Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Eurobird 1

 2001-011A


Eutelsat's Eurobird satellite, originally Eutelsat W1, is a Spacebus 3000B2. The first W1 was destroyed in a ground fire at Cannes on 1998 May 18 and declared a launch. A new Eutelsat W1 was then built, to be launched in 2000 to 28E. It was renamed Eurobird when Ressat became the new W1 in 2000.

Launch mass is 3050 kg. Size is 3.5 x 3.4 x 2.3m with 29m span.


Eurobird 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2001 Mar 8  2251 Launch by Ariane 5G  CSG ELA3 
  T+2:25 EAP sep 
  T+3:14 Fairing sep 
  T+9:40 EPC MECO 
 2300 T+9:46 EPC sep 
 2300 T+9:53 EPS burn 
 2317 T+26:37 EPS MECO 
 2320 T+29:13 Eurobird sep 
 2323 T+32:29 Sylda 5 sep 
 2327 T+36:21 BSAT-2a sep 
2001 Mar 8   647.44 919 x 35906 x 2.3 
2001 Mar 8  1700?  LAM-1 
2001 Mar 12    1352.43 32467 x 35797 x 0.3 
2001 Mar 14  0950?  LAM-2 
2001 Mar 14    1386.22 33798 x 35810 x 0.2 
2001 Mar 15  0800?  LAM-3 
2001 Mar 16    1436.24 35768 x 35810 x 0.1 GEO 32.4E+0.04W 
2001 Apr 6    1436.05 35781 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 28.5E 
2006 Aug 1    1436.09 35773 x 35799 x 0.1 GEO 28.5E 

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