Aussat 3

 1987-078A

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The first two Aussat satellites were launched from the Shuttle, but after the Challenger accident the third one was shifted to Europe's Ariane. Aussat Pty.'s Aussat K3 was launched from Kourou in 1987. It was later renamed Optus A3. In 1993 Optus A3 was moved to 156E. In 1999 the satellite was moved back to 164E. It 2006 it was moved out and appears to have been relocated to 31E for use by SES Astra.

Aussat K3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1987 Sep 16	0045:31	Launch by Ariane (V19)	CSG ELA1
		T+0:07 PAP on
		T+0:40 PAP sep
		T+2:20 St 1 sep
		T+2:24 St 2 MES
		T+3:31 Fairing
		T+4:31 St 2 sep
	0050:07	T+4:36 St 3 MES
	0102:10	T+16:39 St 3 MECO
	0103:58	T+18:27 Aussat K3 sep	632.32 203 x 35847 x 7.0
	0700?	Apo 1
	1130?	Peri 1
	1700?	Apo 2
	2230?	Peri 2
1987 Sep 17	0324	Best match TLE for burn
1987 Sep 17	0345	Apo 3, Star 30BP burn
1987 Sep 16			1393.86 34063 x 35847 x 0.4 GEO 130.7E+10.9E
1987 Sep 18			1385.30 34062 x 35510 x 0.4 GEO 148.4E+13.2E
1987 Sep 19			1429.69 35517 x 35804 x 0.5 GEO 162.5E+1.6E
1987 Sep 20			1430.0 35508 x 35891 x 0.1 GEO 164E+1.5/d
1987 Sep 23			1436.08 35763 x 35809 x 0.1 GEO 164.0E
1987 Oct 7	1200	On station	GEO 164E
1987 Nov 11			1436.09 35779 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 164.0E
1990 Jul 7			1436.09 35779 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 164.0E
1992 Feb 10			1436.09 35776 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 164.0E
1992		Owned by Optus Communications
1992		Renamed Optus A3
1993 Apr 6			1436.08 35771 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 164.0E
1993 Apr 8		mv out
1993 Apr 29		mv in	1436.07 35773 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 156.1E
1994 Oct 14			1436.13 35769 x 35805 x 0.0 GEO 156.0E
1995 Aug 13			1436.10 35771 x 35801 x 0.0 GEO 156.0E
1995 Aug		Move to 152E
1995 Sep 12			1436.09 35774 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 152.0E
1997 Oct 27			1436.08 35777 x 35796 x 1.6 GEO 152.1E
1999 May 27			1436.14 35780 x 35794 x 2.8 GEO 152.0E
1999 Jun 1		mv out?
1999 Jul 9		mv in
1999 Aug 4			1436.03 35779 x 35791 x 2.4 GEO 163.8E
2003 Sep 2			1436.08 35773 x 35799 x 5.6 GEO 163.9E
2006 Apr 6		mv out	1443.91 35938 x 35947 x 7.7 GEO 160E+2W/d
2006 Jul 1		mv in	1436.10 35779 x 35794 x 8.0 GEO 31.3E
2008 Mar 30			1436.09 35752 x 35820 x 9.4 GEO 31.8E

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Navstar 23

 1990-103A

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The first Block 2A was GPS 23, launched on 1990 Nov 26. The Block 2A satellites used the uprated Delta 7925 launch vehicle. Navstar SVN 23 was placed in plane E-4. On Dec 12 SVN 23 developed problems with its solar array, delaying the next launch for several months.

Navstar 23
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 Nov 26	2139	Launch by Delta 7925	CC LC17
		SRM 1-9 sep
	2143	St 1 sep
	2143	T+4:40? SES-1
	2150?	T+11:00? SECO-1	185? x 185? x 34.0?
		T+20? SES-2 36s?
	2159?	T+20? SECO-2
	2200?	T+21:03 Delta/PAM-D sep	187 x 720? x 34.1?
	2201?	T+22? TES 1:24
	2202?	T+23? TECO
	2204?	T+25? St 3 sep
			357.10 185 x 20404 x 34.58
	2243?	SES-3 depletion
	2330?	SES-3
	2330?	SECO-3	499 x 719 x 21.4
1990 Nov 28	1852?	Star 37XFP burn
1990 Dec 2			715.13 19938 x 20285 x 54.91
1990 Dec 10		Operational
1990 Dec 12		Solar panel system problem
1997 Feb 1		Operating at slot E-4
2004 Feb 13		Retired from service
2006 Jul 26			717.99 19766 x 20598 x 56.0

Progress M-61

 2007-033A

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Flight 26P, spacecraft 11F615A55 No 361. Mass 7284 kg at launch, 6996 kg at docking. Cargo 2569 kg (1281 kg in GO).

Carried out Earth study expt 'Otrazhenie' (involving a laser reflector target) post undocking.

Progress M-61
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2007 Aug 2	1733:48	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB LC1/5
		T+1:58 Strapons sep
		T+2:41 GO sep
		T+4:47 Blok A sep
		T+4:57 KhO sep
	1742:33	T+8:46 Blok I MECO
	1742:37	T+8:49 Blok I sep
	2123:58	DV1 19.7m/s
	2156:16	DV2 2.6m/s
2007 Aug 4	1813:23	DV3 2.2m/s
2007 Aug 5	1810	Flyaround ISS
	1831	Begin auto approach
	1840:25	Docking with Pirs
2007 Dec 22	0359:52	Undocked
	0403	Sep-1
	0409	Sep-2
2008 Jan 25	1906:00	Deorbit 83.2 m/s 2:24 (151s)
	1908:31	DO CO
	1940:40	Reentered over Pacific
	1946	Breakup
	1951:59	Impact

Interkosmos 22

 1981-075A

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The Interkosmos-22 satellite was named Interkosmos-Bolgaria-1300 ( Interkosmos-Bolgariya-1300, Interkosmos-Bulgaria-1300) to celebrate the 1300th anniversary of Bulgarian statehood.

Based on the Meteor 2 bus, IKB-1300 was launched by a Vostok rocket into a 800 x 895 km orbit inclined 81.2 deg. It carried laser reflectors for geodetic work and a set of particles and fields experiments to study the magnetosphere and ionosphere.

Interkosmos-22
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1981 Aug 7	1335	Launch by 8A92M Vostok	NIIP-53
	1339?	Blok E burn
	1345?	Blok E MECO
			800 x 895 x 81.2
1983 Sep		Still operating
2008 Aug 5			101.56 786 x 878 x 81.2

Payload:

• Laser tracking reflectors

• EMO-5 scanning Auroral/Airglow photometer

• P6-1T spherical ion trap

• ID-1 ion drift meter

• ion energy/mass analyser

• Foton-1 UV airglow spectrometer 1500-2560A

• IESP-IAMP E,B field measurement

• plasma, particles ('Elektron')

• Proton spectrometer