Panamsat 6

 1997-040A

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PAS 6 was launched by Ariane 4 in 1997 as an AOR satellite. The FS-1300 satellite has 36 Ku-band transponders. It will be used for DTH broadcasting to Latin America by the Sky Entertainment Services consortium. Panamsat/Greenwich,CT and Hughes Galaxy/LA merged 1997 May 16 to form a new Panamsat.

The launch vehicle was a dedicated AR44P with Fairing 01. Launch mass was 3420 kg, BOL 2050 kg, dry 1285 kg. Bus is 2.4 x 2.7 x 5.3m, with 27m span.

PAS 6
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1997 Aug 8	0646	Launch by Ariane 4
	0647	T+1:10 PAP sep
	0649	T+3:32 St 1 sep
	0649	T+3:35 St 2 burn
	0650	T+4:37 Fairing 01 sep
	0651	T+5:43 St 2 sep
	0651	T+5:48 St 3 burn
	0704	T+18:45 St 3 cutoff
	0705	T+19:39 St 3 sep
	0705	T+19:43 St 3 avoidance
	0709	T+24:09 end of V98 mission
1997 Aug 8			630.90 174 x 35802 x 7.0
1997 Aug 9?		LAM-1
1997 Aug 11?		LAM-2
1997 Aug 11			1405.58 34582 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 48.2W+7.8E
1997 Aug 14			1435.01 35741 x 35789 x 0.1 GEO 43.8W+0.2E
1997 Oct 23			1436.12 35779 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 43.2W
1998 Jul 5			1436.13 35779 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 43.2W
1999 Oct 15			1436.09 35783 x 35789 x 0.1 GEO 43.2W
2004 Feb 1			1436.13 35777 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 43.2W

The Natural History of the Rich

https://welib.org/md5/6cd9e5bd2bca46dc10e854ee26dee80a

Video Movie Guide 2002

 https://welib.org/md5/8358af6ddcd91b90212af3595b03f4da

Kosmos 625

  1973-105A

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Kosmos-625 flew a topographic studies mission in Dec 1973.

Kosmos-625
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1973 Dec 21	1230:00	Launch by 11A57	NIIP-53
	1234	Blok-I burn
	1238	Blok-I sep
			89.77 204 x 321 x 72.8 (RAE)
1973 Dec 21	2116		89.73 202 x 320 x 72.8
1973 Dec 22	1044		89.74 203 x 319 x 72.9
		Raise apogee
1973 Dec 23	1811		89.96 203 x 341 x 72.8
1973 Dec 25	0141		89.96 203 x 340 x 72.8
		Lower orbit
1973 Dec 27	0930		89.80 188 x 340 x 72.8 (RAE)
1973 Dec 27	1040		89.76 186 x 339 x 72.8
1973 Dec 29	1931		89.73 185 x 336 x 72.8
		Lower orbit
1973 Dec 30	1158		89.39 168 x 319 x 72.8
1973 Dec 31		Engine sep
1974 Jan 1	0113		89.32 167 x 314 x 72.8
1974 Jan 3	0645?	Retrofire
	0655?	PO sep
	0659?	Entry
	0714?	Landed after 12.78d

Falconsat 2

 2006-F01

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Ionospheric plasma depletion measurements; measure morphology of depletions relative to geomagnetic activity. Payload on first Falcon-1 launch.

The vehicle failed when an aluminium tube in the engine melted; the part was switched to stainless steel in later vehicles.

Launch from Omelek I. 167 44E 9 3N just north of Meck. 450 x 450 km x 39.0 deg.

20 kg. 0.32m cube, inactive attitude control.

Stage 1; 16m long 1.7d Stage 2: 1.7d long 2.7m long (5.6 with engine?) Overall 27.2t.

Operation by DARPA and USAF Academy.

Falconsat-2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2006 Mar 24	2230	Launch by Falcon 1	KMR Omelek
		T+0:25 Fire in engine
		T+0:29? Shutdown at 1 km
		T+0:41 Impact

Planned profile
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
		T+2:41 St 1 MECO, sep
		T+2:46 St 2 MES Vi 2.929 km/s 86.6 km
		T+3:06 118 km Fairing sep, 2.948 km/s
		T+9:31 St 2 MECO 400 km 7.696 km/s
		T+9:35 St 2 sep
		T+10m? St 2 retro
		T+16:10 Stage 1 impact, begin recovery op
		T+26:16 St 2 MES-2 restart test

Payload:

• Miniature Electrostatic Analyser (MESA) 10Hz