Wednesday, September 29, 2004

Progress M1-8

 2002-013A


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 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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 

Tuesday, September 28, 2004

Leaving Earth : Space Stations, Rival Superpowers, and the Quest for Interplanetary Travel

 https://welib.org/md5/60880c9c33bdddd095e43810c4430597

Kid's almanac for the 21st century

 https://welib.org/md5/b556d8364be96d7f9618a36cdb3c33e4

Inmarsat 202

 1991-018A


Inmarsat II F-2 was the AOR E satellite.


Inmarsat II F-2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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 

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