Tuesday, March 20, 2001

Hot Bird 1

 

1995-016A


The Spacebus 2000 class satellite Eutelsat II F-6 was enhanced to carry 16 higher power (70W instead of 50W) Ku-band transponders and renamed Hot Bird 1. It will be stationed above Africa to provide direct television broadcasting for Europe and the Mediterranean. The satellite was built by Aerospatiale and has a 22.4 m span.


Hot Bird 1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1995 Mar 28  2314  Launch by Ariane 44LP (V71)  CSG ELA2 
 2317  T+3:14? Stage 1 sep 
 2318  T+4:07? Fairing sep 
 2319  T+5:27? Stage 2 sep 
 2319  T+5:32? Stage 3 burn 
 2332  Stage 3 MECO 
 2334? HB1 sep 
 2337?  T+23? Spelda sep
 2339?  T+25? Brasilsat sep
1995 Mar 29    631.40 228 x 35775 x 7.0 
1995 Mar 30  1250?  LAM-1 
1995 Mar 30    762.21 6654 x 35870 x 3.5 
1995 Mar 31  1330?  LAM-2 
1995 Apr 1    1330.30 31489 x 35889 x 0.4 
1995 Apr 2   LAM-3 
1995 Apr 9    1436.18 35779 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 12.5E+0.03W 
1995 Aug 23    1436.17 35768 x 35807 x 0.0 GEO 13.0E 
1997 Jan 28    1435.95 35750 x 35817 x 0.0 GEO 13.1E 
1997 Feb 25    1435.22 35250 x 36288 x 0.3 GEO 19.7E+0.2E 
1997 Apr 5    1435.58 35732 x 35820 x 0.1 GEO 18.9E 

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