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 | |
