Galaxy 13

 2003-044A

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Galaxy XIII/Horizons-1 will be launched by Zenit 3SL in 2003. At 127W, the BSS 601HP satellite will cover N and Central America. Its Ku-band Horizons-1 payload will be jointly owned by Panamsat and JSAT and will use a Hawaii relay station to deliver digital services between the USA and Asia. The C-band Galaxy XIII will replace Galaxy IX and support the US domestic cable distribution network.

Galaxy 13
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2003 Oct 1	0402:59	Launch by Zenit-3SL No. 13
		T+2:24 St 2 MES
		T+2:29 St 1 sep
		T+3:31 Fairing sep
	0411	T+8:41 St 2 MECO
	0411	T+8:41 St 2 sep	-1917 x 185 x 0
	0411	T+8:51 DM-SL No. 12L MES-1
	0419	T+16:22 DM MECO-1	180 x 8353 x 0
	0449	T+46:24 DM MES-2
	0452	T+49:33 MECO-2	2378 x 35834 x 0
	0503	T+1:00:13 DM sep	2380 x 35786 x 0
2003 Oct 4			673.15 2398 x 35731 x 0.04
2003 Oct 5		LAM 1	728.86 5167 x 35732 x 0.12
2003 Oct 5		LAM 2	839.86 10324 x 35893 x 0.58
2003 Oct 8		LAM 3	1242.94 28030 x 35800 x 0.45
2003 Oct 10?		LAM 4
2003 Oct 17			1436.15 35772 x 35802 x 0.1
2003 Oct 17			671.52 2326 x 35720 x 0.06 (R/B)
2003 Oct 20		Move in at 144.5W
2003 Nov 16		Move out
2004 Jan 3		Move in at 127.0W
2004 Jan 23			1436.07 35782 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 127.0W

The Debutantes

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Space Shuttle: The First 20 Years

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History of space vehicles : rocket boosters, space shuttles, lunar modules, satellites, space stations

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Jane's Space Directory 2005-06

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Tempo 2

 1997-011A

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The Tempo satellites were owned by TCI Satellite Entertainment Inc. (TSAT), a subsidiary of TCI (Telecommunications Inc) of Littleton, Colorado, and provided high power direct TV broadcasting for the United States. It uses the SS/Loral FS-1300 bus. 

The launch of TEMPO 1 was delayed; A last minute FCC ruling that it could not use a Canadian orbital slot and frequencies caused the payload to be reduced from 27 to 11 transponders. Once regulatory problems were resolved, the processing flow for TEMPO 2 was in better shape to allow launch and so it went first. TEMPO 2 launch mass was 3558 kg. It will use the 119W slot.

A month after launch, Tempo 2 suffered a power failure during a solar storm, leaving it operating at 85 percent power. Tempo 2 had the first GaAs arrays on a high power comsat. Loral reported later that solar arrays wired at more than 60V were prone to electrical discharges and short circuits during moderate solar activity.

Tempo 2 became the property of DirecTV/El Segundo in 1999. It was renamed DirecTV-6.

TEMPO 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1997 Mar 8	0601	Launch by Atlas AC-128	CC LC36A
	0605	SECO T+4:32
	0605	Atlas sep T+4:34
	0605	Centaur TIG1 T+4:51
	0610	Centaur MECO1 T+9:45	158 x 308 x 28.0 (s)
	0625	Centaur TIG2 T+24:37
	0626	Centaur MECO2 T+25:56
	0629	Centaur sep T+28:07
	0658	Centaur depletion
1997 Mar 8			368.35 154 x 21132 x 25.7
1997 Mar 8	2145?	LAM-1
1997 Mar 9			369.82 250 x 21126 x 25.2
1997 Mar 10	0130?	LAM-2
1997 Mar 10			468.56 266 x 26944 x 25.3
1997 Mar 11	0100?	LAM-3
1997 Mar 11			630.24 275 x 35668 x 25.3
1997 Mar 12	0300?	LAM-4
1997 Mar 12			733.41 5475 x 35647 x 12.3
1997 Mar 12	0300?	LAM-5 over 135W
1997 Mar 14			1411.26 34981 x 35614 x 0.6 GEO 116.1W+6.3E
1997 Mar 19			1434.96 35710 x 35818 x 0.6 GEO 110.1W+0.3E
1997 Mar 29			1436.08 35753 x 35819 x 0.6 GEO 109.9W
1997 Apr 11			1436.07 35753 x 35818 x 0.5 GEO 109.8W
1997 Apr 11		Solar storm damage
1997 Apr 14		mv out	1440.29 35815 x 35921 x 0.5 GEO 115.9W+1.0W
1997 Apr 18		mv in	1436.21 35759 x 35818 x 0.5 GEO 118.8W
1999 Oct 16			1436.06 35767 x 35804 x 0.1 GEO 118.8W
2003 Jul 7		mv out	GEO 119W
2003 Jul 17		mv in	GEO 110W
2003 Sep 12			1436.08 35772 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 109.7W

Club Management: February 2005

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Unity

 1998-069F

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Boeing/Huntsville makes Node 1, the first docking node for ISS. Later Nodes will be built by Alenia. Node 1 was named Unity in 1998. Unity is 5.2m long and 4.4m in diameter. The CBM is 2.1m in diameter.

Note 1 has four stowage bays.

Per the press kit, Unity/PMA1/2 launch mass was about 11600 kg. If each PMA is 1160 kg, then Unity is 9280 kg. Other data gives a mass of 9946 kg, which may represent data after outfitting. It is not clear which figures include the mass of equipment added during the STS-88 EVAs.

Per the STS data summaries, deployed mass for the mission was 12152 kg, with 152 kg for returned (presumably FGB) cargo. Accounting for 128 kg in the subsatellites, that leaves 12024 kg for the deployed mass of Unity/PMAs, or 9704 kg for Unity alone. I will adopt the latter. If this includes about 190 kg of EVA-added hardware then the mass drops to 9514 kg. We can add 234 kg of internally transferred cargo to make recover the 9280 kg estimate for Unity alone.

Hellas-Sat 2

 2003-020A

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Astrium Eurostar 2000+ satellite. Original construction: Intelsat K-TV.

Built by Astrium SAS/Toulouse. 178E location Asia-Pacific satellite to be partly leased by Sinosat. Intelsat K-TV is Intelsat's first satellite dedicated to direct TV broadcasting. The satellite will be built by Matra Marconi Space and may be the first of three. It will be stationed to provide service for Asia.

Hellas Sat Consortium Ltd, Athenai and Nicosia,Cyprus, will launch a sat to 39E. It is a joint Greek/Cypriot satellite. Astrium Eurostar E2000+ with 3250 kg mass. Size 4.9h x 1.7 x 2.5, span 32m.

(A HellasSat presentation claimed a mass of 4150 kg full, 1729 kg dry but all other data indicates a launch mass in the 3000-3500 kg range).

Consortium includes Avacom Net (Cyprus), Hellenic Telecom Organization (OTE), Cyprus Bank of Development, Hellenic Aerospace Industry, Telesat Canada. Control supported by SES Astra, using Thermopylae station.

The Atlas 401 uses an SEC Centaur.

Hellas Sat 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2003 May 13	2210	Launch by ILS Atlas V	CC LC41
		T+4:02 BECO
		T+4:10 Atlas sep
		T+4:20 MES-1
		T+4:28 Fairing sep
	2224	T+14:53 MECO-1
		T+23:54 MES-2
	2238	T+28:22 MECO-2
	2241	T+31:11 Centaur sep	312 x 85457 x 17.1
			395 x 84737 x 17.0
2003 May 15			1796.06 395 x 84737 x 17.0
2003 May 16		LAM-1
2003 May 18		LAM-2
2003 May 19			1428.48 35487 x 35786 x 0.0 GEO 27.0E+1.9E
2003 May 26			1438.82 35715 x 35964 x 0.1 GEO 38.8E+0.7W
2003 Jun 2		Move in at 39E
2003 Oct 26			1436.10 35774 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 39.0E

Soyuz TM-26

 1997-038A

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The EO-24 'Rodnik' crew was launched on 1997 Aug 5. Mass at orbit insertion was 7000 kg.

Soyuz TM-26
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1997 Aug 5	1535:53	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB LC1
	1544:43	Sep from Blok-I
	1915:09	TCM 1
	2005:47	TCM 2
1997 Aug 6	1632	TCM 3	241 x 279 x 51.7
1997 Aug 7	1457	TCM 4
	1542	TCM 5
	1700	Kdr takes over manual control
	1702:08	Docked Kvant
	1832	Hatch open

In Aug 1997 the new EO-24 crew of Solov'yov, Vinogradov and Foale reparked the Soyuz TM-26, taking the opportunity to inspect the condition of the Spektr module.

Soyuz TM-26 flight 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1997 Aug 17	1329:20	Undocked Kvant
		Back off to 70m
		Spektr photo survey
	1413:04	Docked Mir -X

In Feb 1998, Soyuz TM-26 returned to Earth carrying Solov'yov, Vinogradov and Eyharts. Mass was 6644 kg (with a 1200 kg BO, 2836 kg SA). The ship landed near Arkalyk in Kazakstan during a blizzard.

Soyuz TM-26 flight 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1998 Feb 19	0250	Hatch closed
	0536:50	Undocked -X
	0816:20	Deorbit 255s
	0841:35	BO, SA sep DO+25
	0910:30	Landed

Westar 1

  1974-022A

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The Westar 1 satellite was the first US domestic comsat. The HS-333 class C-band commercial satellite was owned and operated by the Western Union Telegraph Co. from 1974 to 1983. The TT&C station was at Glenwood,NJ.

Westar 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1974 Apr 13	2333:03	Launch by Delta 2914	CC LC17
		T+0:38 SRM 1-6 out
		T+0:39 SRM 7-9 on
		T+1:17 SRM 7-9 out
		T+1:27 SRM 1-9 sep
	2336:48	T+3:45 MECO
	2337	T+3:56 St 1 sep, 132 km
	2337:04	T+4:01 SES-1 5:17
		T+4:35 Fairing
	2342:21	T+8:54 St 2 SECO-1, 216 km, parking orbit 7.772km/s
	2355:40	T+22:37 St 2 sep, 231 km, 7.742km/s
	2356:18	T+23:15 Star 37E burn 44s?
	2357:02?	T+23:59 Star 37E burnout
	2358:17?	T+25:15 Star 37E sep	230 x 36238 x 24.7
		SES-2 0:01 engineering
		SECO-2
1974 Apr 16	2121	AKM 42s	GEO +5.2E/d
1974 May		On station	GEO 99W
1975 Dec			GEO 99W (Morgan)
1977 Jan 20			1436.11 35764 x 35808 x 0.0 GEO 99.1W
1979 Nov 14			1436.11 35776 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 99.0W
1981 Jan 1			1436.10 35777 x 35795 x 0.1 GEO 99.0W
1982 Jan 3			1436.11 35780 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 99.0W
1982 Feb 3			1436.11 35778 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 99.1W
1982 Mar		Move to 100W
1982 Mar 7			1436.12 35774 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 100.1W
1982 Mar 29			1436.11 35776 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 100.1W
1982 Apr		Replaced by Westar 4	GEO 99W
1982 Apr		Mv. out of GEO
1982 Apr 15			1435.49 35760 x 35789 x 0.1 GEO 97.6W+0.1
1982 May		In reserve	GEO 97W
1982 May 29			1436.10 35784 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 97.0W
1982 Sep 1			1436.10 35783 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 97.0W
1982 Oct 4			1436.18 35781 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 79.0W
1982 Oct		In reserve at 79W
1983 Apr 20			1436.15 35779 x 35796 x 0.3 GEO 79.0W
1983 Apr 21		Mv out	1438.63 35829 x 35843 x 0.4
1983 Apr 27		Raise orbit	1439.98 35846 x 35878 x 0.4
1983 May 2		Raise orbit	1441.34 35863 x 35914 x 0.4
1983 Jun 15		Decommissioned
1987 Mar 29			1441.30 35851 x 35925 x 4.0
1990 Jan 2			1441.57 35879 x 35908 x 6.6
1993 Apr 19			1441.60 35866 x 35921 x 9.4
1995 Nov 10			1441.58 35855 x 35931 x 11.1
1998 Aug 2			1441.32 35841 x 35936 x 12.4

USA-43/44

 1989-069A

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The final TRW DSCS II, E-15, was launched seven years after the previous one, again together with a DSCS III satellite. It was given the designation USA 43.

DSCS II E-15
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 Sep 4	0554	Launch by Titan 34D/Transtage	CC LC40
			97.55 153 x 1129 x 28.6
		Transtage burn 1	GTO
		Transtage burn 2	GEO
1995 Jul		IO Reserve	GEO 57.0E

1989-069B

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The second prototype satellite, A-2, was launched on 1989 Sep 4 by Titan 34D/Transtage. The final DSCS II satellite, F-15, was also mounted on the Transtage. This was the final DSCS launch on a Titan. DSCS III A-2 was designated USA 44 after launch.

DSCS III A-2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 Sep 4	0554:01	Launch by Titan 34D/Transtage	CC LC40
		T+1:50 Stage 1 ignition
		T+2:02 SRM sep
		T+4:35 St 1 sep
	0558	T+4:45 Fairing sep
	0602:06	T+8:05 Stage 2 sep
			97.55 153 x 1129 x 28.6
	0618?	Transtage burn 1
		GTO
	1200?	Transtage burn 2, GEO
	1215?	Sep from DSCS II F-15 and Transtage
1995 Jul		IO Prime	GEO 60.0E
1997 Oct		IO Reserve	GEO 57E
2005 Jun		Orbit raise
2005 Jun 10		end of ops

Payload:

• SHF 7.9-8.4/7.2-7.7 GHz X-band transponders (6)

• High gain spot dish antenna

• Waveguide multibeam antenna (2)

Nashborough

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Soyuz TM-31

 2000-070A

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7K-STM No. 205 was launched on 2000 Oct 31 carrying the Expedition One crew to ISS. Gidzenko, Krikalyov and Shepherd were aboard the Soyuz.

On 2001 Feb 24 the crew flew the Soyuz from Zvezda to the Zarya -Z port to free up the Zvezda port for a Progress.

Soyuz TM-31
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2000 Oct 31	0752:47	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB LC1
		T+1:58m Blok BVGD sep
		T+2:40min SAS sep
		T+4:58m Blok A sep
		T+9:00? Blok I MECO
		T+9:30 Blok I sep
	0801:37	Blok-I sep	182 x 233 x 51.6
	1133:43	TCM BNS DV1 18s 45m/s	205 x 264 x 51.6
	1214:07	TCM BNS DV2 15s 37m/s	245 x 271 x 51.6
2000 Nov 1	0848:54	DV test burn 1s 5m/s
	1339:29	DV 1s 3m/s
2000 Nov 2	0713:21	RV DV1 25s 62m/s
	0738s	RV DV2
	0758:24	RV DV3 34s 81 m/s
	0846s	RV DV4
	0906	RV with ISS 170m
	0915	Holding at 170m, resume
	0916	Range 50m
	0921:03	Docking Zvezda aft
	0929	Hard dock
	1023	Enter ISS

Soyuz TM-31 flight 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2001 Feb 24	0900?	Hatch closed; Exp-1 crew on Soyuz
	1006:40	Undocked from Zvezda
	1022	40m from Zarya, skeep
	1029?	Begin approach
	1035:40	Docked with Zarya -Z
	1340?	Hatch open

Soyuz TM-31 flight 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2001 Apr 18	1100?	Hatches closed
	1237	Latches open
	1240	Undock Zarya -Z
	1247	Begin flyaround
	1256	Skeep at 150m from Zvezda port
	1259	At 80m
	1301	Docked with Zvezda -Y
	1530s	Hatch open

Talgat Musabaev, Yuri Baturin and Dennis Tito returned to Earth in Soyuz TM-31.

Soyuz TM-31 flight 4
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2001 May 5	2312	HC to ISS
2001 May 6	0221:09	Undocking Zvezda -Y
	0224	Sep burn 15s
	0447	DO 2:55 111m/s
	0450?	DO CO	13? x 390 x 51.6
	0515?	Modules sep
	0518?	Reentry
	0541:28	Landed

The Bronxville Book Club

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DFH-53

 2002-024A

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Launched with FY-1D on 2002 May 15. HY-1 ("Marine No. 1") is the first Chinese marine survey satellite. Developed by China Space DFH Satellite Co. for the State Bureau of Oceanography. Uses SJ-5 bus. Box + 2 panels. 360 kg. 1.2 x 1.1 x 1.0m.

Satellite was cataloged as 27433/2002-024D until May 23; then 27430/2002-024A.

HY-1 operated for about 2 years.

HY-1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2002 May 15	0150	Launch by CZ-4B
	0152	T+2:32? St 1 sep
	0152	St 2 burn
	0152	T+2:47? Fairing sep
	0156	T+6:48? Stage 2 MECO
	0156	T+6:49? St 2 sep
		Stage 3 burn
	0200?	Stage 3 MECO
	0202	T+12:29? FY-1D sep
	0203?	Adapter sep?
	0203	T+13:34? HY-1 sep
2002 May 15			(D) 102.14 850 x 869 x 98.81
2002 May 19			(D) 102.14 850 x 869 x 98.8
2002 May 20?		Lower orbit
2002 May 23		Redesignated as 24A
2002 May 23			101.20 807 x 823 x 98.8
2002 May 24			100.83 796 x 799 x 98.8
2002 May 28			100.72 792 x 792 x 98.81
2002 May 28		Adapter orbit:	(D) 102.18 850 x 873 x 98.8
2004?		end of ops

Payload:

• 10-band ocean color scanner

• 4-band CCD camera, 250m res.

• IR radiometer, 1 km res for H2O profile.