Fleetsatcom 2

 1979-038A

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FLTSATCOM F2 was orbited by a NASA Atlas Centaur in May 1979. The US Navy stationed it at 24W for tests and then in Apr 1980 moved it to 72E to become FLTSATCOM Indian Ocean.

FLTSATCOM F2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1979 May 4	1857:00	Launch by Atlas Centaur (AC-47)	CC LC36
		T+2:21 Booster sep
		T+4:08 SECO
		T+4:08 Atlas sep
	1901:18	T+4:18 MES-1
	1901:25	Fairing sep
	1907:04	T+10:04 MECO-1	148 x 363
	1922:10	T+25:10 MES-2 1:37
	1923:47	T+26:47 Centaur MECO	166 x 35986 x 26.4
	1926:03	Centaur AC-47 sep
		T+33:41 Centaur venting	172 x 35347 x 26.3
1979 May 5	0100?	Apo 1
	1200?	Apo 2
	2300?	Apo 3
1979 May 6
	0800?	Apo 4 40W
	1930?	Apo 5 180E
1979 May 6	1925?	Star 37 AKM burn at 4th apo?
			1423? 35400 x 35970? x 2.40?
1979 Jul 27		On station	GEO 24W
1979 Aug 29			1436.30 35665 x 35915 x 2.4 GEO 23.7W+0.05W
1979 Sep 13			1436.18 35775 x 35801 x 2.4 GEO 23.9W
1980 Jan			GEO 22W
1980 Feb 18			1436.14 35757 x 35817 x 2.1 GEO 22.0W
1980 Feb 20		mv out
1980 Mar 5			1436.26 35711 x 35867 x 2.0 GEO 71.7E+0.05W
1980 Apr		On station	GEO 72E
1980 Jul 23			1436.09 35690 x 35882 x 1.8 GEO 72.5E
1982 Jun			GEO 72E
1984 Aug 1			1436.11 35708 x 35865 x 1.6 GEO 71.8E
1986 Sep			GEO 71.4E
1987 May 16			1436.06 35717 x 35854 x 4.2 GEO 72.4E
1988 Dec 31			1436.2 35753 x 35823 x 5.7
1989 Dec 31			1436.2 35760 x 35811 x 6.6
1990 Feb 14			1436.13 35754 x 35820 x 6.7 GEO 72.7E
1991 Feb 25			1436.16 35764 x 35811 x 7.6 GEO 72.4E
1992 Jan 6			1436.09 35765 x 35807 x 8.3 GEO 72.6E
1992 Feb 8			1436.07 35753 x 35818 x 8.4 GEO 72.7E
1992 Feb 11		mv out	1437.13 35654 x 35958 x 8.4 GEO 72.1E+0.3W
1992 Feb 12		Orbit raise	1456.14 35450 x 36905 x 8.4
1992 Feb 13		Orbit raise	1461.69 36239 x 36333 x 8.5
1992 Dec 31			1461.3 36222 x 36334 x 9.2