USA-104

 1994-035A

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The UFO 3 (UHF Followon F3) satellite was delivered on orbit to US Navy Space Command from Hughes Comms. Inc. There was an initial problem when its receive antenna jammed, but it was successfully deployed on Aug 5. The satellite finally reached station at 15W in Jan 1995.

UHF F/O F3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1994 Jun 24	1350:02	Launch by Atlas I AC-76	CC LC36B
	1352:37	BECO
	1352:40	Booster sep
	1353:02	Insulation panel sep
	1353:36	Fairing sep
	1354:22	SECO
	1354:25	Atlas sep
	1354:46	Centaur MES1
	1400:22	Centaur MECO1	225 x 225? x 28?
	1413:59	Centaur MES2
	1415:09	Centaur MECO2	225 x 15596 x 27.0
	1418:05	Centaur sep
		LAE burns
1994 Jun 24			283.46 207 x 15624 x 26.9
1994 Jun 25	1830?	Perigee burn 1
1994 Jun 26			329.82 225 x 18643 x 26.9
1994 Jun 26	1100?	Perigee burn 2
1994 Jun 26			394.72 226 x 22666 x 26.8
1994 Jun 27	2000?	Perigee burn 3
1994 Jun 28			646.74 233 x 36556 x 26.5
1994 Jun 29	2100?	Apogee burn 1
1994 Jun 30			779.22 6795 x 36548 x 14.7
1994 Jun 30	2300?	Apogee burn 2
1994 Jul 1			1146.44 23263 x 36550 x 7.1
1994 Jul 2	1100?	Apogee burn 3
1994 Jul 4			1438.70 35803 x 36591 x 5.1 GEO 173.0W+0.66W
1994 Jul 10			1438.44 35081 x 36583 x 5.1 GEO 175.7W+0.6W
1994 Aug 5		Receive antenna deployed
1994 Aug 8			1440.28 35394 x 36342 x 5.1 GEO 161.4W+1.1W
1994 Aug 17		mv in	1436.37 35389 x 36193 x 5.1 GEO 169.1W+0.08W
1994 Aug 28		mv out	1432.82 35394 x 36050 x 5.1 GEO 167.8W+0.8E
1994 Dec 31			1432.31 35651 x 35773 x 4.9 GEO 15.2W+0.95E
1995 Jan 5		mv in	1436.01 35772 x 35797 x 4.9 GEO 15.2W+0.03E
1995 Jan 18			1436.01 35772 x 35797 x 4.9 GEO 14.8W
1995 Mar 17			1436.10 35777 x 35795 x 4.8 GEO 14.4W
1998 Jul 11			1436.04 35768 x 35802 x 3.3 GEO 14.0W