Monday, September 20, 2004

Astra 1A

 1988-109B


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 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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 sep220? 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 

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