Thursday, March 18, 2004

Ekspress 2

 1996-058A


The second Ekspress satellite went up in 1996. It carried an extra set of plasma thrusters and was designated Ekspress-6 on orbit. The satellite carried an ESA debris detector, the refurbished engineering model of one flown on Ulysses.


Ekspress No. 12 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1996 Sep 26  1750:53  Launch by Proton  KB 
 1800  Stage 3 sep 
  Adapter sep  180? x 200? x 51.6 
 1905?  DM burn 1  200? x 36000? x 48.0? 
1996 Sep 27  0021? DM burn 2 
 0040? DM sep 
1996 Sep 27    1442.02 35843 x 35961 x 0.2 GEO 90.3E+1.4W 
1996 Oct 5    1440.50 35839 x 35906 x 0.2 GEO 81.3E+1.1W 
1996 Oct 10    1436.00 35775 x 35793 x 0.2 GEO 80.2E 
1997 Apr 22   GORID in operation 
1999 Oct 17    1436.12 35775 x 35799 x 1.3 GEO 80.0E 
1999 Dec 16    1436.12 35770 x 35804 x 1.4 GEO 80.0E 
2000 May 26    1436.06 35776 x 35795 x 1.8 GEO 80.0E 
2000 Jun 14   mv out 1432.48 35697 x 35734 x 1.8 GEO 92.1E+0.9E 
2000 Jul   mv in  1436.12 35780 x 35793 x 1.9 GEO 103.1E

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