Intelsat 604

 1990-056A

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Following corrections to the design of the Commercial Titan 3 deployment sequence, Intelsat 604 was launched in June 1990. In 1992 the satellite was moved from the Atlantic spare to the Indian Ocean position and in 2002 it was moved over the Pacific.

Intelsat VI~F-4
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 Jun 23	1119	Launch by Titan CT3	CC LC40
	1121	T+1:49 Stage 1 ignition
	1121	T+1:57 SRM sep
	1123	T+4:27 Stage 2 ignition, St 1 sep
	1123	T+4:38 Fairing sep
	1127?	T+8:06 Stage 2 cutoff
1990 Jun 23	1143?	Titan stage 2 sep	89.04 159 x 294 x 28.60
1990 Jun 23	1230	Orbus 21S burn	683.5 279 x 38368 x 24.51
	1232?	Orbus 21 burnout
	1249?	Orbus 21S sep
1990 Jun 24	0524?	LAM1	731.65 2701 x 38335 x 3.7
1990 Jun 25	0545?	LAM2	944.57 12663 x 38359 x 1.5
1990 Jun 26	0500?	LAM3	958.73 13287 x 38371 x 1.4
1990 Jun 28	1330?	LAM4	1500.54 35725 x 38352 x 0.3 GEO 31.8W+15.5W
1990 Jun 28	1600?		1490.62 35393 x 38300 x 0.3 GEO 33.9W+13.2W
1990 Jun 29	0500?		1436.16 35689 x 35866 x 0.4 GEO 38.1W
1990 Jul 7			1436.18 35690 x 35886 x 0.4 GEO 38.2W
1990 Jul 29			1436.27 35692 x 35888 x 0.3 GEO 38.9W
1990 Aug		mv out
1990 Sep 7		drift	1433.10 35684 x 35711 x 0.1 GEO 30.5W+0.8E
1990 Sep 19		mv in	1436.04 35782 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 27.6W
1991 Feb 6			1436.13 35777 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 27.5W
1991 Dec		AOR Spare	GEO 27.5W
1992 Mar 30			1436.10 35783 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 27.5W
1992 Apr 4		mv out
1992 Jun 9		mv in	1436.07 35781 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 60.0E
1994 Feb 21			1436.12 35773 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 60.0E
1996 Oct 8			1436.06 35771 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 60.0E
1999 Jun 15			1436.13 35775 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 60.0E
2002 Mar 28			1436.07 35780 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 60.0E

Raduga-1M

 1999-010A

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Globus No. 15 (Raduga-1) was launched on 1999 Feb 28 amid concern about Russia's deteriorating military command and control network.

Raduga-1 (F4)
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1999 Feb 28	0400	Launch by Proton-K	KB
	0409	Stage 3 sep
	0510?	DM burn 1
	1020?	DM burn 2
	1040?	DM sep
1999 Feb 28			1480.23 36484 x 36808 x 1.7 GEO 88.4E+10.8W
1999 Mar 4			1472.37 36442 x 36544 x 1.5 GEO 59.4E+8.9W
1999 Mar 28			1436.05 35756 x 35814 x 1.4 GEO 34.7E
1999 Nov 8			1436.00 35768 x 35800 x 1.2 GEO 34.9E

USA-105

 1994-054A

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The TC-11 Titan Centaur launch used a 23.2m payload fairing and was launched on an azimuth consistent with a geostationary orbit mission. It was the first Mercury satellite.

USA 105
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1994 Aug 27	0858:01	Launch by Titan K-9 (TC-11)	CC LC41
	0900	SRM sep 52 km
	0902	Fairing sep
	0903	Stage 1 sep
	0907	Stage 2 sep
	0907	TC-11 MES-1
	0910	TC-11 MECO-1	91.0 188 x 460 x 28.7 (UN)
	1053?	TC-11 MES-2
	1055?	TC-11 MECO-2	200? x 35900? x 26.5?
	1615?	TC-11 MES-3
	1617?	TC-11 MECO-3
	1621?	TC-11 sep
2001 Jul 18			1436.12 35625 x 35949 x 3.0

Galaxy 6

1990-091B

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Westar 6S was built as a substitute for the Westar 6 satellite which failed to reach orbit on Shuttle mission 41-B in 1984. When HCI bought Western Union's Westar satellite system in 1988, Westar 6S became Galaxy 6. Meanwhile, the original Westar 6 had been recovered from orbit and refurbished to become Asiasat 1. Hughes Communications Inc. launched Galaxy 6 in 1990.

Galaxy VI
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 Oct 12	2258:18	Launch by Ariane 44L	CSG
		T+0:23 PAL sep
		T+3:35 St 1 sep
		T+3:38 St 2 MES
		T+4:35 Long Fairing 02 jettison
	2304:04	T+5:46 St 2 sep
		T+5:52 St 3 MES
	2316:10	T+17:52 MECO	654.39 287 x 36892 x 7.4
	2318:59	T+20:41 SBS 6 sep
	2321:36	T+23:18 Spelda 10 sep
	2324:30	T+26:12 Galaxy 6 sep
1990 Oct 13	0500?	Apo 1
	1000?	Peri 1
	1600?	Apo 2
	2100?	Peri 2
1990 Oct 14	0230?	Apo 3
	0730?	Peri 3
	1300	Apo 4
	1830?	Peri 4
1990 Oct 14			646.14 219 x 36539 x 7.0
	2330?	Apo 5
1990 Oct 15	0500?	Peri 6
	1000?	Apo 7
	1600?	Peri 7
	2130?	Apo 8
1990 Oct 16	0300?	Peri 8
	0800?	Apo 9
	1300?	Peri 9
	1900?	Apo 10
1990 Oct 17	0030?	Peri 10
	0500?	Apo 11
	1100?	Peri 11
	1600?	Apo 12
1990 Oct 17	1556?	Star 30BP burn
1990 Oct 17			1447.56 35550 x 36470 x 0.5 GEO 87.3W+2.9W
1990 Oct 29			1436.06 35783 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 90.9W
1990 Dec 15			1436.14 35781 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 91.0W
1991 May 7			1436.13 35783 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 91.1W
1991 Oct 24			1436.10 35782 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 90.9W
1991 Oct 27		mv out	1440.43 35793 x 35949 x 0.0 GEO 94.1W+1.1W
1991 Nov		Move to 99W (repl Gal 1R?)
1991 Dec 3		mv in	1436.22 35780 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 98.9W
1991 Dec 15			1436.21 35788 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 99.0W
1992 Feb 18			1436.10 35779 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 99.1W
1992 Dec 25			1436.11 35778 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 99.1W
1993 Aug 14			1436.12 35777 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 99.0W
1993 Aug		Move to 103W
1993 Aug 17			1436.08 35776 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 102.9W
1994 Feb 16			1436.11 35785 x 35788 x 0.0 GEO 103.0W
1994 May 4		mv out	1435.49 35760 x 35788 x 0.0 GEO 103.0W+0.1E
1994 May 13			1436.21 35780 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 74.0W
1995 Mar 21			1436.10 35782 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 74.1W
1997 May 16		To Panamsat	GEO 74W
1998 Jun 4			1436.16 35783 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 74.1W
1998 Jun		Move to 99W
1998 Jun 12			1436.09 35784 x 35788 x 0.0 GEO 99.0W
1999 Jun 15			1436.11 35774 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 99.0W
2000 Mar 27			1436.01 35778 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 99.1W
2000 Apr		mv out
2000 May 9		mv in	1436.12 35779 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 91.1W
2000 Jul 6?		mv out
2000 Aug 16		mv in	1436.09 35782 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 74.0W
2002 Dec 18			1436.09 35782 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 73.9W

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Kosmos 969

 1977-120A

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At recovery, the usual two debris objects (probably the engine and sunshade) were cataloged, together with two other objects (E and F) for which no TLEs are available. Reentry dates for E and F show a two month lifetime to March 5 - but I suspect these dates are 'administrative' and spurious.

Kosmos-969
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1977 Dec 20	1550	Launch by Soyuz-U	Plesetsk
	1554	Blok-I burn
	1558	Blok-I sep
1977 Dec 20			89.47 179 x 317 x 62.8
1977 Dec 22			89.46 179 x 316 x 62.8
1977 Dec 23			89.20 164 x 304 x 62.8
1977 Dec 29			89.00 162 x 288 x 62.8
1977 Dec 30			89.74 162 x 361 x 62.8
1978 Jan 1			89.70 161 x 357 x 62.8
1978 Jan 3
	0539?	Deorbit
	0549?	PO sep
	0553?	Entry
	0610?	Landed

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Intelsat 515

 1989-006A

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The final Intelsat V satellite was launched in Jan 1989.  In Jan 1998 Intelsat 515 was leased to Columbia Comms. Corp., which referred to it as Columbia 515. It was moved to 37.7W in Mar 1998, close to Orion 1. In 2000 Columbia Comms was acquired by GE Americom (soon to be SES Americom) which sometimes referred to it simply as C-515, although the official name appears to have remained Columbia 515. The satellite was retired in 2002.

Intelsat VA (IBS)
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 Jan 27	0121:00	Launch by Ariane 2	CSG ELA1
		T+2:23 St 1 sep
		T+2:25 St 2 MES
		T+3:31 Fairing
		T+4:33 St 2 sep
		T+4:38 St 3 MES
	0137:28	T+16:28 St 3 MECO	638.63 508 x 35865 x 8.40
	0139:29	T+18:29 St 3 sep
	0700?	Apo 1
	1200?	Peri 1
	1800?	Apo 2 at 81W
	2300?	Peri 2
1989 Jan 28	0400?	Apo 3 at 122E
	0930?	Peri 3
	1500?	Apo 4 at 38W
	2000?	Peri 4
1989 Jan 29	0200?	Apo 5 at 158E
	0700?	Peri 5
	1200?	Apo 6 at 3E
1989 Jan 29	1010?	Star 37XF burn
	1730?	Peri 6
	2300?	Apo 7 at 160W
1989 Jan 30			1423.03 35358 x 35702 x 0.3 GEO 19.5E+3.3E
1989 Feb 3		mv in for tests	1436.10 35758 x 35814 x 0.3 GEO 30.4E
1989 Feb 18		mv out
1989 Mar 22			1432.01 35704 x 35709 x 0.1 GEO 62.3E+1.0E
1989 Apr 22		mv in	1436.10 35783 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 60.0E
1989 Apr		Replaced 512	GEO 60E
1990 Jan			GEO 60.0E
1990 Dec 15			1436.08 35773 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 60.0E
1992 Jan 16			1436.04 35781 x 35789 x 0.1 GEO 60.1E
1992 Feb 7			1436.05 35746 x 35824 x 0.1 GEO 60.1E
1992 Feb 7		mv out?
1992 Feb 28		mv in	1436.10 35772 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 18.5W
1993 Sep 19			1436.12 35770 x 35803 x 0.0 GEO 18.0W
1996 Jan 9			1436.11 35770 x 35803 x 0.0 GEO 18.0W
1996 Aug 22		mv out	GEO 18W
1996 Sep 12		mv in	GEO 22W
1996 Oct 8			1436.13 35768 x 35806 x 0.1 GEO 21.3W
1997 May 5			1436.13 35772 x 35801 x 0.0 GEO 21.3W
1997 Dec 23			1436.11 35764 x 35809 x 0.3 GEO 21.4W
1997 Dec 29		mv out
1988 Mar 11		mv in	1436.19 35775 x 35801 x 0.4 GEO 37.8W
1999 Jun 15			1436.15 35777 x 35798 x 1.4 GEO 37.7W
2002 Oct 20			1436..14 35775 x 35799 x 4.22 GEO 37.6W

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