Saturday, October 19, 2002

Telstar 5

 1997-026A


Telstar 5 to Telstar 7 are hybrid C/Ku satellites. Telstar 5, built by SS/Loral/Palo Alto, will replace Telstar 303's C-band service. Telstar 6 will be launched in 1998 to expand the system. Design mass of Telstar 5 was 3763 kg launch, 2421 kg BOL, 1469 kg dry.


Telstar 5 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1997 May 24  1700:00  Launch by Proton  KB LC81L 
 1702:06  T+2:06 Stage 1 sep 
 1705:34  Stage 2 MECO 
 1705:35  Stage 2 sep 
 1705:44  GO sep 
 1709:49  Stage 3 MECO 
 1709:49  Stage 3 sep 
 1710:16  SOZ burn 
 1710:53  SP (adapter) sep 
 1759:20  SOZ burn 
 1814:19  DM4 burn 
 1820:52  end of DM4 burn 
1997 May 24    632.34 218 x 35832 x 51.7 
 2320:00  DM4 burn 2 
 2321:50  DM4 cutoff 
 2341:51  Sep from Blok-DM4  762.0 6716 x 35779 x 17.5  
1997 May 25    762.06 6690 x 35826 x 17.5 
1997 May 26  1340?  LAM-1 
1997 May 27    942.64 15113 x 35822 x 7.9 
1997 May 28  1300? LAM-2 
1997 May 29    1403.22 34476 x 35804 x 0.4  
1997 May 30    1403.16 34473 x 35805 x 0.3 GEO 93.7W+8.4E 
1997 May 30  1200? LAM-3 
1997 Jun 1    1438.85 35757 x 35923 x 0.0 GEO 95.5W+0.7W 
1997 Jun 18    1436.09 35774 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 97.0W 
1997 Jul 1   In service  GEO 97W 
1997 Aug 15    1436.09 35773 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 97.0W 
1999 Oct 17    1436.09 35782 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 97.0W 

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