Friday, February 4, 2005

Eutelsat 203

 1991-083A


Eutelsat II F-3 provided TV broadcasting services like those of F-2. F-3 was the first Eutelsat satellite to use a US launch vehicle, an Atlas II Centaur. The Centaur delivered it to a mildly supersynchronous orbit.


Eutelsat II F-3 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1991 Dec 7  2247  Launch by Atlas II Centaur (AC-102)  CC LC36A 
 2249  BECO 
 2251  Atlas sep 
 2251  Centaur MES-1 
 2257? Centaur MECO-1  155 x 2626 x 26.9  
 2312? Centaur MES-2 
 2314? Centaur MECO-2 
 2316? Centaur sep 
   748.58 875 x 40988 x 16.8 
1991 Dec 8    748.13 867 x 40973 x 17.0 
1991 Dec 9  0622? LAM-1  997.05 12373 x 40990 x 5.4 
1991 Dec 10?  LAM-2 
1991 Dec 13?  LAM-3 
1991 Dec 14    1434.08 35605 x 35889 x 0.1 GEO 12.5E+0.5E 
1991 Dec 30   mv in  1436.06 35773 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 10.0E 
1992 Feb 15    1436.05 35751 x 35820 x 0.0 GEO 10.1E 
1992 Feb 26 drifting
1992 Feb 29    1436.05 35739 x 35831 x 0.0 GEO 15.6E 
1992 Apr 9    1436.01 35706 x 35863 x 0.0 GEO 16.4E 
1995 Apr 11    1436.06 35771 x 35799 x 0.1 GEO 16.0E 
1998 Jan 23    1436.05 35766 x 35804 x 0.0 GEO 16.0E 
1998 Dec 6    1436.10 35782 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 16.0E 
1998 Dec 7   mv out 
1999 Jan 6    1433.57 35719 x 35755 x 0.0 GEO 42.0E+0.6E 
1999 Jan 19   mv in  1436.03 35772 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 35.9E 
1999 Jun 15    1436.09 35769 x 35803 x 0.0 GEO 35.9E 
2000 Jun 5    1436.09 35775 x 35797 x 0.27 GEO 35.8E 
2000 Jun 9   mv out 
2000 Jul 11   mv in 
2003 Sep 4    1436.07 35766 x 35805 x 3.1 GEO 21.6E 
2004 Dec 9    1436.02 35762 x 35807 x 4.2 GEO 22.3E

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