Arabsat 3A

 1999-009A

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Spacebus 3000 satellite. Mass 2700 kg. Launch Ariane late 1998, early 99. Alcatel Space satellite mass 2708 kg launch, 1646 kg BOL, 1200 kg dry. Location 26E.

Arabsat 3A
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1999 Feb 26	2244	Launch by Ariane 44L	CSG ELA2
		T+2:29 PAL sep
		T+3:31 St 1 sep
		T+3:34 St 2 sep
		T+4:18 Fairing sep
		T+5:43 St 2 sep
		T+5:48 St 3 burn
	2302	T+18:45 St 3 MECO
	2304	T+19:56 Arabsat 3A sep
	2305	T+21:46 Mini Spelda sep
	2309	T+24:59 Sky 4E sep
	2309	T+25:23 avoidance burn
1999 Feb 27			631.85 218 x 35807 x 7.0
1999 Mar 1	0930?	LAM burn?
1999 Mar 5			1431.20 35575 x 35805 x 0.0 GEO 21.6E+1.2E
1999 Mar 23			1436.07 35716 x 35855 x 0.0 GEO 23.7E
1999 Apr 5			1435.96 35774 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 26.0E
1999 Oct 18			1435.98 35772 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 26.1E

Kosmos 976

 1978-005A

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Kosmos-976 was satellite 1 of Strela-1M octuplet no. 18.

Kosmos-976
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 Jan 10	2051	Launch by 11K65M	PL
		Stage 2 burn 1
	2058	T+7m Stage 2 MECO-1
		Stage 2 burn 2
	2149?	T+58m? Stage 2 sep
1978 Jul 2			115.14 1457 x 1465 x 74.03

Spacenet 1

 1984-049A

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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)
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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

Intelsat 506

 1983-047A

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The Intelsat V F-6 satellite carried the INMARSAT MCS-B maritime package.

Intelsat V F-6 (MCS)
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 May 19	2226	Launch by Atlas Centaur	CC LC36
		T+2:23 Booster sep
		T+3:30 Fairing sep
		T+4:14 SECO
		T+4:17 Atlas sep
		T+4:23 MES-1 5:11
	2235	T+9:34 MECO-1	89.55 148 x 356 x 28.3
	2249	T+23:42 MES-2 94s
	2251	T+25:46 MECO-2	634.17 166 x 35980 x 23.4
	2253	T+27:31 Centaur sep
		T+30:30 Centaur venting	611.19 201 x 34778 x 23.6
1983 May 20			630.32 177 x 35770 x 23.40
	0400?	Apo 1
1983 May 20	1500	Apo 2
	0200	Apo 3
1983 May 21	1100	Apo 4
	2200	Apo 5
1983 May 22	1000	Apo 6 over 25E
1983 May 22	0820?	Star 37XF burn, 62s
1983 May 22	1900	Apo 7 at 133W
1983 May 23	0020	Perigee
	0530	Apogee 8 at 70E
1983 May 23			1436.15 35767 x 35808 x 0.2 GEO 29.1E+0.02W
1983 May		Tests	GEO 29E
1983 Jun 20			1442.13 35859 x 35950 x 0.2 GEO 28.6E-1.5W
1983 Aug 17		mv in	1436.14 35775 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 18.6W+0.02W
1983 Aug		AOR Major Path 2	GEO 18.5W
		(INMARSAT AOR Spare)
1984 Feb 4			1436.13 35772 x 35801 x 0.1 GEO 18.6W
1984 May		AOR Major Path 2/DL	GEO 18.4W
1986 Jan 30			1436.08 35771 x 35801 x 0.1 GEO 18.5W
1987 Jun 25			1436.11 35775 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 18.5W
1990 Feb 22			1436.13 35770 x 35804 x 0.1 GEO 18.6W
1991 Jan 4			1436.13 35769 x 35805 x 0.1 GEO 18.6W
1992 Feb 20		mv out	1436.10 35770 x 35802 x 1.1 GEO 18.5W
1992 Feb 27			1438.78 35835 x 35842 x 1.1 GEO 23.1-0.68W
1992 Apr 30		mv in	1436.08 35765 x 35807 x 1.3 GEO 34.4W
1992 Jul		Replaced by 603
1992 Jul 12			1436.18 35770 x 35806 x 1.5 GEO 34.7W+0.03W
1992 Jul 19		mv out	1438.83 35834 x 35845 x 1.5 GEO 36.9W+0.7W
1992 Aug 18		mv in	1436.28 35783 x 35797 x 1.6 GEO 50.1W+0.05W
1992 Sep 30			1436.12 35752 x 35821 x 1.6 GEO 50.0W
1994 Mar 2			1436.11 35774 x 35799 x 2.8 GEO 50.0W
1995 Apr 19			1436.10 35781 x 35792 x 3.7 GEO 50.0W
1995 May 8			1436.12 35775 x 35798 x 3.7 GEO 49.9W
1995 May 16		mv out	1431.25 35688 x 35694 x 3.7 GEO 41.0W+1.2E
1995 May 25		mv in	1436.08 35771 x 35801 x 3.8 GEO 31.5W
1996 Feb 29			1436.09 35773 x 35799 x 4.3 GEO 31.4W
1997 Oct 2			1436.13 35772 x 35802 x 5.3 GEO 31.4W
1998 Mar 31		mv out	1436.10 35770 x 35803 x 5.7 GEO 31.2W+0.03W
1998 Apr 30		mv in	1436.05 35776 x 35794 x 5.7 GEO 29.5W
1998 Jul 6			1436.09 35772 x 35801 x 5.9 GEO 29.6W
1998 Jul 6		Orbit raise, retired
1998 Jul 7			1445.06 35905 x 36019 x 5.9
1998 Jul 12			1452.12 36062 x 36137 x 5.9
1998 Aug 9			1452.10 36064 x 36134 x 5.9