Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Rainbow 1

 2003-033A


LM A2100AX satellite for Cablevision Systems Corp/Bethpage, NY Launch mass 4328 kg. Will go to 61.5W.

Ku-band direct television satellite.

Launch by Atlas V 521 with 2 SRMs and 5-m fairing, AV-003 with SEC Centaur.

In 2006, Echostar acquired Rainbow 1 and it was renamed Echostar 12.


Rainbow 1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2003 Jul 17 2345:01  Launch by Atlas V  CC SLC41 
  T+1:30 SRM burnout 
  T+2:07 SRM sep 
  T+3:44 Fairing sep
  T+3:49 Forward Load Reactor sep 
  T+4:28 BECO 
  T+4:30? Atlas sep 
  T+4:46 MES1 
2003 Jul 18  0000:38? T+15:38 MECO-1  167 x 4166 x 27.1 
 0118:27? T+1:33:27 MES-2 at asc. node 
 0122:37? T+1:37:37 MECO-2  3790 x 35842  
 0125:26? T+1:40:26 Centaur sep 
2003 Jul 18    702.07 3815 x 35761 x 17.5 
2003 Jul 21   LAM-1 744.94 5935 x 35750 x 13.8 
2003 Jul 23   LAM-2 841.09 10529 x 35746 x 8.8 
2003 Jul 25   LAM-3 1005.79 18008 x 35740 x 4.5 
2003 Jul 27   LAM-4 1255.59 28599 x 35749 x 1.3 
2003 Jul 28 0340?  LAM-5 
2003 Jul 28  1535   1431.02 35605 x 35768 x 0.1 
2003 Jul 29    1436.17 35644 x 35931 x 0.1 GEO 61.9W 
2003 Nov 4    1436.06 35778 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 61.6W 
2006 Mar   Renamed Echostar 12 
2006 Oct 21   1436.14 35782 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 61.7W

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