Saturday, April 19, 2003
Friday, April 18, 2003
Sindri
2000-042A
The USAF Phillips Lab in Albuquerque, NM gave Spectrum Astro Inc. the contract for the three Mightysat Phase 2 technology demonstration satellites. Each SA200B satellite will have a mass of 113 kg and consist of a 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.25 m box with a deployable solar array.
The first in the series, Mightysat II.1 is called Sindri (P99-1). Mass 125 kg. Span 4.3m 0.7 x 0.9 x 0.9 box. Ground control by AFSCN and Kirtland RSC. Launch 2000 Jul by Minotaur. Another Aerospace Corp picosat pair, DARPA Picosat 7/8, were on board the satellite. They were deployed in Sep 2001.
Sindri is a name from Norse mythology: he was the dwarf who forged Thor's hammer.
| Sindri | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Jul 19 | 2009 | Launch by Minotaur | V CLF |
| T+1:01 St 1 sep | |||
| T+1:17 St 2 interstage sep | |||
| T+1:58 Fairing sep | |||
| T+2:06 SR19 sep | |||
| T+2:15 Orion 50XL burn | |||
| T+3:23 St 3 burnout | -4400 x 547 x 97.5 | ||
| T+9:16 St 3 sep | |||
| T+9:16 Orion 38 burn | |||
| 2019 | T+10:26 St 4 burnout | ||
| 2020 | T+11:28 St 4 sep | 547 x 546 x 97.5 s | |
| 2001 Sep 7 | 1939 | Picosat ejected | |
| 2001 Nov 11 | end of ops | ||
| 2002 Nov 12 | 0055 | reentered | |
Payload:
- Fourier Transform Hyperspectral Imager, 3500A-1.05 micron spectrometer with 17A resolution (Phillips Lab/Lasers and Imaging), for Earth imaging.
- SAC Composite solar array (Phillips Lab/SAMTD) with solar array concentrator
- NSX NRL SGLS transponder
- QC40 Quad-C40 processor
- SMATTE Shaped Memory Alloy Thermal Tailoring Expt
- SAFI Solar array Flexible Interconnect
Kosmos 690
1974-080A
The Bion-2 flight carried white rats and tortoises.
| Kosmos-690 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 Oct 22 | 1800 | Launch | PL |
| 1804? | Blok-I burn | ||
| 1808? | Blok-I sep | ||
| 1974 Oct 22 | 90.31 215 x 363 x 62.8 | ||
| 1974 Oct 31 | 90.25 213 x 359 x 62.8 | ||
| 1974 Nov 8 | 90.15 213 x 350 x 62.8 | ||
| 1974 Nov 12 | 0520? | Deorbit | |
| 0530? | PO sep | ||
| 0539? | Entry | ||
| 0550? | Landed after 20.5d | ||
Thursday, April 17, 2003
Monday, April 14, 2003
Iridium 9
1997-030C
Iridium SV009 was one of seven launched on a Krunichev Proton in Jun 1997 into the second of six Iridium orbital planes, 30 deg E of the first plane. Mass was 657 kg for each satellite. NK's report may imply all seven satellites were ejected at the same time.
4600 kg for seven satellites. Assume 500 kg for the adapter and 14600 kg for the Blok DM for a total inorbit mass of 19700 kg full. DV1 is 100 m/s; DV2 is 1.8km/s, mostly plane change. hence expect mass of 19140 and 11380 kg, leaving 6280 kg in the DM, so 3000 kg of prop unaccounted. Prop used is 560 and 7760 kg, at 22.8 kg/s this corresponds to 24 and 340s burn times. Actual burn times were 25s and 291s, corresponding to prop of 570 and 6635 kg, so the reconstruction seems not too far off.
| Iridium SV009 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 Jun 18 | 1402:45 | T+0 Launch by Proton-K | KB |
| 1405:11 | T+2:26 Stage 1 sep | ||
| 1408:16 | T+5:38 Stage 2 sep | ||
| 1408:31 | T+5:46 Fairing sep | ||
| 1412 | Stage 3 MECO | ||
| 1412:36 | T+9:51 Stage 3 sep | 170 x 170 x 73 | |
| 1439:49 | T+37:04 DM-5 burn 1 | ||
| 1440:14? | DM-5 cutoff | 170 x 516 x 73 | |
| 1523:17 | T+80:32 DM-5 burn 2 | ||
| 1528:57? | DM-5 cutoff | 516 x 516 x 86.4 | |
| 1531 | T+88:23 Iridium SV009 sep | ||
| Iridium SV010 sep | |||
| Iridium SV011 sep | |||
| Iridium SV012 sep | |||
| Iridium SV013 sep | |||
| Iridium SV014 sep | |||
| Iridium SV016 sep | |||
| 1559 | T+1:57:26 DM-5 burn 3, deorbit | ||
| 1628 | T+2:25:35 DM-5 reentry over Pacific | ||
| 1997 Jun 18 | 94.86 502 x 520 x 86.4 | ||
| 1997 Jun 22 | 94.88 503 x 522 x 86.4 | ||
| 1997 Jun 28 | 94.92 504 x 524 x 86.4 | ||
| 1997 Jun 29 | 1323 | 95.22 525 x 533 x 86.4 | |
| 1997 Jun 30 | 0317 | 95.85 555 x 563 x 86.4 | |
| 1997 Jul 1 | 1404 | 95.87 560 x 561 x 86.4 | |
| 1997 Jul 3 | 1620 | 97.85 654 x 657 x 86.4 | |
| 1997 Jul 5 | 0416 | 98.28 675 x 677 x 86.4 | |
| 1997 Jul 8 | 0434 | 99.16 716 x 719 x 86.4 | |
| 1997 Jul 9 | 1522 | 100.17 765 x 767 x 86.4 | |
| 1997 Jul 10 | 0953 | 100.37 767 x 784 x 86.4 | |
| 1997 Jul 13 | 0311 | 100.38 774 x 778 x 86.4 | |
| 1997 Jul 14 | 1420 | 100.39 775 x 778 x 86.4 | |
| 1997 Jul 30 | 100.40 776 x 779 x 86.4 | ||
| 1998 Mar 2 | 100.40 776 x 779 x 86.4 | ||
| 2000 Sep 6 | 100.40 776 x 778 x 86.4 | ||