Saturday, August 25, 2001
Tuesday, August 21, 2001
Sirio 1
1977-080A
Sirio 1 tested Ku-band propagation, TV broadcasting and interactive video conferencing. NASA launched the satellite and controlled it for a 45 day test period after which control was from Fucino. After a successful 6 year test program at 15W, it was relocated to the Indian Ocean for experiments with the People's Republic of China. In 1985 the satellite was moved to 75.1E for VHF propagation experiments. The hydrazine ran out during this move and pressurization gas was used instead; 75.1E is a stable point where EW stationkeeping is not required. After that date it was operated intermittently. On 1989 Sep 28 it was switched off after performing end-of-life maneuvers.
Sirio was built by CIA SpA (Compagnia Industriale Aerospaziale, Roma), a consortium probably of Aeritalia and Selenia. They operated the spacecraft for 45 days, and then it was transferred to Telespazio from control from Fucino and Lario.
Launch mass was 398 kg. Size 1.44 dia 0.95 high cylinder bus, 2.0m high overall including antenna and ABM nozzle (1.5m without nozzle). The SNIA ABM is ellipsoid-cylinder 1.27 long 0.49 dia.
The apogee motor fuel was 178 kg with 500 kNs impulse. It gave a dV of 1.634 km/s in a 35 s burn using up 177kg of fuel and with an SI of 284s. On orbit the satellite was 220 kg (190 kg dry) and spun at 90 rpm. 30 kg of hydrazine.
Post 1999 TLEs for SIRIO appear to be cross-tagged with Ekran 9.
Sirio was moved to the eastern GEO stable point 75E in 1985; it librates between 74.4E and 75.9E.
| Sirio dry | 168 kg | |
| ABM dry | 22 kg | |
| ABM prop | 178 kg | |
| Hydrazine | 30 kg | |
| Total | 398 kg | |
Thanks to Ted Molczan:
| Objects mistagged as Sirio 1 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 Oct 23 | 08366 GOES-1? [Mistag] | 1437.71 35612 x 36023 x 1.3 GEO 116W+0.4W | |
| 1985 Mar 30-1999 | Insat 1A | 1435.005 35694 x 35836 x 4.08 | |
| 1999-2002 | ISON UI.41 (C00101) | ||
| Sirio 1 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 Aug 25 | 2349 | Launch by Delta 2313 | CC LC17 |
| T+0:38 SRM 1-3 off | |||
| T+1:10 SRM 1-3 sep | |||
| T+3:48 MECO | |||
| T+3:56 Stage 1 sep | |||
| T+4:06 SES-1 | |||
| T+4:55 Fairing sep | |||
| 2358 | T+8:54 SECO-1 180? x 180? x 28.5 | ||
| 13 min coast | |||
| 1977 Aug 26 | 0010 | T+21:55 SES-2 | |
| 0011 | T+22:08 SECO-2 | 180? x 2081? | |
| 0012 | T+23:07 spinup | ||
| 0012 | T+23:09 Stage 2 sep | ||
| 0012 | T+23:51 Star 37D burn | ||
| 0013 | T+24:35 TECO | 230 x 37670 x 23.0 | |
| 0014 | T+25:47 Stage 3 sep | ||
| 0029? | Depletion | 872 x 2081 x 27.1 | |
| 0500? | Apo 1 | ||
| 1700? | Apo 2 | ||
| 1977 Aug 27 | 0400? | Apo 3 | |
| 1500? | Apo 4 | ||
| 1977 Aug 27 | 1457 | Sirio AKM burn | |
| 1977 Sep 8 | On station | GEO 15W | |
| 1977 Sep 15 | Final trim, 24 kg hydrazine left | ||
| 1977 Sep 29 | Fucino tests | ||
| 1977 Sep 29 | 0000 | To SIOCC Telespazio/Fucino | |
| 1977 Dec 1 | 1120 | EW trim burn 15.6W | |
| 1978 Mar 30 | 0745 | NS trim burn | |
| 1978 May 2 | 1911 | EW trim burn | GEO 15.6W |
| 1978 Jul 21 | GEO 14.6W | ||
| 1978 Oct 31 | 1612 | NS trim burn, 18.5 kg left | GEO 15.0W |
| 1978 Dec 12 | 1240 | EW trim | |
| 1979 Apr | GEO 15W | ||
| 1979 May 4 | NS and EW trim | ||
| 1979 Oct 30 | NS and EW trim | ||
| 1980 Dec | GEO 15.2W | ||
| 1981 Nov 5 | First archival TLE | 1436.21 35776 x 35801 x 0.1 GEO 24.9W | |
| 1982 Oct 30 | 1436.11 35767 x 35806 x 0.1 GEO 24.4W | ||
| 1983 Jan 9 | 1436.09 35772 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 24.5W | ||
| 1983 Mar | GEO 25W | ||
| 1983 Mar 24 | Out of GEO | ||
| 1983 Aug | Arrive 65E for PRC experiments | GEO 65E | |
| 1983 Aug 30 | 1436.34 35774 x 35808 x 0.5 GEO 65.3E | ||
| 1984 Mar | GEO 64E | ||
| 1985 Jan | GEO 65E | ||
| 1985 Jan 30 | 1436.01 35769 x 35800 x 1.7 GEO 65.2E | ||
| 1985 Feb 28 | mv out | 35760 x 35793 x 1.8 | |
| 1985 Mar 30 | 1435.53 35758 x 35792 x 1.9 GEO 70.8E+0.13E | ||
| 1985 Apr | AOCS problem | ||
| 1985 Apr 9 | Stop at 73.3E | ||
| 1985 Apr 10 | Fucino ground stn dismantled (to San Marco) | ||
| 1985 Apr 11 | Stop burns 1-2 | ||
| 1985 Apr 17 | Stop burn 3-12 | ||
| 1985 Sep | mv in at 75.1E | ||
| 1987 May 30 | [Mistag] | 1435.37 35733 x 35810 x 4.0 GEO 36.7E+0.2E | |
| 1987 | Orbital trim | ||
| 1989 | Attitude manuever tests | ||
| 1989 Jul 12 | [Mistag] | 1436.41 35726 x 35858 x 5.9 GEO 29.1E | |
| 1989 Sep 28 | end of ops | GEO 75E | |
| 1990 Mar 25 | [Mistag] | 1434.75 35704 x 35816 x 6.6 GEO +0.33E | |
| 1999 Apr 27 | [Mistag] | 1437.30 35721 x 35899 x 12.5 GEO 56.9E+0.3W | |
Saturday, August 18, 2001
Kosmos 1410
1982-096A
The S5M performance was lower than usual across both burns but this does not seem to have had a major impact on Kosmos-1410’s geodesy mission.
| Kosmos-1410 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 Sep 24 | 0915 | Launch by 11K68 | PL |
| T+2:00 St 1 sep | |||
| T+3:33 GO sep | |||
| T+4:38 St 2 sep, alt 148 km | -2700? x 200? x 82.6 | ||
| T+5:20 S5M burn 1, alt 172 km | -2700? x 200? x 82.6 | ||
| 0921 | T+6:52 S5M MECO-1, alt 222 km | -31 x 1502 x 82.6 | |
| T+42:18 BOZ burn | |||
| T+43:56 S5M MES2 | -31 x 1502 x 82.6 | ||
| T+44:15 S5M MECO2 | |||
| 0959 | T+44:45 S5M sep | ||
| 1982 Sep 25 | 116.0 1500x1522x82.6 | ||
Friday, August 10, 2001
Orbcomm FM5
1997-084F
8 satellites were launched to plane A on 1997 Dec 23. Each had mass 41 kg, was 1.0m dia and 0.17m high. Future planes would be B,C,D and G. The Pegasus XL rocket, launched from Wallops Island, entered transfer orbit, with the HAPS stage circularizing, dispensing, and then lowering perigee.
The HAPS stage was the first to be integrated by Primex rather than Orbital. It was also the first to make a depletion burn to avoid repeating the debris explosion of the second HAPS flight in 1994.
| Orbcomm A1 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 Dec 23 | 1813 | L-1011 takeoff from WFF | |
| 100 km E of Virginia, 12 km alt | |||
| 1911:42 | T+0:00 Drop by L-1011 | ||
| 1911:47 | Launch by Pegasus XL/HAPS | ||
| T+1:17 Pegasus stage 1 burnout | |||
| T+1:38 Stage 2 burn | |||
| T+2:18 Fairing sep | |||
| T+2:49 Stage 2 burnout | |||
| T+6:14 Stage 2 sep | |||
| 1917 | T+6:14 Stage 3 burn | ||
| 1919:03 | T+7:21 Stage 3 burnout | ||
| 1920:02 | T+8:20 Stage 3 sep | 298 x 734 x 5.0 | |
| 1920:03 | T+8:21 HAPS burn 1 34s | ||
| 1920:37 | T+8:55 HAPS cutoff, transfer orbit | 300? x 825? x 45.0 | |
| 2004:21? | T+52:39 HAPS burn 2 223s | ||
| 2008:04? | T+56:22 HAPS cutoff | 825 x 836 x 45.0 | |
| 2008 | T+57:02 A5 sep | ||
| 2010 | T+59:02 A6 sep | ||
| 2012 | T+61:02 A7 sep | ||
| 2014 | T+1:03:02 A8 sep | ||
| 2016 | T+1:05:02 A1 sep | ||
| 2018 | T+1:07:02 A2 sep | ||
| 2020 | T+1:09:02 A3 sep | ||
| 2022 | T+1:11:02 A4 sep | ||
| 2025? | HAPS depletion | 97.1 410 x 827 x 42.7 | |
Monday, August 6, 2001
Molniya-1S
1974-060A
Molniya-1S, 11F658 No. 38, was launched by a Proton from Baikonur in Jul 1974, to test out communications from geostationary orbit and the new Blok DM booster.
| Molniya-1S | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 Jul 29 | 1200:00 | Launch by Proton | KB |
| 1209 | Stage 3 sep | ||
| 1316? | DM burn 1 | 200? x 35840? x 47.3 | |
| 1845? | DM burn 2 | ||
| 1850? | DM sep | ||
| 1974 Jul 29 | 0417 | 1439.00 35843 x 35843 x 0.1 | |
| 1977 Aug 20 | 0418 | 1435.91 35751 x 35814 x 2.5 GEO 41.7E+0.04W | |
| 1978 Apr 3 | 1015 | 1435.11 35726 x 35808 x 2.9 GEO 86.1E+0.2E | |
| 1981 Jan 24 | 1300 | 1436.43 35732 x 35855 x 4.9 GEO 105.2E+0.1E | |
| 1981 Apr 23 | 1436.97 35753 x 35854 x 5.0 GEO 92.0E+0.2W | ||
| 1981 May 7 | 1437.04 35745 x 35865 x 5.1 GEO 88.8E+0.2W | ||
| 1983 Jan 28 | 1435.75 35732 x 35827 x 6.2 GEO 105.9E+0.07E | ||
| 1987 Oct 27 | 1436.32 35758 x 35823 x 9.7 GEO 107.1E+0.0E | ||
| 1988 Jan 28 | 1436.93 35768 x 35837 x 9.9 GEO 94.2E+0.2W | ||
| 1989 May 5 | 1435.10 35725 x 35808 x 10.9 GEO 64.8E+0.2W | ||
| 1992 Aug 29 | 1436.96 35762 x 35845 x 13.1 GEO 92.5E+0.2W | ||
| 1996 Mar 3 | 1435.15 35743 x 35793 x 14.7 GEO 61.1E+0.2W | ||
| 1998 Aug 1 | 1435.04 35727 x 35804 x 15.2 GEO 71.6E+0.2W | ||
Thursday, August 2, 2001
Marisat 2
1976-053A
Comsat General's second maritime communications satellite, Marisat F-2, was stationed at 177E to become Marisat Pacific. In 1982, it was leased by INMARSAT to become their Pacific Primary satellite, being replaced in that role in late 1983 by Intelsat 507.
| Marisat 2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Jun 10 | 0009 | Launch by Delta 2914 | CC LC17 |
| 0012 | Thor sep | ||
| 0013 | T+4:01? SES-1 4:59? | ||
| 0018:00 | SECO-1 | ||
| 0030:44 | T+21:44 SES-2 9s | ||
| 0030:53 | T+21:53 SECO-2 | ||
| 0031:54 | T+22:54 Stage 2 sep | ||
| 0032:36 | T+23:36 TES | ||
| 0033:20 | T+24:20 TECO | ||
| 0034:32 | T+25:32 Stage 3 sep | 185 x 36924 x 25.5 | |
| 0127:20 | SES-3 test 1s | ||
| 0127:21 | SECO-3 | 273 x 649 x 28.5 | |
| 0800? | Apo 1 over 61E | ||
| 1900? | Apo 2 over 103W | ||
| 1976 Jun 11 | 0600? | Apo 3 over 92E | |
| 1700? | Apo 4 over 70W | ||
| 1976 Jun 12 | 0030 | AKM | |
| 1976 Jun | GEO 176.5E | ||
| 1977 Jan 18 | (9478) | 1436.08 35781 x 35791 x 2.1 GEO 175.9E | |
| 1977 Dec 7 | (9478) | 1436.16 35778 x 35796 x 1.5 GEO 176.3E | |
| 1978 Jan 30 | (9478) | 1435.97 35770 x 35798 x 1.4 GEO 176.7E | |
| 1978 Feb 8 | (9478) | 1435.97 35769 x 35798 x 1.3 GEO 177.0E | |
| 1978 Feb 8 | (8882) | 1435.97 35769 x 35798 x 1.3 GEO 177.0E | |
| 1980 Mar 5 | (8882) | 1436.02 35772 x 35797 x 0.2 GEO 176.7E | |
| 1981 Sep 15 | (8882) | 1435.98 35772 x 35796 x 1.4 GEO 176.8E | |
| 1981 Sep | GEO 176E+0.00 | ||
| 1981 Oct 1 | (9478) | 1436.19 35778 x 35798 x 1.5 GEO 176.4E | |
| 1982 Feb | Control to INMARSAT | ||
| 1982 May 25 | (9478) | 1436.22 35782 x 35795 x 2.0 GEO 176.6E | |
| 1982 Oct | INMARSAT Pacific Primary | GEO 176E | |
| 1983 Mar 5 | (9478) | 1436.17 35775 x 35800 x 2.4 GEO 174.9E | |
| 1983 May 20 | (9478) | 1436.14 35776 x 35798 x 2.8 GEO 176.2E | |
| 1983 late | Replaced by I-507 MCS | ||
| 1984 Sep 16 | (9478) | 1436.12 35782 x 35792 x 4.0 GEO 176.2E | |
| 1986 Aug 19 | (9478) | 1436.16 35783 x 35792 x 5.7 GEO 176.2E | |
| 1990 Jan 4 | (9478) | 1436.14 35782 x 35792 x 8.7 GEO 176.2E | |
| 1991 Jul 18 | (9478) | 1435.90 35767 x 35798 x 9.8 GEO 176.7E | |
| 1991 Jul 28 | (9478) mv | 1436.09 35782 x 35791 x 9.8 GEO 177.7W | |
| 1992 May 14 | (9478) | 1436.03 35775 x 35794 x 10.4 GEO 177.8W | |
| 1993 May 18 | (9478) | 1436.06 35779 x 35792 x 11.2 GEO 177.9W | |
| 1996 Feb 26 | (9478) | 1436.11 35772 x 35801 x 12.9 GEO 178.0W | |
| 1996 Sep 23 | (9478) | 1436.11 35765 x 35808 x 13.1 GEO 177.6W | |
| 1996 Sep 25 | Boosted out of GEO | ||
| 1996 Sep 27 | (8882) | 1495.17 35779 x 35796 x 13.1 | |
| 1996 Oct 10 | (8882) | 1501.63 36489 x 37629 x 13.4 | |
| 1997 Jan 16 | (8882) | 1501.57 36501 x 37615 x 13.5 | |
| 1999 Apr 27 | (8882) | 1501.58 36509 x 37608 x 14.3 | |