SYLDA
	2350	T+20:46 Brasilsat sep
1986 Mar 29	0500	Apo 1
	1030?	Peri 1
	1600?	Apo 2
	2100?	Peri 2
1986 Mar 29			635.97 199 x 36039 x 7.1
1986 Mar 30	0200?	Apo 3
1986 Mar 30	0222		636.09 222 x 36022 x 7.1
	0730?	Peri 3
	1300?	Apo 4
	1800?	Peri 4
	2330?	Apo 5
1986 Mar 31
	0500?	Peri 5
	1000?	Apo 6
	1530?	Peri 6
1986 Mar 31	2041?	Star 30BP burn
	2100?	Apo 7
1986 Mar 31			1417.51 34815 x 36028 x 0.6
1986 Apr 3			1425.68 35133 x 36029 x 0.6 GEO 138.2W+2.6E
1986 Apr 19			1436.23 35783 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 105.3W
1986 May		Geostar package failed
1987 Jan 13			1436.09 35775 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 105.1W
1988 Mar 24			1436.10 35784 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 105.1W
1990 Jan 28			1436.10 35779 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 105.0W
1992 Jul 28			1436.09 35783 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 105.0W
1992 Oct 30			1436.10 35784 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 105.0W
1992 Nov		Move to 125W
1992 Nov 6			1436.11 35784 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 125.0W
1994 Feb 22			1436.11 35781 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 124.9W
1995 Jul 31			1436.05 35773 x 35797 x 0.3 GEO 124.9W