Fleetsatcom 7

 1986-096A

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FLTSATCOM F7 (NASA manifest designation FLTSATCOM G) was launched out of sequence in 1986. It became the FLTSATCOM Pacific satellite. F7 and later satellites carried an experimental EHF (20/40 GHz) channel as part of the development program for MILSTAR. It also carried the first Star 37FM apogee motor, replaceing the Star 37F used previously.

FLTSATCOM F7
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Dec 5	0230:01	Launch by Atlas Centaur	CC LC36
		T+2:33 BECO
		T+2:36 Booster jettison
		T+2:58 Insulation panels sep
		T+3:46 Fairing sep
		T+4:42 SECO
		T+4:42 VECO
		T+4:44 Atlas sep
		T+4:55 MES-1
	0240:08	T+10:07 MECO-1	148 x 369 x 28.55
	0254:05	T+24:02 MES-2 at equator 96.8s
	0255:40	T+25:39 MECO-2
	0257:55	T+27:54 Centaur sep	147 x 34366 x 28.5
			167 x 35967 x 28.54 (s)
		Centaur blowdown	174 x 35108 x 28.46 (Cen)
1986 Dec 5			629.72 171 x 35744 x 28.5
	0900?	Apo 1 over 90E
	1900?	Apo 2 over 60W
1986 Dec 6	0600?	Apo 3 over 135E
	1600?	Apo 4 over 15W
1986 Dec 7	0200?	Apo 5 over 180E
1986 Dec 7	0207?	Star 37FM-03 burn
1986 Dec 7			1446.17 35675 x 36292 x 5.1 GEO 176.2W+2.5W
1986 Dec 9			1426.0 35326 x 35860 x 5.3 GEO 176E + 2.5/d
1986 Dec 16		On station	1436.12 35551 x 36023 x 5.2 GEO 179.5W-0.01/d
1987 Jan 8			GEO 179W
1987 Jan 13		mv out	1428.29 35477 x 35790 x 5.2 GEO 178.3W+2.0E
1987 Mar 8		mv in	1435.91 35677 x 35888 x 5.0 GEO 99.9W
1987 Dec 16			1436.18 35701 x 35874 x 4.3 GEO 100.9W
1989 Jun 21			1436.03 35708 x 35862 x 2.9 GEO 100.2W
1991 Jun 13			1436.18 35713 x 35863 x 1.1 GEO 100.3W
1992 Sep 28			1436.04 35735 x 35835 x 0.4 GEO 99.5W
1994 Sep 5			1435.99 35737 x 35831 x 1.6 GEO 100.5W
1995 Oct 24			1436.05 35752 x 35819 x 2.4 GEO 99.3W
1996 Dec 12			1436.11 35765 x 35807 x 3.2 GEO 99.4W
1998 Jan 1			1436.12 35776 x 35797 x 3.9 GEO 99.2W
1999 Jun 14			1436.14 35762 x 35812 x 4.8 GEO 99.7W
2001 Jan 1			1436.12 35692 x 35881 x 12.1 GEO 101.3E
2004 Dec 31			1436.12 35741 x 35833 x 14.5 GEO 99.2E
2007 Jan 1			1436.30 35707 x 35873 x 14.7 GEO 100.3E