Friday, May 26, 2000

Spacenet 3

 1988-018A


Spacenet 3 was launched in Mar 1988 and operated until late 1999. It carried a new Geostar R01 L-band package, replacing a failed package on Gstar-2.


Spacenet 3
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1988 Mar 11  2328:00  Launch by Ariane V21  CSG 
  T+0:07 PAP on 
  T+0:40 PAP sep 
  T+2:21 St 1 sep 
  T+2:24 St 2 MES 
  T+3:41 Fairing 
  T+4:42 St 2 sep 
  T+4:47 St 3 MES 
 2344:34  T+16:34 St 3 MECO 
 2346:23  T+18:23 Spacenet sep 
 2348:37  T+20:37 SYLDA sep  626.47 220 x 35528 x 7.1 
 2348:42  T+20:42 Telecom sep 
  T+21:04 Avoidance burn  641.63 259 x 36269 x 7.1 
1988 Mar 15  1758  Star 30C burn 
1988 Mar 15    1429.68 35547 x 35774 x 0.1 GEO 94.2W+1.6E 
1988 Mar 18    GEO 2W + 2/d 
1988 Mar 21    1435.02 35755 x 35776 x 0.1 GEO 87.5W+0.2E 
1988 Mar 27    1436.12 35776 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 87.0W 
1988 Mar 28    GEO 87.1W 
1990 Apr 19    1436.13 35785 x 35789 x 0.1 GEO 87.0W 
1992 May 12    1436.12 35781 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 87.0W 
1994 Aug 1    1436.12 35775 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 87.0W 
1996 Oct 8    1436.13 35764 x 35808 x 0.0 GEO 87.0W 
1997 Sep 29   mv out GEO 88W 
1997 Oct 9   mv in  GEO 83W 
1997 Dec 27    1436.07 35775 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 83.0W 
1999 Jun 15    1436.12 35769 x 35804 x 0.0 GEO 83.0W 

Kosmos 654

  1974-032A


Operating with Kosmos-651, the second of the pair changed orbit at the end of Jul 1974.


Kosmos-654 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1974 May 17  0653:15  Launch by 11K69  NIIP-5 
 0655 Stage 2 burn 
 0657? Stage 2 sep 
 0707? DU burn 
 0717? Stage 2 reentry 
 1411   89.65 246 x 266 x 65.0 
1974 May 18  0500   89.63 248 x 265 x 65.0 (RAE) 
1974 May 19  2258   89.66 250 x 264 x 65.0 
1974 Jul 1    89.64 249 x 263 x 65.0 
1974 Jul 29  1022   89.64 249 x 263 x 65.0 
1974 Jul 30  1338? DU, radar sep 
  Reactor section raise orbit 
 1430? DV2 
1974 Jul 30  1700  DU  89.59 248 x 261 x 65.0 (RAE 32B) 
1974 Jul 30  1821  Reactor section (approx) 104.49 963 x 977 x 65.0 
 2334  Reactor section  104.44 911 x 1025 x 65.0 
1974 Aug 4   DU reentry
1974 Sep 1  0000  Radar  88.78 203 x 226 x 65.0 (RAE 32C) 
1974 Sep 1  0000  Reactor  104.44 913 x 1024 x 65.0 (RAE 32A) 
1974 Sep 7   Radar reentry
1989 Jan 2    104.43 922 x 1013 x 64.9 
1998 Aug 7    104.41 915 x 1018 x 65.0 

Monday, May 22, 2000

Kosmos 917

 1977-047A


Kosmos-971 was an LKI satellite with the TV system.


Kosmos-917 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1977 Jun 16  0158 Launch by 8K78M  Plesetsk 
  BVGD sep 
  GO sep 
  T+4:46 Blok A sep 
  T+4:56 KhO sep 
  T+8:46 Blok-I MECO 
 0206 T+8:50 Blok-I sep 
  T+1:00? BOZ burn 
 0258?  T+1:00? BOZ sep 
  2BL burn 
  2BL MECO 
 0301?  T+1:03 2BL sep  
1977 Jun 16    726.0 585x40176x62.9 
1977 Nov   718.7 586x39818x62.9

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