Kopernikus 3

 1992-066A

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The DFS 3 satellite operated by Deutsche Bundespost Telekom was launched in Oct 1992 to supplement the German domestic comsat system. DFS 3 was due at 33.5E. It was to be replaced in 2001 by Astra 1D.

DFS 3 was built by Consortium R-DFS, including ANT, MBB-ERNO, Siemens and SE-Lorenz.

In Jun 2002 DFS 3 was leased by HellasSat and became HellasSat 1.

DFS 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1992 Oct 12	0947	Launch by Delta 7925 (Delta215)	CC LC17B
	0951	Stage 1 MECO (T+4:20)
	0951	Stage 2 TIG for 5:20
	0957	T+10 Stage 2 MECO	161 x 189 x 28.5
	1011	T+24? Stage 2 TIG2
		Stage 2 SECO2	161? x 1515 x 27.5
	1100?	T+1:13 Stage 2 SES3
	1100?	Stage 2 SECO3	1357 x 1575 x 26.2
	1101?	Stage 2 sep
	1102?	PAM-D burn
	1103?	PAM-D burnout
	1108	PAM-D sep	658.49 1517 x 35871 x 19.8
	1120?	Stage 2 SES4 depletion	132.66 1405 x 3070 x 25.1
1999 Oct 13	0300?	S400 burn 1	867.99 11572x 35955x 5.98
1992 Oct 14		S400 burn 2
1992 Oct 16		S400 burn 3
1992 Oct 16	0730		1441.09 35774 x 35993 x 0.07 GEO 32.8E-1.3/d
1992 Nov 13			1435.92 35775 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 30.9E
1992 Nov 26			1436.07 35779 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 30.6E
1992 Dec 21			1436.04 35777 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 30.7E
1992 Dec 24		mv out
1993 Jan 3			1436.50 35791 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 29.2E+0.1W
1993 Jan 23		mv in	1436.09 35755 x 35817 x 0.0 GEO 28.4E
1993 Jan 26			1436.07 35762 x 35809 x 0.0 GEO 28.5E
1993 Feb 4			1436.03 35767 x 35802 x 0.0 GEO 28.5E
1993 Feb		mv to 23.5E
1993 Feb 16			1436.06 35778 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 23.5E
1993 Apr 18			1436.07 35771 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 23.5E
1993 Nov 18			1436.02 35751 x 35819 x 0.0 GEO 23.6E
1996 Jul 30			1436.04 35772 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 23.5E
1998 Oct 2			1436.07 35771 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 23.5E
1999 Oct 17			1436.03 35776 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 23.6E
2002 Apr 5			1436.05 35771 x 35800 x 0.2 GEO 23.5E
2002 May 28		mv out
2002 Jun 7		mv in 38E as HellasSat
2002 Jun 13			1436.09 35765 x 35807 x 0.4 GEO 39.0E
2003 Jan 17			1435.97 35769 x 35799 x 0.9 GEO 39.4E