Satcom C-1

 1990-100A

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This Series 3000 satellite was launched by GE Americom as a western on-orbit spare for the Satcom system at GEO 137W.

Satcom C-1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 Nov 20	2311:00	Launch by Ariane 42P (V40)	CSG ELA2
		T+1:28 PAL sep
		T+3:20 St 1 sep
		T+3:22 St 2 MES
		T+4:29 Fairing
		T+5:33 St 2 sep
		T+5:37 St 3 MES
	2328	T+17:41 St 3 MECO
	2330	T+19:16 Satcom C1 sep
	2332	T+21:27 Sylda sep
	2334	T+23:03 Gstar 4 sep
1990 Nov 21	0500?	Apo 1	629.13 216 x 35670 x 7.0 ?
	1000?	Peri 1
	1500?	Apo 2
	2030?	Peri 2
1990 Nov 22	0230?	Apo 3 125E
	0700?	Peri 3
	1300?	Apo 4 30W
	1800?	Peri 4
	2300?	Apo 5 170E
1990 Nov 23	0430?	Peri 5
	1000?	Apo 6 10E
	1500?	Peri 6
	2000?	Apo 7 140W
1990 Nov 23	1940?	Star 30BP burn
1990 Nov 24			1449.36 35695 x 36396 x 0.2 GEO 140.1W+3.3W
1990 Nov 25	1900?	Reverse drift	1431.23 35657 x 35725 x 0.2 GEO 145.0W+1.2E/d
1990 Nov 30			1435.90 35780 x 35785 x 0.1 GEO 137.0W
1990 Dec 30			1436.13 35774 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 137.2W
1991 Jan 14			1436.04 35770 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 137.2W
1991 Jan		Move to 139W
1991 Jan 29			1436.13 35785 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 139.0W
1991 Apr 1			1436.02 35780 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 138.9W
1991 Jul 16			1436.01 35779 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 138.9W
1991 Jul		Move to 137W
1991 Jul 30			1436.06 35779 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 137.0W
1992 Mar 18			1436.06 35777 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 137.1W
1994 Sep 15			1436.06 35770 x 35801 x 0.0 GEO 137.0W
1997 Jan 3			1436.13 35774 x 35799 x 0.1 GEO 137.1W
1999 Jun 12			1436.01 35773 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 137.0W
2000 Oct 24			1436.10 35770 x 35803 x 0.0 GEO 137.0W
2000 Oct		Move to 141W
2000 Nov 3			1436.12 35769 x 35805 x 0.0 GEO 141.5W
2001 Apr 7			1436.06 35757 x 35814 x 0.0 GEO 141.6W
2001 Apr 17		Orbit lower
2001 Apr 26			1431.78 35690 x 35713 x 0.0
2001 Jun 13		Relocate at 80W
2001 Nov 15			1436.14 35776 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 78.9W
2002 May 31			1436.12 35771 x 35802 x 0.0 GEO 79.0W
2002 Jun 21		mv out
2002 Sep 7		Relocate at 38W
2002 Sep 28			1436.13 35771 x 35802 x 0.0 GEO 37.5W