Sunday, August 29, 2004

Navstar 60

 2004-023A


SVN 60, flight IIR-12 to replace IIA-16 in plane F slot 4.


GPS IIR-12 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2004 Jun 23 2254:01 Launch by Delta 7925-9.5  CC LC17B 
  T+1:30 SRM 1-6 burnout 
  T+1:05 SRM 7-9 on 
  T+1:06 SRM 1-6 sep 
  T+2:09 SRM 7-9 off 
  T+2:11 SRM 7-9 sep 
  T+2:20 St 1 dogleg 
  T+2:40 St 2 end dogleg 
  T+4:23 MECO 
  T+4:31 St 1 sep 
 2258:38 T+4:37 SES-1 
  T+4:43 dogleg 
  T+4:53 end dogleg 
 2258:49 T+4:48 Fairing sep
 2304:55 T+10:54 SECO-1  175 x 392 x 36.90 
 2313:56 T+19:56 SES-2 
 2314:32 T+20:31 SECO-2  191 x 1270 x 37.21  
 2315:22 T+21:21 spinup 
 2315:25 T+21:24 St 2 sep 
 2316:02 T+22:01 TES 
 2317:28 T+23:27 TECO 
 2318:12 T+24:11 NCS blowdown 
 2319:04 T+25:03 end NCS blowdown 
 2319:22 T+25:21 Stage 3 sep 
 2319:24 T+25:23 Stage 3 yo deploy 
2004 Jun 24  0044:01 T+1:50:00 SES-3 
  T+1:50:23 SECO-3 
  T+3:19:24 First apogee  355.79 144 x 20364 x 39.0 
2004 Jun 26  0750  AKM  720.08 20107 x 20360 x 55.1 
2004 Aug 12    718.01 20089 x 20276 x 55.1 

Monday, August 23, 2004

Intelsat 4A6

 1978-035A


The final IVA to be launched was F-6, in Mar 1978. It was stationed over the Indian Ocean, and in late 1978 replaced IV F-1 as the IOR Primary satellite.


Intelsat 4A F-6 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1978 Mar 31  2336:01  Launch by Atlas Centaur  CC LC36 
  T+2:20 BECO 
  T+2:23 Booster sep 
  T+3:05 Insulation panels sep 
  T+4:02 SECO 
  T+4:09 Atlas sep 
  T+4:19 MES-1 
  T+4:31 Fairing 
 2346 T+10:20 MECO-1 189 km vrel 7.786 
1978 Apr 1  0000 T+24:53 MES-2 559 km vrel 7.320 
 0001 T+25:29 MECO-2 628 km  
 0004 T+28:34 Centaur sep 641.03 549 x 35949 x 21.85 (RAE) 
 0011 T+35:34 end blowdown 
 0600?  Apo 1 85E 
 1600? Apo 2 71W 
1978 Apr 2  0300? Apo 3 130E 
 0230?  AKM (speculative) over 130E 
1978 Apr 13    1436.13 35731 x 35843 x 0.3 GEO 154.9E+0.02W 
1978 May 25    1446.89 35980 x 36014 x 0.3 GEO 112.7E+2.7W 
1978 Jun 8    1447.01 35979 x 36020 x 0.2 GEO 74.6E+2.7W 
1978 Jun 22   mv in 1436.13 35773 x 35801 x 0.2 GEO 62.9E 
1978 Sep 30    GEO 62.9E 
1978 Nov 19   Replaced IV F-1  
1979 Jan   IOR Primary  GEO 63E 
1980 Nov 12    1435.95 35778 x 35789 x 0.1 GEO 63.8E 
1982 Sep 12    1436.21 35778 x 35799 x 0.1 GEO 62.9E 
1982 Sep 22   mv out  GEO 63E 
1982 Nov 18   mv in 1436.07 35781 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 174.0E 
1982 Dec   POR Primary  GEO 174E 
1984 Mar 29    1436.12 35782 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 173.9E 
1985 Aug    GEO 174E 
1986 Mar 1    1436.09 35783 x 35790 x 0.3 GEO 174.0E 
1986 Mar 13    1436.09 35783 x 35790 x 0.3 GEO 173.9E 
1986 Mar 18   mv out 1436.37 35781 x 35802 x 0.3 GEO 173.7E+0.08W 
1986 Apr   mv out  GEO 174E 
1986 Jun 12   mv in  1436.17 35775 x 35796 x 0.6 GEO 170.1E 
1986 Oct 6    GEO 170.0E 
1986 Dec 17    1436.01 35774 x 35795 x 1.0 GEO 170.1E 
1986 Dec 29   Orbit raise  1438.13 35816 x 35836 x 1.0 GEO 164.0E+0.5W 
1987 Aug 12    1437.55 35792 x 35838 x 1.6 GEO 47.1E+0.4W 
1989 Mar 31    1437.6 35769 x 35860 x 1.7 
1993 Dec 31    1435.2 35739 x 35797 x 7.3 
1997 Feb 3    1435.32 35751 x 35791 x 9.3 GEO 16.29E+0.2/d 

Friday, August 20, 2004

Spot 1

 1986-019A


Matra built the SPOT 1 satellite for CNES, which launched it aboard an Ariane into sun synchronous polar orbit in Feb 1986.

SPOT 1 was deactivated in 1993, but was to be reactivated in Nov 1996 to make up for the loss of SPOT 3. By this time, the on board tape recorders had failed and data had to be recovered by ground station real time passes.

In 2003, with 54 kg of prop remaining, the satellite's perigee was lowered to decrease its orbital life, with decay expected in 2018. First, the orbit was lowered in two burns by 15 km to avoid collision risks with the other SPOT satellites and position apogee over Toulouse; then a series of burns were made at apogee to lower perigee including a large final depletion burn. The resulting orbit had an estimated lifetime of 18 years. SPOT 1 was then decommissioned.


SPOT 1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1986 Feb 22  0144:35 Launch by Ariane I  CSG 
  T+2:29 Stage 1 sep  -6260? x 75? x 98 
  T+4:20 Fairing sep  -5800? x 240? x 98  
  T+4:44 St 2 MECO 
  T+4:48 Stage 2 sep  -5450? x 320 x 98  
  T+4:54 St 3 MES 
 0158:39 T+14:04 H8 MECO 
 0159:12  T+14:37 SPOT sep 
 0202:46 T+18:11 Viking sep 
 0205  H8 end of mission 
1986 Feb 22   101.42 823 x 828 x 98.8 
1986 Nov 14   H8 stage explodes 
1990 Sep   In reserve 
1992 Mar   Reactivated 
1992 Oct   Deactivated 
1993 Apr   Reactivated 
1993 Jul   Deactivated 
1993 Sep    101.41 824 x 825 x 98.71  
2003 Nov 6    101.40 824 x 826 x 98.67 
2003 Nov 17   Begin 1000s deorbit burns  800 x 826 x 98.7 
 1309  350s burn 
 1413  696s burn  810 x 812 x 98.7 
2003 Nov 19   1000s burn, 5 kg  783 x 808 
2003 Nov 20   1000s burn  757 x 808 
2003 Nov 21   1000s burn  732 x 807 
2003 Nov 22   1000s burn  708 x 807 
2003 Nov 24   1000s burn  684 x 806 
2003 Nov 25   1000s burn  662 x 805 
2003 Nov 26   1000s burn  640 x 804  
2003 Nov 27   1000s burn  619 x 804 x 98.7 
2003 Nov 28  2023  Depletion 2400s, 8.4 kg 
 2103  End of burn 
2003 Nov 30  end of ops 
2003 Dec 4    98.64 584 x 803 x 98.7 
2004 Jul 22    98.63 584 x 801 x 98.7 

Payload:

  • HRV /Imaging CCD cameras (2) 0.5-0.59,0.61-0.68,0.79-0.89mu 20m resolution

Sunday, August 15, 2004

High School USA TV show

All seasons - 25 episodes 

TV movie (1983)

Season 1 (1984)

1-1. “The News is Love” (January 12,1984)

Cara Ames (Robin Morse), the newest staffer on the Excelsior High student newspaper, is assigned to escort new kid Jamie Kelso (Timothy Hutton) around the school for his first day, and she discovers that she just may have feelings for him.

2-2. “False Possessions” (January 19,1984)

Mr Lambert (John Erwin) is the new sophomore English teacher,and all the girls are unaccountably going gaga for him. Juniors Beth Franklin (Betsy Russell) and Anne-Marie Conklin (Crystal Bernard) team up to find out just what is going on with him, and what they find leads to a major shakeup.....

Note: This episode marked Erwin’s only live-action appearance in any TV show or movie.

3-3. “Glee Club” (January 26,1984)

Candace Casey (Holly Anderson), one of the senior class’ more popular girls, has appointed herself President of the EHS Glee Club, leading to a series of hijinks that keep the club members on their toes, especially junior Jessica Abbott (Nichole McAuley).

4-4. “Caught in a Trap” (February 2,1984)

In this Groundhog Day special, Beau Middleton (Anthony Edwards) finds himself repeating February 1 over and over again until Beth agrees to kiss him.

Note: This episode,according to internal evidence,is meant to take place in February 1981.

5-5. “Anne-Marie on Air” (February 9,1984)

Rebecca Macmillan (Robyn Donny) is the director of the school’s new video service,which would be a good thing if she didn’t have an ongoing rivalry with Anne-Marie,the main correspondent,leading to Becky doing all she can to interfere with Anne-Marie’s show and learning a valuable lesson in the process.

6-6. “Hard Choices” (February 23,1984)

Beth is torn on whether to go to the Valentine Ball with Beau or with kind-hearted J.J.Manners (Neil Patrick Harris). She goes to her mother (Mary Jo Deschanel), whom she’s always trusted on such matters,and her response leads her to choose J.J.


Season 2 (1985)

Season 3 (1986)

Season 4 (1987)

Season 5 (1988)


Reunion movie (2001)

Saturday, August 14, 2004

Anik C1

 1985-028B


In 1993 Anik C-1 was sold to Paracomsat, owned 90 percent by Paracom SA of Buenos Aires and 10 percent by Telesat. It was moved to 72W to provide Paracom services as a precursor to Argentina's Nahuel system. In 1996 Telesat bought the satellite back since Argentina now had Nahuel 1A. In Apr 2000 Anik C-1 was acquired by Loral Skynet do Brasil and renamed Brasil 1(T). It was then moved to 63W to provide limited service awaiting the launch of Loral's Estrela do Sul satellite.


Anik C-1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1985 Apr 12   Launch by Shuttle (51-D)  KSC LC39 
1985 Apr 12  2338  Deploy 
1985 Apr 13  0023 PAM-D burn 83s 
 0024  PAM-D cutoff 
 0026  PAM-D sep 
1985 Apr 13    626.28 348 x 35390 x 23.00 
 0630  Apogee 1 over 118E 
 1050  Perigee 1 
 1700  Apogee 2 over 38W 
 2115  Perigee 2 
1985 Apr 14 0320  Apogee 3 over 166E 
 0745 Perigee 3 
 1340  Apogee 4 over 10E 
 1810  Perigee 4 
1985 Apr 14  2332? Star 30B burn at Apogee 5 
1985 Apr 15  0010  Apogee 5 over 148W 
1985 Apr 14    1407.42 34988 x 35458 x 3.0 GEO 146.2W+7.3E 
1985 Apr 16    1422.88 35443 x 35611 x .30 GEO 130.7W+3.3E 
1985 Apr 16    1422.9 35441x35618x2.9  
1985 Apr 17    1431.36 35627 x 35760 x 2.9 GEO 127.6W+1.2E 
1985 Apr 18   1431.1 35618x35762x2.9 
1985 Apr 21   1430.9 35618x35759x2.9 
1985 May 4   On station GEO 107.5W 
1985 May 5    1436.07 35778 x 35793 x 2.9 GEO 107.5W 
1986 Oct 28    1436.10 35774 x 35798 x 1.5 GEO 107.4W 
1988 Nov 1    1436.08 35782 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 107.3W 
1990 Apr 5    1436.10 35776 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 107.3W 
1991 Oct 1    1436.10 35778 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 107.3W 
1991 Oct   Move to 110W 
1991 Oct 4    1436.07 35775 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 110.0W 
1991 Dec 27    1436.10 35775 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 109.3W 
1993 Feb    GEO 109.3W 
1993 Mar 29   mv out  
1993 Mar 29   Sold to Paracom SA 
1993 Apr 1    1436.07 35775 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 109.2W 
1993 Apr 5    1425.77 35403 x 35764 x 0.1 GEO 91.0W+2.6E 
1993 Apr 17    1426.01 35385 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 65.3W+2.5E 
1993 May 5   mv in  1436.06 35781 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 71.5W 
1993 Jun 1   Begin Paracom services as Nahuel A 
1993 Sep 12    1436.11 35781 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 71.8W 
1994 Sep 19    1436.18 35781 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 72.0W 
1996 mid   Bought back by Telesat 
1996 Nov 22    1436.11 35782 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 71.8W 
1997 Apr    GEO 72W 
1997 Apr 11   mv out  1444.50 35929 x 35972 x 0.1 GEO 77.6W+2.1W 
1997 May 9   mv in  1436.20 35756 x 35820 x 0.2 GEO 118.6W 
1998 Mar 30    1436.02 35771 x 35799 x 0.8 GEO 118.5W 
1998 Apr   Drift 
1998 May 16    1435.66 35766 x 35789 x 0.9 GEO 115.8W+0.1E 
1998 Aug 20   mv in  1436.10 35776 x 35796 x 1.1 GEO 106.3W 
1999 Jun 10    1436.09 35776 x 35796 x 1.8 GEO 106.3W 
2000 Apr 13    1436.08 35772 x 35800 x 2.4 GEO 106.3W 
2000 Apr 14?  mv out 
2000 Apr 30    1434.35 35744 x 35760 x 2.5 GEO 99.0W+0.4E 
2000 Jul 18    1434.62 35754 x 35760 x 2.6 GEO 66.6W+0.4/d 
2000 Aug 1?  Move in at 63W 
2000 Aug 3    1435.81 35776 x35785 x 2.7 GEO 63.0W 
2000 Sep 2    1436.13 35779x 35794 x 2.7 GEO 63.0W 
2003 Apr 24    1436.15 35781 x 35793 x 5.0 GEO 63.3W

Tuesday, August 3, 2004

Soyuz 9

  1970-041A


The Soyuz-9 mission, which used spacecraft 7K-OK No. 17, was a transition mission between the lunar and Salyut phases of the Soyuz program. Andrian Nikolaev and Vitaliy Sevastyanov spent a record 18 days in space. The BO carried a thermal control system prototype for DOS/Almaz.

Sevastyanov said in 2001 that three 0.5-meter target subsatellites were ejected from the BO and tracked optically in support of an Almaz-related space defense experiment. 


Soyuz-9 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1970 Jun 1  1900:00  Launch by Soyuz  KB 
  T+1:55 SAS sep 
  T+1:58 Blok BVGD sep 
  T+2:45 Fairing 
  T+4:48 Blok A sep 
  T+4:48 St 3 MES 
 1908:50  T+8:50 St 3 MECO 
 1909?  St 3 sep 
 2315   88.53 176 x 228 x 51.64 
1970 Jun 2   3 subsats ejected 
 0043  Ascending node at apogee 
 0044  Begin rev 5? 
1970 Jun 2  0105?  Burn on rev 5 
 0212  End of rev 5
 0300  End of working day
 0330   88.59 180 x 225 x 51.64
  
1970 Jun 3  1230   89.54 244 x 260 x 51.68 
1970 Jun 16    89.05 222 x 234 x 51.68 
 0930  Orbit lower  88.78 210 x 219 x 51.68 
 1645   88.75 199 x 226 x 51.68 
1970 Jun 18  1915   88.44 196 x 200 x 51.67 
1970 Jun 19 1052  Prep for retrofire 
1970 Jun 19  1117:30 Retrofire 145s, 0.15 km/s 
 1119:55  DO CO 
 1132? Modules sep 
 1140?  Entry 
 1144  Parachute deployment 
 1158:55  Landed 75 km W of Karaganda 

Opera: A History in Documents

https://welib.org/md5/021e21a311460f9855feb81889763e34

Monday, August 2, 2004

We Have Capture

https://welib.org/md5/7ad00281606de66bd1d8b00a706427bc

Kosmos 2407

 2004-028A


A Parus satellite was launched in Jul 2004,continuing the annual replenishment.


Kosmos-2407 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2004 Jul 22  1746:28  Launch by Kosmos-3M  PL LC132/1 
 1748  Stage 2 MES-1 
 1754?  Stage 2 MECO-1 
 1848? Stage 2 MES-2 
 1848? Stage 2 MECO-2 
 1849:30 S3M sep 

Kosmos 2406

 2004-021A


Kosmos-2406 was launched by FKA in Jun 2004 as the first replenishment launch for Tselina-2 in 4 years.


Kosmos-2406 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2004 Jun 10  0128:00  Launch by Zenit-2  KB 
 0130  T+2:23 St 1 MECO 
 0130  T+2:25 Stage 1 sep 
 0130  T+2:25 Stage 2 burn 
 0130  T+2:40 GO sep 
 0134  T+6:42 Stage 2 MECO 150? x 850? x 71.0 
  Sep motor cover perigee  
 0141? T+13m? Stage 2 VECO 
 0141?  Stage 2 sep motor covers 
 0141  T+13m Stage 2 sep 
2004 Jun 17    102.05 846 x 865 x 71.0 

Ekspress AM-11

 2004-015A


AM No. 11 and No. 12 replaced the cancelled Troika/Spacebus-3000 project. These are separate from AM 1-3 and have Alcatel payloads. AM 11 has 26 C and 4 Ku. 2542 kg launch. AM 11 was launched for GP KS by Proton K 410-08 with Blok DM-01 11S861-01 No. 14L.


Ekspress AM-11 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2004 Apr 26  2037:00  Launch by Proton-K 410-08 KB PL200/39 
  T+2:06 St 1 sep 
  T+3:03 GO sep 
  T+5:33 St 2 sep 
  T+9:34 St 3 MECO 
 2046 T+9:44 St 3 sep  
 2047 T+10:39 DM adapter sep  154 x 155 x 51.6 
 2150 T+1:13:27 MES-1 
 2157 T+1:20:34 MECO-1  632.51 329 x 35730 x 47.5 
2004 Apr 27  0306 T+6:29:24 MES-2, SOZ sep 
 0309 T+6:32:41 MECO-2  143.06 35777 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 96.5E 
 0309:57 T+6:32:57 DM sep 
2004 Apr 27   R/B reentered 
2004 May 19    1436.13 35785 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 96.5E 

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