1991-026A
Anik E-2, the first Anik E to be launched, left the South American launch pad in Apr 1991. 8 days later on Apr 12 the C-band antenna failed to deploy, but finally on Jul 3 the antenna was successfully released. In Sep 1991 E-2 replaced the Anik C-1 Ku-band satellite.
In Jan 1994 a magnetic storm caused the momentum wheel assembly to fail, and the spacecraft was feared lost. Services were transferred to other satellites. However, control was regained in Jun 1994 using a ground based computer to control attitude thruster firings.
| Anik E-2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 Apr 4 | 2333:00 | Launch by Ariane 44P V53 | CSG ELA2 |
| T+1:09 PAL sep | |||
| T+3:32 St 1 sep | |||
| T+3:34 St 2 MES | |||
| T+4:27 Fairing 01 sep | |||
| T+5:43 St 2 sep | |||
| 2338:46 | T+5:46 St 3 MES | ||
| 2350:47 | T+17:47 St 3 MECO | ||
| 2352:42 | T+19:43 St 3 sep | 636.35 451 x 35805 x 4.0 | |
| 1991 Apr 5 | 1540? | LAM-1 | 724.50 4907 x 45778 x 1.8 |
| 1991 Apr 6 | 1500? | LAM-2 | 918.11 14077 x 35748 x 0.7 |
| 1991 Apr 8 | 1330? | LAM-3 | 1090.64 21692 x 35747 x 0.2 |
| 1991 Apr 10 | 0150? | LAM-4 | 1195.52 26119 x 35751 x 0.3 |
| 1991 Apr 11 | 1800? | LAM-5 | 1434.56 35715 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 109.3W+0.4E |
| 1991 Apr 25 | 1432.26 35671 x 35751 x 0.1 GEO 98.1W+1.0E | ||
| 1991 Jun 11 | 1435.30 35749 x 35792 x 0.3 GEO 81.5W+0.2E | ||
| 1991 Jul 31 | mv in | 1436.05 35779 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 108.6W | |
| 1991 Sep 1 | Replaced Anik C-1 | ||
| 1991 Sep 28 | 1436.09 35777 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 107.3W | ||
| 1993 Jan 26 | 1436.10 35777 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 107.4W | ||
| 1994 Jan 21 | Attitude control failure | ||
| 1994 Mar 1 | 1436.11 35777 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 107.4W | ||
| 1994 Jun 21 | Attitude control regained | ||
| 1994 Aug | Restored to service | ||
| 1994 Oct 19 | 1436.09 35780 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 107.3W | ||
| 1996 Sep 5 | 1436.08 35776 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 107.3W | ||
| 1999 Jun 10 | 1436.08 35777 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 107.3W | ||
| 2001 Feb 19 | 1436.16 35774 x 35801 x 0.1 GEO 107.3W | ||
| 2001 Feb | Move to 111W | ||
| 2001 Feb 27 | 1436.14 35783 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 111.1W | ||
| 2003 Jun 27 | 1436.09 35776 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 111.1W | ||
| 2003 Jul 7 | GEO 111W | ||
| 2003 Jul 23 | Move to 119W | GEO 119W | |
| 2003 Sep 6 | 1436.12 35768 x 35805 x 0.2 GEO 118.7W | ||
| 2005 Mar 29 | 1436.01 35766 x 35803 x 1.7 GEO 118.5W | ||
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