Tuesday, December 24, 2002

Inmarsat 302

 1996-053A


The second Inmarsat III was launched in Sep 1996 by Proton from Baykonur. This Lockheed Martin Telecommunications Series 4000 satellite did not carry an apogee motor. It is the Atlantic Ocean Region East satellite. The satellite will replaced AOR E satellite Inmarsat II F2 at 15.5W. The launch was part of a contract between Inmarsat and the KB Salyut (by the time of launch, part of Krunichev). Launch mass was 1130 kg full.


Inmarsat III G2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1996 Sep 6  1737:38  Launch by Proton  KB 
 1739 Stage 2 TIG T+2:04 
 1739 Stage 1 sep (T+2:07) 
 1742 Stage 2 cutoff (T+5:30) 
 1742 Stage 2 sep (T+5:35) 
 1742  Fairing sep (T+5:44) 
 1746  Stage 3 sep (T+9:49) 
 1747  Interstage sep (T+10:43)  222 x 235 x 51.6 
 1850 Blok DM burn 1 (T+1:13:51) 
 1857  Blok DM MECO (T+1:20:19)  230? x 36000? x 51.5 
1996 Sep 7  0009 SOZ burn 
 0014 Blok DM burn 2 (T+6:40:31) 
1996 Sep 7  0032 Blok-DM sep (T+6:55:32) 
1996 Sep 7    1461.43 36250 x 36312 x 2.6 GEO 79.1E+6.3W 
1996 Oct 9    1437.78 35803 x 35836 x 2.7 GEO 14.6W+0.4W 
1996 Oct 10    1438.05 35803 x 35846 x 2.7 GEO 15.0W+0.5W 
1996 Dec 21    1436.12 35766 x 35807 x 2.5 GEO 15.6W 
1998 Mar 24    1436.09 35763 x 35809 x 1.6 GEO 15.5W 

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