Intelsat 907

 2003-007A

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The last Ariane 4 carried another Intelsat 9 to orbit. Mass 4680 kg full, 2838 kg BOL, 1973 kg dry. Size 2.8 x 3.5 x 5.6m with 31 m span. Ariane 4 medium fairing 9.6m and 42 kg adapter ACU1194A.

Intelsat 907
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2003 Feb 15	0700	Launch by Ariane 44L
		T+2:29 PAL 2,4 sep
		T+2:30 PAL 1,3 sep
		T+3:25 St 1 MECO
		T+3:30 St 1 sep
		T+3:31 St 2 MES
		T+4:18 Fairing sep
		T+5:36 St 2 MECO
		T+5:42 St 2 sep
	0705	T+5:45 St 3 MES
	0718	T+18:47 St 3 MECO
	0720	T+20:55 St 3 sep
		T+22:29 end of V159 mission
2003 Feb 15	1301		653.91 256 x 36899 x 7.0
2003 Feb		LAM-1
2003 Feb		LAM-2
2003 Feb 19		LAM-3
2003 Feb 19	0409		1323.80 31419 x 35697 x 0.4
2003 Feb 21	2100?	LAM-4
2003 Feb 21	2122		1428.53 35564 x 35712 x 0.1 GEO 28W+2E
2003 Feb 25	1014		1436.13 35777 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 25.8W
2003 May 12			1436.03 35775 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 27.2W
2006 Aug 8			1436.10 35772 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 27.5W

Spot 5

 2002-021A

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SPOT 5 will have a resolution of 2.5m (pan) and 10-20m (color), with a 60 km field of view. Mass will be 3030 kg. SPOT 5 is built by Matra/Toulouse. Orbit will be 832 km sun-synch. Size is 3.1 x 3.1 x 5.7m plus an end-mounted transverse solar panel of about 7m. Total length deployed is probably 10m.

SPOT 5
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2002 May 4	0131:46	Launch by Ariane 42P V151	CSG ELA2
		T+1:31 PAL sep
		T+3:20 St 1 sep 78.2 km 1.87 km/s
		T+3:23 St 2 burn
		T+3:53 Fairing sep 137 km 2.40 km/s
		T+5:31 St 2 sep 277 km 3.91 km/s
		T+5:36 St 3 burn
		T+9:21 600 km 4.14 km/s
		T+15:44 802 km 6.05 km/s
		T+16:30 806 km 6,42 km/s
	0150:18	T+18:32 St 3 MECO
	0151:01	T+19:15 St 3 sep
		T+25:36 St 3 end of mission
2002 May 13			101.24 816 x 818 x 98.8
2002 May 15		Orbit raise to operational orbit
2002 May 15			101.41 824 x 825 x 98.8
2006 Aug 8			101.41 824 x 825 x 98.7

Payload:

• AOCS 150 kg hydrazine, 15N thrusters

• HRVIR Imaging cameras

  • Pan Cameras, 2.5-m res pan

  • Multispectral cameras 20-m res color, 3 vis and 1 IR band

Seventeen: November 2006

 https://welib.org/md5/f48b6d9077804be37a8ec1ba01e50f21

DBS 1

 1993-078A

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DirecTV, a subsidiary of Hughes HCI, ordered two Hughes HS-601 satellites for Ku-band DTH domestic US television broadcasting. The first DBS satellite was launched in Dec 1993, by which time DirecTV Inc. was a separate Hughes Electronics company and no longer part of HCI. Half of the satellite capacity was sold to US Satellite Broadcasting (USSB). The DBS 1 satellite had a mass of 1270 kg, with 1590 kg of fuel in GTO and 455 kg of fuel at BOL. The bus was 2.3 x 2.3 x 2.6 m in size with a 26.2 m solar panel span.

DBS 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1993 Dec 18	0127:00	Launch by Ariane
1993 Dec 18	0129	PAL sep (2:21)
	0130	St 1 sep (3:32)
	0131	Fairing sep (4:31)
	0132	St 2 sep (5:44)
	0132	St 3 TIG (5:49)
	0145	St 3 MECO (18:13)
	0148	DBS 1 sep (21:37)
1993 Dec 18			638.17 214 x 36136 x 4.0
1993 Dec 21			1156.47 24104 x 36132 x 0.5
1993 Dec 21	2041?	LAM
1993 Dec 23			1402.10 34134 x 36102 x 0.1
1994 Jan 5			1436.10 35767 x 35806 x 0.0 GEO 101.3W
1994 Jan 25			1436.08 35767 x 35804 x 0.0 GEO 101.2W
1995 Jul 25			1436.09 35777 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 101.3W
1997 Feb 10			1436.10 35777 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 101.2W
1998 Jul 4		Primary SCP failed
1999 Oct 15			1436.11 35776 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 101.2W
1999 Dec 5		mv out
1999 Dec 8			1441.86 35888 x 35910 x 0.01
1999 Dec 21		mv in	1436.09 35774 x 35798 x 0.01 GEO 109.8W
2000 Jun 14			1436.08 35775 x 35797 x 0.05 GEO 109.8W
2003 Jul 19		mv out	110W
2003 Jul 30		mv in	102W
2005 Jul 15			1436.08 35782 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 101.1W
2005 Jul		mv out to 72W
2005 Aug 21			1435.84 35772 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 72.6W

Kosmos 2402

 2003-056A

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11F654M Uragan satellite 794. The first set launched with a Briz-M upper stage, with the Proton third stage suborbital and falling in the Pacific. The first Briz burn lasted 24 minutes, with orbit achieved a full 35 min after liftoff. Briz-M no. 88506 was used.

Kosmos-2402
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2003 Dec 10	1742:12	Launch by Proton-K/Briz-M	KB LC81
		T+1:58 St 2 start
		T+2:03 St 1 sep
		T+3:03 GO sep
		T+5:28 St 2 MECO
	1747:43	T+5:31 St 2 sep
	1751:45	T+9:33 St 3 MECO	-1200 x 181 x 51.55
	1751:56	T+9:44 St 3 sep
	1753:54	T+11:42 Briz MES1
	1803?	T+21.5m? Positive perigee
	1805?	T+23.0m? Circular orbit?
	1817:24	T+35:12 Briz MECO1	190 x 4347 x 52.4
	2023:19	T+2:41:07 MES-2
	2028	Perigee on equator
	2036:48	T+2:54:36 MECO2
	2038:08	T+2:55:56 DTB sep	291 x 19093 x 53.08
	2313:27	T+5:31:15 MES-3
	2317	DTB Apogee on equator
	2323:29	T+5:41:17 MECO3
	2324:52	T+5:42:40 Briz sep	18929 x 19328 x 65.11
	2325	Deployed

Soyuz TMA-5 (Tian Shan)

 2004-040A

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11F732 No. 215 was used for the Soyuz TMA-5 flight carrying Expedition 10 to the ISS, mission 9S. Crew was Salizhan Sharipov (Kdr Soyuz, BI ISS-10), Leroy Chiao (BI-1 Soyuz, Cdr ISS) and Yuriy Shargin (BI-2 Soyuz, BI of EP-7 crew).

Callsign Tyan'-Shan' (Tien Shan).

Launch mass 7270 kg. Docking mass 6849 kg, undocking 6862 kg.

Landing position 51 03N 67 18E, very close to the target. 

Soyuz TMA-5
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2004 Oct 14	0306:26	Launch by Soyuz-FG No. 0112	PU5
		T+1:53 SAS sep
		T+1:57 Strapons sep
		T+2:37 Fairing sep
	0310	T+4:47 Blok A sep
		T+4:57 KhO interstage sep
	0315:11	T+8:45 Blok I MECO
	0315:14	T+8:48 Blok I sep
	0818:52	DV1 13.8m/s 35s SKD
	0904:19	DV2 4.6m/s 12.6s SKD
	1715		89.26 231 x 243 x 51.6
2004 Oct 15	0353:30	DV3 1.9m/s 6s SKD
2004 Oct 16	0300		91.77 355 x 367 x 51.6
	0355	Begin flyaround
	0400:42	Stationkeeping with Pirs at 243 m
	0404	Resume approach
	0408	At 97 m, halt
	0410	Resume approach
	0415:32	Docked with Pirs
	0714	HO to ISS
2004 Oct 22			91.75 354 x 366 x 51.6
2004 Nov 29	0932	Undock from Pirs
		At 30 m
		Approach
	0953	Dock with Zarya
2005 Apr 24	1545	HC
	1844:40	Undock Zarya
	1847:43	Sep burn 8s
	2116:38	Deorbit 278 kg 4:19 115.4 m/s
	2120:50	DO CO	-35 x 355 x 51.6
	2141:28	Modules sep
	2144:25	Entry interface
	2208:27	Landing at 51 03 24.96N 67 18 02.88E

Inmarsat 303

 1996-070A

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Lockheed Martin Telecommunications built the third Inmarsat III, this time with the usual apogee motor for Atlas launch from Canaveral. Mass was 2071 kg.

Inmarsat III F3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1996 Dec 18	0157	Launch by Atlas IIA AC-129	CC LC36
	0159	Atlas booster sep
	0201	Atlas sep
	0201	Centaur MES-1
	0207?	Centaur MECO-1	200? x 1045? x 28.5?
	0222?	Centaur MES-2
	0223?	Centaur MECO-2
	0229	Centaur sep T+32:02
1996 Dec 19			646.66 1007 x 35778 x 22.7
1996 Dec 20	0250?	AKM
1996 Dec 20			1429.48 35450 x 35863 x 2.7 GEO 154.8E+1.6E
1996 Dec 27			1436.16 35698 x 35877 x 2.7 GEO 158.1E
1997 Jan 15			1436.25 35694 x 35884 x 2.6 GEO 157.4E
1997 Jan		mv out
1997 Feb 1		mv in	1436.07 35768 x 35804 x 2.6 GEO 177.9E
1999 Oct 15			1436.05 35768 x 35802 x 0.6 GEO 178.1E
2006 Aug 2			1436.10 35772 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 178.1E

Thuraya 1

 2000-066A

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The Emirates Telecommunications Corp. of Abu Dhabi (Etisalat) contracted for the Al Thuraya comsat system for Middle East mobile telephony services and spun off Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications. Thuraya uses a Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS) Boeing 702/GEM (Hughes HS-GEM, GEO Mobile) model with large 12.25m, 78 kg L-band antenna, based on the HS-702 bus. Power will be 13 kW. Launch 2000 May by Zenit-3SL, with HSC turning over the satellite to Thuraya after 4 months in orbit. Problems with the system meant that Thuraya Satellite Comms finally accepted the overall system in Feb 2002.

Mass is 5108 kg launch. Span is 34.5m. Location 44E.

In 2003, it was planned to lease the satellite to Planetel (California) to provide mobile comms to Asia. It moved to 52E in Aug-Sep 2003 and then to 98E in Jul 2004.

Thuraya 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2000 Oct 21	0552	Launch by Zenit-3SL	Odyssey
		T+2:21 St 1 MECO
		T+2:29 St 2 MES
		T+3:33 Fairing sep
		T+7:20 St 2 MECO
	0600	T+8:35 St 2 sep	-2212 x 182
		T+8:40? Adapter sep	-2212 x 182
		T+8:45 DM-SL MES-1
	0604	T+12:50 DM-SL MECO-1	180 x 200 x 6.3
	0733	T+1:41:00 DM-SL MES-2
		T+1:47:35 DM-SL MECO-2	210 x 35891 x 6.3
	0751	T+1:59:05 DM-SL sep
		T+5:13:19 DM-SL disposal orbit
2000 Oct 21			632.01 222 x 35812 x 6.4
2000 Oct 24		LAM1	637.44 567 x 35745 x 6.5
2000 Oct 25		LAM2	720.15 4693 x 35777 x 5.3
2000 Oct 26		LAM	793.23 8269 x 35744 x 5.9
2000 Oct 28		LAM3	976.16 16681 x 35755 x 5.9
2000 Oct 30?	0600?	LAM4
2000 Oct 31			1399.89 34380 x 35769 x 6.4
2000 Nov 3		LAM5	1497.98 33812 x 40166 x 6.1
2000 Nov 15			1435.97 35738 x 35830 x 6.2 GEO 43.4E
2000 Dec 7			1436.12 35744 x 35829 x 6.2 GEO 44.3E
2003 Aug 27		mv out	GEO 44E
2003 Sep 20		Arrive 52E	1436.09 35766 x 35806 x 4.5 GEO 52.44E
2004 Jun 16			1436.05 35767 x 35804 x 4.1 GEO 52.4E
2004 Aug 4		Arrive at 98E
2004 Aug 25			1436.13 35766 x 35807 x 4.0 GEO 98.4E
2006 Aug 2			1436.15 35765 x 35810 x 3.1 GEO 98.5E
2007 May 10			1436.11 35765 x 35808 x 3.0 GEO 98.6E