Spaceway 2

 2005-046A

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Spaceway F2 is an Ka-band BS-702-2000 for DirectTV. Launch mass is 6116 kg, 3940 kg dry. Size is 5.1 x 3.2 x 3.4m with 40.9m solar array span. Ariane Flight V167, L522.

The satellite will be stationed at 99.2W to cover N America and Hawaii. Using electric propulsion, it took a long time to reach GEO - almost 3 months.

V167 uses a medium fairing with a 2m ACY 5400D (the ACY remains attached to the ESC-A). Spaceway is on a Boeing/SAAB PAS1663 adapter on a SYLDA 5C (0.9m extension, total 5.8m height 4.6m dia) Telkom, under Sylda, is on a CASA 937VB5 adapter and a 3936 payload cone on the ESC-A. The 5ECA has two P240 boosters, an H175/Vulcain 2 core stage, and the ESC-A upper stage.

Spaceway 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2005 Nov 16	2346:00?	Launch by Ariane 5ECA	CSG ELA3
		T+2:19 EAP sep
		T+2:30 80 km 2.1 km/s
		T+3:14 Fairing sep 117km 2.36 km/s
		T+6:40 EPC at 165 km
		T+7:45 162.8 5.31 km/s
	2354:56	T+8:56 EPC MECO
	2355:02	T+9:02 EPC sep at 161 km	-1047 x 161 km x 6.5 deg
	2355:06	T+9:06 ESC-A MES-1
		EPC impact in Gulf of Guinea 4.5W 0N.
	2359:28	T+13:28 ESC-A at 157 km
2005 Nov 17
	0010:41	T+24:41 ESC-A MECO
	0013:24	T+27:24 Spaceway 2 sep
	0017:34	T+31:34 SYLDA 5C sep
	0019:22	T+33:22 Telkom 2 sep
	0021:20	T+41:20 end of mission
2005 Nov 17			633.53 282 x 35830 x 7.0
2005 Nov 21			699.90 562 x 38906 x 7.0
2005 Nov 23			752.13 567 x 41467 x 6.7
2005 Nov 28			1037.83 11533 x 43621 x 0.6
2005 Dec 1			1305.61 22670 x 43713 x 0.3
2005 Dec 2?		LAM
2005 Dec 5			1436.36 27823 x 43759 x 0.3 GEO 116.8W+0.07
2005 Dec 11			1431.94 28050 x 43360 x 0.2 GEO 115.6W+1.0E/d
2005 Dec 28			1433.72 30078 x 41401 x 0.2 GEO 101.3W+0.6E/d
2006 Jan 8			1433.88 31422 x 40064 x 0.2
2006 Jan 19			1435.39 33562 x 37983 x 0.1
2006 Feb 2			1435.57 35475 x 36073 x 0.1 GEO 98.0W+0.15E/d