STS-37 (Atlantis)

 1991-027A

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The highlight of STS-37 was deployment of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory.

EVA-1 was a contigency EVA to release the GRO high gain antenna. EVA-2 was the planned EVA, the EVA Flight Development Experiment to test out CETA, the MFR, and CLIP. The EVA began at 1443. The hatch was closed at 2041, and the airlock was repressurized at 2054. Total depress time was 10h23m; official time was 9h17m (=3:30+5:47)

The DTO OMS burn on Apr 9 demonstrated the use of star trackers in rendezvous maneuvers, and other rendezvous procedures.

STS-37
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1991 Mar 8		Tow to VAB
1991 Mar 15		Rollout	LC39B
1991 Apr 5	1422:45	Launch from LC39B
	1424:50	SRB sep 47.7 km	-6256 x 63?
	1431:18	MECO	59 x 437 x 28.5
	1431:36	ET sep	89.68 71 x 445 x 28.5 (OMS dV)
	1504:28	OMS-2 (3:55) 112 m/s
	1508:23	OMS-2 CO
	1530?		93.63 446 x 458 x 28.5
	1950	RMS checkout
1991 Apr 6	1225	Cabin depress to 10.3 psi
1991 Apr 7			93.63 445 x 458 x 28.5
	1100	Go for grapple
	1105?	RMS grapple GRO
	1114	confirmation of grapple
	1157?	GRO unberth
	1206	RMS raising GRO out of bay
	1222	RMS/GRO in release position
	1249	Right solar array deploy complete
	1322	Solar arrays deploy complete
	1403	Command to deploy HGA
	1409	HGA failed to deploy
	1557	Go for EVA preparation
	1822	Begin airlock depress
	1827	5 psi leak check
	1831	Resume depress
	1839?	at vacuum
	1839	EVA-1 (04:38) depress
	1842	Hatch open
	1845	Egress
	1855	Apt frees boom
	1920	Completing EVA work reconfiguring GRO
	1940?	EFDE get-aheads
	1950?	PDAP 1 from airlock
	2000	PDAP 1 active on CETA outrigger handrail
	2003	EVA Translation experiment (ETE)
	2010	Evaluate ETE outrigger handrail
	2025?	Ross working at CLIP, with PDAP
	2110?	Ross on CLIP holding Apt, mass handling test
	2120	Connect ETE rope tether across PLB, translation tests
	2125	Rope from CLIP to CETA
	2140	Complete rope tether work
	2150	PLB cleanup
	2200?	Back to airlock
	2236:47	GRO deployed
	2236:48	RCS sep
	2244	Go to repress airlock
	2247	RCS sep
	2300	Hatch closed and locked
	2302	EVA-1 repress airlock (transcript)
	2304	RCS sep
	2317	EVA-1 repress (docs)
1991 Apr 8	0012		93.66 445 x 461 x 28.5
	1259	Depressurizing airlock?
	1417?	Prep for egress?
	1442	Started depress
	1443	EVA-2 EFDE
	1444	Leak check
	1447	Resuming depress
	1455	At vac?
	1456?	EVA-2 depress?
	1456?	Hatch open
	1458	Egress
	1512	PDAP on CETA
	1520	On the CETA cart
	1534	Deploying CETA track
	1542	CETA track fully deplpyed
	1545	Manual cart tests
	1624	Working with manual cart
	1630	Mech cart tests
	1649	Evaluating mechanical cart
	1706	Stow mech cart
	1720	Begin electrical cart
	1734	Stow elec cart?
	1740?	Working on tether shuttle
	1740	PDAP 2 turned off
	1759	PDAP 2 in airlock
	1810	Completed tether shuttle work
	1820	Stow track
	1830	ETE RMS tests
	1850	Testing RMS/MFR/Ross
	1920	EVA stiffness test, with RMS and CLIP
	2000	Stow MFR
	2015	End work with CLIP
	2016	MFR stowed, RMS off?
	2025	Tool stowage
	2040?	Ingress
	2041	Hatch closed
	2044	Burn
	2054	Repress (06:11)	93.61 442 x 459 x 28.5
1991 Apr 9	1303		93.61 443 x 458 x 28.5
	1519:13	OMS-3 (10s)
	1545	RV/stationkeep 15 km from GRO
	1736	RCS burn
	1910	Sep burn
	1927		93.66 445 x 461 x 28.5
1991 Apr 10	1100	PLBD closed
	1400	Landing waveoff
	1417	Open PLBD
1991 Apr 11	0200		93.67 445 x 462 x 28.5
	1110?	PLBD closed
	1245:50	OMS deorbit 3:41 134m/s	88.98 -13 x 461 x 28.5
	1324:23	Entry interface
	1355:29	Landed RW33 EAFB
	1355:35	NGTD
	1356:25	Wheels stop
1991 Apr 16	1045	SCA takeoff	EAFB
	1540	SCA landing	Kelly AFB TX
	1815	SCA takeoff
	2030	SCA landing	Columbus AFB MS
1991 Apr 17	1415	SCA takeoff
	1850	SCA landing	MacDill AFB, FL
1991 Apr 18	1135	SCA takeoff
	1210	SCA landing	KSC SLF
	1425	Tow to OPF	OPF/2

Satcom 1

  1975-117A

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Satcom 1 was launched for the RCA Corp.'s Globcom subsidiary RCA Global Communications Inc. on a Delta 3914, a new variant of the Delta developed especially for the payload. Control was from Vernon Valley, NJ; backup SOCC at Moorpark, California. In Mar 1976 Globcom became RCA American Communications Inc., or Americom. The satellite began the RCA Satcom Phase II service replacing the Phase I service provided by Anik A-2.

Satcom 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1975 Dec 13	0156:14	Launch by Delta 3914	CC LC17
		T+0:58 SRM 1-5 out
		T+1:04 SRM 1-3 sep
		T+1:04 SRM 6-9 on
		T+1:05 SRM 4-5 sep
		T+2:02 SRM 6-9 out
		T+2:07 SRM 6-9 sep
	0159:56	MECO T+3:42
	0200:02	T+3:48 Thor sep
	0200:15	T+4:01 Delta SES-1 4:16
		T+4:20 Fairing
	0204:31	T+8:17 Delta SECO-1	185 x 189 x 28.4
	0216:49	T+20:35 Delta SES-2 41s
	0217:30	T+21:16 Delta SECO-2	191 x 1879 x 28.4
	0218:22	T+22:08 Delta sep
	0219:03	T+22:49 Stage 3 burn 43s
	0219:46	T+23:33 TECO
	0220:59	T+24:46 Stage 3 sep	184 x 35994 x 27.25
			185 x 35980 x 27.25 (MOR)
	0734	T+5h38 First apogee
1975 Dec 15	2241	AKM	35626 x 36085 x 0.34 GEO 140W dr 1.3/d
1975 Dec			GEO 119W
1976 Jun 11		Move out
1976 Aug		Moved in	GEO 135W
1977 Jan 25			1436.17 35715 x 35861 x 0.0 GEO 136.2W+0.03W
1978 May 24			1436.13 35779 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 135.1W+0.01W
1980 Nov 30			1435.93 35775 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 135.0W+0.0E
1981 Apr 28			1436.02 35780 x 35789 x 0.1 GEO 134.9W
1982 Oct			GEO 135W
1983 Feb 5			1436.11 35781 x 35792 x 0.2 GEO 135.0W
1983 Jun 23			1436.09 35768 x 35804 x 0.1 GEO 135.1W
1983 Jun		Move to 119W
1983 Jun 29			1436.14 35777 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 119.0W
1983 Aug			GEO 117W
1983 Sep 27			1436.09 35778 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 117.5W
1983 Nov 20			1436.08 35773 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 117.5W
1983 Dec 10			1436.08 35785 x 35787 x 0.1 GEO 119.0W
1984 Feb 1			1436.09 35777 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 139.0W
1984 May 25			1436.08 35777 x 35795 x 0.1 GEO 139.0W
1984 Jun 4			1452.30 35800 x 35836 x 0.1
1984 Jun 8		Decommissioned
1984 Jun 13			1440.59 35856 x 35892 x 0.4
1984 Jul 13			1445.76 35874 x 36076 x 0.5
1986 Oct 27			1445.91 35777 x 36068 x 2.6
1990 Nov 11			1445.91 35893 x 36063 x 6.4
1995 Jul 7			1445.88 35846 x 36108 x 10.0
1999 Apr 25			1445.78 35881 x 36070 x 11.9

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STS-54 (Endeavour)

 1993-003A

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The third mission of OV-105 included a satellite deployment and a spacewalk. On Jan 17, Harbaugh and Runco suited up and entered the payload bay for the first of a series of spacewalks designed purely for training purposes. The experiment would compare exercises carried out in the Huntsville water tank with the same activities on orbit, so that mission planners would have a better idea of how much to trust the ground simulations. The astronauts emerged at 1050 and entered the lock at 1509, closing the hatch at 1511. Repressurization began at 1518 after 4h 27m 50s.

STS-54
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1992 Nov 21		Tow to VAB
1992 Nov 22		ET mate	VAB
1992 Dec 6		Rollout	LC39B
1993 Jan 13	1359:30	Launch from LC39B
	1401:36	SRB sep
	1408:00	MECO	88.18 66 x 302 x 28.5
	1408:19	ET Sep
	1439:23	OMS-2 (2:24) 68m/s	90.51 296 x 302 x 28.46
	1441:47	OMS-2 CO
	1541	PLBD open
	2012:26	TDRS deploy
	2027:26	OMS-3L sep 34s 10m/s	90.89 303 x 333 x 28.47
	2028:00	OMS-3 CO
1993 Jan 14	1608:42	OMS-4R orbit lower 27s 7m/s	90.62 301 x 308 x 28.47
	1609:09	OMS-4 CO
1993 Jan 16	0659		90.61 298 x 310 x 28.47
1993 Jan 17	1050	EVA-1 (DTO-1210)	90.61 296 x 312 x 28.47
	1045:22	Depress (STSMR)
	1049:52	Battery power
	1050?	Egress
	1517:42	Repress (STSMR)
	1518	EVA-1 repress
1993 Jan 18	1030		90.59 295 x 311 x 28.47
1993 Jan 19	0600		90.58 293 x 312 x 28.47
	1004	PLBD close
	1238:10	OMS deorbit (2:33) 89m/s	13 x 296 x 28
	1240:43	OMS DO CO
	1306:59	Entry interface
	1337:47	MGTD RW33 KSC
	1338:01	Drag chute deploy
	1338:03	NGTD
	1338:23	Drag chute release
	1338:37	Wheels stop
	1845	Tow to OPF

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STS-54 Crew

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• Commander John H. Casper, Col USAF

• Pilot Donald R. McMonagle, Col USAF

• Mission Specialist 1 Gregory J Harbaugh, NASA

• Mission Specialist 2 Mario Runco, Jr, Lt Cdr USN

• Mission Specialist 3 Susan J. Helms, Capt USAF

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Intelsat 401

  1975-042A

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The Intelsat 4 F-1 satellite was the first to be built but the last to be launched. It was launched in May 1975 and was first used as the Indian Ocean primary satellite. The satellite was over the Indian Ocean from 1975 to 1978, the Atlantic from 1978 to 1981, the Pacific during 1982, and back over the Atlantic from 1983 onwards.

Intelsat IV F-1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1975 May 22	2204:00	Launch by Atlas Centaur	CC LC36
		T+2:18 BECO
		T+2:22 Booster sep
		T+3:04 Insulation panel sep
		T+4:07 SECO
		T+4:09 Atlas sep
		T+4:18 Centaur D-1A-0532-06 MES-1
	2208	T+4:30 Fairing sep
	2214	T+10:21 Centaur MECO-1	190? x 1800? x 28
	2229	T+25:02 Centaur MES-2
	2230	T+26:18 Centaur MECO-2
	2232	T+28:34 Centaur sep	591 x 36625 x 26.0
1975 May 23	0400?	Apo 1 over 90E
	1500?	Apo 2 over 70W
1975 May 24	0200?	Apo 3 over 120E
	1200?	Apo 4 over 40W
	2300?	Apo 5 over 155E
1975 May 24	2245	AKM 33s	1446.3 36182 x 37870 x 0.4 GEO 165E dr
1975 Jul 13		Operational as IOR Primary	GEO 63E
1977 Feb 24			1436.11 35785 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 62.9E
1978 Sep 30			GEO 63E
1978 Oct 26			1436.12 35778 x 35795 x 0.05 GEO 62.9E
1978 Nov 19		Replaced by IVA F-6
1978 Dec 9		Move to AOR
1978 Dec 21			1436.09 35785 x 35788 x 0.05 GEO 17.0W
1979 Feb 3			1436.16 35783 x 35788 x 0.0 GEO 17.0W
1979 Mar 13			1436.20 35782 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 18.0W
1979 Apr 19			1436.05 35778 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 18.5W
1979 Apr		AOR Major Path 2	GEO 18.5W
1980 Dec 10			1436.25 35786 x 35792 x 0.2 GEO 18.0W
1980 Dec		Adjust to 16.5W
1981 Jan 2			1436.15 35778 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 16.5W
1981 Jul 7			1436.17 35786 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 16.7W
1981 Aug 16			1436.20 35782 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 17.4W
1981 Oct 6			1436.22 35785 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 18.2W
1981 Nov 15			1436.12 35776 x 35797 x 0.2 GEO 18.5W
1981 Dec		AOR Major Path 2	GEO 18.5W
1981 Dec 15		mv out of GEO	1440.46 35780 x 35963 x 0.2
1982 Feb 16			1444.19 35781 x 36110 x 0.0
1982 Mar		mv in as POR Primary
1982 Mar 27			1436.06 35774 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 174.0E
1982 Jul		POR Primary
1982 Dec 2			1436.07 35779 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 174.1E
1982 Dec 6		mv out of GEO	GEO 174E
1982 Dec 13			1427.92 35514 x 35738 x 0.1 GEO 139.8W+2.0E/d
1983 Jan 25			1429.89 35591 x 35738 x 0.2 GEO 52.7W+1.5E/d
1983 Jan 26		on station	GEO 53W
1983 Feb 7			1436.19 35780 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 52.9W
1983 May		Domestic lease satellite
1983 Sep			GEO 53W
1984 Apr 28			1436.15 35781 x 35793 x 0.2 GEO 53.0W
1984 Jun 2		mv out	1435.80 35780 x 35781 x 0.2 GEO 52.1W+0.07E
1984 Aug 4		mv in	1436.10 35781 x 35792 x 0.4 GEO 50.0W
1985 Apr			GEO 50W
1986 Nov 24			1436.30 35779 x 35802 x 2.6 GEO 50.2W
1987 Jul 6			1436.23 35781 x 35797 x 3.1 GEO 50.0W
1987 Jul 14		drifting	1436.28 35781 x 35798 x 3.1 GEO 50.3W+0.05W
1987 Aug 19			1436.48 35780 x 35808 x 3.2 GEO 52.7+0.1W
1987 Oct 26			1436.88 35785 x 35818 x 3.4 GEO 63.1W+0.2W
1987 Oct 27		Orbit raise
1987 Oct 28			1443.51 35888 x 35974 x 3.4
1987 Nov 2			1450.75 36035 x 36109 x 3.4
1993 Jan 16			1450.70 36013 x 36130 x 8.1
1999 Apr 19			1450.67 36026 x 36116 x 11.8

Palapa A1

 1976-066A

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The HS333D satellite Palapa 1 was launched for Indonesia's Perumtel communications agency in Jul 1976. Palapa is Indonesian for `unity'. The satellite reportedly operated until 1985,and NORAD did not regularly track the satellite.

Palapa 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1976 Jul 8	2331	Launch by Delta 2914	CC LC17
		T+0:38 SRM 1-6 out
		T+0:39 SRM 7-9 on
		T+1:18 SRM 7-9 out
		T+1:27 SRM 1-9 sep
		T+3:48 MECO
		T+3:56 St 1 sep
		T+4:01 Stage 2 SES-1
		T+4:35 Fairing
	2340	T+8:55 Stage 2 SECO-1 7.839 km/s 188km
	2353	T+22:38 Stage 2 sep, 231 km
	2354	T+23:20 Stage 3 TES
	2355	T+24:03 Stage 3 TECO
	2356	T+25:15 Star 37 sep	231 x 36504 x 24.6
1976 Jul 9	0048	T+1:17:24 SES-2, R&D; burn
	0048	T+1:17:26 SECO-2
1976 Jul 9	0600?	Apo 1 84E
	1700?	Apo 2 80W
1976 Jul 10	0300?	Apo 3 126E
	1400?	Apo 4 35W
1976 Jul 11	0030?	Apo 5 160E
	1100?	Apo 6 5E
	2130?	Apo 7 155W
1976 Jul 11	2030	AKM
1976 Jul			GEO 83E
1978 Feb 23			1436.04 35779 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 83.0E
1979 Jul			GEO 84.1E+0.05E/d
1984 Jun 28			1436.41 35728 x 35856 x 0.2 GEO 84.0E
1984 Dec 26		(misid?)	1436.05 35759 x 35811 x 0.0 GEO 62.9E
1985 Nov		(misid?)	GEO 87E? 1435.9?
1985		end of ops?
1986 May 15			1436.25 35764 x 35814 x 0.8 GEO 84.1E
1986		Orbit raised
1988 Feb 1			1440.57 35862 x 35885 x 2.4 GEO 72.4E+1.1W
1988 Feb 26			1439.65 35841 x 35870 x 2.5
1988 Apr 12		(misid?)	1466.77 36322 x 36447 x 3.0
1988 Aug 25		(misid)	1466.83 36315 x 36456 x 3.3
1989 Mar 9			1439.47 35837 x 35854 x 4.6
1989 Apr 11			1438.87 35826 x 35854 x 4.6
1990 Apr 27			1439.35 35835 x 35864 x 4.5