Sunday, January 28, 2001

Progress M1-2

 2000-021A


11F615A55 No 252 was Progress M1-2, launch mass 7280 kg. The vehicle was heavily laden with fuel to raise Mir's orbit. It carried 200 kg of fuel as well as 1939 kg of other cargo.

The vehicle undocked on Oct 15, during the STS-92 mission to ISS.


Progress M1-2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2000 Apr 25  2008:02  Launch by Soyuz-U  KB 
 2012  Blok A sep 
 2016  Blok I MECO 
 2016:51  Blok I sep  
 2353:17  TCM1   
2000 Apr 26  0037:54  TCM2 89.40 235 x 253 x 51.7 
2000 Apr 26  2103:55  TCM3 1.1m/s 
2000 Apr 27  2128:47  Docked Kvant 
2000 Apr 28    91.13 327 x 332 x 51.6 
2000 May 2    91.98 358 x 384 x 51.6 
2000 May 8    92.07 367 x 384 x 51.6 
2000 Oct 15  1809:51  Undocked
 2241:23  Deorbit over Pacific 
 2329:40  Reentry 

Friday, January 26, 2001

DMSP 15

 1982-118A


DMSP satellite 17540 (S-6) was the first of an upgraded series, the Block 5D-2. For this spacecraft, the Thor/Star 37XE launch vehicle was replaced with a refurbished Atlas E ICBM. The 5D-2 retained the integral Star 37S kick stage to circularize the orbit. The first 5D-2, DMSP Block 5D-2 S-6, was launched on 1982 Dec 20 to becom F-6. In addition to the OLS weather imager, F-6 (17540) carried a vertical temperature profile radiometer, and three instruments to study energetic processes in the ionosphere - an electron spectrometer, an X-ray spectrometer and a plasma monitor.


DMSP 17540 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1982 Dec 21  0238  Launch by Atlas E  
 0240  T+2:04 Booster sep 
 0240  T+2:24 Fairing sep
 0243:21 T+5:21 SECO 
 0243:50  Atlas sep 
 0248:27  T+10:27 Star 37S burn 43.4s 
 0249:10  Star 37S burnout 
 0249:43  T+11:43 Orbit trim, 816 x 828  
 0255  Solar array deploy 
   817 x 839 x 98.7 
1983 Jan   OLS covers jettison 
1987 Aug 24   OLS failed
1993 Aug   Still transmitting 

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Thursday, January 25, 2001

DFH-7

  1976-117A


FSW No. 3 recovered its capsule after 3 days in space,owing to the mission undergoing attitude control problems.


FSW 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1976 Dec 7  0436  Launch by CZ2  JQ 
 0438  T+2:10 MECO 
 0438  Stage 2 burn 
 0440?  T+4:02? Stage 2 MECO 
 0443?  Stage 2 VECO 
 0443? CZ-2C sep  91.0 172 x 479 x 59.5 
1976 Dec    90.9 174 x 469 x 59.5 
1976 Dec 9  0344? Capsule sep 
 0344? Retro 
1976 Dec 9  0357  Capsule recovered after 3d 
1977 Jan 2   Reentered 

Wednesday, January 24, 2001

USA-153

 2000-065A


DSCS 3 B11 was launched by Atlas 2A. It was the second with SLEP enhancements and will replace B4. Size is 1.8 x 2.1m with 11.6m span. Launch mass 1230 kg. Control from 3SOPS/Schriever.


DSCS III B-11 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2000 Oct 20  0040  Launch by Atlas IIA AC-140  CC SLC36A 
  T+2:44 BECO 
  T+2:47 Booster sep 
  T+3:15 71 km 2.86 km/s 
  T+3:52 Fairing sep 
  T+4:41 SECO 
  T+4:44 Atlas sep 
  T+5:01 Centaur MES-1 
 0050 T+10:09 Centaur MECO-1  148 x 898 x 29.3 
  T+22:18 Centaur MES-2 
 0103 T+23:44 Centaur MECO-2 
 0106 T+26:39 Centaur sep 

The Lancelot-Grail Reader: Selections from the Medieval French Arthurian Cycle

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Hexagon 10

  1975-051A


HEXAGON Mission 10 maintained its orbit until around Oct 27; then dipped the perigee to 148 km, went into an elliptical 175 x 272 km orbit, and finally to a 165 x 240 km orbit before deorbiting on Nov 5.


HEXAGON 10 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1975 Jun 8  1830 Launch by Titan IIID  V SLC 4E 
  T+1:49? Stage 1 burn 2:27 
  T+1:55 SRM burnout  
  T+1:55 SRM sep 
  T+4:16 Stage 1 MECO 
  T+4:16 Stage 1 sep 
  T+4:16 Stage 2 burn 
  T+5:05? Fairing 
 1837? T+7:44? Stage 2 MECO 
 1838? T+8:00 Stage 2 sep 
   88.8 154 x 269 x 96.4 
1975 Jun 8  2056   88.68 156 x 262 x 96.4 
 2300?  Subsat eject? 
1975 Jun 10    88.78 155 x 272 x 96.4 
1975 Jun 24  2043?  SRV-1 recovered 
1975 Jul 1    88.74 156 x 267 x 96.4 
1975 Jul 28   Mapping camera op 198 last image 
1975 Jul 29   SRV-2 recovered 
1975 Jul 29 2114? SRV-5 deorbit opp 
 2150? SRV 1210-5 recovered after 51d 
1975 Jul 29    88.71 154 x 267 x 96.3 
1975 Aug 3   DB-12 turned off 
1975 Aug 16    88.69 152 x 266 x 96.3 
1975 Sep 4  2104? SRV-3 recovered 
1975 Sep 13    88.87 153 x 283 x 96.3 
1975 Oct 6  2100? SRV-4 recovered 
1975 Oct 7    88.66 146 x 270 x 96.2 
1975 Oct 28    88.32 148 x 234 x 96.2 
1975 Oct 30    88.92 175 x 267 x 96.3 
1975 Nov 5  1200  88.46 165 x 230 x 96.34 
1975 Nov 5  2128? Reentered after 150d 

Tuesday, January 23, 2001

Symphonie 2

  1975-077A


The Symphonie 2 (MV2) satellite built by the CIFAS/Aerospatiale consortium for CNES and DFVLR was launched in Aug 27. It joined MV1 at 11.5W. Space Command elements were not released for much of 1985, but it appears that the orbit was raised to 1440 minutes in the third quarter of that year and the satellite was presumably decommissioned at that time.


Symphonie 2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1975 Aug 27  0141:00  Launch by Delta 2914  CC LC17 
  T+0:38 SRM 1-6 out 
  T+0:39 SRM 7-9 on 
  T+1:17 SRM 7-9 out 
  T+1:27 SRM 1-9 sep 
  T+3:48 MECO 
  T+3:56 St 1 sep 
 0145:01  T+4:01 Delta SES-1 4:49  
  T+4:50 Fairing 
 0149:50 T+8:50 SECO-1 169 km 7.955 km/s  170 x 706? x 27.0?  
 0205:05 T+24:05 SES-2 17s 137m/s? 372 km 
 0205:22 T+24:22 SECO-2  409 x 2019 x 25.3 
 0206:16 T+25:16 St 2 sep 
 0206:56 T+25:57 TES 44s 
 0207:40 T+26:40 TECO 
 0208:55 T+27:54 St 3 sep  413 x 37974 x 13.16 
  SES-3 experimental, 10s 
  SECO-3 
1975 Aug 29  1548 LAM burn to GEO, 19:50 
 1608 LAM complete 
1975 Aug 29?   Despin weights? 
1975 Aug 30    1436.1 35768 x 35806 x 0.20 GEO 11.5W 
1976 May   Drift off station 
1976 Jun   On station  GEO 11.5W 
1977 Jan 21    1436.18 35750 x 35826 x 0.5 GEO 11.4W 
1979 Sep 30    GEO 11.5W 
1980 Aug 19    1436.09 35748 x 35825 x 2.0 GEO 11.3W 
1982 Oct    GEO 11W 
1984 Jul    GEO 11W 
1984 Oct 15    1436.14 35747 x 35827 x 5.3 GEO 11.3W 
1985 late   Orbit raise to 1440 minutes 
1987 Apr 22    1440.43 35853 x 35889 x 7.5  
1994 Mar 2    1440.47 35847 x 35896 x 12.9 
1999 Apr 19    1440.57 35853 x 35895 x 14.8 

Hexagon 14

 1978-029A


Mission 14 operated in a 160 x 240 km orbit from Mar 16 to Apr 22; from Apr 23 to Sep 9 it was in a 160 x 255 km orbit. Its orbit entered a period of rapid decay on Sep 9 and it was deorbited on Sep 11.


HEXAGON 14 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1978 Mar 16  1840? Launch by Titan IIID  V SLC4E 
  T+1:49? Stage 1 burn 2:27 
  T+1:55 SRM burnout  
  T+1:55 SRM sep 
  T+4:16 Stage 1 MECO 
  T+4:16 Stage 1 sep 
  T+4:16 Stage 2 burn 
  T+5:05? Fairing 
 1847? T+7:44? Stage 2 MECO 
 1848? T+8:00 Stage 2 sep 
   88.5 160 x 240 x 96.4 
1978 Mar 17   Titan stage 2 reentered  (166 x 231 x 96.4) 
   88.47 160 x 237 x 96.4 
1978 Mar 17    88.42 157 x 234 x 96.4 
1978 Apr 1    88.43 157 x 236 x 96.4 
1978 Apr 20  2100? SRV-1 MAR 
1978 Apr 22  0622   88.47 161 x 235 x 96.4 
1978 Apr 23  1950? Orbit raise 
1978 Apr 23  2042   88.77 165 x 262 x 96.4 
1978 Apr 29    88.60 163 x 247 x 96.4 
1978 May 1    88.67 167 x 249 x 96.4 
1978 May 16   Map op 253 
1978 May 31   Op 300 
1978 Jun 1    88.56 164 x 242 x 96.4 
1978 Jun 1  2109? SRV-2 MAR 
1978 Jun 12   Op 325 
1978 Jun 14   Op 340 
1978 Jun 21   Op 360 
1978 Jul 1    88.73 165 x 258 x 96.4 
1978 Jul 6  Op 380 
1978 Jul 10  Op 386 
1978 Jul 11  2044? SRV5 deorbit opp 
 2120? SRV 1214-5 recovered after 117d 
1978 Jul 12    88.61 164 x 247 x 96.34 
1978 Jul 22  2120? SRV-3 MAR 
1978 Aug 1    88.67 164 x 252 x 96.3 
1978 Sep 2    88.63 162 x 250 x 96.3 
1978 Sep 9  2039? SRV-4 deorbit  
1978 Sep 9  2308   88.51 164 x 236 x 96.3 
1978 Sep 11  1159   88.26 158 x 218 x 96.3 
1978 Sep 11  2125? Reentered after 179d 

Kosmos 1215

 1980-083A



Kosmos-1215 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1980 Oct 14  2041 Launch by 11K65M  Plesetsk 
 2043  S3 burn 
 2049? T+8m? S3 MECO-1 
 2114? T+33m? S3 MES-2 
 2114? S3 sep 
1980 Oct 14    95.1 498x550x74.0 
1983 May 12   reentered 

Monday, January 22, 2001

STS-86 (Atlantis)

 1997-055A


Like earlier Mir flights, STS-86 was flown with the internal airlock present, and the shell of the external airlock in the payload bay supporting the Orbiter Docking System. The internal airlock would be removed during the next maintenance period.

Lawrence was replaced by Wolf on Jul 31 since she was too small (1.60m) to operate the Orlan EVA suit, and NASA wanted the US astronaut available to support Spektr repair EVAs. A GAS payload was removed from the payload bay to save mass in favor of extra replacement parts for Mir. G-036, for El Paso Community College, was on a GABA in bay 13S together with the SEEDS can.

The EVA suits for STS-86 featured the first operational use of SAFER, using the first two production flight units.

The Spektr Solar Array Cap (SSAC), loaded at the last minute, was installed in the airlock until needed for the EVA. The EVA would retrieve the MEEP packages from the SO, and would test the SAFER hand controller. DTO 671 involved tests of the common PFR, and the rigidized MUT (Multi Use Tether) with its end effector and tool carrier. EV1 was Parazynski with PLSS 5, EV2 was Vladimir Titov with PLSS 4 in the first use of a US EVA suit by a Russian.


STS-86 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1997 Jul 31   ET/SRB mate 
1997 Aug 12   OV/ET mate 
1997 Aug 18   Roll to LC39A 
1997 Sep 26 0234:19  Launch  LC39A 
 0236  SRB sep 
 0242:49  MECO T+8:30 88.28 81 x 297 x 51.7 
 0242  ET sep 
 0316:09  OMS 2 108s 52m/s  90.05 256 x 297 x 51.7  
 0407:48  PLBD open 
 0559:09  NC1 OMS-3 59s 29m/s 
 1726:15  NC2 OMS-4 37s 17m/s 
1997 Sep 27  0322:20  NC3 RCS 18s 1m/s 
 1559:25  NC4 OMS-5 26s 13m/s 
 1634:13  NCC RCS 7s 0.5m/s 
1997 Sep 27  1731:50  TI burn 23s 2m/s 
 1741:13  MC1 
 1825:13  MC2 
 1842:13  MC3 
 1852:13  MC4 
 1902  200m on +Rbar 
  Rbar approach 
 1957:46  Docking 
 2006:05  Hard dock 
 2145  Hatch open 
1997 Sep 28  1549  Wolf to Mir crew, Foale to STS 
 1634  Official crew exch. (MR) 
1997 Oct 1  1715  Begin depress 
 1725?  Depress EVA-1 
  Parazynski, Titov 
 1729  On battery power 
 1732  Complete depress (MR) 
 1738  Hatch open, EV1 egress 
 1742  EV2 egress 
 1828  MEEP 2 retrieved from SO 
 1850  MEEP 2 stowed  
 1916  MEEP 1 retrieved 
 1940  MEEP 1 stowed 
 1957  MEEP 4 retrieved 
 2015  MEEP 4 stowed 
 2030  MEEP 3 retrieved 
 2044MEEP 3 stowed 
 2103  SSAC transferred to SO 
 2125SAFER tests 
 2223Ingress 
 2230  Repress 
1997 Oct 2  2245  Hatches to Mir closed 
 2306  Hatches closed (MR) 
1997 Oct 3  1728:15  Undocked from SO 
 1735s Pause 27m below Mir 
 1740s  Resume flyaway 
 1753s  Pause at 90m 
 1758s  Resume 
 1808s  180m below Mir 
 1813s  Reapproach to 75m 
 1836s  Stationkeep at 73m 
 1930  Begin flyaround, 46min  
 1940  Observed Spektr air pulse test 
 2003  Second air pulse test 
 2016  Sep burn (not in MR) 
 2225:27  OMS-6 Sep2 burn 19.6s 10m/s 
1997 Oct 4  2032:14  SIMPLEX OMS-7 burn, 10s 2.5m/s 
1997 Oct 5  1916  PLBD closed 
  Deorbit cancelled 
 2343  PLBD opened 
1997 Oct 6  1806  PLBD closed  91.90 353 x 381 x 51.7 
 2047:45  OMS DO 3:15 104.9m/s  -3 x 381 x 51.7  
 2123EI 
 2155:12  Landed at KSC RW15 10d19h20:50 
 2155:19  NGTD 
 2156:31  WS 10:19:22:12 

Soyuz 36

 1980-041A


Soyuz-36 (7K-T No. 52) was launched in May 1980 carrying Valeriy Kubasov and Bertalan Farkas. Farkas was a Lt. Col. in the Magyar (Hungarian) Air Force. The ship docked with Salyut-6's rear port; the crew left it there for use by the EO-4 host crew, Leonid Popov and Valeriy Ryumin, who moved it to the front port. Soyuz-36 was then used to return the Soviet-Vietnamese crew to Earth at the end of July.


Soyuz-36 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1980 May 26  1820:39  Launch by Soyuz-U  KB 
 1822 Blok BVGD sep 
 1824  Blok A sep 
 1829  Blok I MECO 
 1830Blok-I sep  88.99 191 x 264 x 51.60 
 2200 90.09 250 x 313 x 51.62 
1980 May 27  1620  TCM coelliptic 
 1957  Docked Salyut-6 +X 
 2006  Hard dock 
 2301  Hatch open, crew to Salyut 
1980 Jun 4  1445EO-4 crew to Soyuz 
 1608Undocked +X 
 1839Docked -X 
 1920EO-4 crew to Salyut 
1980 Jul 31  0852  EP-4 crew to Soyuz, HC 
 1152  Undocked -X 
 1425  Deorbit 
 1429  DO CO  
 1446? Modules sep 
 1451?  Entry  
 1515:02  Landed 180 km SE of Dzezkazgan 

Apollo 16 (Orion)

  1972-031C


Lunar Module 11 `Orion' was the second J-class LM to fly, on the Apollo 16 mission to the Descartes Highlands. Crew of Orion were Capt. John Young, USN and Lt-Col Charles Duke, USAF.

Orion landed at Cayley-Descartes, 8.99S 15.51E.

Duke: `Contact. Stop. PRO. ENGINE ARM. Wow - wild, man! Look at that!' Young: `Pro. Engine Arm. Descent Engine Command Override. Okay, 413'. Duke: `Check the APS'. Young: `Well, we don't have to walk far to pick up rocks, Houston. We're down among them'.

After a sleep period, Young began the mission's first moonwalk. `There you are - mysterious and unknown Descartes Highland Plains. Apollo 16 is going to change your image. I'm sure glad they got ol' Brer Rabbit, here, back in the briar patch where he belongs'.


Orion 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1972 Apr 16   Launch by Saturn V (SA-511)  KSC LC39A 
 2153:15  Extracted from S-4B-511 by CSM 113 
1972 Apr 18  0300  Checkout 
 0500  Power down 
1972 Apr 18  2324  Checkout 
1972 Apr 19  0100? Power down 
1972 Apr 20  1501  Crew entry, power up 
 1808  Undocked from CSM 113  19 x 110 
  RCS burn 
1972 Apr 21  0211:25  DPS burn, PDI 2.04km/s 
 0223:35  Landed at Descartes Base  
1972 Apr 21  1647:33  LEVA-1 begin depress 
 1648:02  At 1psi 
 1648:36  At 0.5 psi 
 1649:34  HO 
 1654:45  CDR egress 
 1655? Jettison bag 
 1658:05  CDR on surface 
 1659  LMP egress 
 1700  LMP on surface 
 1716  LRV-2 deployed 
 1815  ALSEP packages removed from LM 
 1827  LMP carrying ALSEP 
 1845? ALSEP deploy 
 2001  Geophone charge fired 
 2002:38  Geophone 
 2003:19  Geophone 
 2003:53 Geophone 
 2004:49 Geophone 5 
 2005:28 Geophone 6 
 2006:15 Geophone 7 
 2006:50 Geophone 8 
 2008+  Geophone 9-18 
 2015  Geophone 19 
  Traverses 
 2334  LMP ingress 
 2355  CDR ingress 
 2356:52 HC 
 2357:50  Begin repress 
 2358  (CDR 07:00, LMP 06:43) 
 2358:18  2 psi 
 2358:40  3.5psi? 
1972 Apr 22  0000  Hatch locked (was closed at 2356) 
 1633:25  Depress 3.5psi for LEVA-2 
1972 Apr 22  1633  LEVA-2  
 1634:41  Depress at 0.3psi 
 1635  HO 
 1639  CDR egress 
 1640  Jett bag 
 1641  CDR on surface 
 1642  LMP egress 
 1643  LMP on surface 
  LRV to Stone Mountain 
 2344  LMP ingress 
 2347  Unid object jettisoned 
 2353  CDR ingress 
 2355:27 HC and locked 
 2355:55  Begin repress 
 2356:06  Pressure at 1psi 
 2356  At 3.5psi, 7:23:26 
1972 Apr 23  1525:20  LEVA-3 at 3.5psi 
 1526  At 0.7psi? 
 1527:25? HO 
 1531  CDR egress 
 1532:05? Jett bag 
  (CWGs, LCGs, sleep restraints) 
 1532  CDR on surface 
 1533  LMP on porch 
 1534  LMP on surface 
  Traverse to North Ray Crater 
 2054  LMP ingress 
 2102  CDR ingress 
 2103:47  HC and locked 
 2105  Repress (depress/3.5psi 05:40) 
  Cdr 05:30, LMP 05:19 
 2213:09 Begin ED depress 
 2213:42  At 1 psi 
 2213:59 At 0.5psi 
 2215:08  HO 
 2215  PLSS ejected 
 2216  PLSS and ISS jett bag ejected 
 2216:53  HC and locked 
 2217  Repress 
  Hatch closed, repress (00:05?) 


Orion 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1972 Apr 24  0125:48  Launch from LM11 DS, Descartes 
  LM mass 4965 kg 
 0132:56  DPS shutdown,LOI  15 x 74 
   16 x 78 (PAO) 
 0136:18  RCS tweak 3m/s 
 0220:05  TPI 23m/s 74 x 119 
 0302:42  TPF 9m/s, Rendezvous CSM 113 at 0.5km 
 0310  Stationkeeping with CSM 
 0334  Soft dock 
 0335:18  Docked with CSM 113 
 0410? HO 
  Crew transfer to CSM 
 2030?  HC 
 2054:12  Undocked, tumbling  100 x 126 
  Mass 2392 kg 
1972 Apr 25  1200?  End of transmissions 

Sunday, January 21, 2001

STS-90 (Columbia)

 1998-022A


STS-90 carried Neurolab, the final Spacelab mission. The first attempt to launch was scrubbed prior to tanking on Apr 16 when a network signal processor, used to relay data to TDRS or MILA, failed in tests. Launch the following day went without a hitch. STS-90 was the first test of the OMS Assist Maneuver, in which the OMS engines are fired shortly after SRB separation to provide extra payload capacity to orbit.

The Spacelab payload carried a variety of life sciences experiments. The BDS carried human renal cells and leukemia cells for study. On Apr 25 the CO2 system (RCDRS, Regenerative Carbon Dioxide Removal System) failed, threatening an early return. However, the system was soon fixed and the mission continued. An unexpectedly large number of the baby rats died during the mission, but otherwise the flight was completed smoothly.


STS-90 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1998 Mar 16  1550  Roll to VAB 
1998 Mar 23  1230  Roll to LC39B 
1998 Apr 16  1215  Scrub with computer failure 
1998 Apr 17  1819:00  Launch by Shuttle from LC39B 
 1821:01  SRB sep 
 1821:15  OMS assist burn, 1:42 
 1822:58  OMS cutoff 
 1827:28 MECO  78 x 280 x 39.0 
   76 x 273 x 39.0 (STS-MR) 
 1827:48  ET sep 
 1900:27 OMS-2 1:50 52.1m/s  
 1902:18 OMS-2 CO 257 x 286 x 39.0 
 1956  PLBD open 
1998 Apr 21    89.90 256 x 282 x 39.0 
1998 Apr 22  2014:00  RCS orbit adjust 1 15s 1m/s  89.86 253 x 282 x 39.0 
1998 Apr 25  0345  CO2 scrub system failed 
1998 Apr 26   System repaired 
1998 Apr 27  1828:59  RCS orb adj 2 7s 0.5m/s  89.80 249 x 278 x 39.0 
1998 May 3  1235  PLBD closed  89.72 247 x 274 x 39.0 
 1510:10 OMS DO 2:19 64.9m/s 
 1512:30  OMS DO CO  87.53 31 x 272 x 39.0 
 1537:14  Entry interface 
 1608:59  MGTD KSC RW33, 15:21:49:59 
 1609:13  NGTD 
 1609:58 Wheels stop 

2230Tow to OPF/3 

Saturday, January 20, 2001

Globalstar 25

 1999-031A


The third Globalstar Delta flight carried M052, M049, M025 and M047. Spacecraft mass was 448 kg each, dispenser mass was 269 kg for a total cargo of 2061 kg.


Globalstar 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1999 Jun 10  1348:43  Launch by Delta 7420-10 CC LC17B 
  T+1:03 SRM 1-4 out 
  T+1:07 SRM 1-4 sep 
  T+4:24 MECO 
  T+4:37 SES 
  T+4:47 Fairing sep
 1400:01 T+11:18 SECO-1  185 x 1361 x 51.9 
 1450:35  T+1:01:52 SES-2 
 1451:01  T+1:02:18 SECO-2  1367 x 1367 x 52.0 
 1457:53  T+1:09:10 U1/U2 deploy 
 1502:03  T+1:13:20 L1/L2 deploy 
 1503  T+1:15 Stage 2 ullage 
 1537:03 T+1:48:20 SES-3 evasive 
  T+1:48:25 SECO-3  1010 x 1373 x 51.3 
 1544:33 T+1:55:50 SES-4 depletion 
  T+1:55:56 SECO-4  810 x 1370 x 51.5  
1999 Jun 12    113.16 1362 x 1380 x 52.0 
1999 Jun 16   Orbit raise 
1999 Jun 19    114.06 1411 x 1413 x 52.0 

Gorizont 29

 1993-072A


Gorizont No. 41 (the 30th to reach orbit) was launched by NPO PM for the Rimsat consortium based in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was also known as Rimsat-1.

Philippine Agila Satellite Inc (PASI) of Manila leased Gorizont No. 41 in Jan 1997 and moved it to 161 E in Mar 1997. It was then renamed PASI 1 or PASI/Agila 1.

In late 1998 it was again sold to Lockheed Martin Intersputnik and moved to 130E as satellite LMI AP-1.


Gorizont 41 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1993 Nov 18  1354:59  Launch by Proton-K  KB 
 1404  Stage 3 sep  191 x 192 x 51.7 
 1512?  DM2 burn 1  315 x 35052 x 57.3 
 2028?  DM2 burn 2 
 2032?  Blok-DM2 No. 85L sep 
1993 Nov 18    1399.59 35038 x 35099 x 1.5 GEO 87.9E+9.4E 
1993 Nov 28   mv in  1436.04 35758 x 35812 x 1.5 GEO 130.1E 
1994 Jan 1    1435.97 35768 x 35800 x 1.4 GEO 129.8E 
1994 Oct 11    1436.05 35782 x 35788 x 0.8 GEO 130.3E 
1995 Oct 29    1436.05 35780 x 35791 x 0.2 GEO 130.3E 
1997 Jan   Lease by PASI as PASI 1 
1997 Feb 1   mv out  1435.93 35776 x 35789 x 1.0 GEO 129.9E 
1997 Mar 8   mv in  GEO 161E 
1997 Mar 14    1436.12 35783 x 35790 x 1.1 GEO 160.9E 
1997 Nov 18    1436.06 35768 x 35803 x 1.6 GEO 160.6E 
1998 Oct 25    1436.13 35771 x 35803 x 2.3 GEO 160.6E 
1998 Nov 20   mv out  1438.35 35710 x 35850 x 2.3 GEO 158.6E+0.5W 
1998 Nov   Lease to LMI as AP-1 
1999 Jan 14   mv in  GEO 129.50E 
1999 Feb 23    1436.09 35759 x 35813 x 2.5 GEO 130.4E 
1999 Oct 17    1436.19 35780 x 35796 x 3.0 GEO 130.1E 

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