Friday, January 19, 2001

ECS-5

 1988-063B


ECS 5 (Eutelsat I F-5) provided TV broadcasting services for EUTELSAT. Control from ESA/Redu after early ops from ESOC. ECS 5 was placed at 16E for tests in Aug 1988, then drifted to its 10E station, arriving in Jan 1989.


ECS 5 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1988 Jul 21  2312:03  Launch by Ariane 3 V24  CSG ELA1 
  T+0:07 PAP burn 
  T+0:40 PAP sep 
  T+2:23 St 1 sep 
  T+2:26 Stage 2 burn 
  T+3:49 Fairing 
  T+4:29 St 2 MECO 
  T+4:34 St 2 sep 
 2316  T+4:39 Stage 3 burn 
 2328:38 T+16:35 St 3 MECO 
  T+17:56? spinup 
 2331:15 T+19:12 Insat sep 
 2333:34 T+21:31 Sylda 4400 upper section sep 
 2333:39 T+21:36 ECS sep 
1988 Jul 22  0500? Apo 1 
 1000? Peri 1 
 1600? Apo 2 638.59 267 x 36106 x 7.3 
 2100? Peri 2 
1988 Jul 23  0200? Apo 3 
 0730? Peri 3 
 1200? Apo 4 
1988 Jul 23  1223  Mage 2 burn 
  Deploy solar arrays 
1988 Jul 23    1429.12 35419 x 35881 x 0.1 GEO 27.0W + 1.8/d 
1988 Aug 15    1436.25 35766 x 35812 x 0.1 GEO 16.1E 
1988 Aug 24   Accepted by Eutelsat 
1988 Sep 5   mv out  1437.52 35651 x 35977 x 0.1 GEO 14.1E+0.3W 
1988 Sep 14    1437.45 35757 x 35868 x 0.0 GEE 11.1E+0.3W 
1989 Jan 5    1436.07 35689 x 35882 x 0.0 GEO 9.8E 
1989 Mar 24    1436.02 35767 x 35802 x 0.1 GEO 10.0E 
1991 Jan 24    1436.11 35784 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 10.0E 
1991 Jan 24?  Mv out 
1991 Feb   Mv in 21E 
1991 Jun 2    1436.15 35776 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 21.5E 
1991 Oct 9    1436.02 35743 x 35826 x 0.0 GEO 21.6E 
1997 Jan 29    1436.04 35779 x 35791 x 2.1 GEO 21.5E 
1998 Dec 22    1436.01 35766 x 35803 x 3.5 GEO 21.6E 
1988 Dec 22   Mv out? 
1999 Feb 12   mv in  1436.07 35774 x 35798 x 3.6 GEO 12.1W 
1999 Jun 11    1436.09 35769 x 35804 x 3.9 GEO 12.1W 
2000 May 10   1435.99 35764 x 35804 x 4.5 GEO 4.3E 

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