Fleetsatcom 4

 1980-087A

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FLTSATCOM F4 was launched in Oct 1980 into geostationary orbit. After testing at 124W it was moved to the Fltsatcom Pacific position at 172E.

FLTSATCOM F4
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1980 Oct 31	0354	Launch by Atlas Centaur	CC LC36
		T+2:19 BECO
		T+2:23 Booster jettison 59.2 km 2.4275km/s
		T+3:04 Insulation pack jettison 96 km 2.770 km/s
		T+4:15 SECO
		T+4:17 Atlas sep 146.3 km 3.604 km/s 9.3deg
	0358	T+4:24 MES-1
	0358	T+4:35 Fairing 156.4 km 3.654 km/s
	0404	T+10:10 MECO-1	148 x 363 x 28.8?
	0419	T+25:11 MES-2 1:38
	0420	T+26:49 MECO-2
	0423	T+29:05 Centaur sep	630.32 168 x 35779 x 26.4
		T+33:54 Centaur venting	607.57 193 x 34563 x 26.5
1980 Oct 31	1000?	Apo 1
	2000?	Apo 2
1980 Nov 1	0700?	Apo 3
	1700?	Apo 4
1980 Nov 2	0300?	Apo 5
1980 Nov 2	0311?	Star 37 burn	1418.72 34901 x 35989 x 2.4 GEO 168.3W+4.4E
	1400?	Apo 6
1980 Nov 3			1428.31 35033 x 36234 x 2.5 GEO 167.9W+2.0E
1980 Nov 22			1428.21 35033 x 36230 x 2.4 GEO 128.6W+2.0E
1980 Nov 25		mv in	1436.02 35533 x 36036 x 2.4 GEO 123.9W
1980 Dec		Testing	GEO 124W
1981 Jan 12			1435.90 35534 x 36030 x 2.3 GEO 122.6W
1981 Jan 12		mv out	1445.31 35761 x 36171 x 2.3 GEO 123W+2.2W
1981 Feb 10		mv in	1436.24 35762 x 35816 x 2.2 GEO 173.1E
1981 Apr 5			1436.12 35772 x 35801 x 2.1 GEO 171.4E
1981 Jun			GEO 171.7E
1982 Feb 3			1436.10 35757 x 35815 x 1.5 GEO 171.2E
1982 Jun			GEO 172E
1983 May 11			1436.07 35766 x 35805 x 0.5 GEO 171.3E
1985 Jan 5			1436.05 35772 x 35798 x 1.2 GEO 171.2E
1988 Jul 25			1435.85 35768 x 35795 x 4.6 GEO 172.5E
1990 Sep 18			1436.11 35770 x 35803 x 6.5 GEO 171.7E
1992 Jun 30			1436.13 35760 x 35814 x 8.1 GEO 171.4E
1995 Nov 16			1436.09 35768 x 35804 x 10.5 GEO 171.8E

Landsat 5

 1984-021A

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Landsat 4's successor was Landsat 5, It was launched on 1984 Mar 1 into a 699 x 700 km x 98.2 deg sun-synchronous orbit with 0945LT equator crossings. The satellite was owned by NOAA until 1998 when USGS took over. Operations were contracted out to Eosat from 1985 to 2001.

Landsat 5
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Mar 1	1759	Launch by Delta 3920	SLC2W
		T+0:58 SRM 1-6 off
		T+1:00 SRM 7-9 on
		T+1:18 SRM 1-6 sep
		T+2:03 SRM 7-9 sep
		T+3:46 MECO
		T+3:54 Stage 1 sep
		T+4:00 SES-1 at 127 km, 6:51
	1803	T+4:05 Fairing
	1809	T+10:51 SECO-1	? x 700 x 98.25
	1847	T+48:11 SES-2 14.6s
	1847	T+48:25 SECO-2
	1852	T+53:17 St 2 sep	685 x 700 x 98.25
1984 Mar 7		Orbit trim
1984 Mar 10		Orbit trim
1984 Mar 22		Perigee raise
1984 Mar 29		Orbit adjust
1984 Apr 1		Orbit adjust
1984 Apr 4		Orbit adjust	98.84 702 x 704 x 98.25
1984 Apr 6		Orbit trim
1984 Apr 6		Control to NOAA
1985 Sep 27		Operations to EOSAT
1995 Oct 27		Orbit raise burn
1995 Nov		Orbit raise burn
1995 Nov 29		Orbit raise burn
2001 Jul 1		Operations from EOSAT to USGS

Seventeen: August 2002

 https://welib.org/md5/7debfd1a37c39e45680fd08fa5ab7abc

Insat 1D

 1990-051A

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The final Insat 1 satellite was launched by a Delta from Cape Canaveral in 1990.  After launch, Insat 1D failed to separate from the PAM-D stage and the separation was commanded by Insat MCF-Hassan.

Insat 1D
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 Jun 12	0552	Launch by Delta 4925	CC LC17
		SRM sep
	0556	Thor MECO
	0556	Thor sep
	0556	Stage 2 burn
	0602?	Stage 2 SECO-1	180? x 180?
	0614?	Stage 2 SES-2
	0615?	Stage 2 SECO-2	133? x 414? x 27.3
	0616	Stage 3 burn
	0617	Stage 3 burnout	133 x 39749 x 27.2
	0620	Spacecraft tumbling in flat spin
	0637	PAM-D sep
	0645?	Stage 2 depletion	258 x 415 x 27.3
1990 Jun 14	1130?	Apogee at 92E
1990 Jun 14	1130?	LAM?
1990 Jun 15	1100?	Apogee at 100E
1990 Jun 15			1455.99 32388 x 39962 x 0.4 GEO 83.2E+4.9W
1990 Jun 22			1435.81 35754 x 35807 x 0.2 GEO 83.4E
1990 Jun 30			1436.17 35769 x 35806 x 0.2 GEO 83.1E
1992 Aug 1			1436.14 35775 x 35800 x 0.1 GEO 83.0E
1996 Oct 8			1436.16 35774 x 35800 x 0.1 GEO 83.0E
1999 Jun 16			1436.13 35769 x 35804 x 1.1 GEO 83.0E
1999 Jul		mv out	1436.70 35781 x 35815 x 1.3
1999 Sep 22			1436.28 35767 x 35813 x 1.3 GEO 74.3E
2000 Jun 13			1436.14 35754 x 35821 x 1.9 GEO 73.4E
2002 Apr 4			1436.01 35725 x 35844 x 3.4 GEO 73.8E

Aviation Week: September 16,2002

 https://welib.org/md5/5f1940acf6d567fa9057c2af89b6bf6b

Orion 3

 1999-024A

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The Orion Network Systems (Rockville MD) Orion 3 (Asia Pacific) satellite was built by Hughes Space and Comms. Company (HSC). The satellite is partly financed by the Korean DACOM phone company. Orion 3 is owned by HSCII (Hughes Space and Comms International Inc.) until on orbit delivery.

Orion 3 is an HS 601 HP to serve the Asia Pacific region. Mass 4300 kg full, 3.5m dia 5.81m long, 10m span. BOL mass is 2190 kg. Stage 2 has 7ml, 2.4m dia. Loral Orion control at Rockville, MD, with tracking and control in Hawaii. Post-delivery owner would have been Orion Asia Pacific Corp, a subsid of Orion Network Systems Inc. In the event, Hughes remained owner of the satellite. Planned location was 139E.

Launch by Delta 3 in 1999 reached orbit, but the second stage second burn shut down after only 4 seconds. The investigation revealed a problem in the RL10 turbomachinery and a failure of the combustion chamber.

Orion 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1999 Apr 23	0205	Scrub at T-2s
1999 May 5	0100:00	Launch by Delta 3 8930	CC LC17B
		T+1:17 SRM 1-6 burnout
		T+1:19 SRM 7-9 burn
		T+1:20 SRM 1-3 sep
		T+1:21 SRM 4-6 sep
		T+2:35 SRM 7-9 burnout
		T+3:45 Fairing sep
		T+4:19 MECO
		T+4:25 VECO
		T+4:27 Stage 1 sep
		T+4:31 Stage 2 burn
	0113	T+13:24 SECO-1	100.04 157 x 1363 x 29.50 (ILAM)
	0121	T+21:50 SES-2
	0121	T+21:51 SECO-2 premature (4s)
	0136	T+36:14 Stage 2 sep
1999 May 6			100.17 159 x 1373 x 29.5
1999 May 8		Orbit raise	102.34 422 x 1316 x 29.1
1999 May 11			102.34 422 x 1316 x 29.1
1999 Jun 17			102.34 421 x 1317 x 29.1
2002 Feb 25			101.85 418 x 1273x 29.0