Friday, July 29, 2005

Galaxy 13

 2003-044A


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 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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

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