Saturday, September 18, 1999

USA-122

 1996-029D


USA 122 was launched into a 63 degree orbit by a Titan 4 in May 1996. Observers found the rocket body in a 312 x 622 km x 63.4 deg orbit, and later the triplet payloads were found in an 1150 km orbit. The SLDCOM ended up in a 2650 x 11600 km orbit.


USA 122 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1996 May 12  2132  Launch by Titan 403  V SLC4E 
 2134? T+2:00 St 1 MES 
 2134? T+2:04 SRM sep 
 2135?  T+3:59 Fairing sep
 2137? T+5:09 St 2 MES 
 2137? T+5:10 St 1 sep 
 2140? T+8:50 St 2 MECO  
 2141?  T+9m? Titan 4 stage 2 sep  
  Stage 2 sep  312 x 622 x 63.4 (CSS) 
   93.7 284 x 635 x 63.4 (UN) 
 2324?  TLD burn 1  300 x 1100? 
1996 May 13  0012? TLD burn 2  1050 x 1150?  
1996 Jun 20  0739  Deploy TIPS from host  
1996 Jun 24?  Orbit raise burn   
1998 Jan 23    260.47 2653 x 11611 x 63.47

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