Thursday, January 2, 2003

Landsat 5

 1984-021A


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 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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 

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