Asiasat 3S

 1999-013A

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Asiasat/Hong Kong's Asiasat 3S is an HS-601HP satellite to replace the abandoned Asiasat 3. The satellite was built in record time, reaching orbit only 15 months after the Asiasat 3 failure. It was launched in Mar 1999 by ILS Proton. It will be stationed at 105.5E and controlled from Hong Kong. Launch mass was 3463 kg. Asiasat 1 will move to 122E, replacing Asiasat G.

Asiasat 3S
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1999 Mar 21	0009:30	Launch by Proton
		T+2:02 Stage 2 burn
		T+2:06 Stage 1 sep
		T+5:34 Stage 2 MECO
		T+5:35 Stage 2 sep
		T+5:40 Stage 3 burn
	0019:08	T+9:38 Stage 3 MECO	170? x 180? x 51.64
	0019:19	T+9:49 Stage 3 VECO
	0019:19	T+9:49 Stage 3 sep
	0123:49	T+1:14:19 DM burn 1
	0130:20	T+1:20:52 DM MECO-1	205 x 35988 x 51.48
	0628:25	T+6:18:55 DM burn 2
	0630:15	T+6:20:45 DM MECO-2
	0650:02	T+6:40:32 DM sep
1999 Mar 23			827.66 9677 x 35967 x 13.1
1999 Mar 25	0730?	LAM-1
1999 Mar 26			1007.79 17869 x 35968 x 6.2
1999 Mar 27?		LAM-2
1999 Mar 31?		LAM-3
1999 Apr 1			1436.39 35761 x 35822 x 0.1 GEO 98.1E
1999 Apr 20			1436.06 35766 x 35805 x 0.05 GEO 98.3E
1999 Apr 26			1433.32 35725 x 35739 x 0.1 GEO 100.6E
1999 May 7		Move in	1436.08 35780 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 105.6E
1999 Nov 5			1436.10 35779 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 105.6E
2002 Oct 20			1436.10 35778 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 105.5E