Tuesday, October 23, 2001

DSCS-2 F6

 1978-113A


Satellite 9441 (DSCS II C-11) was launched on 1978 Dec 14 by Titan 3C from Cape Canaveral. It was checked out on orbit by SAMSO and delivered to the Defense Communications Agency on 1979 Jan 15.


DSCS II C-11 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1978 Dec 14  0040:02  Launch by Titan IIIC  CC LC40 
  T+1:49 Stage 1 ignition 
  T+2:02 SRM sep 
  T+4:18 Stage 1 MECO, sep  
 0045 T+5:00? Fairing 
 0047 T+7:40? SECO 
 0048? Stage 2 sep (T+8:00)  150 x 260 x 28.5 
 0150? Transtage burn 1 
 0650? Transtage burn 2 
 0700   1452 min. 
 0704  Sep from Transtage 
1978 Dec 14    1452.36 35796 x 36412 x 2.5 GEO 92.8W+4.0W 
1979 Jan 15   To DCA from SAMSO 
1979 Feb 13    1435.98 35776 x 35792 x 2.3 GEO 134.7W 
1980 Jan 12    1436.04 35782 x 35788 x 1.6 GEO 135.3W 
1982 Jan 4    1436.09 35777 x 35795 x 0.5 GEO 135.3W 
1983 May 1   mv out 1435.87 35765 x 35798 x 1.4 GEO 134.2W+0.04E 
1983 May 15   mv in  1436.11 35768 x 35804 x 1.4 GEO 130.1W 
1983 Jun 26    1435.93 35763 x 35802 x 1.5 GEO 129.2W 
1985 Jan 1    1435.88 35777 x 35787 x 2.8 GEO 129.4W 
1986 Jan 1    1435.93 35773 x 35793 x 3.7 GEO 129.7W 
1989 Jan 2    1436.17 35784 x 35791 x 5.5 GEO 130.0W 
1989 Apr 29    1435.6 35771 x 35784 x 5.9 
1989 May 3    1435.6 35770 x 35785 x 5.9 
1989 Sep 11    1436.64 35786 x 35808 x 6.2 GEO 131.9W+0.15W 
1989 Sep 14 orbit adjust 1435.92 35751 x 35815 x 6.2 GEO 132.2W+0.04E 
1989 Sep   Begin drift 
1989 Oct 13    1435.74 35745 x 35812 x 6.3 GEO 130.0W+0.09E 
1990 Jan 21    1435.39 35744 x 35801 x 6.5 GEO 116.2W+0.16E 
1991 Jun 4    1436.81 35780 x 35820 x 7.8 GEO 95.9W+0.2W 
1993 Apr 28    1435.80 35760 x 35801 x 9.3 GEO 78.7W+0.1E 
1993 May 31   Orbit raise  1454.04 36132 x 36141 x 9.4  
1993 Jun 28   Orbit raise  1462.24 36288 x 36302 x 9.4 
1993 Nov 10   Orbit raise  1524.04 37485 x 37496 x 9.7 
1993 Dec 13   Orbit raise  1531.16 37506 x 37748 x 9.8 
1993 Dec 16 Decommissioned 

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