Tuesday, January 16, 2001

TV-Sat 2

 1989-062A


TV-SAT 2 was DBP Telekom's second Eurosatellite Spacebus 300 class direct broadcasting satellite. It was launched by Ariane 44LP with the Long Fairing, together with Hipparcos. Control was transferred to DBP/Usingen in mid-1990. In Feb 1995, TV-SAT 2 was leased to Telenor Satellite Services of Oslo, Norway from Deutsche Telekom, and moved to 1 deg W from 19W. It was later leased to Eutelsat.


TV-SAT 2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1989 Aug 8  2325:53  Launch by Ariane (V33)  CSG 
  T+0:03 PAP on 
  T+1:06 PAP sep 
  T+2:29 PAL sep 
  T+3:45 St 1 sep 
  T+3:37 St 2 MES 
 2330:39 T+4:46 Fairing  
  T+5:54 St 2 sep 
 2331:43 T+5:50 St 3 MES 
 2343:44  T+17:51 Stage 3 MECO 
 2346:25 T+20:32 TVsat sep 
 2349:55 T+23:02 Spelda sep 
 2350:00 T+23:07 Hipparcos sep 
  T+24:21 Stage 3 avoidance 
1989 Aug 11  1755  LAM1  12000? x 35700? 
1989 Aug 14  1206  LAM2  31000? x 35700? 
1989 Aug 14    1426.13 35532 x 35650 x 0.2 GEO 27.0W+2.5E 
1989 Aug 22    1435.53 35757 x 35794 x 0.2 GEO 19.3W+0.1E 
1989 Aug 30    1436.06 35772 x 35799 x 0.1 GEO 19.2W 
1991 Apr 7    1436.11 35765 x 35808 x 0.1 GEO 19.2W 
1993 Feb 19    1436.12 35759 x 35814 x 0.0 GEO 19.3W 
1995 Feb 4    1436.12 35766 x 35807 x 0.1 GEO 19.3W 
1995 Feb  Leased to Telenor Satellite Services  
1995 Feb   Mv out 
1995 Feb 17    1433.22 35713 x 35746 x 0.0 GEO 14.6W+0.7E 
1995 Mar 17   mv in  1436.09 35773 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 0.6W 
1998 Oct 19    1436.07 35765 x 35807 x 0.2 GEO 0.5W 
1998 Oct 24   mv out  
1998 Dec 6   mv in  1436.09 35766 x 35806 x 0.3 GEO 12.6W 
1999 Nov 15  1436.09 35761 x 35811 x 0.7 GEO 12.5W 

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