Progress M1-8

 2002-013A

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Spacecraft 257 ISS flight 7P. Launch mass was 7250 kg.

The rendezvous took an extra day since Progress was used in a series of maneuvers to test new accelerometers for the Soyuz TMA.

In June 2002, 750 kg of N2O4/UDMH prop were trasnferred to Zvezda.

Progress M1-8
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2002 Mar 21	2013:39	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB PL1
	2015:35	St 1 sep
	2016:17	Fairing sep
	2018:23	St 2 sep
	2018:33	KhO sep
	2022:22	MECO
	2022:25	St 3 sep	88.72 188 x 233 x 51.70
2002 Mar 22	0510		90.50 284 x 312 x 51.64
2002 Mar 24	1204		90.94 295 x 345 x 51.64
	2007	At 1.7km
	2016	At 600m
	2019	Flyaround begins
	2040?	Rendezvous 150m from Zvezda
	2046	Final approach
	2057:56	Docked Zvezda -Y
2002 Mar 25	0000	HO to Zvezda	92.39 388 x 393 x 51.6
2002 Jun 24	1000?	HC
2002 Jun 25	0826	Undocked from Zvezda
	0829	Sep burn at 50m
	0835	Sep burn at 275m
	1135:00	Deorbit burn 96.2m/s 186.4s	92.33 379 x 398 x 51.6
		Over 50N 32E?
	1138:06	DU complete	88.99 50 x 398 x 51.6
	1156	Southbound equator at 98E, 250 km
	1213	Entry begins (80 km?) over 46S 144W?
	1218	Breakup begins
	1226	Debris impact 46 28S 144 04W

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Inmarsat 202

 1991-018A

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Inmarsat II F-2 was the AOR E satellite.

Inmarsat II F-2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1991 Mar 8	2303:00	Launch by Delta 6925	CC LC17
		T+0:56 SRM 1-3,7-9 out
		T+1:01 SRM 4-6 on
		T+1:02 SRM 1-3 sep
		T+1:03 SRM 7-9 sep
		T+1:57 SRM 4-6 off
		T+2:02 SRM 4-6 sep
		T+4:25 MECO
		T+4:31 VECO
		T+4:33 Stage 1 sep
	2307	Stage 2 TIG (T+4:38)
	2307	Fairing sep (T+4:50)
	2314?	SECO-1 (T+11:37)	186 x 186? x 28.5?
	2326?	Delta SES-2
	2326?	Delta SECO-2	200? x 1170? x 25.0?
		spinup
	2327?	T+21 Delta sep
	2327?	TES
	2328?	TECO
	2329?	T+24:55 Stage 3 sep
	2345		648.27 205 x 36662 x 23.77
	2348	despin weights
1991 Mar 9	0008?	Delta depletion	100.69 409 x 1173 x 24.96
1991 Mar 9?		LAM-1
1991 Mar 11?		LAM-2
1991 Mar 13			1459.52 35939 x 36547 x 2.7 GEO 44.2E
1991 Mar 20			1448.22 35830 x 36217 x 2.8 GEO 5.9E+3.0W
1991 Mar 21			1436.48 35754 x 35833 x 2.8 GEO 3.5E+0.1W
1991 Apr 13		Operational	GEO 15.5W
1991 May 1			1436.12 35784 x 35789 x 2.6 GEO 15.5W
1993 Apr 9			1436.10 35784 x 35789 x 2.2 GEO 15.5W
1995 Oct 15			1436.08 35769 x 35803 x 2.3 GEO 15.4W
1996 Jul		AOR E	GEO 15.5W
1996 Sep 24			1436.10 35768 x 35804 x 2.3 GEO 15.5W
1996 Oct 8		mv out
1997 Jan 28		mv in at AOR-W	1436.08 35771 x 35801 x 2.2 GEO 55.1W
1999 May 17			1436.09 35774 x 35798 x 1.9 GEO 55.0W
1999 May		mv out
1999 Jun 15			1440.81 35864 x 35892 x 1.9
1999 Oct 31		Move in as Inmarsat Americas	1436.10 35766 x 35806 x 1.8 GEO 97.9W
2003 Sep 1			1436.10 35774 x 35779 x 1.6 GEO 97.9W

Astra 1A

 1988-109B

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The Soci'et'e Europ'eene des Satellites (SES), franchised by the Duchy of Luxembourg, ordered Europe's first commercial satellite in 1985 from RCA. The GE-4000 series medium power TV relay satellite was launched in 1988 and became Astra 1A.

Astra 1A
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 Dec 11	0033:41	Launch by Ariane (V27)	CSG
		T+0:03 PAP on
		T+1:06 PAP sep
		T+2:29 PAL sep
		T+3:34 St 1 sep
		T+3:36 St 2 MES
		T+4:45 Fairing
		T+5:45 St 2 sep
		T+5:49 St 3 MES
	0051:30	T+17:49 St 3 MECO
	0053:48	T+20:07 Skynet 4B sep
	0056:07	T+22:26 SPELDA sep
	0057:58	T+24:17 Astra 1A sep	220? x 35550? x 6.7
1988 Dec 12	1400?	Star 37XFP burn	1460.8? 35960 x 36580? x 0.4?
1988 Dec 17			1428.85 35517 x 35772 x 0.2 GEO 60.8W+1.8E
1989 Jan 3			1419.57 35163 x 35761 x 0.0 GEO 5.1E+4.2E
1989 Jan 8		braking	1436.48 35783 x 35805 x 0.1 GEO 18.8E+0.1W
1989 Jan 14			1435.54 35756 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 19.3E+0.1E
1989 Jan 30			1435.96 35771 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 19.2E
1991 Feb 25			1436.04 35684 x 35885 x 0.0 GEO 18.9E
1993 Mar 31			1436.03 35762 x 35807 x 0.0 GEO 19.3E
1995 Oct 20			1436.06 35782 x 35789 x 0.1 GEO 19.3E
1999 Jun 13			1436.14 35610 x 35964 x 0.1 GEO 19.1E
2001 Nov 26		mv out 19E
2001 Dec 31		mv in 5E
2003 Sep 6			1436.07 35766 x 35805 x 1.9 GEO 5.2E
2004 Dec 1			1436.06 35766 x 35805 x 3.2 GEO 5.3E

Eutelsat 104

 1987-078B

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The ECS 4 satellite had a mass of 1175 kg at launch and 700 kg on orbit. Size is 2.4m x 2.2m with 13.8m span. It carried 116 kg of hydrazine. ECS 4 was the lower payload within Spelda, which was 193 kg.

Sylda + VEB + dry stage 3 was 2000 kg, so 1807 kg for the orbiting stage 3 object.

ECS 4 was raised in Dec 2002 by 414 km and replaced by Eurobird 2.

ECS 4
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1987 Sep 16	0045:31	Launch by Ariane (V19)	CSG ELA1
		T+0:07 PAP on
		T+0:40 PAP sep
		T+2:20 St 1 sep
		T+2:24 St 2 MES
		T+3:31 Fairing sep
		T+4:31 St 2 sep
		T+4:36 St 3 MES
	0102:10	T+16:39 St 3 MECO
	0103:58	T+18:27 Aussat K3 sep
	0107:30	T+21:59 Sylda sep
	0107:35	T+22:04 ECS 4 sep from Stage 3
	0700?	Apo 1
	1130?	Peri 1
	1700?	Apo 2
	2200?	Peri 2
1987 Sep 17			630.80 202 x 35769 x 7.0
	0330?	Apo 3
	0830?	Peri 3
1987 Sep 17	1347	Mage 2 AKM burn at 4th apo
1987 Sep 17			1438.77 35694 x 35983 x 0.2 GEO 26.0W+0.7W
1987 Sep 20			1438.8 35691 x 35987 x 0.2 GEO 27.2W-0.7/d
1987 Sep 27			1426.89 35474 x 35738 x 0.2 GEO 9.9W+2.3E
1987 Oct 4	2200		GEO 8.3E+2/d
1987 Oct 8			1436.12 35756 x 35817 x 0.1 GEO 10.0E
1987 Nov 1		To Eutelsat as I F-4
1987 Nov 5			1436.04 35756 x 35815 x 0.1 GEO 10.0E
1988 Dec 15			1436.03 35747 x 35822 x 0.1 GEO 10.0E
1988 Dec		mv out
1989 Jan 9		mv in
1989 Mar 3			1436.08 35771 x 35801 x 0.1 GEO 13.0E
1991 Feb 20			1436.05 35776 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 13.0E
1991 Jun 8			1435.95 35773 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 13.7E+0.03E
1991 Jul?		Move to 7E
1991 Sep 13			1436.12 35773 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 7.0E
1992 Jan 17			1436.09 35762 x 35810 x 0.0 GEO 7.0E
1993 Feb 9			1436.05 35771 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 7.0E
1993 Feb		Move to 25E
1993 Feb 12			1436.07 35777 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 25.4E
1996 Jul 7			1436.04 35763 x 35807 x 2.6 GEO 25.5E
1997 Sep 30			1436.06 35772 x 35799 x 3.4 GEO 25.5E
1999 Jun 15			1436.08 35771 x 35801 x 4.6 GEO 25.4E

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USA-144

 1999-028A

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USA 144 used a 50' fairing on a Titan 4 with no upper stage. The spacecraft entered a low parking orbit at 63 degrees. Amateur observations later found the satellite in a much higher 3000 km orbit. The satellite may be a low res imaging payload.

USA 144
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1999 May 22	0936	Launch by Titan 4 B-12	V SLC4E
	0940	T+4:12 Fairing sep
	0941	T+5:45? Stage 2 burn
	0945	T+9:08 Stage 2 MECO
	0945	T+9:24 Stage 2 sep	89.43 199 x 292 x 63.4
		6 objects sep
1999 May 24		Orbit raise	400 km?
		2 objects sep
1999 Jun 4		Rumoured orbit	148.49 2697 x 3123 x 63.4
		1 object sep
1999 Jun 16			148.49 2692 x 3128 x 63.44
2003 Dec 7			148.48 2682 x 3137 x 63.45

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Magnum 2

 1989-090B

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The second MAGNUM payload was deployed from Shuttle mission STS-33 in 1989. Two rockets were cataloged, presumably the IUS stages.

Space and Sat News C&C; News Pty Ltd 5 May 1989 vol 3 no 8 refers to Sydney Morning Herald article discussing MENTOR launch due in 1989 for control from Pine Gap.

The same source reported the payload was to be deployed on the 7th orbit with IUS igniting on orbit 8's ascending node; the IUS uses a 60 minute timer. Depending on the definition of orbit number, this could be consistent with the known orbit corrections. There were two small Discovery orbit corrections at 0609 and 1003 UTC, either of which could be the post-separation distancing burn. I will assume the second one is, which would imply a deploy at 0940 and an IUS burn at 1040. This would lead to an apogee equator crossing at 1535 UTC.

The UN orbital data for the satellite are more consistent with the post-1003 UTC orbit, but the US often supplies incorrect data to the UN for classified satellites, so I place low weight on that piece of information.

Magnum 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 Nov 23	0023:30	Launch from LC39B
	0025:37	SRB sep
	0031:56	MECO
	0032:14	ET sep	86.06 -10? x 165? x 28.5
	0033:55	OMS-1 (66s) (30 m/s?)
	0035:01	OMS-1 CO	87.04 50? x 205? x 28.5?
	0050?	Orbit 1 DN
	0057:11	OMS-2 (95s) 47m/s?	88.63 202 x 210 x 28.5
	0058:46	OMS-2 CO
	0136	Orbit 2 AN
	0220	Orbit 2 DN
	0304	Orbit 3 AN
	0347	Orbit 3 DN
	0433	Orbit 4 AN
	0442	OMS-3 99m/s	92.00 207 x 537 x 28.47
	0516	Orbit 4 DN
	0528	Orbit 4 apogee
	0603	Orbit 5 AN
	0609?	RCS? 5m/s	92.18 207 x 555 x 28.47
	0614	Orbit 5 perigee
	0649	Orbit 5 DN over 87W
	0700	Orbit 5 apogee over 48W 20S
	0736	Orbit 6 AN over 81E
	0746	Orbit 6 perigee over 120E 20N
	0820	Orbit 6 DN over 110W
	0833	Orbit 6 apogee over 68W 21S
	0908	Orbit 7 AN over 58E
	0919	Orbit 7 perigee over 100E 21N
	0940?	Deploy from OV-103?
	0953	Orbit 7 DN over 133E
	1003?	RCS? 8m/s	92.50 235 x 558 x 28.47
	1005	Orbit 7 apogee over 92W 21S
	1040?	IUS burn 1 opp?
	1040	Orbit 8 AN over 34E
	1052	Orbit 8 perigee over 76E
1989 Nov 23	1115	Deploy opp from OV-103 ?
		92.3 237 x 561 x 28.4 (UN)
	1125	Orbit 8 DN over 156W
	1138	Orbit 8 apogee
	1212	IUS burn 1 opp?
	1212	Orbit 9 AN over 12E
	1533?	IUS SRM-1 sep
	1535?	IUS burn 2
	1537?	SRM-2 burnout
	1615?	IUS sep
1989 Nov ?		LAE burn
2003 May 2			1436.26 34693 x 36886 x 8.6

STS-64 (Discovery)

 1994-059A

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STS-64 was another research mission. The Spartan 201 solar observatory flew once more, and was joined in the payload bay by the LITE experiment. LITE used a laser ranger to study the atmospere.

The highlight of the mission was a spacewalk to test out the new SAFER backpack.

Discovery also carried out tests of the SPIFEX contamination experiment, a long lance-like probe attached to the end of the RMS.

STS-64
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1994 May 26		Tow to VAB for storage	VAB/2
1994 Jun 8		Tow to OPF	OPF
1994 Sep 9	2222:55	Launch
	2224:58	T+2:03 SRB sep
	2231:30	T+8:34 MECO	42 x 254 (STSMR)
	2231:49	ET sep
	2259:04	OMS-2 2:05 64m/s
	2353	PLBD open	89.68 252 x 264 x 57.0
	2355?	ET reentry
1994 Sep 10	0245:25	RCS trim 5s 0.4m/s
	0333:09	RCS trim 10s 1m/s
1994 Sep 10	2033:08	RMS grapple SPIFEX	89.70 253 x 266 x 57.0
	2041:32	SPIFEX unberth
1994 Sep 11	0237:55	RCS trim 2s 0.1m/s
	1525:38	RCS trim 25s 0.5m/s
1994 Sep 12	1556:02	RMS reberth SPIFEX
	1559:14	RMS ungrapple SPIFEX
1994 Sep 13	1514:24	RCS trim 6s 0.4m/s
	1600:34	RCS trim 5s 0.4m/s
1994 Sep 13	2040:20	RMS grapple Spartan	89.68 252 x 265 x 57.0
	2048:24	RMS unberth Spartan
	2129:57	RMS release Spartan
		RCS sep-1
		RCS sep-2
	2220		89.71 255 x 264 x 57.0
1994 Sep 14	0119		89.70 253 x 265 x 57.0
1994 Sep 14?	1350	NC3 1m/s
	1445	NC4 1m/s
	1715		89.67 251 x 264 x 57.0
1994 Sep 15?	0210	NCC 0.3m/s
1994 Sep 15	1238		89.64 250 x 262 x 57.0
	1542		89.61 249 x 260 x 57.0
1994 Sep 15	1844	TI 1m/s	255 x 259
	1935	MC2
	1947	MC3
	1956	MC4
	2047?	Spartan rendezvous
	2056	Ready to grapple
	2100:55	RMS grapple Spartan
	2228:04	RMS berth Spartan
	2229:51	RMS ungrapple SPTN
1994 Sep 15	2251:47	OMS 3R (HITE) 17s 5m/s
	2336:46	OMS 4L (CIRC) 17s 5m/s
	2337		89.34 235 x 248 x 57.0
1994 Sep 16	0303		89.33 235 x 248 x 57.0
1994 Sep 16	1428	EVA-1 depress start
	1438	EVA-1 zero p
	1439:14	EVA-1 zero p (STS-MR)
	1439:28	HO (STS-MR)
	1442:00	EVA-1 official start
	1453	Hatch open (TC?)
	1454	Lee egress
	1459	Meade egress
	1516	Lee on SAFER, first flight
	1723	Lee off SAFER
	1740?	Meade on SAFER
	1950?	Meade flight complete, SAFER still on
	2127	Hatch closed
	2131:21	EMUs on orbiter power
	2133:16	Repress, NASA time 6:51, vac time 6:54
	2140	Cabin pressure equalized	89.32 234 x 247 x 57.0
1994 Sep 17	1324:17	RMS grapple SPIFEX
	1349:21	RMS unberth SPIFEX
	2107:04	RMS reberth SPIFEX
	2109:02	RMS ungrapple SPIFEX
1994 Sep 19	1450	PLBD closed
	1837	PLBD open (KSC 159 waveoff)
1994 Sep 20	1449	PLBD closed	89.31 233 x 247 x 57.0
	1844	(KSC 175 waveoff)
	2017:00	OMS DO (3:01) 98m/s	13 x 243
	2041:03	Entry
	2112:53	MGTD Landed RW04 EAFB
	2113:02	NGTD
	2113:54	Wheels stop

Navstar 38

 1997-067A

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The final Block 2A, SVN 38, now under the auspices of Boeing, was launched on 1997 Nov 6 as USA 135.

Navstar 38
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1997 Nov 6	0030:00	Launch by Delta 7925
		SRM sep
	0034:20	MECO
	0034	Thor sep
	0034	SES-1
	0040:28	SECO-1	184? x 192? x 35.0
	0049:51?	SES-2
	0050:10?	SECO-2	175 x 912? x 35.1
	0051?	St 2 sep
	0051?	PAM-D burn
	0053?	TECO	356.91 187 x 20319 x 34.97
	0055	PAM-D sep	352.3 192 x 20107 x 35.0 (UN)
	0131?	Delta SECO-3	94.83 459 x 561 x 35.2
1997 Nov 8	1511	AKM burn
2002 Jul 23			720.4 19871 x 20643 x 54.9 (UN)