Friday, October 15, 2004

DSP-16

 1991-080B


DSP 16 was carried into space by the Shuttle on mission STS-44; it was nicknamed `Liberty' by the crew. The satellite was placed in geostationary orbit by the IUS upper stage and replaced DSP 12.


DSP 16 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1991 Nov 24  2344Launch by STS 
1991 Nov 25  0602  IUS-14 deploy  91.80 358 x 367 x 28.5 
1991 Nov 25  0702?  IUS SRM-1 
 0704? SRM-1 burnout 
 1213? IUS SRM-1 sep  636.8 380 x 35899 x 26.9 (UN) 
 1216  IUS SRM-2 (12:32) 
 1239  IUS-14 sep from DSP  1421.9 35795 x 35787 x 2.5 (UN) 
1991 Nov 26?  Cover sep 
1991 Nov    GEO 180E dr 
1991 Dec 10    GEO 130W 
1992 Feb 1    GEO 70E 
1997 Jun?    GEO 70E 
1997 Jul?   mv out 
1997 Aug?   mv in  GEO 8.5E 
1999 Jan    GEO 8.5E 
2000 Oct?   mv out 
2001 Mar?   mv in 165W 
2003 Mar    GEO 165W 
2003 Nov    GEO 165W 

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