Intelsat 906

 2002-041A

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SS/L FS1300-extended satellite, mass 4723 full 1955 kg empty, 2.8 x 3.5 x 5.6m with 31m span.

Will be located over 64E, Indian Ocean: by a month after launch I906 was over 58E.

Intelsat 906
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2002 Sep 6	0644:00	Launch by Ariane 44L V154	CSG ELA2
		T+2:30 PAL s
		T+3:31 St 1 sep
		T+3:34 St 2 MES
		T+4:24 Fairing sep
		T+5:43 St 2 sep
		T+5:48 St 3 MES
	0702:49	T+18:49 St 3 MECO
	0704:57	T+20:57 St 3 sep
		T+21:08 St 3 avoidance
2002 Sep 6			658.75 155 x 37245 x 7.0
		LAM-1
2002 Sep 7	2200		756.68 6437 x 35818 x 3.5
		LAM-2
2002 Sep 9	1220		1174.87 25221 x 35786 x 0.5
		LAM-3
2002 Sep 12	2000		1236.58 27763 x 35805 x 0.4
2002 Sep 13?		LAM-4
2002 Sep 14?		LAM-5
2002 Sep 16	1600		1435.36 35758 x 35785 x 0.1 GEO 58.3E+0.1E
2002 Oct 4			1436.07 35785 x 35786 x 0.1 GEO 58.5E
2002 Oct 4		Move out from 58.5E
2002 Oct 20		Move in at 64.2E
2003 May 1			1436.11 35775 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 64.2E
2006 Aug 8			1436.10 35770 x 35802 x 0.0 GEO 64.2E

Kosmos 2361

 1998-076A

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Kosmos-2361 is a Parus satellite launched on 1998 Dec 24.

Kosmos-2361
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1998 Dec 24	2002:19	Launch by Kosmos-3M	PL 132/1
		T+2:10 St 1 MECO
		T+2:12 St 1 sep
	2004	T+2:12 St 2 burn 59km
	2004	T+2:27 Fairing sep 76km
	2010	T+8:03 St 2 MECO 150 km	150 x 1003? x 83
	2104	T+1:02:19 St 2 MES2
	2104	T+1:02:30 St 2 MECO2
	2105	T+1:03 St 2 sep
1998 Dec 26			104.93 969 x 1013 x 82.9
2006 Oct 5			104.90 967 x 1012 x 82.9

Kosmos 2392

 2002-037A

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Arkon No. 2, 11F664. Mass is announced as 2600 kg - probably without instrument load. Probable total mass around 5800 kg. Launch was by Proton-K 408-01 with the 17S40 (DM-5) upper stage. The apogee was lowered slightly by two burns on Aug 7 and 10. A year later in Jul 2003 the apogee was raised slightly; since then the orbit has not changed.

Kosmos-2392
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2002 Jul 25	1513:21	Launch by Proton-K	LC81/24
		T+2:06 St 1 sep
		T+3:19 Fairing sep
		T+5:38 St 2 sep
	1523:01	T+9:40 St 3 MECO
	1523:13	T+9:52 St 3 sep	170? x 200? x 64.8?
		Pere. sep
	1555:00	T+41:39 DM MES-1
	1557:19	T+43:58 DM MECO-1	200 x 2888 x 63.8
	1723	SOZ burn
	1723:40	T+2:10:19 DM MES-2 at 1700 km
	1727:03	T+2:13:42 DM MECO-2
	1727:18	T+2:13:57 DM sep
			119.89 1512 x 1840 x 63.46
2002 Aug 7	1239:22	mv	1513 x 1787 x 63.5
2002 Aug 10	1218:08	TCM	1513 x 1763 x 63.5
2002 Aug 15?		Sensor cover ejected
2002 Sep 26			119.01 1509 x 1763 x 63.47
2003 Jul 17			119.04 1498 x 1777 x 63.5
2003 Jul 24		Orbit trim	119.35 1498 x 1805 x 63.5

Kosmos 2405

 2004-020A

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The Kosmos-2405 satellite was a US-PU launched in May 2004. (The Molniya-1T satellite launched earlier in 2004 was originally also called Kosmos-2405.) RCS was 20m2.

Kosmos-2405
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2004 May 28	0600:00	Launch by Tsiklon 2	KB LC90/20
	0602	Stage 1 sep
	0604	Fairing sep
	0604:39	Stage 2 sep	100 x 291 x 65.0
	0648:31	Orbit insertion	404 x 416 x 65.0
2006 Apr 14			92.78 402 x 418 x 65.0

TecSAR

 2008-002A

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TecSAR-1 (TechSAR).

Israeli SAR radar imaging satellite, launch on PSLV-CA (core only)

300 kg.

Israeli Ministry of Defense.

IAI MBT Space satellite, hexagon + 2 panels + dish. Circular dish antenna for X-band SAR.

TecSAR
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2008 Jan 21	0345	Launch by PSLV	SDSC FLP
		T+0:53 Sep PS1 50 km
		T+0:53 PS2 burn 50 km
		T+3:23 Fairing sep
		T+4:23 PS2 sep 147 km?
		T+4:245 HPS3 burn 148 km
	0353	T+8:38 HPS3 burnout 283 km?
	0359?	T+17:13?? PS4 burn 500 km?	-1000? x 580 x 17.8?
	0404?	PS4 burnout
	0405	T+19:45 PS4 sep	450 x 580 x 41
	0510	Acquired by Israeli ground station

Yaogan 3

 2007-055A

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Yaogan Weixing sanhao (YW-3) was launched by a new CZ-4C, with restart capability in the upper stage. Mass is 2700 kg; early TLEs for A and B were switched. Probably the second radar satellite, in the same plane as YG-1.

Yaogan 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2007 Nov 11	2248	Launch by CZ-4C	TYSC
	2250	T+2:32? St 1 sep
	2250	St 2 burn
	2250	T+2:47? Fairing sep
	2254	T+6:48? Stage 2 MECO
	2254	T+6:49? St 2 sep
		Stage 3 burn 1
	2258?	Stage 3 MECO
	2309	Stage 3 sep	95.33 456 x 612 x 97.9
2007 Nov 11	2315?	First apogee; orbit raise	97.07 613 x 623 x 97.8
2007 Nov 11	2352	B	95.33 456 x 612 x 97.9
2007 Nov 12	2033	B	95.38 457 x 616 x 97.8
2007 Nov 20		Orbit raise	97.23 624 x 627 x 97.8
2007 Nov 21		Orbit raise	97.28 627 x 629 x 97.8

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SBS-6

 1990-091A

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By the time SBS 6 reached the launch pad in 1990, the SBS Satellite Transponder Leasing Corp. operation had been sold to Hughes HCI and was later merged into the Galaxy system. It was launched together with Galaxy 6, two HCI satellites on the same Ariane rocket in an unprecedented risk for a commercial satellite operator.

The satellite, a spare for SBS 4 and SBS 5, was initially stationed at 99W. In 1997 the Galaxy system was merged with Panamsat; later Intelsat obtained the Panamsat satellites.

SBS 6
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 Oct 12	2258:18	Launch by Ariane 44L	CSG
		T+0:23 PAL sep
		T+3:35 St 1 sep
		T+3:38 St 2 MES
		T+4:35 Long Fairing 02 jettison
	2304:04	T+5:46 St 2 sep
		T+5:52 St 3 MES
	2316:10	T+17:52 MECO	654.39 287 x 36892 x 7.4
	2318:59	T+20:41 SBS 6 sep
	2321:36	T+23:18 Spelda 10 sep
	2324:30	T+26:12 Galaxy 6 sep
1990 Oct 13	1200?	LAM-1	721.50 4043 x 36494 x 4.8
1990 Oct 14	0330?	LAM-2	796.17 7699 x 36455 x 4.8
1990 Oct 14	1600?	LAM-3	1452.63 35691 x 36527 x 0.1 GEO 91.8W+4.1W
1990 Oct 15			1436.08 35693 x 35879 x 0.2 GEO 96.0W
1990 Nov 8			1436.15 35723 x 35852 x 0.1 GEO 96.9W
1990 Dec 3		mv out
1991 Jan 3			1436.15 35777 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 99.1W
1991 Apr 22			1436.16 35777 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 99.0W
1993 Mar 9			1436.11 35778 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 99.1W
1994 Feb 15			1436.11 35774 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 99.1W
1994 Feb		Move to 95W
1994 Feb 22			1436.12 35780 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 95.0W
1994 Jul 20			1436.11 35776 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 95.0W
1995 Oct 22			1436.10 35778 x 35795 x 0.1 GEO 94.9W
1995 Oct			GEO 95W
1995 Oct		Mv out of GEO
1995 Oct 31			1436.09 35785 x 35787 x 0.1 GEO 74.1W
1995 Nov 1		On station	GEO 74W
1997 Jul 20		To Panamsat	GEO 74W
1998 Apr 22			1436.12 35781 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 74.0W
1999 Jun 15			1436.13 35783 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 74.0W
2003 Sep 3			1436.12 35780 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 74.1W
2006 Jul 29			1436.11 35782 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 74.0W
2008 Jan 15			1436.10 35778 x 35794 x 0.5 GEO 74.0W

Astra 1C

 1993-031A

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The third SES satellite, Astra 1C was the first to be built by Hughes. The satellite had a dry mass of 1180 kg, a BOL mass of 1700 kg and a launch mass of 2790 kg.

Astra 1C
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1993 May 12	0056:32	Launch by Ariane 42L	CSG ELA2
		T+2:21 PAL sep
		T+3:11 St 1 sep
		T+3:18 St 2 burn
		T+4:10 Fairing
		T+5:21 St 2 sep
	0101:58	T+5:26 H10 burn
1993 May 12	0114:02	H10 MECO (T+17:30)
1993 May 12	0116:28	Astra sep from Cyclade/H10 (T+19:56)
1993 May 12	0119:08	Cyclade adapter sep (T+22:36)
1993 May 12	0120:58	AO-6 sep (T+24:26)
			639.13 319 x 36080 x 5.0
1993 May 14		LAM-1	738.30 5392 x 35969 x 2.9
1993 May 15?		LAM-2
1993 May 18?		LAM-3
1993 May 18			1435.47 35622 x 35926 x 0.0 GEO 14.4E+0.15E
1993 Jun 26			1436.02 35729 x 35840 x 0.0 GEO 18.9E
1994 Jan 10			1436.04 35770 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 19.2E
1999 Oct 15			1436.01 35747 x 35821 x 0.0 GEO 19.2E
2006 Jul 28			1436.15 35783 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 19.2E

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Navstar 55

 2007-047A

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GPS IIR-17 (IIRM-4), PRN 15. Mass 2059 kg.

GPS 55
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2007 Oct 17	1223:00	Launch by Delta 7925	CC SLC17A
		T+1:03 SRM1-6 off
		T+1:05 SRM7-9 on
		T+1:06 SRM 1-6 sep
		T+2:09 SRM 7-9 off
		T+2:11 SRM 7-9 sep
		T+4:23 MECO
		T+4:31 Thor sep
		T+4:37 SES-1
		T+4:57 Fairing sep
	1233:48	T+10:48 SECO-1 174 x 206 x 37.5
	1325:29	T+1:02:29 SES-2 7.6s
	1326:11	T+1:03:11 SECO-2	191 x 1240 x 37.94
	1327:04	T+1:04:04 St 2 sep
	1327:41	T+1:04:41 TES
	1329:08	T+1:06:08 TECO	193 x 20368 x 40.0
	1331:01	T+1:08:01 St 3 sep
	1331	T+1:08:03 S+2s Yo sep
	1409:40	T+1:46:40 SES-3 depletion
	1410:12	T+1:47:12 SECO-3
2007 Oct 19	0950?	AKM-1
	2140?	AKM-2	20149 x 20213 x 54.9

TDRS-7

 1995-035B

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TDRS G was carried into orbit aboard Discovery on the first flight with an uprated Block I SSME engine. It was deployed on the first day of the mission. TDRS G was the last of the IUS launched, TRW built satellites.

In May 1995, TDRS 1 was at 85E and being operated via the Canberra DSN station to provide service for GRO. It was due to be replaced by TDRS-3 and be sent to 139W for South Pole relay work. The prime spacecraft were TDRS WEST (TDRS 5) at 174 W and TDRS EAST (TDRS 4) at 41W. TDRS SPARE (TDRS 6) ws the on orbit reserve satellite at 46W. TDRS G was scheduled to go to 171W as a western spare.

TDRS 7
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1995 Jul 13	1341:55	Launch
	1343:58	SRB sep
	1350:30	MECO
	1351	ET sep	67 x 291 x 28.5
	1424	OMS-2 circ	90.6 301 x 302 x 28.5
	1955	TDRS G/IUS-26 deploy
	2055	IUS SRM-1 burn
1995 Jul 14	0230	IUS SRM-2 burn
	0240?	SRM-2 sep
1995 Jul 14			1436.70 35786 x 35810 x 0.0 GEO 179.9E+0.15W
1995 Jul 31			1436.27 35789 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 150.0W+0.05W
1995 Aug 20			1436.11 35783 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 150.4W
1996 May 1			1435.94 35771 x 35795 x 0.6 GEO 150.0W+0.03E
1996 May 3		mv out	GEO 150W
1996 Jun 25		mv in	GEO 172W
1996 Jul 31			1436.14 35781 x 35793 x 0.8 GEO 171.2W+0.02W
1997 Apr 30			1436.22 35768 x 35809 x 1.3 GEO 171.4W+0.04W
1999 Oct 17			1435.99 35767 x 35801 x 3.2 GEO 171.1W+0.02E
2003 Dec 12			1436.04 35773 x 35797 x 6.5 GEO 171.6W
2003 Dec		Move to 150W
2004 Jun 3			1436.05 35770 x 35800 x 6.9 GEO 150.8W
2006 Aug 3			1436.17 35778 x 35797 x 8.7 GEO 150.5W