Thursday, August 3, 2006
Wednesday, August 2, 2006
Tuesday, August 1, 2006
Genesis 1
2006-029A
Bigelow/North Las Vegas builds GP for launch on Dnepr in 2006. Launch 1360 kg, 4.6m long 1.9m dia. Will inflate to 3.8m dia.
Launch from Dombarovsky to 550 km 64 deg.
Possibly 1270 kg.
| Genesis | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Jul 12 | 1453 | Launch by Dnepr | Dombarovskiy |
| 1454 | T+1:49? Stage 1 sep | ||
| 1457 | T+4:36? GO | ||
| 1457? | T+4:41? St 2 sep | ||
| 1457? | T+4:45? DU on | ||
| 1508? | T+15:13? Plume shield sep | ||
| 1508? | DU sep | ||
| Solar panels deployed | |||
| Inflated module | |||
| 2006 Jul 27 | 95.83 555 x 561 x 64.5 | ||
Monday, July 31, 2006
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 | ||