Aviation Week: December 11,2006

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XM-4 (Blues)

 2006-049A

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5193 kg XM-4 digital audio radio satellite for XM Satellite Radio; a type 702 built by Boeing with payload by Alcatel Alenia.

XM-4
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2006 Oct 30	2348:59	Launch by Zenit-3SL	SLO
		T+2:30 St 1 sep
		T+3:47 Fairing sep
	2357:30	T+8:31 St 2 sep	-2120 x 189 x 0
	2357:40	T+8:41 DM MES-1
2006 Oct 31	0003:05	T+14:06 MECO-1	180 x 1620 x 0
	0043:06	T+44:07 DM MES-2
	0049:17	T+50:18 DM MECO-2	1235 x 36175 x 0
	0059:56	T+1:00:57 DM sep
		T+6:13:25 Apogee	656.45 1239 x 36057 x 0.0
2006 Nov 6			946.05 15049 x 36040 x 0.2
2006 Nov 10?		LAM
2006 Nov 13			1436.36 35499 x 36084 x 0.1 GEO 110.0W
2006 Nov 15			1436.48 35504 x 36083 x 0.1 GEO 110.4W
2006 Dec 5		Mv out
2006 Dec 23			1436.09 35783 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 115.0W

ERBS

 1984-108B

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The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) was originally planned as the fourth Applications Explorer Mission (AEM-D). ERBS was carried into space aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission 41-G. Launch was at 1103 on 1984 Oct 5. It was deployed by the RMS arm at 2218 on Oct 5 into a 353 x 355 km x 57 deg orbit. A hydrazine internal propulsion system was used to raise the orbit. Its final orbit was 601 x 605 km x 57 deg.

ERBS
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Oct 5	1103	Launch by Shuttle
1984 Oct 5	2218	RMS deploy	353 x 355 x 57
1984 Oct 7		3hr AOCS burn for orbit raise	408 x 420 x 57.0
1984 Oct 8		6h7m AOCS burn
1984 Oct 9		4h48m AOCS burn
		Orbit trim	592 x 603 x 57.0
1984 Oct 10		Operational orbit	603 x 604 x 57.0
1984 Oct 23		Operational
1984 Nov 6		ERBE contamination doors open
1985 Jan 10			596 x 610 x 57.0
1989		Begin orbital decay
1992		Orbit maintenance resumes
1998		Orbit maintenance ends, resume decay
2002 Jul 21			562 x 568 x 57.0
2002 Jul		Perigee lower burns
2002 Aug 3			547 x 566 x 57.0
2002 Aug 25			507 x 558 x 57.0
2005 Sep 8		Demo burn
2005 Sep 13		Confidence burn
2005 Sep 16		Depletion burn 1
2005 Sep 16			496 x 551 x 57.0
2005 Sep 26		Depletion burn 2?, tumbled
2005 Oct 6			500 x 547 x 57.0
2005 Oct 12		Depletion burns
2005 Oct 14		Depletion burns
2005 Oct 15		end of ops
2005 Oct 18			507 x 539 x 57.0

Payload:

• ERBE-S ERBE-Scanner, five channel cavity radiometer (two nadir wide FOV 0.2-50 mu, 0.2-5 mu, two nadir medium FOV 0.2-50,0.2-5mu, one solar viewing).

• ERBE-NS ERBE Non Scanner (Earth Radiation Budget Satellite) Radiators to measure amount of solar energy received and reradiated by different parts of Earth. Operates with NOAA-F,G; three channel bolometers, 0.2-5, 5-50, 0.2-50 mu.

• SAGE-II Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Expt II, 7-channel radiometer

DFH-46

 1999-025A

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The first operational FY-1, FY-1C, was launched in 1999. The number of channels in the radiometer was increased, as well as on board data storage capacity. The resolution is 1.1 km. Vehicle is a 1.4m cube with two solar panels of 8.6m span. Mass is 958 kg. According to AvWeek, FY-1C was built by CAST/Beijing for the National Satellite Meteorological Center  but most sources say the FY-1 series were built in Shanghai.

FY-1C
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1999 May 10	0133	Launch by CZ-4B	TYSC
	0135	T+2:32 St 1 sep
		St 2 burn
	0135	T+2:47 Fairing sep
	0139	T+6:48 Stage 2 MECO
	0139	T+6:49 St 2 sep
		Stage 3 burn
	0145	T+12:29 FY-1C sep
	0146	T+13:34 SJ5 sep
1999 May 13			848 x 868 x 98.7
2001 May		Still operating
2002 Jan 30		Begin rapid decay	846 x 868 x 98.7
2002 Oct 1		Reached final orbit	842 x 865 x 98.7
		Begin slow steady decay
2007 Jan 11			843 x 862 x 98.7
	2228	Intercept by ASAT