Tuesday, May 22, 2001

Spacenet 1

 1984-049A


Southern Pacific Communications ordered the construction of SPC 1, an C/Ku hybrid RCA Astro-Electronics Series 3000 satellite. Before SPC 1 was launched, SPC's satellite subsidiary was acquired by GTE Corp. and merged with GTE Satellite Corp. to form GTE Spacenet Corp. The satellite was launched as Spacenet F1 in May 1984.

In Dec 1992 Spacenet 1 was sold to China National Postal and Telecommunications Appliances Corp. (CNTPAC), and renamed Zhongxing 5 (Chinastar 5). Zhongxing 5 is operated by the China Communications Broadcasting Satellite Co.


Spacenet F1 (Zhongxing 5) 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1984 May 23  0133:29  Launch by Ariane (V9)  CSG  
  T+2:25 St 1 MECO 
  T+2:30 Stage 2 burn 
  T+4:14 Fairing 
  T+4:51 St 2 sep  -5000 x 290  
  T+4:55 Stage 3 burn 9:21  
 0147:45 T+14:16 Stage 3 MECO 
 0149:16 T+15:47 Stage 3 sep 
 0149:22 Stage 3 CCAM 
 0700?  Apo 1 
 1230? Peri 1 
 1800? Apo 2 
 2300? Peri 2 
1984 May 24  
 0400? Apo 3 
 0930? Peri 3 
 1500? Apo 4 
 2000? Peri 4 
1984 May 25    631.35 216 x 35784 x 7.1 
 0130? Apo 5 
 0630? Peri 5 
 1200? Apo 6 
 1700? Peri 6 
 2200?  Apo 7  
1984 May 26  
 0330? Peri 7 
 0900? Apo 8 
 1400? Peri 8 
 1900? Apo 9 
1984 May 26  1912?  Star 30B burn 8th apo, 20s 
1984 May 26    1442.62 35564 x 36263 x 0.3 GEO 97.0W+1.6W 
1984 Jun 6    1437.44 35789 x 35836 x 0.1 GEO 119.8W+0.4W 
1984 Jun 11    1436.09 35785 x 35787 x 0.1 GEO 120.0W 
1986 Mar 12    1436.12 35783 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 120.1W 
1988 Nov 9    1436.07 35785 x 35786 x 0.0 GEO 120.0W 
1990 Jan 24    1436.08 35773 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 120.0W 
1992 Mar 16    1436.08 35781 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 120.0W 
1992 Dec   Sold to CNPTAC 
1983 Apr 13    1436.07 35772 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 120.0W 
1993 Apr 15   Out of GEO  dr E 
1993 Apr 17    1442.02 35860 x 35944 x 0.0 GEO 121.8W+1.5W 
1993 Jun 22   mv in  1435.93 35773 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 115.6E+0.03E 
1993 Jun 26   Into GEO  GEO 115E 
1993 Jun 26   Renamed Zhongxing 5 
1993 Jul 5    1436.10 35785 x 35788 x0.0 GEO 115.5E 
1994 May 30    1436.16 35778 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 115.7E 
1995 Sep 1    1436.12 35784 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 115.6E 
1997 May 9    1436.12 35782 x 35791 x 1.0 GEO 115.6E 
1999 Jul 6    1436.11 35778 x 35795 x 2.4 GEO 115.6E

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