Saturday, December 24, 2005
Soyuz 29
1978-061A
7K-T 11F615A8 No. 46 was launched on 1978 Jun 15 with the DOS-5 EO-2 crew, Vladimir Kovalyonok and Aleksandr Ivanchenkov. It was named Soyuz-29. Soyuz-29 docked with the front port on Salyut-6 on Jun 16.
On Sep 3, the EP-4 Interkosmos crew of Valeriy Bykovskiy and Sigmund Jahn entered the spacecraft and undocked, returning to Earth later that day.
| Soyuz-29 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 Jun 15 | 2016:45 | Launch by Soyuz-U | KB |
| 2019 | Blok BVGD sep | ||
| 2021 | Blok A sep | ||
| 2025 | Blok I MECO | ||
| 2026 | Blok I sep | ||
| 88.8 193 x 248 x 51.6 | |||
| 253 x 309 x 51.6 | |||
| 1978 Jun 16 | 338 x 353 x 51.6 | ||
| 2158 | Docked | ||
| 1978 Sep 2 | 1400 | Test burn | |
| 1978 Sep 3 | 0645 | Crew entry | |
| 0823:18 | Undocked | ||
| 1052:09 | Retro | ||
| 1055? | DO CO | ||
| 1110:32 | PAO, BO sep | ||
| 1116? | Entry | ||
| 1140:34 | Landed 140 km SE of Dzezkazgan | ||
Friday, December 23, 2005
FSW-21
2005-027A
FSW launched in Aug 2005.
| FSW | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Aug 2 | 0730:03 | Launch by CZ-2C | JQ |
| 0740? | Stage 2 MECO | ||
| 0750 | 91.12 165 x 493 x 63.0 | ||
| 2005 Aug 3 | 0400 | Orbit tweak | 91.14 166 x 494 x 63.0 |
| 2005 Aug 4 | 2025 | 91.10 166 x 491 x 63.00 | |
| 2005 Aug 5 | Orbit raise | ||
| 1915 | 91.49 166 x 528 x 63.0 | ||
| 2005 Aug 7 | orbit raise | ||
| 0603 | 91.73 166 x 552 x 63.0 | ||
| 2005 Aug 10 | 1952 | 91.65 166 x 544 x 63.0 | |
| 2005 Aug 18 | 91.56 167 x 535 x 63.0 | ||
| 2005 Aug 19 | orbit raise | 91.72 167 x 550 x 63.0 | |
| 2005 Aug 28 | 2142? | Deorbit | |
| 2200? | Landing | ||
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Thaicom 1
1993-078B
Thaicom 1 was the first lightweight HS-376L model, using a Star 30BP solid apogee motor and with a dry mass of only 436 kg. The satellite carried 644 kg of fuel at launch, with 193 kg remaining at BOL, for masses of 1080 kg and 629 kg respectively. The HS-376L satellite was 2.16m in dia, 2.6 m high at launch, with a height of 6.7 m after deployment of the solar panel skirt and antennas.
Thaicom was built for the Shinawatra Satellite Co, Bangkok, Thailand, a subsidiary of the Shinawatra Computer and Communications Group (SC&C;). It was launched as a Spelda Dedicated Satellite payload (SDS) on Ariane. The Ariane SPELDA, VEB and associated equipment had a mass of 1353 kg, and the dry mass of the H10+ third stage was 1242 kg.
In Jul 1997 Thaicom 1 was moved to 120E and renamed Thaicom 1A.
| Thaicom 1 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 Dec 18 | 0127 | Launch by Ariane | |
| 1993 Dec 18 | 0129 | PAL sep (2:21) | |
| 0130 | St 1 sep (3:32) | ||
| 0131 | Fairing sep (4:31) | ||
| 0132 | St 2 sep (5:44) | ||
| 0132 | St 3 TIG (5:49) | ||
| 0145 | St 3 MECO (18:13) | ||
| 0148 | DBS 1 sep (21:37) | ||
| 0150 | Mini-Spelda top sep (23:07) | ||
| 0152 | Thaicom 1 sep (25:11) | ||
| 0152 | H10+ sep burn (25:13) | ||
| 0156 | H10+ end of mission (29:12) | ||
| 0730? | Apo 1 at 88E | ||
| 1230? | Peri 1 | ||
| 1800? | Apo 2 at 71W | ||
| 2300? | Peri 2 | ||
| 1993 Dec 19 | 0500? | Apo 3 at 125E | |
| 1993 Dec 19 | 638.97 214 x 36177 x 3.9 | ||
| 1000? | Peri 3 | ||
| 1530? | Apo 4 at 33W | ||
| 2000? | Peri 4 | ||
| 1993 Dec 20 | 0200? | Apo 5 at 170E | |
| 0700? | Peri 5 | ||
| 1230? | Apo 6 at 9E | ||
| 1730? | Peri 6 | ||
| 2300? | Apo 7 at 150W | ||
| 1993 Dec 21 | 0430? | Peri 7 | |
| 1000? | Apo 8 at 48E | ||
| 1993 Dec 21 | 0943? | Star 30BP burn | 1403.92 34093 x 36215 x 0.1 GEO 49.9E+8.3E |
| 1993 Dec 22 | 1378.17 33927 x 35362 x 0.4 GEO 56.4E+15.2E | ||
| 1993 Dec 23 | 2200? | mv in | |
| 1993 Dec 26 | 1436.10 35771 x 35802 x 0.1 GEO 78.6E | ||
| 1994 Jan 14 | 1436.11 35765 x 35808 x 0.1 GEO 78.5E | ||
| 1997 Mar 10 | 1436.10 35762 x 35811 x 0.0 GEO 78.4E | ||
| 1997 Jul | mv out | GEO 78E | |
| 1997 Jul 31 | GEO 119E | ||
| 1997 Aug 17 | 1436.13 35781 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 120.0E | ||
| 1999 Oct 17 | 1436.07 35781 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 120.1E | ||
| 2002 Aug 3 | 1436.11 35781 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 120.0E | ||
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Gambit-3 20
1969-019A
KH-8 20 was launched by Titan IIIB Agena D from Vandenberg SLC4W into a 92 degree orbit, the lowest inclination (closest to polar) flight of any KH-8 mission.
| KH-8 20 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 Mar 4 | 1930 | Launch by Titan IIIB Agena D | V SLC4W |
| 1932? | Titan stage 1 sep | ||
| 1935? | Titan stage 2 sep | ||
| 1935? | Agena burn | ||
| 1940? | Agena MECO | ||
| 1969 Mar 5 | 0402 | 90.43 132 x 459 x 92.0 | |
| 1969 Mar 8 | 1448 | 89.98 128 x 417 x 92.0 | |
| Orbit raise | |||
| 2244 | 90.21 121 x 448 x 92.0 | ||
| Orbit raise | |||
| 1969 Mar 9 | 0422 | 90.46 127 x 466 x 92.0 | |
| 1969 Mar 10 | 1803 | 90.23 130 x 440 x 92.0 | |
| Orbit raise | |||
| 2234 | 90.57 136 x 468 x 92.0 | ||
| Lower perigee | |||
| 1969 Mar 11 | 1210 | 90.24 114 x 458 x 92.0 | |
| 1969 Mar 12 | 1217 | Raise orbit | 90.31 125 x 453 x 92.1 |
| 1969 Mar 14 | |||
| 2200? | SRV recovered rev 161 | ||
| 1969 Mar 16 | 0923 | 89.72 132 x 388 x 92.0 | |
| 1969 Mar 17 | 1945 | 89.47 125 x 371 x 92.0 | |
| 1969 Mar 18 | Reentered after 14d | ||
| 2145? | Deboost rev 224 | ||
Sunday, December 18, 2005
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Monitor-E
2005-032A
Launch 2005 Jul by 14A05 Rokot with Briz-KM No. 72507 from PL. The satellite, Monitor-E 98M No. 1 uses Krunichev Yacht bus, 750 kg. Krunichev is owner/operator. Box + 2 panels. Bus is 1.2 x 1.2m.
| Monitor-E | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Aug 26 | 1834:28 | Launch by Rokot | KB PL LC133/3 |
| T+2:26 St 1 sep | |||
| T+3:05 GO sep | |||
| T+5:19 St 2 sep | |||
| 1839:53 | T+5:25 MES-1 dV 2229 m/s | -4000? x 250? x 97.6? | |
| 1848:14 | T+13:46 MECO-1 | 200? x 520? x 97.6? | |
| 1946:12 | T+1:11:44 MES-2 dV 161m/s | ||
| 1946:38 | T+1:12:10 MECO-2 | ||
| 2006:08 | T+1:31:40 Briz sep | ||
| 2005 Aug 26 | 524 x 544 x 97.6 | ||
| 2013:48 | T+1:39:20 depletion 147 m/s | ||
| 2005 Aug 26 | Briz orbit | 147 x 538 x 97.8 | |
| 2005 Oct 18 | loss of attitude | ||
| 2005 Nov 23 | Spacecraft resumes testing | ||
| 2005 Nov 26 | Gamma-S first picture | ||
Payload:
- Gamma-L 8-m camera pan, 90 km swath
- Gamma-S 20-m camera 3-band, 160 km swath
Tuesday, December 6, 2005
Friday, December 2, 2005
Navstar 31
1993-017A
Navstar GPS 31 (USA 90) was launched on 1993 Mar 30 from Cape Canaveral by a Delta II. The Delta also carried the SEDS experiment. SVN 31 was placed in plane C-3.
| Navstar 31 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 Mar 30 | 0309 | Launch by Delta 7925 | CC LC17 |
| 0318? | T+9? Delta SECO-1 | 185 x 185 x 34.0 | |
| 0329? | T+20? Delta SES-2 | ||
| 0329? | T+20? Delta SECO-2 | 184 x 746 x 34.0 | |
| 0330? | Delta/SEDS sep from GPS/PAM-D | ||
| 0331? | T+22? TES | ||
| 0333? | T+24? TECO | ||
| 0334? | T+25? PAM-D sep | 357.68 185 x 20440 x 34.9 | |
| 1993 Apr 1 | 1820? | Star 37XFP burn | 723.66 20187 x 20456 x 54.9 |
| 1993 Apr 13 | In service | ||
| 1993 Apr 22 | On station | ||
| 1993 Aug 7 | 717.99 20071 x 20293 x 55.0 | ||
| 1997 Feb 1 | Operating at slot C-3 | ||
| 2005 Oct 24 | retired from service | ||
Saturday, November 26, 2005
Progress M-53
2005-021A
Progress No. 353 on Mission ISS 18P. 7261 kg launch mass. Docking mass 6989 kg.
| PM-53 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Jun 16 | 2309:32 | Launch by Soyuz-U No. Zh15000-094 | KB LC1-5 |
| T+1:59 Strapons sep | |||
| T+3:11 Fairing sep | |||
| 2314:19 | T+4:47 Blok A sep | ||
| 2314:29 | T+4:57 KhO sep | ||
| 2318:17 | T+8:45 Blok I MECO | ||
| 2318:24 | T+8:49 Blok I sep | ||
| 2005 Jun 17 | 0255:25 | DV1 21.6m/s 54.5s | |
| 0340:04 | DV2 3.3m/s 9.5s | ||
| 2005 Jun 18 | 0020:58 | 1.1m/s 4.0s | |
| 2249:18 | 15.8m/s 43s | ||
| 2311:48 | 1.1m/s 29s | ||
| 2332:41 | 25.9m/s 67.2s | ||
| 2005 Jun 19 | 0013:57 | 3 km, 8.1m/s 26s | |
| 0020:13 | 1.1km, 4.5m/s 16.2s | ||
| 0022:27 | 600m, 2.3m/s 35s | ||
| 2005 Jun 19 | 150m Comm failure, Krikalyov takes TORU control | ||
| 0041:31 | Docking | ||
| 2005 Sep 7 | 1025:57 | Undocking from Zvezda | |
| 1326:00 | Deorbit 167s 87.1m/s | 350 x 351 x 51.6 | |
| 1328:47 | DO CO | 56 x 350 x 51.6 | |
| 1405? | Reentry | ||
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Sunday, November 20, 2005
Intelsat 306
1970-003A
The F-6 satellite replaced F-2 as the primary AOR satellite, but was soon replaced in turn by F-7. After a stint in 1971 as the Atlantic backup, it was moved to the Indian Ocean in 1972, and then to the Pacific in around 1974-75. It was retired in 1976 and decommissioned in 1977.
| Intelsat III F-6 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 Jan 15 | 0016:03 | Launch by Delta M | CK LC17A |
| Azimuth 100 deg | |||
| SRM 1-3 sep | |||
| 0019:46 | T+3:43 MECO | ||
| 0019:52? | St 1 sep | ||
| 0019:52? | SES-1 6:27 | ||
| 0026:19? | SECO-1 | ||
| 0041? | St 2 sep | ||
| 0042? | TES 41.6s | ||
| 0042? | TECO | ||
| 0044? | St 3 sep | 631.70 267 x 35750 x 28.0 | |
| 1970 Jan 16 | 1329 | SVM-2 burn | |
| 1970 Jan 19 | 1436.14 35754 x 35820 x 1.0 GEO 20.6W | ||
| 1970 Feb 1 | AOR Primary, replaced III F-2 | GEO 24W | |
| 1970 Mar 9 | 1436.41 35784 x 35801 x 0.9 GEO 25.1W | ||
| 1970 May 4 | 1436.25 35784 x 35794 x 0.8 GEO 24.3W | ||
| 1970 May? | Replaced by III F-7 | ||
| 1970 May? | AOR Backup | ||
| 1970 Jun 8 | 1436.16 35785 x 35790 x 0.7 GEO 28.7W | ||
| 1971 Jan 18 | 1436.46 35730 x 35857 x 0.1 GEO 30.3W+0.1E | ||
| 1971 Apr | AOR Backup, moved | GEO 20W | |
| 1971 Apr 26 | 1434.40 35718 x 35788 x 0.2 GEO 21.9W+0.4W | ||
| 1971 May 3 | Move in | 1436.20 35787 x 35789 x 0.2 GEO 20.1W | |
| 1972 Feb 28 | 1436.21 35781 x 35791 x 0.9 GEO 19.4W | ||
| 1972 Mar? | Move out to IOR | ||
| 1972 Jul 31 | IOR | 1436.21 35780 x 35797 x 1.3 GEO 64.7E+0.04E | |
| 1972 Dec 22 | 1436.04 35784 x 35786 x 1.7 GEO 63.1E+0.0W | ||
| 1974 Dec | Move out of IOR | ||
| 1975? | Move to POR | ||
| 1975 Mar 14 | 1436.26 35780 x 35799 x 3.5 GEO 176.9W+0.05E | ||
| 1975 Dec 30 | GEO 182E (Morgan) | ||
| 1976 Jan 15 | 1436.24 35782 x 35796 x 4.2 GEO 178.2W+0.04E | ||
| 1976 | Move out | ||
| 1976 Oct 20 | 1436.80 35733 x 35866 x 4.7 GEO 152.1W+0.1E | ||
| 1977 May 9 | 1435.50 35737 x 35812 x 5.1 GEO 154.2W+0.1W | ||
| 1977 May 25 | Orbit raise | 1465.69 36185 x 36542 x 5.2 | |
Friday, November 18, 2005
MUBLCOM
1999-026B
MUBLCOM (Multiple beam Beyond Line-of-sight Communications) is an experimental satellite funded by DARPA and managed by the US Army's Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) at Ft Monmouth, New Jersey. It was built by Orbital using the Microstar (Orbcomm type) bus and carries a payload testing hand-held radio satellite communications for the armed forces.
Orbit is 750 x 750 km x 98 deg. The gravity gradient stabilized craft has a mass of 48 kg and is 0.16 long x 1.0 dia. MUBLCOM stands for Multiple Beam Beyond Line-of-Sight Communications. MUBLCOM relays packet data from user terminals to a data/voice network providing secure, mobile, terrain-independent, all-weather comms. The comms payload was developed by Torrey Science Corp. (TSC). The MUBLCOM demonstration satellite was launched in 1999. Program manager is the Space and Terrestrial Comms Directorate (S&TCD;) of CECOM, the US Army Communications/Electronics Command (part of Army Materiel Command?)
MUBLCOM also carries retroreflectors designed for use with MSFC's Advanced Video Guidance Sensor used on the DART satellite. This was not made public until DART launch preps in 2004.
The satellite was retired in 2005 Sep.
Saturday, November 12, 2005
STS-74 (Atlantis)
1995-061A
The STS-74 mission was the second Mir docking mission. Delivered from Atlantis to Mir were 324 kg of equipment, 147 kg of food, 450 kg of water, 20 kg of N2, and 27 kg of O2 for a total of 967 kg.. From Mir to Atlantis came 9 kg of ESA equipment, 190 kg of RKA equipment, and 171 kg of NASA equipment for a total of 371 kg. This implies a net Atlantis mass decrease of 596 kg. (The SODB data shows 313 kg down and implies 455 kg up as well as the DM; but the contemporary PAO reports seem more likely to be reliable).
| STS-74 mission events | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 Oct 3 | 0720 | Roll to VAB | |
| 1995 Oct 4 | Mate with ET/SRB | ||
| 1995 Oct 12 | 0406 | Roll to LC39A | |
| 1995 Nov 11 | Scrub T-5m (WX) | ||
| 1995 Nov 12 | 1230:43 | Launch | KSC LC39A |
| 1232:47 | SRB sep | ||
| 1239:17 | MECO | 88.29 80 x 299 x 51.7 (OMS dV) | |
| 1239:35 | ET sep | ||
| 1312:35 | OMS 2 2:11 64.9m/s | 90.52 294 x 305 x 51.7 | |
| 1314:46 | OMS 2 CO | ||
| 1357:23 | PLBD open | ||
| 1530:20 | OMS-3 (R) 46s 12m/s | ||
| 1602 | 90.92 299 x 339 x 51.6 | ||
| 1995 Nov 13 | 0415 | NC2 burn (RCS?) | |
| 1513:55 | NC3 OMS 4 40s 20m/s | 91.95 346 x 394 x 51.6 | |
| 1611:44 | NC4 OMS 5 (L) 38s 9m/s | ||
| 1995 Nov 14 | 0546 | RMS grapple Docking Module | |
| 0637 | Unberth DM | ||
| 0716 | Berth DM to ODS with RCS | ||
| 0900 | RMS ungrapple DM | ||
| 0941 | HO to DM | ||
| 1519 | NC4 RCS 21s 1.5m/s | 92.00 350 x 394 x 51.7 | |
| 1995 Nov 15 | 0153:04 | NC5 OMS-6 (R) 33s 8m/s | 92.29 379 x 394 x 51.6 |
| 0326:43 | OMS-7 (L) TI 9s 3m/s | 92.39 387 x 396 x 51.7 | |
| 0528 | Rendezvous at 50m | ||
| 0556 | Resume approach | ||
| 0618 | Stationkeep at 10m | ||
| 0622 | Resume approach | ||
| 0627:39 | Dock DM with Kristall | ||
| 0636 | APDS retracted and latched | ||
| 0900 | DM hatch open | 92.42 391 x 395 x 51.6 | |
| 1130? | DM control to Russia | ||
| 1995 Nov 16 | 0526 | RCS Orbiter/Mir structural dynamics test | |
| 1995 Nov 17 | 1746 | Crew return, hatch closed | |
| 1995 Nov 18 | 0815:44 | Atlantis undock from DM | 92.42 391 x 395 x 51.6 |
| 0832 | Stationkeep at 120 m, begin flyaround | ||
| 0915? | Second flyaround | ||
| 1005 | Sep burn | 92.39 388 x 395 x 51.6 | |
| 1514:20 | OMS 8L 47s 13m/s lower orbit for GLO | ||
| 1558:03 | OMS 9R 55s 15m/s | 91.39 337 x 348 x 51.6 | |
| 1995 Nov 19 | 1134 | DTO 829 plume test RCS | |
| 1841 | GLO RCS burns begin | ||
| 1914 | GLO RCS burns end | ||
| 1995 Nov 20 | 1320 | PLBD closed | 91.36 336 x 346 x 51.6 |
| 1558:43 | OMS deorbit 3:54 132.2m/s | -106 x 346 x 51.6 | |
| 1602:37 | OMS DO CO | ||
| 1630:02 | Entry interface 122km | ||
| 1701:09 | Gear down | ||
| 1701:27 | MGTD RW33 KSC | ||
| 1701:37 | NGTD | ||
| 1702:24 | Wheels stop | ||
| 1955 | Tow to OPF/1 | ||
Tuesday, November 8, 2005
Sunday, November 6, 2005
Saturday, November 5, 2005
Monday, October 24, 2005
Sunday, October 23, 2005
Explorer 42
1970-107A
The first small Explorer payload, SAS-A, carried two x-ray proportional counters provided by the American Science and Engineering team which later became the x-ray astronomy group of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. It was launched at 1053 on 1970 Dec 12 by a Scout B from the San Marco Launch Complex in the Indian Ocean off Kenya. It reached a 95.30 min, 522 x 563 km x 3.04 deg orbit and began operations on Dec 18. SAS-A was given the designations Small Astronomy Satellite 1 (SAS 1) and Explorer 42, but it is famous by the name given to it in honor of the Kenya-based launch site - Uhuru, the Swahili for `freedom'. Uhuru was the first successful x-ray astronomy satellite and made a survey of the 2-10 keV x-ray sky which was turned into a series of catalogs, the final one being the Fourth Uhuru (4U) catalog. Uhuru operations ended on 1973 Mar 18 and the satellite reentered on 1979 Apr 5.
| Uhuru | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 Dec 12 | 1053:50 | Launch by Scout B S175C | SMLC |
| T+1:16 St 1 burnout | |||
| T+1:19 Stage 2 burn | |||
| T+1:59 Stage 2 burnout | |||
| T+2:13 Stage 3 burn | |||
| T+2:49 Stage 3 burnout | |||
| T+9:05 spinup | |||
| T+9:07 Stage 3 sep | |||
| 1103:02 | T+9:12 Stage 4 burn | ||
| 1103:37 | T+9:47 Stage 4 burnout | ||
| 1108:17 | T+14:27 Stage 4 sep | ||
| Magnetic despin | |||
| 1970 Dec 13 | 95.76 535 x 574 x 3.0 | ||
| 1971 Feb | Tape recorder failed | ||
| 1971 May 25 | 95.63 530 x 568 x 3.0 | ||
| 1971 Aug | Transmitter strength weakened | ||
| 1971 Sep | Degraded star sensors | ||
| 1971 Dec | Transmitter recovered | ||
| 1972 Mar | Battery failed, day ops only | ||
| 1973 Mar 18 | End of ops | ||
Friday, October 21, 2005
Friday, October 7, 2005
Thursday, October 6, 2005
Sunday, October 2, 2005
Anik E2
1991-026A
Anik E-2, the first Anik E to be launched, left the South American launch pad in Apr 1991. 8 days later on Apr 12 the C-band antenna failed to deploy, but finally on Jul 3 the antenna was successfully released. In Sep 1991 E-2 replaced the Anik C-1 Ku-band satellite.
In Jan 1994 a magnetic storm caused the momentum wheel assembly to fail, and the spacecraft was feared lost. Services were transferred to other satellites. However, control was regained in Jun 1994 using a ground based computer to control attitude thruster firings.
| Anik E-2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 Apr 4 | 2333:00 | Launch by Ariane 44P V53 | CSG ELA2 |
| T+1:09 PAL sep | |||
| T+3:32 St 1 sep | |||
| T+3:34 St 2 MES | |||
| T+4:27 Fairing 01 sep | |||
| T+5:43 St 2 sep | |||
| 2338:46 | T+5:46 St 3 MES | ||
| 2350:47 | T+17:47 St 3 MECO | ||
| 2352:42 | T+19:43 St 3 sep | 636.35 451 x 35805 x 4.0 | |
| 1991 Apr 5 | 1540? | LAM-1 | 724.50 4907 x 45778 x 1.8 |
| 1991 Apr 6 | 1500? | LAM-2 | 918.11 14077 x 35748 x 0.7 |
| 1991 Apr 8 | 1330? | LAM-3 | 1090.64 21692 x 35747 x 0.2 |
| 1991 Apr 10 | 0150? | LAM-4 | 1195.52 26119 x 35751 x 0.3 |
| 1991 Apr 11 | 1800? | LAM-5 | 1434.56 35715 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 109.3W+0.4E |
| 1991 Apr 25 | 1432.26 35671 x 35751 x 0.1 GEO 98.1W+1.0E | ||
| 1991 Jun 11 | 1435.30 35749 x 35792 x 0.3 GEO 81.5W+0.2E | ||
| 1991 Jul 31 | mv in | 1436.05 35779 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 108.6W | |
| 1991 Sep 1 | Replaced Anik C-1 | ||
| 1991 Sep 28 | 1436.09 35777 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 107.3W | ||
| 1993 Jan 26 | 1436.10 35777 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 107.4W | ||
| 1994 Jan 21 | Attitude control failure | ||
| 1994 Mar 1 | 1436.11 35777 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 107.4W | ||
| 1994 Jun 21 | Attitude control regained | ||
| 1994 Aug | Restored to service | ||
| 1994 Oct 19 | 1436.09 35780 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 107.3W | ||
| 1996 Sep 5 | 1436.08 35776 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 107.3W | ||
| 1999 Jun 10 | 1436.08 35777 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 107.3W | ||
| 2001 Feb 19 | 1436.16 35774 x 35801 x 0.1 GEO 107.3W | ||
| 2001 Feb | Move to 111W | ||
| 2001 Feb 27 | 1436.14 35783 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 111.1W | ||
| 2003 Jun 27 | 1436.09 35776 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 111.1W | ||
| 2003 Jul 7 | GEO 111W | ||
| 2003 Jul 23 | Move to 119W | GEO 119W | |
| 2003 Sep 6 | 1436.12 35768 x 35805 x 0.2 GEO 118.7W | ||
| 2005 Mar 29 | 1436.01 35766 x 35803 x 1.7 GEO 118.5W | ||
Saturday, October 1, 2005
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Thuraya 2
2003-026A
Boeing GEM launched Jun 2003 by Boeing for Thuraya/Abu Dhabi, to supplement T-1 at 44E. T-3 to follow.
5177 kg launch, 3200 kg BOL. Size is box + 2 panels 7.6 x 3.2 x 3.4m with 40.4m span. T-2 has longer arrays that T-1 with no solar concentrators.
Planned inclination is 6.3 deg at 44E.
| Thuraya 2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 Jun 10 | 1355:59.2 | Launch by Zenit-3SL | Odyssey |
| T+2:24 St 2 MES | |||
| T+2:29 St 1 sep | |||
| 1359:44 | T+3:45 Fairing sep | ||
| 1404:31 | T+8:32 St 2 sep | -2155 x 187 x 6.3 | |
| 1404:39 | T+8:40 DM MES-1 | ||
| 1409:57 | T+13:38 DM MECO-1 | 180 x 1390 x 6.3 | |
| 1510:41 | T+1:14:42 DM MES-2 | ||
| 1515:58 | T+1:20:59 DM MECO-2 | ||
| 1535:18 | T+1:40:19 DM sep | 649.54 1177 x 35755 x 6.2 | |
| 2003 Jun 11 | 650.79 1207 x 35788 x 6.3 | ||
| 2003 Jun 12 | LAM-1 | 759.15 6604 x 35772 x 6.3 | |
| 2003 Jun 16 | LAM-2 | 1259.69 28752 x 35764 x 6.3 | |
| 2003 Jun 17 | 0830? | LAM-3 | 1388.62 33920 x 35783 x 6.3 |
| 2003 Jun 19 | LAM-4 | 1436.01 35747 x 35822 x 6.3 GEO 28.7E+0.0E | |
| 2003 Jul 28 | 1436.09 35711 x 35861 x 6.2 GEO 28.8E | ||
Sunday, September 18, 2005
Apollo 11 (Eagle)
1969-059C
The first spacecraft to carry humans to a landing on another world was Lunar Module 5, the spaceship Eagle.
On 1969 Jul 20, Eagle landed at Tranquility Base, 00 41 15 N, 23 26 00 E, later given the official astronomical name Statio Tranquillitatis, in the Mare Tranquillitatis, Luna.
During the descent, computer program alarms occupied the crew, preventing them from noticing the rough terrain the automated descent was leading them towards. Armstrong took over manual control with three and a half minutes of fuel left, and flew Eagle around until he found a safe spot, landing with only 45 seconds of fuel left and 25 seconds from the abort decision point.
| Eagle (LM 5) | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 Jul 16 | 1332 | Launch by Saturn V (SA-506) | KSC LC39A |
| 1749:03 | Extract from S4B-506 by CSM 107 | ||
| 1969 Jul 18 | 2100 | Hatch open, first crew entry | |
| 1969 Jul 20 | 1300 | Crew entry | |
| 1744 | Undocked from CSM 107 | 100 x 122 | |
| 1908:14 | DPS DOI-1 (0:30) 23m/s | 16 x 106 | |
| 1908:44 | DOI-1 cutoff | ||
| 2004 | At 15 km | ||
| 2005:05 | DPS PDI | ||
| 2008 | Yaw LM to face-up | ||
| 2010:22 | 1202 program alarm | ||
| 2010:50 | At 10 km altitude | ||
| 2011:02 | 1202 alarm | ||
| 2013:32 | Program P64 2.2km, high gate | ||
| Approach phase | |||
| 2013:43 | Attitude hold | ||
| 2014:18 | 1201 alarm | ||
| 2014:19 | Below 750m | ||
| 2015:22 | P-66, manual control | ||
| 150m, low gate | |||
| Landing phase | |||
| 2017:40 | Landed at Tranquility Base | ||
| 1969 Jul 21 | 0227 | LEVA-1 begin depress | |
| 0230 | Pressure at 0.4psi | ||
| 0238 | Depress complete | ||
| 0239 | Hatch open | ||
| 0249 | Cdr egress | ||
| 0256 | Cdr to lunar surface | ||
| 0311 | LMP egress | ||
| 0315 | LMP on surface | ||
| Deploy EASEP | |||
| 0503? | LMP return after 01:47 | ||
| 0510 | Cdr return after 02:20 | ||
| 0511 | Hatch closed | ||
| 0514 | Repress | ||
| 0740:12 | Depress for equipment dump 114:08:12 | ||
| 0742? | HO? | ||
| Dump LiOH canister, 2 PLSS, 2 LM arm rests | |||
| 0744? | HC | ||
| 0745 | Repress | ||
| 0750 | Repress complete | ||
| LM 5 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 Jul 21 | 1754:01 | Launch from LM 5 DS, Tranquility Base | |
| APS burn 7:15 | |||
| Residual trim complete 8:37 | |||
| 1801:21 | LOI | 17.6 x 87.6 | |
| 1851:34 | RCS CSI (0:45) | 84 x 90 | |
| 1852:22 | RCS CSI cutoff | ||
| 1949:50 | RCS CDH (0:18) | 76 x 87 | |
| 2035:52 | TPI (0:23) | 81 x 113 | |
| 2036:14 | TPI cutoff | ||
| 2051:25 | MCC1 midcourse | ||
| 2106:58 | MCC2 midcourse | ||
| 2111:34 | TPF (0:28) | 105 x 115 | |
| 2117 | Rendezvous with CSM 107 | ||
| 2135:00 | Docked with CSM 107 | ||
| 2145 | Crew and cargo transfer | ||
| 2342 | Undocked from CSM 107 | ||
| 1969 Jul 22 | 0425? | end of ops | |