Sunday, November 20, 2005

Intelsat 306

  1970-003A


The F-6 satellite replaced F-2 as the primary AOR satellite, but was soon replaced in turn by F-7. After a stint in 1971 as the Atlantic backup, it was moved to the Indian Ocean in 1972, and then to the Pacific in around 1974-75. It was retired in 1976 and decommissioned in 1977.


Intelsat III F-6 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1970 Jan 15  0016:03  Launch by Delta M  CK LC17A 
  Azimuth 100 deg 
  SRM 1-3 sep 
 0019:46 T+3:43 MECO 
 0019:52? St 1 sep 
 0019:52? SES-1 6:27 
 0026:19? SECO-1 
 0041? St 2 sep 
 0042? TES 41.6s 
 0042? TECO 
 0044? St 3 sep  631.70 267 x 35750 x 28.0 
1970 Jan 16  1329  SVM-2 burn  
1970 Jan 19    1436.14 35754 x 35820 x 1.0 GEO 20.6W 
1970 Feb 1   AOR Primary, replaced III F-2  GEO 24W 
1970 Mar 9    1436.41 35784 x 35801 x 0.9 GEO 25.1W 
1970 May 4    1436.25 35784 x 35794 x 0.8 GEO 24.3W 
1970 May?   Replaced by III F-7 
1970 May?   AOR Backup   
1970 Jun 8    1436.16 35785 x 35790 x 0.7 GEO 28.7W 
1971 Jan 18    1436.46 35730 x 35857 x 0.1 GEO 30.3W+0.1E 
1971 Apr   AOR Backup, moved  GEO 20W 
1971 Apr 26    1434.40 35718 x 35788 x 0.2 GEO 21.9W+0.4W 
1971 May 3   Move in  1436.20 35787 x 35789 x 0.2 GEO 20.1W 
1972 Feb 28    1436.21 35781 x 35791 x 0.9 GEO 19.4W 
1972 Mar?   Move out to IOR 
1972 Jul 31   IOR  1436.21 35780 x 35797 x 1.3 GEO 64.7E+0.04E 
1972 Dec 22    1436.04 35784 x 35786 x 1.7 GEO 63.1E+0.0W 
1974 Dec   Move out of IOR
1975?   Move to POR 
1975 Mar 14    1436.26 35780 x 35799 x 3.5 GEO 176.9W+0.05E 
1975 Dec 30    GEO 182E (Morgan) 
1976 Jan 15    1436.24 35782 x 35796 x 4.2 GEO 178.2W+0.04E 
1976   Move out 
1976 Oct 20    1436.80 35733 x 35866 x 4.7 GEO 152.1W+0.1E 
1977 May 9    1435.50 35737 x 35812 x 5.1 GEO 154.2W+0.1W 
1977 May 25   Orbit raise  1465.69 36185 x 36542 x 5.2  

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