JCSat 1

 1989-020A

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Japan Satellite Communication Co. launched the JCSAT 1 satellite as one of the first commercial Japanese domestic communications satellites with 32 Ku-band transponders.

JCSAT 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 Mar 6	2329:00	Launch by Ariane 44LP	CSG
		T+1:06 PAP sep
		T+2:29 PAL sep
		T+3:32? St 1 sep
		T+3:34 St 2 MES
		T+4:45 Fairing sep
		T+5:44 St 2 sep
		T+5:58 St 3 MES
	2336:40	T+17:40 St 3 MECO
	2349:12	T+20:12 JCSAT sep
	2351:40	T+22:40 SPELDA sep
	2353:19	T+24:19 MOP 1 sep
1989 Mar 8	0330	LAM-1 20min
	0610	LAM-2 20min
	1145	LAM-3 small burn
	1700	LAM-4 trim
1989 Mar 10			1436.30 35691 x 35889 x 0.1 GEO 150.7E
1989 Jun 30			1436.12 35780 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 149.9E
1991 Feb 22			1436.12 35780 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 150.0E
1993 Jul 28			1436.13 35778 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 150.0E
1996 Jun 3			1436.12 35776 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 150.0E
1997 May 24			1436.12 35779 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 150.0E

Apollo 16 (Casper)

 1972-031A

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Apollo 16 crew

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• CDR Commander: John W. Young, Capt. USN

• CMP CM Pilot: Thomas K. Mattingly, Lt Cdr USN

• LMP LM Pilot: Charles Duke, Lt Col USAF

Apollo CSM 113, named Casper by the crew, was the Apollo 16 Command and Service Module. It rode into space on a Saturn V in 1972 Apr 16. The S-IVB delivered it onto a translunar trajectory. Once in lunar orbit, the commander and LM pilot entered the Lunar Module (Orion) and undocked. But as the CSM moved away from the LM a fault was detected in its SPS engine. The lunar landing was postponed while the problem was investigated. The LM was only 1 to 2 km away, and resumed stationkeeping at about 200m for a while - it's a bit marginal whether to count this as a separate rendezvous or not. Finally the lunar landing was given the goahead, the circ burn was made, and Orion was given the GO for PDI.

Orion's ascent stage docked back with Casper at 0335 on Apr 24. By 2054 Orion had been jettisoned, and soon after the SIM subsatellite was ejected into lunar orbit. The SPS fired successfully at 0215 on Apr 25 to send Casper back towards Earth.

At 2038 on Apr 25 the CM hatch was opened, and Mattingly retrieved film cassettes from the SIM bay in three trips. The MEC was also exposed. Duke assisted from the hatch area. The CM was depressurized for 1h 24min.

The CSM reentered the Earth's atmosphere on Apr 27, splashdown coming at 1945 UT in the Pacific Ocean. Recovery was by the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga.

CSM 113 Mission Log
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1972 Apr 16	1754:00	SA-511 launch
1972 Apr 16	1756:17	Center engine cutoff
1972 Apr 16	1756:41	Outboard engine cutoff	-6013 X 118
1972 Apr 16	1756:44	S-IC separation, S-II ignition
	1757:14	Interstage sep
	1757:20	LES jett
1972 Apr 16	1801:41	Center engine cutoff
1972 Apr 16	1803:19	Outboard engine cutoff	-2033 x 168 x 32.5
1972 Apr 16	1803:20	S-II separation, S-IVB ignition 2:22
1972 Apr 16	1805:46	S-IVB cutoff T+706s	87.84 167 x 168 x 32.54
	1825	Optics cover jettison
1972 Apr 16	2027:37	S-IVB TLI 5:42 3.166km/s
	2033:18	ECO
1972 Apr 16	2033:29	Translunar injection	310 x 494260 (s)
		V = 10.847 km/s	202 x 471165 x 32.51
	2054	5563 km alt, 8.049km/s
1972 Apr 16	2058:59	CSM separation from SLA-20, mass 30378
		Alt 6967 km	203 x 483905
1972 Apr 16	2109:18	Docked with LM 11/SIVB
	2115:53	Hard docked
1972 Apr 16	2153:15	CSM/LM separation from SIVB
1972 Apr 17	0230	HO to LM to check venting particles
	0315?	HC to LM
1972 Apr 17	1014?	Pass EL1:4
1972 Apr 18	0033:01	MCC2 mid course correction; perilune 131 km
	0033:03	MCC2 cutoff
		HO to LM
1972 Apr 19	0513:45	Equigravisphere
1972 Apr 19	1553:01	SIM door ejection, range 20634 km vel 1.188km/s
1972 Apr 19	2022:28	LOI-1 burn (SPS) 854m/s
1972 Apr 19	2028:43	Lunar orbit insertion	108 x 315 km
1972 Apr 20	0027:45	DOI/LOI-2 burn (SPS) 24s 18797 kg 62m/s	20 x 108 km
1972 Apr 20	1600?	Cdr, LMP transfer to LM
1972 Apr 20	1807:31	LM undocked
1972 Apr 20	1807:31	Small sep burn	19 x 110 km
	1934:17	SPS sep burn cancelled
1972 Apr 20		Fault detected in SPS
	2000	At 200m to Orion
	2157	At 1 km to Orion
1972 Apr 20		Rev 14 re-rendezvous with Orion from 2 km
	2219	RCS burn
	2225	At 1.7 km, 1m/s
	2235	RCS
	2236	1 km, 1m/s
	2302	At 216m, 0.6m/s
1972 Apr 21	0024:00	Sep burn 2, 0.3m/s	21 x 111 km
1972 Apr 21	0115:42	Circ burn 17733 kg	98 x 126 km
1972 Apr 23	1859:52	LOPC-1 plane change burn	102 x 120 km
1972 Apr 24	0335:18	Docking by LM 11 Orion ascent stage
1972 Apr 24		Cdr and LMP transfer to CSM with cargo
1972 Apr 24	2054:12	Orion undocked	100 x 126 km
1972 Apr 24	2057:13	Sep burn	97 x 123 km
1972 Apr 24	2117:12	Mass spectrometer boom jettisoned 2m/s
1972 Apr 24	2156:09	Subsatellite ejected
1972 Apr 25	0215:33	TEI burn (SPS) 1.026km/s 4:02
1972 Apr 25	0218:15	Transearth Injection
1972 Apr 25	1435:51	Leave lunar sphere
1972 Apr 25	1629:03	MCC-5
	1629:25	MCC-5 cutoff
1972 Apr 25		EVA for film retrieval
	2034	Begin depress from 3.5psi
	2036	At 1 psi
	2037	At 0.7psi
	2039	At 0.1psi
	2041	HO
	2043	Jett bag
	2044?	CMP egress
		At 322180 km
	2051	2 pan camera covers removed (jett?)
	2101	2 mapping camera covers removed
	2117	MEED deploy
	2132	Retrieve MEED
	2140	CMP ingress
	2141	HC
	2145	Begin repress
	2146	0.7psi
	2158	3.5psi at 317431 km
1972 Apr 26
1972 Apr 27	1631:21	MCC-7 4s 0.4m/s
	1631:27	MCC-7 CO
1972 Apr 27	1916:33	SM-113 separation
1972 Apr 27	1931:31	Entry interface
1972 Apr 27	1945:05	Splashdown in Pacific Ocean, 5 N 158 W.
1972 Apr 27	Recovered by USS Ticonderoga

Hispasat 1A

 1992-060A

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The Eurostar 2000 satellite was built by MMS/BAe for Hispasat of Spain as the first Spanish domestic comsat. It provided FSS and DBS services to the Iberian peninsula, and Ku-band FSS services to Latin America.

Hispasat 1A
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1992 Sep 10	2304	Launch by Ariane 4	CSG ELA2
	2305	PAL sep (T+1:07)
	2306	Stage 1 sep (T+2:28)
	2307	Fairing sep (T+3:35)
	2308	Stage 2 sep (T+4:39)
	2309	H-10+ ignition (T+5:47)
	2322	H-10+ shutdown (T+18:17)
	2324	Hispasat 1A sep (T+20:32)
	2327	SPELDA sep (T+23:21)
	2328	Satcom C3 sep (T+24:55)
	2329	H10+ sep mvr (T+25:25)
	2334	H10+ blowdown (T+29:55)
1992 Sep 11	0600?	Deploy DBS antenna and booms	631.09 217 x 35769 x 6.9
1992 Sep 12	1200?s	LAM1 burn	834.16 10234 x 35715 x 2.6
1992 Sep 14	1900?s	LAM2 burn
1992 Sep 16	1300?	LAM3 burn
1992 Sep 17		Deploy solar panels
1992 Sep 20			1430.96 35611 x 35759 x 0.1 GEO 35.4W+1.3E
1992 Sep 25			1434.20 35736 x 35762 x 0.1 GEO 30.8W+0.4E
1992 Sep 30			1436.03 35777 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 30.1W+0.0E
1992 Dec 4			1436.14 35781 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 29.9W
1993 Aug 28			1436.03 35769 x 35801 x 0.0 GEO 30.1W
1994 May 24			1436.14 35776 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 30.0W
1997 Jan 8			1436.12 35779 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 30.0W

Kosmos 1205

 1980-068A

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Two-tone telemetry; Hi res satellite

Kosmos-1205
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1980 Aug 12	1150	Launch by Soyuz-U	Plesetsk
	1154	Blok-I burn
	1158	Blok-I sep
1980 Aug 12			89.46 198x296x72.8
1980 Aug 14			89.57 199x306x72.8
1980 Aug 15			89.87 229x306x72.8
1980 Aug 16			89.63 226 x 285 x 72.8
1980 Aug 20			89.55 224x279x72.8
1980 Aug 26
	0536?	Deorbit
	0545?	PO sep
	0553?	Entry
	0610?	Landed

Kosmos 2282

 1994-038A

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Kosmos-2282 was launched in Jul 1994 and operated for slightly over a year from the 24W Atlantic Ocean position. It appears to have used the 5th orbit perigee burn.

Kosmos-2282
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1994 Jul 6	2358:51	Launch by Proton-K/DM-2	KB
1994 Jul 7	0008	Stage 3 sep
	0710?	DM burn 1
	1230?	DM burn 2
	1250?	DM sep
1994 Jul 7			1453.23 36102 x 36140 x 2.4 GEO 0.8W+4.2W
1994 Jul 13			1443.11 35759 x 36088 x 2.2 GEO 21.9W+1.7W
1994 Jul 21			1436.68 35756 x 35839 x 2.3 GEO 24.5W+0.1W
1994 Jul 22			1435.96 35754 x 35813 x 2.3 GEO 24.4W
1994 Oct 2			1436.13 35745 x 35828 x 2.1 GEO 23.7W
1995 Apr 4			1436.18 35763 x 35812 x 1.8 GEO 24.5W

NATO 2B

  1971-009A

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NATO IIB was launched in 1971 to supplement NATO IIA. Initially stationed at 26W over the Atlantic, it was stationed at 105W from the mid 1970s until 1983, when it moved slightly to 110W, stored in the stable location in the `western pit'.

NATO IIB
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Feb 3	0141:40	Launch by Delta M	CK LC17
		Azimuth 100 deg
		SRM 1-3 sep
	0145:19	T+3:39 MECO
		St 1 sep
	0145:22?	SES-1 6:14.6
	0151:36?	SECO-1
	0206?	St 2 sep	-186 x 286 x 28.6
	0207?	TES 43.5s
	0208?	TECO
	0209?	St 3 sep	665.05 283 x 37437 x 25.9 (TLE)
			673.90 273 x 37712 x 25.9 (MOR Post)
1971 Feb 5	0456	AKM 20.1s over 135E, 1E/d	34493 x 37053 x 0.0
1971 Feb 10	s	Over Camp Parks, Calif.
1971 Mar		AOR	GEO 26W
1975 Jun		alter location?
1975 Dec			GEO 18W
1976 Aug 19		Last TWTA failed
1976 Oct 31		On-orbit tests, mv in	GEO 107W
1977 Jan 25			1436.11 35777 x 35795 x 2.4 GEO 105.1W
1980 Dec 14			1436.07 35759 x 35813 x 5.0 GEO 105.1W
1981 Jun			GEO 105W+0.05E 5.4
1982 Oct			GEO 105W
1982 Nov 27			1436.09 35762 x 35811 x 6.3 GEO 105.6W
1982 Dec?		Move to 110W
1983 Feb 18			1436.09 35766 x 35806 x 6.6 GEO 110.2W
1983 May 5			1436.04 35769 x 35801 x 6.7 GEO 109.9W
1983 May		Begin drift
1983 Oct 25			1435.95 35767 x 35801 x 7.1 GEO 105.0W
1983 Dec 4		Move in	1436.01 35755 x 35814 x 7.0 GEO 104.9W
1984 Jun 1			1436.10 35779 x 35793 x 7.4 GEO 105.0W+0.0E
1984 Oct 11			1436.21 35780 x 35797 x 7.6 GEO 101.9W
1984 Dec 30			1436.22 35776 x 35801 x 7.7 GEO 104.3W
1989 Mar 14			1436.1 35769 x 35803 x 10.9 GEO 104.9W
1983 Nov 2			GEO 104.8W +0.02/d
1994 Nov 7			1436.09 35783 x 35789 x 14.3 GEO 105.5W
1998 Aug 4			1436.07 35772 x 35799 x 15.2 GEO 105.2W

NTS 2

 1977-053A

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NRL's Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (Space Test Program mission P76-4/NRL-116) was launched on 1977 Jun 23 as a prototype for the Navstar GPS system. The single Star 37 used to orbit NTS 1 was replaced by a two-stage SVS which placed NTS 2 in the higher 12-hour orbit used by GPS. Fairchild was the SVS contractor. Like NTS 1 it used an octagonal structure and two gravity booms, but two orientable solar panels were used.

Apogee burn had been planned on first apogee but was delayed until sixth apogee. The satellite worked into the 1980s. It was known by NRL as Timation IV.

NTS 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1977 Jun 23	0817	Launch by Atlas F/SVS (65F)	V SLC3W
	0822	T+6m Atlas sep
		SVS spinup
	0822	S+20s SVS stage 1 (Star 37E) burn
	0823	SVS Stage 1 burnout
	0823	SVS stage 2 (Star 37E) burn
	0824	SVS stage 2 burnout
	0828	SVS sep	160 x 20106
	1130?	Apo 1
	1700?	Apo 2
	2300?	Apo 3
1977 Jun 24	0500?	Apo 4
	1100?	Apo 5
1977 Jun 24	1630?	Apo 6
	1633?	AKM (TLE) Star 27 burn
	1637?	Star 27 AKM sep
1977 Jun 29		RCS burn 0.48m/s
1977 Jul 1		RCS burn 0.67m/s
1977 Jul 6		RCS burn 0.92m/s
1977 Jul 7		Solar panels deployed
1977 Jul 23			718.02 20178 X 20188 X 63.3
1977 Oct 24			717.96 19995 X 20368 X 63.3
1979 Jul 25			717.89 20143 x 20216 x 63.6
1983 Nov 12			717.88 20093 x 20266 x 64.4
1996 Dec 29			718.19 20068 x 20306 x 63.4

Crystal 9

 1988-099A

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The final KH-11 satellite was launched in Nov 1988. CRYSTAL 9 (USA 33) was placed in a west plane (0948LTDN) orbit with a 1000 km apogee.

CRYSTAL 9
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 Nov 6	1803	Launch by Titan 34D	V SLC4E
	1804	Core engines on (T+1:47)
	1804	SRM jettison (T+1:56) at 39 km
	1807?	T+4min? Stage 1 sep
	1807?	Stage 2 ignition (T+4:33?)
	1807?	Fairing off (T+4:46?)
	1811?	Stage 2 cutoff (T+7:58?)
	1811?	Stage 2 sep (T+8:08?)
			156 x 1012 x 97.9 (UN)
			154 x 1008 x 97.9 (UN, 99B)
1989 Aug 9			97.24 330x922x98.0
1989 Aug 13			97.71 322x976x98.0
1989 Aug 18			97.70 289x1008x97.9
1990 Jun 1			97.54 283x997x97.8
1991 May 27			97.49 290x986x98.0
1996 May 12			97.64 270 x 1020 x 97.9

Mars 1C

  1962-057A

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Shortly after the Venus window closed, the 1962 Mars window opened and 2MV-4 No. 1 was launched, an intended Mars flyby probe. The Blok-L fourth stage on this mission exploded 16s into its burn when a turbopump jammed. A number of debris fragments were tracked by the US, causing some momentary alarm during this Cuban missile crisis period. Again, the launch was not announced by the USSR. It is not clear which of the objects tracked was the rocket body or the BOZ motor. The longest lived objects were BetaIota 3, decayed 1963 Feb 26, and BetaIota 8, decayed Jan 2.

The date of the event is recorded as Oct 29 in Johnson's fragmentation catalog, but that's just the recorded decay date of object 1962 BetaIota 1; it is clear from Russian sources that the explosion was actually on Oct 24.

2MV-4 No. 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1962 Oct 24	1755:04	Launch by 8K78	KB
	1800	Blok-A sep
	1800	Blok-I burn
	1804	Blok-I sep	180 x 485 x 64.9
	1855?	BOZ burn
	1856?	Blok-L burn
	1856?	Blok-L exploded

Gorizont 4

 1980-049A

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The fourth Gorizont satellite (Gorizont No. 15L) was launched in Jun 1980 to the Atlantic (Statsionar 4) location. 

Gorizont 15L
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1980 Jun 14	0049:50	Launch by Proton	KB
	0059	Stage 3 sep
	0207?	DM burn 1	632.20 314 x 35730 x 47.5
	0723?	DM burn 2
	0727?	Blok-DM No. 27L sep
			1472.95 36290 x 36719 x 0.8 GEO 90.5E+9.0W
1980 Jun 23			1473.19 36380 x 36638 x 0.8 GEO 7.8E+9.1W
1980 Jun 27			1436.05 35744 x 35827 x 0.8 GEO 14.5W
1980 Oct 2			1436.09 35737 x 35835 x 0.6 GEO 13.6W
1981 Jan 21			1436.18 35746 x 35829 x 0.4 GEO 14.6W
1981 Jun		Statsionar 4 location	GEO 14W
1982 Jan 1			1436.15 35748 x 35827 x 0.4 GEO 14.1W
1983 Jan 2			1436.14 35747 x 35826 x 1.2 GEO 13.9W
1984 Jan 4			1436.09 35755 x 35817 x 2.1 GEO 13.7W
1984 May 2			1436.10 35771 x 35801 x 2.4 GEO 13.6W
1984 May		Move to 11.2W
1984 May 13			1436.06 35775 x 35796 x 2.5 GEO 11.2W
1984 Jul 14			1436.06 35765 x 35806 x 2.6 GEO 10.8W
1985 Jan 23			1436.10 35769 x 35804 x 3.1 GEO 10.8W
1985 Apr 25			1436.09 35779 x 35793 x 3.3 GEO 10.8W
1985 Apr		Move to 13.5W
1985 May 2			1436.09 35754 x 35818 x 3.3 GEO 13.6W
1985 Aug 16			1436.09 35758 x 35814 x 3.6 GEO 12.9W
1985 Aug 23		Move to 11W
1985 Sep 6			1436.06 35756 x 35815 x 3.6 GEO 11.0W
1987 Mar 31			1436.12 35750 x 35823 x 5.1 GEO 11.5W
1988 Oct 20			1436.09 35765 x 35808 x 6.5 GEO 11.0W
1988 Oct 25		Decommissioned
1988 Nov 16			1436.18 35764 x 35812 x 6.6 GEO 11.6W+0.03W
1988 Nov 30		Orbit raise	1460.04 36230 x 36278 x 6.6 GEO 118.3E
1991 Sep 25			1460.00 36244 x 36261 x 9.2

DSCS 9431/9432

 1971-095A

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Satellite 9431, the first DSCS II satellite, had a mass of 526 kg after launch. It was probably designated satellite A-1. The satellite's communications system failed in June 1973 due to an electrostatic discharge caused by charging in a substorm. This event raised awareness of the dangers of spacecraft charging in high orbit.

DSCS II A-1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Nov 3	0309:06	Launch by Titan 3C	CC
		T+1:49 Stage 1 ignition
		T+2:02 SRM sep
		T+4:18 Stage 1 MECO, sep
	0314	T+5:00? Fairing sep
		T+7:40? SECO
	0316	T+7:45? Stage 2 sep	145? x 400? x 28.6
	0419?	Transtage burn 1	320? x 37000? x 26.5?
	0920?	Transtage burn 2
	0930?	Transtage sep
1971 Nov		Operational	GEO POR
1971 Dec 10	1813		1436.19 35783 x 35792 x 2.6 GEO 106.1W+0.0
1972 Feb 5			1435.89 35774 x 35791 x 2.4 GEO 111.1W+0.05W
1973 Jun 2		Charging event, comms failed
1973 Jun		end of ops
1975?		Moved to 81W
1977 Feb 25			1435.89 35743 x 35821 x 1.9 GEO 81.6W+0.04W
1978 Oct 22			1436.19 35761 x 35815 x 3.1 GEO 81.2W+0.0
1979 Mar 1			1435.70 35749 x 35808 x 3.3 GEO 86.3W
1979		Moved to 110W
1979 Aug 27			1436.18 35761 x 35815 x 3.7 GEO 111.0W
1979 Sep		Drifting	GEO 110W
1980 Jan			GEO 110W
1980 Oct			GEO 101W
1980 Mar 1			1435.97 35753 x 35814 x 4.0 GEO 109.7W
1980 Jun 27			1435.91 35777 x 35789 x 4.3 GEO 104.6W+0.04
1981			GEO 99-102W
1982			GEO 109-111W
1986			GEO 106W
1988 Jun 5			1436.03 35766 x 35804 x 10.0 GEO 99.2W
1989 Jan 16			1436.25 35776 x 35803 x 10.5 GEO 102.6W
1990 Jan 31			1435.98 35768 x 35800 x 11.3 GEO 110.5W
1992 Jan 31			1436.20 35764 x 35812 x 12.7 GEO 110.5W
1994 Jan 31			1436.25 35758 x 35821 x 13.8 GEO 102.9W
1998 Aug 5			1436.05 35753 x 35818 x 15.1 GEO 98.8W

Payload:

• X-band transponders

• Earth coverage antennae; horn antenna

• 2 narrow coverage parabolic antennae

1971-095B

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Satellite 9432, the second of the first DSCS II pair, suffered an accidental spinup of its communications payload platform in Dec 1971, possibly due to spacecraft charging problems, but the satellite was successfully despun in 1972 Jun. Mass of F-2 was 526 kg.

DSCS II A-2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Nov 3		Launch by Titan 3C	CK
		Colocated DSCS F-1	GEO POR
1971 Dec 12	0901		1435.81 35773 x 35788 x 2.6 GEO 115.6W+0.06W/d
Dec?		Accidental spinup
1972 Jan 9			1435.43 35568 x 35978 x 2.5 GEO 112.0W+0.1W
1972 Feb 1			1435.53 35762 x 35788 x 2.4 GEO 89.6W+0.1W
1972 Jun		Payload despun
1977 Jan 31			1436.67 35750 x 35845 x 1.7 GEO 140.1E+0.1E
1978 Feb 6			1437.02 35766 x 35842 x 2.5 GEO 15.5E+0.2E
1979 Sep 18			1437.78 35780 x 35858x 3.6 GEO 114.1W+0.4E
1980 May		On station	GEO 175E
1980 Jul 6			1436.32 35773 x 35808 x 4.1 GEO 176.5E+0.0
1980 late		Begin slow period decrease
1980 Dec 13			1435.81 35773 x 35789 x 4.5 GEO 177.6E+0.06
1981 Jan 5			1435.71 35770 x 35787 x 4.5 GEO 179.5E+0.09
1981 Jan 31			1435.61 35739 x 35814 x 4.5 GEO 177.7W+0.11W
1981 May 7			1435.08 35757 x 35776 x 4.7 GEO 160.0W+0.24W
1981 Jul 25			1434.59 35739 x 35775 x 4.9 GEO 134.5W+0.37W
1982 Sep 27			1435.65 35748 x 35807 x 5.7 GEO 14.1W+0.2W
1984 Nov 9			1436.21 35782 x 35796 x 7.2 GEO 149.2E+0.04E
1985 Feb 1			1436.55 35786 x 35804 x 7.4 GEO 141.3E+0.14E
1988 Nov 8			1436.06 35772 x 35799 x 10.2 GEO 173.3E+0.00E
1989 Sep 14			1434.59 35737 x 35776 x 10.9 GEO 135.1W+0.37W
1991 Nov 24			1434.29 35746 x 35756 x 12.4 GEO 73.5E+0.4W
1998 Aug 2			1434.85 35742 x 35781 x 15.0 GEO 56.5W+0.31W

Intelsat 303

  1969-011A

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The Intelsat III F-3 satellite was launched in Feb 1969 and became the Pacific satellite. However only a few months later one of two tunnel diode amplifiers malfunctioned, and the satellite was replaced as Pacific primary by the newly launched Intelsat III F-4. It was then moved to become Intelsat's first Indian Ocean region satellite. It was to remain over the Indian Ocean for a decade until it was finally decommissioned in Dec 1979.

Intelsat III F-3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1969 Feb 6	0039:00	Launch by Delta M	CK LC17A
		T+0:39 SRM 1-3 burnout
		T+1:05 Castor sep
	0042:38	T+3:38 MECO, 130 km
	0042:38?	St 1 sep
	0042:45	T+3:45 SES 6:18
	0043:00	T+4:00 Fairing
	0049:03	T+10:03 SECO
		Coast 9:52?
		Stage 2 apogee 374 km	-484? x 374 x 32.7?
			-504? x 375 x 32.5?
	0058:40	T+19:40 St 2 sep
	0058:54	T+19:54 Star 37D burn 41s at 278 km
	0059:38	TECO	671.91 253 x 37813 x 29.8
			638.0 265 x 36097 x 28.89
	0101:20	T+22:20 Star 37D sep
	0101:21	Yo weight sep
	0630?	Apo 1 68E (short orbit)
	0700?	First apogee over 63E
	1700?	Apo 2 90W (short orbit)
	1800?	Second apogee over 103W
1969 Feb 7	0400?	Apo 3 107E (short orbit)
1969 Feb 7	0500?	Third apo over 88E
	1400?	Apo 4 48W (short orbit)
	1600?	Apo 4 over 80W
1969 Feb 8	0100?	Apo 5 over 150E (short orbit)
1969 Feb 8	0030?	SVM-2 burn
1969 Feb 8	0330?	Apo 5 over 110E
1969 Feb		POR satellite	GEO 174E
1969 Feb 21		R/B orbit	236 x 36205 x 29.6
1969 Mar 17			1436.46 35779 x 35808 x 1.3 GEO 174.39E+0.00
1969 May?		Environmental control system issues
1969 Jun 1		Replaced by III F4 in POR
1969 Jun 2		At GEO 172.3E
1969 Jun 3		Enter drift 5 deg/d to move to IOR
1969 Jun 24?		IOR satellite	GEO 62.5E
1969 Dec 1			1436.28 35777 x 35802 x 0.7 GEO 62.8E
1971 May 25			1436.14 35783 x 35791 x 0.8 GEO 61.3E
1975		IOR backup
1975 Dec			GEO 56.5E (Morgan)
1976 Sep		Replaced by IV F-1
1977 Feb 24			1436.08 35777 x 35795 x 4.6 GEO 56.8E
1977 May 20			GEO 56.0E+0.1E
1977 Aug 4			GEO 54.8E
1978 Sep		IOR contingency	GEO 57.0E
1979 Feb 1			GEO 60.0E
1979 Feb 22		Drift east to 66E
1979 Mar 28			GEO 66.0E
1979 May 24			GEO 66.8E
1979 Dec		GEO 66E
1979 Dec 13	1400	Orbit raised	1674
1979 Dec 14	0200	Decommissioned
1980			1674.5 39735 x 40937 x 6.4