Saturday, July 28, 2001

Anik C2

 1983-059B


Telesat Canada's Anik C-2 was launched from Challenger in 1983. It provided regional coverage with spot beams on southern Canada. It was bought by Paracomsat in 1993 to provide comsat service to Argentina. It also provided service to the South Pole. In 1997 the satellite was returned to Canadian service.


Anik C-2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1983 Jun 18  2102  Deploy from OV-099 
 2147  PAM-D burn  
 2148  PAM-D burnout 
 2150  PAM-D sep  640.91 287 x 36204 x 23.0 
1983 Jun 21    642.04 345 x 36204 x 22.8 
1983 Jun 21  1915? Star 30 burn 7th apo 1435.34 35288 x 36255 x 0.6 GEO 108.8W+0.18E 
1983 Jun 29   mv in  1436.11 35783 x 35790 x 0.2 GEO 112.5W+0.01W 
1983 Aug 26    1436.05 35774 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 112.5W 
1983 Aug   Operational, leased to GTE 
1983 Aug 29   mv out 1434.76 35752 x 35768 x 0.1 GEO 111.8W+0.3E 
1983 Sep 15   mv in  1436.00 35776 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 105.0W 
1983 Oct    GEO 105W 
1984 Jan 16    1436.10 35772 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 105.0W 
1984 Dec   End of GTE lease 
1985 Jan 10    1436.09 35781 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 105.0W 
1985 May 9    1436.21 35773 x 35803 x 0.0 GEO 105.1W 
1985 May 27   mv out 1436.50 35784 x 35804 x 0.1 GEO 106.9W+0.1W 
1985 Jul 11   mv in  1436.08 35738 x 35834 x 0.0 GEO 110.1W 
1986 Sep 16    1436.08 35774 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 110.0W 
1988 Jul 13    1436.10 35784 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 110.0W 
1989 Apr 13    1436.06 35728 x 35843 x 0.0 GEO 110.3W 
1990 Nov 29    1436.08 35778 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 110.0W 
1991 Sep 16   mv out 1436.07 35773 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 109.9W+0.004E 
1991 Oct 26   mv in  1436.10 35741 x 35831 x 0.2 GEO 109.2W 
1992 Feb 19    1436.11 35762 x 35810 x 0.5 GEO 109.3W 
1993 Jan 9    1436.09 35779 x 35793 x 1.2 GEO 109.1W 
1993 Apr   Sold to Paracom SA as Nahuel B or I2 
1993 Apr 6    1436.06 35776 x 35795 x 1.4 GEO 109.0W 
1993 Apr 7   mv out  GEO 109.2W 
1993 Jun 22   mv in  1436.10 35783 x 35790 x 1.6 GEO 75.8W 
1994 Oct 18    1436.16 35784 x 35791 x 2.7 GEO 75.9W 
1995 May 15    1436.10 35781 x 35791 x 3.1 GEO 75.8W 
1996 Sep 24    1436.15 35780 x 35794 x 4.1 GEO 75.8W 
1997 Mar   Resume Anik service 
1997 Jun 9   mv out  1436.17 35780 x 35795 x 4.5 GEO 75.9+0.03W 
1997 Aug 6   mv in  GEO 115W 
1997 Aug 12    1436.13 35776 x 35797 x 4.7 GEO 114.9W+0.02W 
1998 Jan 6    1436.13 35781 x 35793 x 4.9 GEO 115.0W 
1998 Jan 7  Orbit raise  1452.73 35935 x 36289 x 4.9 
1998 Apr 2  1452.79 35938 x 36287 x 5.8 

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