Thursday, October 25, 2007

USA-134

 1997-065A


B-13 was the first DSCS satellite to complete testing at Lockheed Sunnyvale following construction at Valley Forge. By 1996, the DSCS system customer was the MILSATCOM Joint Program Office at AF Space and Missile Systems Center, LAAFB.

Launch mass of combined DSCS and IABS was 2733 kg. The Falcon Gold experiment was attached to the Centaur stage.


DSCS III B-13 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1997 Oct 25  0046  Launch by Atlas IIA Centaur AC-131 CC SLC36A 
 0048? T+2:44? Atlas BECO 
 0048? T+2:47? Atlas booster sep
  T+3:53? Fairing sep
  T+4:41? Atlas SECO 
 0050? T+4:43? Atlas sep 
 0051? T+5:00? Centaur MES-1 
 0056? T+10:07? Centaur MECO-1  150? x 900? x 29?  
 0108? T+22:17? Centaur MES-2 
 0109? T+23:43? Centaur MECO-2 
 0112  T+26:38 Centaur sep  619.1 316 x 35771 x 25.3 (UN) 
1997 Oct 30   IABS final burn  1424.9 35533 x 35602 x 0.0 (UN)

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