N-Star-A

 1995-044A

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The N-STAR a satellite is an FS-1300 class Space Systems/Loral satellite built for Nippon Telephone and Telegraph (NTT) of Japan.

N-STAR a was launched on the V77 flight of Ariane, using an Ariane 44P with an H-10 III third stage and the 01 fairing. The launch profile used a standard geostationary transfer orbit. N-STAR a is to replace the CS-3 satellite at 132E. The satellite was damaged during transportation from California to Guiane, and several weeks were needed for repairs.

The N-STAR a satellite has a launch mass of 3410 kg, a dry mass of 1617 kg, and a BOL mass of 2057 kg. The 3-axis stabilized satellite has a solar panel span of 27.3m, and a bus size of 2.4 x 2.2 x 2.2 m. Height is 6.3 m including the payload mast. The large composite antenna was 4.5 x 2.6 m in size. Mass of the third stage in orbit with the VEB is 2065 kg at orbit insertion, or 1770 kg after fuel depletion (1240 kg H-10-3, 530 kg VEB).

N-STAR a
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1995 Aug 29	0641	Launch
	0642	PAP sep (T+1:07)
	0644	Stage 1 sep (T+3:32)
	0644	Stage 2 TIG (T+3:35)
	0645	Fairing sep (T+4:36)
	0647	Stage 2 sep (T+6:43)
	0647	H-10-3 TIG (T+6:48)
	0659	H-10-3 cutoff (T+18:46)
	0702	H-10-3 sep (T+21:27)	172 x 35775 x 7.0
	0702	H-10-3 sep burn (T+21:29)
	0704	V77 mission complete (T+23:11)
	0940?	Solar panels deploy (T+3h)
1995 Aug 29			630.38 173 x 35777 x 7.0
1995 Aug 30	0930?	LAM1 (26h, 3rd apo)	7384 x 35755 x 3.7
1995 Aug 30			774.99 7384 x 35755 x 3.7
1995 Aug 31	1100?	LAM2
1995 Aug 31			1390.22 34036 x 35731 x 0.1
1995 Sep 2	0900?	LAM3
1995 Sep 2			1428.81 35534 x 35753 x 0.1 GEO 128.0E
1995 Sep 16			1436.04 35773 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 132.0E
1995 Oct 15			1435.94 35779 x 35788 x 0.0 GEO 132.0E
1999 Aug 30			1436.17 35779 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 132.1E
1999 Oct 14			1436.10 35773 x 35799 x 0.1 GEO 132.1E
2006 Aug 1			1436.13 35776 x 35797 x 0.8 GEO 132.0E