Thursday, July 4, 2002

Marco Polo 2

 1990-074A


The Marco Polo 2 (BSB R2) satellite was launched by Hughes in 1990 for on-orbit delivery to British Satellite Broadcasting Ltd. In 1992 it was bought by Norwegian Telecom (NT) and renamed Thor 1.


Marco Polo 2 (Thor 1) 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1990 Aug 18  0042:00 Launch by Delta 6925  CC LC17 
  T+1:03 SRM off 
  T+2:09 SRM off 
  T+4:20 MECO 
  T+4:37 SES-1 
  T+4:38 Fairing 
 0051?  T+9:45? SECO-1  180? x 500? x 28? 
 0104? SES-2? 
 0105? SECO-2?  500? x 1300? x 26? 
 0105? St 2 sep 
 0106? TES 1:27 
 0107? TECO 
 0109? PAM-D sep  672.69 504 x 37602 x 20.7 

 

0134? SECO-3 depletion 102.81 475 x 1307 x 24.8 
1990 Aug 19  1618? Star 30BP burn  1435.87 33941 x 37622 x 0.4 GEO 58.1W+0.05E 
1990 Aug 20    1416.28 34949 x 35845 x 0.34 
1990 Aug 22    1432.28 35564 x 35858 x 0.38 GEO 51.1W+1.0/d 
1990 Sep 21   Testing 1436.17 35717 x 35858 x 0.3 GEO 50.0W 
1990 Nov 6   mv out 1436.24 35714 x 35864 x 0.2 GEO 50.3W+0.04W 
1990 Dec   Delivered to BSB 
1991 Jan?   On station at 31W 
1991 Mar 16    1436.15 35781 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 31.0W 
1991 Apr 24    1436.15 35781 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 31.0W 
1992 Sep 15   Bought by Norwegian Tel. 
1992 Oct 1    1436.13 35780 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 31.0W 
1992 Oct 15   On station  GEO 1W 
1992 Nov 9    1436.05 35776 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 0.8W 
1994 Nov 18    1436.10 35774 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 0.8W 
1997 Nov 25    1436.04 35779 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 0.6W 
1999 Jun 15    1436.07 35774 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 0.8W 

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