Monday, March 21, 2005
Sunday, March 20, 2005
FSW-19
2004-033A
The 19th FSW was launched on 2004 Aug 29. The orbit was raised on Sep 1 and Sep 3 to an apogee of 553 km. The capsule was recovered on Sep 24.
| JB-4? | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 Aug 29 | 0750 | Launch by CZ-2C | JQ |
| 0800? | Stage 2 MECO | ||
| 91.10 165 x 490 x 63.0 | |||
| 2004 Aug 30 | 91.15 166 x 495 x 63.0 | ||
| 2004 Sep 1 | Orbit raise | 91.50 166 x 529 x 63.0 | |
| 2004 Sep 3 | Orbit raise | 91.75 167 x 553 x 63.0 | |
| 2004 Sep 13 | 91.62 167 x 540 x 63.0 | ||
| 2004 Sep 18 | 1739 | 91.62 167 x 540 x 63.0 | |
| 2004 Sep 19 | 0114 | Orbit raise | 91.81 168 x 558 x 63.0 |
| 2004 Sep 24 | 2049 | 91.75 168 x 552 x 63.0 | |
| 2004 Sep 24 | 2333? | SRV sep | 168 x 552 x 63 |
| Deorbit | -400? x 736? x 63.0 | ||
| 2355 | SRV landed | ||
| 2004 Oct 1 | 0343 | 91.52 166 x 532 x 63.0 | |
| 2004 Oct 15 | 1159 | 90.66 164 x 449 x 63.0 | |
Friday, March 18, 2005
Intelsat K
1992-032A
The Intelsat K satellite was purchased by Intelsat to provide interim Atlantic Ku-band service until Intelsat 705 was ready. This was the first such special procurement by Intelsat. The satellite began life as RCA Satcom K4. It was launched by an Atlas IIA Centaur vehicle and placed in geostationary orbit, colocated with Intelsat 502 at 21.5W.
| Intelsat K (NSS-K) | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 Jun 10 | 0000 | Launch by Atlas IIA (AC-105) | CC LC36 |
| 0002 | Booster sep | ||
| 0004 | Atlas sep | ||
| 0004 | Centaur MES1 | ||
| 0010? | Centaur MECO1 | 149 x 508 x | |
| 0025? | Centaur MES2 | ||
| 0027? | Centaur MECO2 | ||
| 0029? | Centaur sep | ||
| 1992 Jun 10 | 630.32 188 x 35759 x 26.7 | ||
| 1992 Jun 10 | 1600? | LAM1 | 690.47 3138 x 35860 x 17.6 |
| 1992 Jun 12 | 1300? | LAM2 | 905.77 13373 x 35890 x 6.3 |
| 1992 Jun 16 | 0800? | LAM3 | 1100.66 22064 x 35804 x 2.7 |
| 1992 Jun 18 | 2100? | LAM4 | 1319.01 31162 x 35762 x 0.6 |
| 1992 Jun 24 | 1430? | LAM5 | 1427.83 35474 x 35774 x 0.2 GEO 50.0W+2.0E |
| 1992 Jul 9 | 1436.01 35772 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 21.8W | ||
| 1992 Jul 31 | 1436.12 35779 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 21.6W | ||
| 1994 Jan 20 | Electrostatic discharge | ||
| 1994 Feb 5 | 1436.11 35782 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 21.5W | ||
| 1996 Jul 15 | 1436.12 35778 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 21.6W | ||
| 1998 Nov 30 | To New Skies | ||
| 1999 Jun 13 | 1436.13 35776 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 21.6 | ||
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Progress M-32
1996-043A
Progress M No. 232 was launched on 1996 Jul 31, the first successful Soyuz-U launch following two failures. Mass was 7130 kg. It carried cargo for the EO-21 crew. After initial unloading, it undocked from the front port and carried out a two week free flight before redocking at the rear port.
| Progress M-32 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 Jul 31 | 2000:06 | Launch by Soyuz-U | KB LC 1 |
| 1996 Aug 2 | 2203:40 | Docked -X | |
| 1996 Aug 18 | 0933:45 | Undocked -X | |
| 1996 Sep 3 | 0935:21 | Redocked +X | |
| 1996 Nov 20 | 1951:20 | Undocked +X | |
| 2242:25 | Deorbit over Pacific | ||
| 2320 | Reentered | ||
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
ADEOS-2
2002-056A
ADEOS 2 has a mass of 3680 kg. Size 6 x 4 x 4m, 28 m span, Irreg + 1 panel. GLI will have 36 bands, 1 km res. AMSR has 10 km res at high freq. Named Midori-2 after launch.
This was the first launch since MHI took over launch operations from NASDA on Nov 20. Communications with the satellite failed in Oct 2003, almost exactly the same interval after launch as the ADEOS-1 failure.
| ADEOS-2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 Dec 14 | 0131 | Launch by H-2A | |
| T+1:40 SRB-A burnout | |||
| T+1:47 SRB-A sep | |||
| T+4:20 5S PLF sep | |||
| T+6:35 St 1 MECO | |||
| T+6:43 St 1 sep | |||
| 0137 | T+6:49 St 2 MES | -5600? x 500? | |
| 0146 | T+15:38 St 2 MECO | ||
| 0147 | T+16:28 ADEOS sep | 804 x 806 x 98.7 | |
| 0201 | T+30:55 Fedsat sep | ||
| 0203 | T+32:40 WEOS sep | ||
| 0205 | T+34:30 MuLabSat sep | ||
| 2002 Dec 17 | Intersat comms antenna deploy | ||
| 2003 Oct 24 | In safemode | ||
Payload:
- AMSR Adv Microwave scanning radiometer 6.9-53 GHz
- GLI Global Imager; Ocean, land and cloud, 3750A-12.5mu
- IOCS Inter-orbit comms system
- SeaWinds Wind speed sensor.
- CCR Corner cube reflector
- DCS Data collection system
- POLDER Polarization and Directionality of Earth Reflectance
- VMS ODV-4 visual monitoring system (TV camera to observe solar paddle)
- DTL Direct Transmission for Local Users
- ILAS-2 Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer