Friday, June 17, 2005

XM-3 (Rhythm)

 2005-008A


Launch of XM-3 as backup by Zenit-3SL in 2005. Satellite is a BSS702. It will replace XM1 at 85W, XM1 will move to 115W colocated with XM2, which will be replaced by XM4 in 2007. Accourding to some sources, XM-3 is nicknamed Rhythm.

Launch mass 4703 kg, BOL mass 2950 kg. Size 3 x 3.3 x 7m, with 40.4m span.


XM3 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2005 Mar 1  0351 Launch by Zenit-3SL   
  T+2:30 St 1 sep 
  T+3:46 PLF sep 
 0359 T+8:31 St 2 sep 176 km  -2009 x 178 x 0 
 0359 T+8:41 DM MES-1 
 0408 T+17:10 MECO-1 207 km  180 x 9452 x 0  
 0438 T+47:09 DM MES-2 
 0441 T+50:18 MECO-2  675.71 2491 x 35767 x 0.1 
 0451 T+1:00:58 DM sep 
2005 Mar 1    675.71 2491 x 35767 x 0.1  
2005 Mar 4    739.73 5749 x 35682 x 0.1  
2005 Mar 5    841.50 5757 x 35760 x 0.5 
2005 Mar 7    991.67 17390 x 35735 x 0.3 
2005 Mar 9    1411.47 34824 x 35781 x 0.1 GEO 92.6W+6.3/d 
2005 Mar 11   1431.13 35595 x 35783 x 0.1 GEO 80.1W+1.2E/d 
2005 Mar 11    1435.44 35758 x 35789 x 0.1 GEO 80.1W+0.1E/d 
2005 Mar 12    1436.25 35781 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 80.1W+0.05W/d 
2005 Apr 10    1436.18 35784 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 80.1W+0.03/d 

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