Superbird 6

 2004-011A

---

Space Comms Corp.'s new satellite is an HS-601 satellite to go to 158E for data and business comms in the W Pacific (Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Australasia, Hawaii). Mass is 3100 kg.

Known as Superbird 6 before launch, the satellite is to be Superbird A2 after launch.

Because lunar perturbations were not taken into account by Boeing Satellite Systems premission planning, the perigee of the first completed orbit was unexpectedly low, damaging the outboard solar panels. A large burn then raised perigee to 1137 km, saving the mission at the cost of using up much of the satellite's planned on-station operating fuel.

Superbird 6
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2004 Apr 16	0045:00	Launch by Atlas IIAS AC-163	CC SLC36A
		T+0:59 Air lit SRBs
		T+1:09 Sep of ground SRBs
		T+1:56 sep of air SRBs
		T+2:43 BECO
		T+2:46 Booster package jettison
		T+3:10 76 km, 2.95km/s
		T+3:26 Fairing sep
		T+4:30 121 km
	0050	T+5:00 Atlas SECO
		Atlas sep
	0050	T+5:19 Centaur MES-1
	0054	T+9:43 MECO-1	150 x 396 x
	0109	T+24:23 MES-2
	0111	T+26:17 MECO-2
	0115:05	T+30:04 Centaur sep	169 x 109344 x 26.7 (OIG)
			167 x 122343 x 26.25
2004 Apr 17	1900?	First perigee	100? x 122500? x 26.2
2004 Apr 18	s	LAM-1	1137 x 120678 x 25.5
2004 Apr 19	1200?	Centaur reentry at second perigee
2004 Apr 21?		LAM-2	7904 x 119714 x 13.3
2004 Apr 21?	s	LAM-3
2004 May 10			1441.86 35834 x 35964 x 0.1
2004 May 25			1438.78 35833 x 35844 x 0.0 GEO 145.9E+0.7W/d
2004 Jun 1			1436.07 35774 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 140.5E
2004 Aug 19			1436.09 35780 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 158.2E
2004 Sep 20			1436.11 35775 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 158.2E

Kompsat 2

 2006-031A

---

KARI Arirang-2 (Kompsat-2) launch by Rokot from Plesetsk.

Multispectral imager for disaster monitoring and mapping. Based on hexagon + 2 panel Kompsat-1 bus. Mass is 765 kg including 73 kg prop capacity. Size is 2.6m high 2.0m dia 6.9m span. 1050 LT 685 km SSO.

Kompsat-2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2006 Jul 28	0705:43	Launch by Rokot	PL
		T+2:15 St 1 MECO
		T+2:16 St 1 sep
		T+2:19 St 2 MES
		T+3:04 GO sep
		T+4:58 St 2 MECO
		T+5:18 St 2 VECO
		T+5:19 St 2 sep	-3775 x 218 x 97
		T+5:25 Briz RB DU-1
		T+14:18 RB DU-1 MECO	-88 x 663 x 96.8
		T+42:24 Briz MES-2
	0748:50	T+43:07 Briz MECO-2	682 x 689 x 98.7
	0754:03	T+48:20 Briz sep
		T+1:43:25 Briz depletion

Intelsat 201

  1966-096A

---

The first Hughes Intelsat II (HS-303) was launched in Oct 1966. After a successful flight to geostationary transfer orbit aboard a Delta, an underburn by the Aerojet SVM-1 apogee motor due to cold nozzle temperatures stranded Intelsat II F-1 in a low orbit. The burn lasted only 4.5s instead of the planned 17s. The satellite was used for engineering tests for several months.

Intelsat II F-1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1966 Oct 26	2305:00	Launch by Delta E1	CK LC17B
	2307:27	T+2:27 Thor S/N 20207 MECO
	2307:33?	T+2:33s Delta S/N 20206 burn 6:15
		T+2:53 Fairing
	2314	T+9:06s Delta SECO
	2327	T+22:40s Stage 2 sep
	2327	T+22:53s Stage 3 S/N 00003 burn 30s
	2328	T+23:24s FW-4D burnout
1966 Oct 26	2328	T+23:58s Stage 3 sep	289 x 37656 x 26.4
1966 Oct 27	2200?	SVM-1 burn 4.5s	730.0 3424 x 37531 x 17.22
1967 spring		End of ops
1982 Sep 7		Reentered

Hexagon 2

 1972-002A

---

Mission 1202, the second HEXAGON or Big Bird, was launched in Jan 1972 to carry out a survey of Soviet strategic forces. It carried out orbit raising burns every few days until Feb 18, after which it steadily decayed until deorbit on Feb 28. The film broke in one camera during the RV-3 phase so RV-3 and RV-4 returned only monochromatic rather than stereo imaging.

HEXAGON 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1972 Jan 20	1836	Launch by Titan IIID	V SLC4E
		T+1:53 Stage 1 burn 2:27
		T+2:05 SRM burnout
		T+2:05 SRM sep
		T+4:22 Stage 1 MECO
		T+4:22 Stage 2 burn
		T+4:23 Stage 1 sep
		T+4:36 Fairing
		T+7:40 Stage 2 MECO
	1844	T+7:52 Stage 2 sep
		Deploy solar arrays
	1934		89.36 156 x 329 x 97.0
1972 Jan 21	0729		89.35 155 x 329 x 97.0
1972 Jan 22	0420		89.28 152 x 325 x 97.0
		Orbit raise
	1914		89.37 154 x 333 x 97.0
1972 Jan 23	2332		89.29 150 x 328 x 97.0
		Orbit raise
1972 Jan 24	2024		89.39 149 x 339 x 97.0
1972 Jan 26	2035?	SRV-1 recovered
1972 Jan 27	0459		89.19 147 x 321 x 97.0
		Orbit raise
	1953		89.45 151 x 343 x 97.0
1972 Jan 30	0730		89.33 148 x 333 x 97.0
		Orbit raise
1972 Jan 31	1914		89.40 147 x 342 x 97.0
1972 Feb 2	0958		89.27 147 x 328 x 97.0
		Orbit raise
	2025		89.51 155 x 345 x 97.0
1972 Feb 3	2314		89.29 149 x 328 x 97.0
		Orbit raise
1972 Feb 4	1835		89.42 148 x 343 x 96.9
1972 Feb 8	2218		89.05 146 x 309 x 97.0
		Orbit raise
1972 Feb 8	2123?	SRV-2 recovered
1972 Feb 9	0246		89.14 147 x 316 x 97.0
1972 Feb 10	0958		89.03 148 x 304 x 97.0
		Orbit raise
1972 Feb 10	2024		89.45 148 x 346 x 97.0
1972 Feb 14	0452		89.24 148 x 325 x 97.0
		Orbit raise
	1815		89.35 150 x 334 x 96.9
		Orbit tweak
1972 Feb 15	0013		89.40 151 x 337 x 97.0
		Orbit tweak
1972 Feb 16	2054		89.41 152 x 337 x 97.0
1972 Feb 17		SRV-3 recovered
1972 Feb 18	0412		89.28 149 x 327 x 97.0
		Orbit raise
	1906		89.57 165 x 341 x 96.9
1972 Feb 21	1414		89.35 161 x 323 x 96.9
1972 Feb 24	1341		89.11 159 x 301 x 96.9
1972 Feb 27	0400		88.83 155 x 278 x 96.9
1972 Feb 28	1401		88.54 148 x 255 x 96.9
1972 Feb 28		SRV-4 recovered
1972 Feb 28		Main propellant supply depleted
1972 Feb 29	2110?	AACS system deboost
1972 Feb 29	2135?	Reentered after 40d

Kosmos 2399

 2003-035A

---

Kosmos-2399 was quickly identified as a new Don satellite. In Nov 2003, five objects were cataloged in orbit from the launch.

Kosmos-2399
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2003 Aug 12	1420	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	1424	Blok-A sep
	1429	Blok-I MECO
	1429	Blok-I sep	89.33 170 x 311 x 64.95
2003 Aug 13		Orbit raise	89.81 172 x 356 x 64.9
2003 Aug 14		Orbit raise	89.87 205 x 330 x 64.9
2003 Aug 20			89.68 201 x 314 x 64.9
2003 Aug 27			89.38 196 x 291 x 64.9
2003 Aug 28		Orbit raise	89.94 205 x 337 x 64.9
2003 Sep 10			89.47 195 x 300 x 64.93
2003 Sep 11		Orbit raise	90.10 195 x 363 x 64.9
2003 Sep 30			89.17 179 x 287 x 64.9
2003 Oct 3		Orbit raise	89.94 205 x 337 x 64.9
2003 Oct 24			88.94 184 x 260 x 64.9
2003 Oct 26		Orbit raise	90.36 218 x 365 x 64.9
2003 Nov 17			89.64 203 x 309 x 64.9
2003 Nov 19?		C-G released
2003 Nov 19		35E	89.47 200 x 295 x 64.9
2003 Nov 20			89.51 199 x 300 x 64.9
2003 Nov 21		Orbit raise	89.84 199 x 334 x 64.9
2003 Nov 28			89.50 192 x 307 x 64.9

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Koreasat 1

 1995-041A

---

Korea Telecom's Mugunghwa-Ho (Koreasat 1) satellite was launched in Aug 1995. One of the Hercules GEM solid rocket motors failed to separate properly from the first stage, causing the first burn of stage 2 to run 35 seconds long. The second stage 2 burn was nominal, although the third burn was only 10s instead of 44s due to fuel depletion. The PAM-D third stage fired to place Mugunghwa in a geostationary transfer orbit, but the result of the earlier failure was that the apogee was 7000 km lower than planned.

Mugunghwa-Ho
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1995 Aug 5	1110:00	Launch by Delta 7925 (228)	CC LC17B
	1111	GEM x 3 ignite (T+1:06)
	1111	GEM x 6 sep (T+1:06, alt 18 km)
	1112	GEM x 2 sep (T+2:11, alt 53 km)
	1112	GEM motor no. 6 fails to separate
	1114	Stage 1 MECO (T+4:20, alt 109 km)
	1114	Stage 1 sep (T+4:30)
	1114	Stage 2 burn 1 (T+4:34, 117 km)
	1114	Fairing sep (T+4:58, 129 km)
	1120	Stage 2 MECO (T+10:35, 173 km, 35s late), orbit
	1135	Stage 2 burn 2 (T+25:20, 161 km)
	1136	Stage 2 burn 2 MECO after 43s
	1221	Stage 2 burn 3 (T+1:11:33)
	1221	Stage 2 burn 3 depletion, 10s
		Stage 2 sep	108.5 938 x 1373 x 26.7
	1223	PAM-D burn, 88s
	1226	PAM-D sep	532.3 1371 x 29388 x 20.6
	1245	Stage 2 depletion due, failed
1995 Aug 10	1158	Star 30 burn	1074.12 26911 x 29817 x 0.2
1995 Aug 18			1120.0 27961 x 30731 x 0.2
1995 Aug 18			1178.01 29285 x 31854 x 0.2
1995 Aug 19			1274.18 31711 x 33397 x 0.1
1995 Aug 22		LAM burn
1995 Aug 24			1351.27 33216 x 35002 x 0.1
1995 Aug 25	0900?	LAM burn
1995 Aug 27			1406.11 34075 x 36319 x 1.1 GEO 120.0E+7.7E
1995 Aug 29			1438.75 35791 x 35885 x 0.1 GEO 116.2E+0.6W
1995 Sep 5			1436.05 35777 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 116.0E
1995 Sep 11			GEO 116.0E
1997 Oct 22			1436.13 35778 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 116.0E
1999 Oct 15			1436.14 35780 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 116.0E
2000 May 23			1436.11 35755 x 35818 x 0.0 GEO 116.0E
2000 Jul		Leased to Europestar
2000 Aug		Move to 45E; named EuropeStar-B
2004 Dec 12			1436.11 35781 x 35792 x 5.8 GEO 47.3E

Chinasat 6

 1997-021A

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A DFH-3 (Dongfanghong 3) satellite was launched on 1997 May 11. The DFH-3-A2 satellite was also referred to as Zhongxing No. 6. It was stationed at 125E at least until February 2004.

DFH-3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1997 May 11	1617	Launch by CZ-3A	XSC LC2
		T+2:25 Stage 1 MECO
		T+2:27 Stage 2 MES, Stage 1 sep
		T+3:52 Fairing
		T+4:15 St 2 MECO
		T+4:20 St 2 VECO
		T+4:21 St 2 sep, St 3 MES
	1627	T+10:19 St 3 MECO-1
	1637	T+20:00 St 3 MES-2
	1639	T+22:00 St 3 MECO-2
	1640	T+23:40 Stage 3 sep
1997 May 11			633.12 203 x 35888 x 28.5
1997 May 12	0830?	LAM1
1997 May 12			765.87 6782 x 35919 x 12.1
1997 May 13	0959?	LAM2	1342.40 31866 x 35998 x 0.6
1997 May 14	0830?	LAM3
1997 May 14			1410.05 34613 x 35936 x 0.1 GEO 105.5E+6.6E
1997 May 17			1434.72 35661 x 35857 x 0.3 GEO 124.5E+0.3E
1997 May 20			1435.40 35758 x 35787 x 0.3 GEO 125.0E+0.1E
1997 May 30			1436.12 35784 x 35789 x 0.3 GEO 125.1E
1999 Oct 17			1436.13 35773 x 35800 x 0.2 GEO 125.1E
2004 Feb 14			1436.13 35774 x 35800 x 0.1 GEO 125.0E

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Kosmos 587

  1973-066A

---

Kosmos-587 was launched in Sep 1973, the first Zenit-4MK mission in four months and the second test flight of the Soyuz-U rocket. The satellite landed after a 13 day flight, with a TF recovery beacon detected by the Kettering Group.

Kosmos-587
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1973 Sep 21	1305:01	Launch by 11A511U	PL
	1309	Blok-I burn
	1313	Blok-I sep
	1849		89.55 204 x 300 x 65.4
1973 Sep 22	1200		89.55 205 x 300 x 65.42 (RAE)
1973 Sep 26	0446		89.51 204 x 295 x 65.4
		Lower perigee
	0914		89.16 177 x 288 x 65.4
1973 Sep 26	1430		89.18 174 x 294 x 65.4
1973 Sep 29	1131		89.07 171 x 285 x 65.4
1973 Sep 30	1245		89.04 171 x 283 x 65.4
		Raise apogee
1973 Oct 1	0932		89.50 171 x 328 x 65.4
1973 Oct 2	1643		89.43 169 x 323 x 65.4
1973 Oct 3		Engine sep
1973 Oct 4	0604?	Retrofire
	0614?	PO sep
	0618?	Entry
	0632?	Landed

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Progress M1-9

 2002-045A

---

M1-9 (258) was launched in Sep 2002 on mission 9P. Launch mass was 7440 kg. It used fairing 11S517A2 No. 57 and launch vehicle 11A511U-FG No. E15000-003. Over a long 4-day approach the Kurs system was tested out, stationkeeping 10 to 30 km from ISS.

Progress M1-9
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2002 Sep 25	1658:24	Launch by Soyuz-FG	KB
	1700:22	St 1 sep
	1700:57	GO sep
	1703:11	St 2 sep
	1703:22	KhO sep
	1707:08	St 3 MECO
	1707:12	Blok-I sep
	1939:02	DV1 458s 30m/s
	2126:13	DV2 395s 26m/s
2002 Sep 26	1832:05	DV3 5s 2m/s
2002 Sep 27	1455:18	DV4 TCM, 413s, 28m/s Kurs test at 30 km to ISS
	1533:09	DV5 TCM 297s 20m/s
2002 Sep 28	1719:10	DV6 TCM 8s 0.5m/s
2002 Sep 29	1453:23	DV7 TCM 31s 12m/s
	1539:29	DV8 TCM 1s 0.3m/s
	1632s	Flyaround 400m
	1641s	Stationkeeping 170m
	1655s	Final approach
	1700:54	Docking with Zvezda rear port
	2146	HO to Zvezda
2002 Oct 18	0825	Reboost 4.4m/s
2003 Feb 1	1600:54	Undocking (NK)
	1602:00	Undocked from Zvezda
	1910:00	Deorbit burn 97.4m/s 3:00, 49 32N 33 56E
	1912:59	Deorbit cutoff	88.92 58 x 383 x 51.6
	1946:50	Entry, 105 km 48 26S 154 23E

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Soyuz 7 (Snowstorm)

  1969-086A

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7K-OK No. 15 was part of the Soyuz triple flight of 1969; it carried the Igla passive docking system and acted as the target for spacecraft No. 16. The crew was Anatoliy Filipchenko (Komandir), Vladislav Volkov (Bortinzhener), and Viktor Gorbatko (Inzhener-ispitatel').

Soyuz-7
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1969 Oct 12	1044:42	Launch by Soyuz 11A511	KB
		T+1:55 SAS sep
		T+1:58 Blok BVGD sep
		T+2:45 Fairing
		T+4:45 Blok A sep
		T+4:48 St 3 MES
	1033:32	T+8:50 St 3 MECO
	1033	St 3 sep
	1930		88.79 202 x 227 x 51.64
1969 Oct 14	1245		88.84 211 x 223 x 51.66
	1400	Range 250 km, begin approach
	1526	Failed rendezvous with Soyuz-8
	1705	Range 1 km, failed to complete rendezvous
	1720	Drift apart to 3 km
	1803	Rendezvous aborted
	2010		88.83 215 x 218 x 51.64
1969 Oct 15		Rendezvous with Soyuz-8 to 17 km
		Rendezvous with Soyuz-6 to 800m ?
		Stationkeeping
	2000		88.70 203 x 218 x 51.64
1969 Oct 16	2100		88.94 201 x 244 x 51.65
1969 Oct 17	0844:12	Retrofire
	0846?	DO CO
	0857?	Modules sep
	0903?	Entry
1969 Oct 17	0925:05	Landed 155 km NW of Karaganda

Soyuz 21 (Baikal)

 1976-064A

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The 7K-T No. 64 spacecraft was launched in Jul 1976, carrying Boris Volynov and Vitaliy Zholobov. It was named Soyuz-21 on reaching orbit. The spacecraft was an 11F615A9 variant (although some records say Soyuz-21 was an A8, 7K-T No. 41). During undocking on Aug 24, the latches failed to separate for about an orbit.

Soyuz-21
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1976 Jul 6	1208:45	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	1210	Blok BVGD sep
	1213	Blok A sep
	1217	Blok I MECO
	1217	Blok-I sep
			193 x 253 x 51.6
			89.7 246 x 274 x 51.6
1976 Jul 7	1340	Docked with Almaz OPS 3 (Salyut 5)
1976 Aug 24	1400?	Undocking failed to complete
	1512	Undocking complete
	1748?	DO
	1751?	DO CO
	1804?	Modules sep
	1810?	Entry
	1832:17	Landed

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Kosmos 2389

 2002-026A

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Launched May 2002 into Plane 4, replacing Kosmos-2336.

Kosmos-2389
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2002 May 28	1814:41	Launch by Kosmos-3M
	1816:53?	St 2 MES-1
	1823?	St 2 MECO-1	150? x 960 x 83
	1905?	St 2 MES2
	1905?	St 2 MECO2	104.76 950 x 1016 x 82.95

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Shenzhou 4

 2002-061A

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The fourth Shenzhou flight was the final test. Two dummy astronauts were carried. Total mass was 7794 kg. The spaceship landed successfully at 7:16 p.m. in the designated area in the middle part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in north China, said the officials. Landing was 40 km from Hohhot (40.5N 111.4E).

SZ 4
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2002 Dec 29	1640:00	Launch
		T+2:00 LES sep
		T+2:16 SRM burnout, sep
		T+2:38 St 1 MECO
		T+2:39 St 1 sep, St 2 burn
		T+3:20 Fairing sep
		T+7:41 St 2 MECO
	1649	T+9:43 Stage 2 VECO
	1649	T+9:43 Stage 2 sep	198 x 331 x 42.4
	2335	Orbit raise	330 x 337 x 42.4
2003 Jan 2	1240	Orbit raise
2003 Jan 4		orbit trim
2003 Jan 5		orbit trim	330 x 336 x 42.4
	1016	OM sep
	1026	Deorbit over S Atlantic
	1039	Eq crossing N
	1116	Landed

Calipso

 2006-016B

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ESSP-3 is Calypso or Calipso, also called Picasso-Cena, for Picasso (Pathfinder Instruments for Cloud and Aerosol Spaceborne Observations), or Cena (Climatologie Etendue des Nuages et des Aerosols), is a joint CNES/NASA mission. CNES supplies a Proteus bus and an IR imager, while NASA provides launch and other instruments. The mission is an ESSP flight, ESSP 3, and will study the vertical distribution of clouds and aerosols and their role in the energy budget.

Launch with Cloudsat on a Delta II.

Cylinder + 2 panels. Size 1.9 x 1.6 x 2.5m with 9.7m span. Mass 587 kg full including 28 kg of hydrazine.

A-Train 1:31:15PM

Payload:

• CALIOP Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization, with 1-m beryllium-mirror telescope and Nd:YAG lasers.

• IIR Imaging IR radiometer

• WFC Wide Field Camera

• Propulsion system (Alcatel, hydrazine) 4 x 1N thruster

Progress M-49

2004-019A

---

Progress M-49 (249) was mission ISS 14P. Progress 249 carries Orlan-M No. 0240027. Mass 7261 kg at launch, 6965 kg at docking including 1253 kg of propellants, 45 kg of air, and 420 kg of water as well as around 800 kg of dry cargo, leaving 4400 kg for the empty Progress.

Progress M-49
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2004 May 25	1234:23	Launch by Soyuz-U 684	KB LC1
		T+1:58 BVGD sep
		T+2:41 GO sep
		T+4:47 Blok A sep
		T+4:57 KhO sep
		T+8:45 Blok I MECO
	1243:12	T+8:49 Blok I sep
	1615:24	DV 35.6s 12.5m/s
	1645:38	DV 16s 7.3m/s
2004 May 26	1325:46	DV 6.3s 2m/s
2004 May 27	1354:43	Docked to Zvezda aft
2004 Jul 30	0604:48	Undocked
	0608	15s sep burn
	1037:00	Deorbit 48N 60E 156s 90.48 m/s
	1039:36	DO CO
	1117:24	Breakup
	1123:35	Impact near 44 28S 142 46W

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Sich-1M

 2004-052A

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NKAU satellite: Okean-O1 No. 9. Launch 2004 Dec 24 by Tsiklon 3 from PL. Mass 2223 kg. Innovations included use of onboard GPS navigation.

Sich-1M
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2004 Dec 24	1120	Launch by Tsiklon 3 No. 701	PL LC32-1
		T+2:00 St 1 sep	-6200 x 70?
		T+3:31 GO sep 111 km	-5600 x 120?
	1124	T+4:38 St 2 MECO
		T+4:38 St 2 sep
		T+5:20 S5M burn 1 172 km	-2620? x 180? x 82.5
	1126	T+6:56 S5M MECO1 205 km	78 x 650 x 82.5
	1159	T+39:20 BOZ burn
	1200	T+40:58? S5M burn 2
	1201	T+41:07? S5M MECO2 (incomplete)	280 x 640 x 82.6
	1201	T+41:37 S5M sep
2004 Dec 25	2100?	Rev 7 subsat sep
2006 Apr 15			136 x 144 x 82.5

Payload:

• Propulsion system

• RLS-BO Side looking radar 2 km res.

• RM-0.8 scanning microwave radiometer, 0.8 cm; res 25 km

• MSU-E1/E2 Optoelectronic scanner, 24m res, 3 channels. 5000-9000A

• MSU-M Low res multiband scanner, 0.52-1.03mu,

• MTVZA-OK Visible-microwave scanner, 6.9-13 GHz, 1km res.

Thaicom 5

 2006-020B

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Shinawatra Ku/C-band. Alcatel Alenia Space Spacebus 3000A.

Originally Thaicom 4; cancelled; begame Agrani and then cancelled again; and then rebought by Shin Satellite, with the Thaicom 4 name going to iPStar. Launch mass 2766 kg, 1220 kg dry. Size is 3.7 x 3.3 x 2.2m with 26.2m span; station at 78.5E for telecom and TV transmission in the Asia-Pacific region. Will replace Thaicom 3.

Dual payload to GTO 8200 kg; 9172 kg including adaptors. L529 is the first of 30 PA contract launchers from EADS Space Transportation. It uses the 4.6m dia 6.2m high Sylda 5E (300mm extension) and a 13.8m high 5.4m dia medium fairing on a ACY 5400 2m high adapter. SATMEX 6 is on an 1194H adapter on the Sylda. Thaicom 5 is on an 1194V5 adapter on the 3936 cone and the VEB Type C. L529 has two P240 EAP type B boosters and an H175 Vulcain-2-powered EPC stage type C, 30m high 5.4m dia 14.1t dry.

Thaicom 5
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2006 May 27	2109:00	Launch by Ariane 5 L529
		T+2:20 EAP sep
		T+3:15 Fairing sep
	2117:56	T+8:56 EPC MECO	-1132 x 158 x 6.6
	2118:02	T+9:02 EPC sep
		T+9:06 ESC-A burn
	2133:51	T+24:51 ESC-A MECO
	2136	T+27:00 Satmex 6 sep
	2137	T+28:55 Sylda 5 sep
	2141	T+32:19 Thaicom 5 sep
		T+44:24 end of mission
2006 May 28			252 x 35774 x 7.0
2006 Jun 3			631.11 256 x 35732 x 7.0
2006 Jun 3		LAM	1436.99 35355 x 36252 x 0.1

Intelsat 709

 1996-035A

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Intelsat 709 flew on an Ariane 44P in Jun 1996. The launch restored Arianespace's morale, coming days after the first Ariane 5 launch ended in a spectacular failure. Intelsat 709 was the last of the VII/VIIA satellites. It had a launch mass of 3420 kg (2085 BOL, 1473 dry). The satellite is 2.38 x 2.2m x 4.77m with a 21.9m span. It will provide international telephone and TV transmission links for the Americas, Europe and Africa.

Intelsat 709
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1996 Jun 15	0655	Launch by Ariane 44P	CSG ELA2
	0658	Stage 1 sep (T+3:32)
	0658	Stage 2 burn (T+3:35)
	0659	Fairing 01 sep (T+4:45)
	0700	Stage 2 sep (T+5:44)
	0700	H10-3 burn (T+5:49)
	0713	H10-3 cutoff (T+18:51)
	0715	H10-3 sep	200 x 35955 x 7.0
1996 Jun 16			662.11 123 x 37448 x 7.1
1996 Jun 17	1020?	LAM-1
1996 Jun 17			1093.02 21751 x 35790 x 1.0
1996 Jun 18	2200?	LAM-2
1996 Jun 18			1438.76 35745 x 35932 x 0.1 GEO 53.4W+0.7W
1996 Jun 25			1436.10 35782 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 57.1W+0.0W
1996 Jul 18			1436.16 35778 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 57.2W
1996 Jul 19		mv out	1428.61 35638 x 35641 x 0.0
1996 Jul 31		mv in	1436.13 35778 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 50.1W
1997 Aug 23			1436.12 35771 x 35802 x 0.0 GEO 50.0W
1999 Oct 15			1436.15 35779 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 50.0W
2002 May 8			1436.21 35780 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 50.0W
2002 May		move to 55W
2002 May 30			1436.10 35776 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 55.4W
2002 Feb 1			1436.11 35779 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 55.4W
2003 May 18		mv out	GEO 55W
2003 Aug 15		mv in
2003 Sep 4			1436.12 35774 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 85.1E
2006 Aug 3			1436.10 35774 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 85.2E
2010 Feb 15			1436.09 35771 x 35801 x 0.02 GEO 85.2E
2010 Feb 16		Move out
2010 Mar 18			1438.68 35815 x 35858 x 0.1 GEO 65.4E+0.6W/d
2010 Apr 14		Move in	1436.13 35785 x 35788 x 0.02 GEO 50.0E
2001 Apr 28		Move from 50E to 55E
2005 May 11			1436.10 35780 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 54.8E