NOAA-14

 1994-089A

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NOAA J became NOAA 14 after launch on 1994 Dec 30 and became the operational afternoon satellite (230pm/am). The satellite went into an uncontrolled tumble soon after launch due to a nitrogen leak, but was soon brought under control. It replaced NOAA 11 on 1995 Jun 7. It became the backup afternoon satellite in Mar 2001.

NOAA 14
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1994 Dec 30	1002	Launch by Atlas
		T+2:01 BECO
		T+2:04 BPJ Booster Package Jettison
		T+2:30 NFJ Nose Fairing Jettison
		T+5:10 SECO
		T+5:30 VECO
	1002:35?	T+5:35 Atlas sep	-2800 x 810 x 98.7
	1015:49?	T+13:49 Star 37 burn
	1016:32?	T+14:32 Star 37 burnout
		T+14:37 RCS start
	1016	T+14:51 RCS stop
		T+17min? Hydrazine blowdown
	1035?	T+33min arrays and booms deployed
		GN2 leak, tumbling
		SC recovered
1994 Dec 30			102.05 848 x 862 x 98.9
1994 Dec 30			102.02 847 x 860 x 98.9
1995 Jan		One SEM detector failed
1995 Feb		SARP failed
1995 Mar		Minor temporary failures
1995 Apr 10		Operational
1995 Jun 7		Operational with TOS, replacing NOAA 11
2001 Mar 19		Replaced by NOAA 16; active as backup PM satellite
2006 Aug		AM Standby
2007 May 23		Decommissioned

Payload:

• AVHRR Advanced Very High Res Radiometer with optical and IR bands: 0.55-0.9,0.725-1.3,10.5-11.5,3.53-3.93 mu

• SEM Space Environment Monitor (EEPAT,HEPAT,POD,TED)

• MSU Microwave sounding unit

• DCS Data Collection System

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AMC-16

 2004-048A

---

AMC 16 is a Ku/Ka LMCSS A2100AX with a launch mass of 4065 kg. It is owned by SES Americom and leased to Echostar as Echostar 16.

In 2008 it was reported that the AMC 16 solar arrays were operating at reduced capacity.

Test at 82W, Ku test; 85W Ka test and then comm. operation.

AMC 16
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2004 Dec 17	1207:00	Launch by Atlas V 521 AV-005	CC LC41
	1209	T+2:04 SRB sep
		T+3:41 C-SPF 20.7m long 5.4m dia short fairing jettison
		T+3:46 CFLR jettison
	1211	T+4:27 BECO and Atlas sep
		T+4:43 MES1
	1222	T+15:47 MECO1	143.55 166 x 5239 x 27.2
	1348	T+1:41:57 MES2
	1352	T+1:45:53 MECO2
	1355	T+1:48:42 Sep	698.0 4761 x 34611 x 18.2
		(B)	721.29 4823 x 35704 x 18.0
2004 Dec 19		LAM-1	772.56 7330 x 35693 x 13.8
2004 Dec 22		LAM-2	955.61 15832 x 35686 x 6.3
2004 Dec 24		LAM-3	1148.11 24196 x 35688 x 2.8
2004 Dec 26		Over 85W?
2004 Dec 30		Over 85W?
2005 Jan 3	1700?	LAM-4?
2005 Jan 3			1436.08 35778 x 35793 x 0.00 GEO 82.1W
2005 Feb 13			1436.14 35783 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 85.0W
2005 Mar 5			1436.10 35779 x 35793 x 0.04 GEO 85.0W
2005 Apr 14		Relocate to 96.9W
2005 Apr 18			1435.71 35767 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 96.9W
2005 Jun 20		Move out of 97W
2005 Jul 13		Move in at 85W
2005 Jul 11			1436.12 35780 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 84.9W
2006 Apr 13		Move out from 85W
2006 Apr 22			1439.42 35846 x 35855 x 0.0
2006 May 30		Move in at 119W	1436.12 35785 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 118.8W
2006 Aug 7			35779 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 118.8W
2007 Mar 15			1436.09 35775 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 118.9W
2007 May 2		Move out	GEO 118.8W
2007 Jun		Temp at 96.9W
2007 Jun		Move to 85W
2008 Mar 4			1436.09 35776 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 85.0W

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Kosmos 2413

2004-053A

---

Two Uragan, No 796/797 and one Uragan-M No 712 (No 12L ) were launched in Dec 2004 and given the names Kosmos-2411 to Kosmos-2413. They were placed in slots 1,7,8 of orbit plane 1.

The Uragan satellites were built by Polyot, with the Uragan-M developed by Reshetnev NPO-PM. Masses were 1370 kg each.

Originally the GLONASS web site said Kosmos-2411 was sat 712, but later this was corrected to 796 (formerly assocated with 2413).

712 was retired to backup status on 2011 Dec 14 but reactivated 2012 Oct; it was finally deactivated on 2012 Dec 21.

796 was removed from the constellation on 2008 Oct 18.

Kosmos-2411
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2004 Dec 26	1353:31	Launch by Proton-K 410-09 DM 11S861 104L	KB LC81/23
		T+2:06 St 1 sep
		T+3:17 GO sep
	1359:09	T+5:38 St 2 sep
	1403:11	T+9:40 St 3 MECO
	1403:23	T+9:52 St 3 sep	157 x 386 x 65.0
	1442:50	T+49:19 DM MES1
	1448:37	T+55:06 DM MECO 1
	1735:39	T+3:42:08 DM MES2
	1738:02	T+3:44:31 DM MECO 2
	1738:17	T+3:44:46 DM sep	19134 x 19143 x 64.9

DFH-54

 2002-024B

---

950 kg satellite launched by CZ-4B from TYSC. Advertised as supporting the 2008 Olympic Games. FY-1D still operating in Dec 2008.

FY-1D
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2002 May 15	0150	Launch by CZ-4B	TY
	0152	T+2:32? St 1 sep
	0152	St 2 burn
	0152	T+2:47? Fairing sep
	0156	T+6:48? Stage 2 MECO
	0156	T+6:49? St 2 sep
		Stage 3 burn
	0200?	Stage 3 MECO
	0202	T+12:29? FY-1D sep
	0203?	Adapter sep?
	0203	T+13:34? HY-1 sep
2002 May 17			102.19 851 x 873 x 98.8
2004 Feb 12			102.19 850 x 873 x 98.7

JCSAT 6

 1999-006A

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JCSAT 4A (also called JCSAT 6) is an HS-601, delivered May 1998, 32 Ku tsp. to be launched by Atlas 2AS in 1999 into supersynch transfer orbit. Launch mass is 2900 kg, dry mass is 1226 kg.

The satellite will replace JCSAT-4 which will become a spare; that replaced JCSAT-1 in 1997. Launch of JCSAT-6 by Atlas 2AS was delayed following the SCP problems with several on-orbit HS-601s. JCSAT 6 will operate at 124E.

JCSAT 6
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1999 Feb 16	0145:26	Launch by AC-152	CC LC36A
		T+0:55 SRM 1-2 burnout
		T+0:58 SRM 3-4 burn
		T+1:06 SRM 1-2 sep
		T+1:54 SRM 3-4 burnout
		T+1:56 SRM 3-4 sep
		T+2:43 BECO
		T+2:47 Booster sep
		T+3:23 Fairing sep
		T+5:01 MECO
		T+5:03 Atlas sep
		T+5:05 MES1
	0155:08	T+9:42 MECO1	89.80 153 x 375 x 27.6
	0209:54	T+24:29 MES2
	0211:46	T+26:20 MECO2	2109.90 166 x 96061 x 20.9
	0215:33	T+30:07 Centaur sep	(ILAM) 2101.90 166 x 95786 x 20.9
	0215	perigee from TLE
		T+1:10:47 Centaur depletion	(ILAM) 2062.10 169 x 94406 x 20.9
1999 Feb 16			2132.20 258 x 96736 x 24.1
1999 Feb 16	2001	Apogee 1 at 91W
1999 Feb 18	0733	Apogee 2 at 94E, LAM-1
1999 Feb 18			2486.36 11949 x 96885 x 7.7
1999 Feb 20	0100	Apogee 3 at 168W
1999 Feb 21	1300?	LAM-2
1999 Feb 21	1540	Apogee 4 at 28W
1999 Feb 23	2233	Apogee 5 at 134W
1999 Feb 25			3293.80 36209 x 97697 x 1.2
1999 Feb 26	0526	Apogee 6 at 120E
1999 Feb 28	1223	Apogee 7 at 14E
1999 Mar 1	1551	Perigee at 141E
1999 Mar 1?		LAM at perigee
1999 Mar 6			1436.32 35765 x 35816 x 0.1 GEO 120.6E+0.06W
1999 May 8		mv out	GEO 120E
1999 May 24		mv in	GEO 123E
1999 May 29			1436.09 35782 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 123.9E
1999 Nov 7			1436.14 35773 x 35801 x 0.1 GEO 124.1E
2006 Aug 2			1436.13 35782 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 124.0E

Ekspress AM-33

 2008-003A

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KSvyaz satellite, NPO-PM 767 (Ekspress-2000) bus. Launch 2008 to 96.5E. Payload by Thales Alenia. 

EX AM-33
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2008 Jan 28	0018:00	Launch by Proton	KB LC200/39
		T+2:03 Stage 1 sep
		T+2:55 GO sep
		T+5:30 Stage 2 sep
	0027	T+9:32 Stage 3 MECO
	0027	T+9:44 Stage 3 sep
	0029	Briz MES-1
	0035:01	T+17:01 Briz MECO-1 285m/s	173 x 173 x 51.6
	0042?	Stage 3 reentry
	0125:18	T+1:07:18 Briz MES-2
	0143:26	T+1:25:26 Briz MECO-2?	276 x 4999 x 48.8
	0347:30	Briz MES-3
	0404:56	Briz MECO-3
	0406:18	DTB sep	405 x 35550 x 46.2
	0905:50	Briz MES-4
	0917:48	Briz MECO-4
	0918:56	Briz sep	33985 x 35559 x 0.05
	1120:10	Briz depletion burn 39m/s
2008 Feb 1			1422.58 35257 x 35785 x 0.1 GEO 70.3E+3.4E/d

THEOS

 2008-049A

---

Thaichote, the Thai Earth Observation Sat (THEOS), for Thai GISTDA, Min of Science and Tech. EADS Astrium AstroSat bus hexagon + panel, 2.1 m dia 2.4m high 750 kg, 22 km swath, 2m res pan and multispectral imager, 90 km FOV, 15m res; AstroSat-500 like Rocsat 2. System designed to be similar to SPOT.

Launch by Dnepr.

Owned by Thai Ministry of Science and Technology's Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) Control center at Sri Racha, Chonburi province.

THEOS
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2008 Oct 1	0637:16	Launch by Dnepr	Yasniy
		T+1:49? Stage 1 sep
		T+4:36? GO
		T+4:41? St 2 sep
	0642	T+4:45? DU on
	0652?	Plume shield sep
	0652?	DS MECO
	0652?	Satellite separation
2008 Oct 2			98.42 672 x 692 x 98.8
2008 Oct 3		Begin orbit raise
2008 Oct 9			100.75 792 x 796 x 98.8
2008 Oct 12			101.33 820 x 822 x 98.8
2008 Oct 15		Final orbit	101.41 824 x 826 x 98.8
2008 Oct 20			101.41 824 x 826 x 98.8

Payload:

• Pan imager, 2m res GSD, 22 km swath with SiC Cass. telescope

• Multispectral imager, 15m GSD, 90 km swath, dioptic camera

Intelsat 903

 2002-016A

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This was a Loral 1300 satellite,mass 1972 kg dry. Launch from PL81/23 by Proton-K/DM3. Station at 34.5W.

Intelsat 903
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2002 Mar 30	1725:00	Launch by Proton-K/DM3
	1727	T+2:03 St 1 sep
	1727	St 2 burn 3.5min
	1730	T+5:31 St 2 sep
	1730	T+5:31 St 3 MES
	1730	Fairing sep
	1734:44	T+9:44 St 3 MECO
	1734:44	T+9:44 St 3 sep, suborbital	-630 x 161
	1735:38	T+10:38 DM casing sep	-630 x 161
	1740:46	T+15:46 DM3 No 28L burn 1 66s
	1741:52	DM MECO-1, EOI	168 x 168 x 51.6
	1750?	St 3 reentry
	1838:09	T+1:13:09 DM MES-2 7:18
	1845:27	DM MECO-2	630.9 166 x 35814 x 51.67
	2339:00	T+6:14 DM MES-3 90s
	2340:30	DM MECO-3
2002 Mar 31	0007:51	T+6h42:51 DM sep	697.00 3475 x 35848 x 25.0
	0150:51	T+8:25:51 DM CCAM
	0238	DM end of ops
2002 Mar 31			697.00 3475 x 35848 x 25.0
2002 Apr 3		LAM-1	850.76 10885 x 35841 x 11.0
2002 Apr 5		LAM-2	1332.60 31653 x 35817 x 0.7
2002 Apr 6	0540?	LAM-3	1436.04 35773 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 26W
2002 May 10		mv out	1436.09 35768 x 35804 x 0.0 GEO 25.8W
2002 May 25		mv in	1436.10 35780 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 34.5W
2002 Jul 18			1436.11 35776 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 34.5W
2006 Aug 8			1436.11 35768 x 35807 x 0.0 GEO 34.5W

Astra 2C

 2001-025A

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HS-601HP, 2001 launch on Proton. At 28.2E for service to British Isles. Launch mass 3643 kg. 26m span, 10.1m high deployed.

Astra 2C
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2001 Jun 16	0149:00?	Launch by Proton	KB LC81/23
		T+2:00 St 2 MES
		T+2:06 St 1 sep
		T+5:34 St 2 MECO
		T+5:35 St 2 sep
		T+5:40 St 3 MES
		T+5:44 Fairing sep
	0159	T+9:38 St 3 MECO
	0159	T+9:54 St 3 sep	158 x 212 x 51.6
	0200	Adapter sep
	0302	T+1:13:45 DM MES-1
	0309	T+1:20:22 DM MECO-1
	0822	T+6:32:57 DM MES-2
2001 Jun 16			631.79 202 x 35821 x 51.6
	0824	T+6:34:56 DM MECO-2
	0844	T+6:54:56 DM sep
2001 Jun 16			783.28 7709 x 35829 x 16.0
2001 Jun 19		LAM-1	890.82 12760 x 35819 x 9.9
2001 Jun 20		LAM-2	1220.08 27061 x 35827 x 2.3
2001 Jun 22		LAM-3	1366.33 32987 x 35832 x 0.6
2001 Jun 24		LAM-4	1397.14 32888 x 35796 x 0.4
2001 Jun 25		LAM-5	1436.56 35777 x 35814 x 0.1 GEO 32.6E+0.1W
2001 Jul 18			1436.09 35764 x 35809 x 0.0 GEO 32.5E
2001 Jul 20		mv out
2001 Aug 3			1438.19 35819 x 35835 x 0.0 GEO 24.2E+0.5W
2001 Aug 29		Move into GEO	1436.09 35768 x 35804 x 0.1 GEO 19.1E
2006 Jul 28			1436.13 35766 x 35807 x 0.1 GEO 19.3E

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DirecTV 11

 2008-013A

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Boeing 702 launch by Zenit-3SL Size 8.0 x 3.7 x 3.3m stowed, 8.0 x 7.3 x 48.1m deployed. Mass 6060 kg launch, 3700 kg BOL. 445N LAE plus four XIPS-25 thrusters.

DTV 11
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2008 Mar 19	2248	Launch by Zenit-3SL
		T+2:29 Stage 1 sep
		T+3:52 Fairing sep
	2256	T+8:31 Stage 2 sep	-2248 x 184 x 0.0
	2256	T+8:41 MES-1
	2301	T+13:10 DM MECO-1	180 x 236 x 0.0
	2331	T+43:10 DM MES-2
	2338	T+50:15 DM MECO-2	250 x 36482 x 0.0
	2348	T+1:00:55 DM sep
2008 Mar 20			645.78 267 x 36473 x 0.1
2008 Mar 24			699.80 473 x 38890 x 0.1
2008 Mar 27			735.23 468 x 40743 x 0.1
2008 Mar 27			886.54 7391 x 40991 x 1.2
2008 Mar 31			1113.77 17362 x 41065 x 0.8
2008 Apr 4	1800?	LAM
2008 Apr 4			1417.70 29624 x 41227 x 0.18 GEO 4.6E/d
2008 Apr 6			1417.64 29621 x 41228 x 0.18
2008 Apr 13			1431.58 30245 x 41151 x 0.2
2008 Apr 21			1439.89 31309 x 40410 x 0.2 GEO 75.1W+1.0W/d
2008 Apr 28			1440.11 32302 x 39428 x 0.1

STS-88 (Endeavour)

 1998-069A

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STS-88 was the first Station assembly flight, carrying the Unity module to Zarya.

The first launch attempt on Dec 3 was briefly held at T-4 min because of a sensor problem, and then scrubbed at T-19 seconds when the launch window ended.

During hard dock with Zarya, pressure from the RMS arm caused a slight misalignment, which was corrected when the arm was ungrappled.

The EVA includes a SAFER flight demonstration. The astronauts used the ODS hatch, emerging into the payload bay.

STS-88
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1998 Oct 15		Roll from OPF/1 to VAB/3
1998 Oct 15		Mate to ET-97/SRB RSRM-67
1998 Oct 22	0718	MLP-3 Roll to LC39A
1998 Dec 3	0858	RSLS hold T-19s
1998 Dec 4	0835:34	Launch
	0837:37	T+02:03 SRB Sep
	0837:48	OMS Assist burn 1:42
	0839:30	OMS Ass CO
	0843:57	T+08:22 MECO	88.38 75 x 313 x 51.6
	0844:16	T+08:59 ET sep
	0919:16	T+44:31 OMS-2 1:07 31m/s	89.73 204 x 317 x 51.6
	0920:22	OMS-2 CO
	1016	PLBD open
	1225:40	OMS-3 L NC1 14s 3m/s
	1225:55	OMS-3 CO
1998 Dec 5	2154:19	Grapple Unity
	2208:10	Unberth Unity
	2344:43	Soft dock PMA-2/ODS
	2352:40	Dock Unity PMA-2 and ODS
1998 Dec 6	0009:30	Ungrapple Unity
	0234	RMS berth
	0332:02	OMS-4 NC-4A L 1:50 26m/s
	0333:53	OMS-4 CO
	0628:58	RCS NC5 6s 0.4m/s
	0825:34	RCS NC5A 5s 0.3m/s COLA
	1934:37	OMS-5 R NC6 3:11 46m/s
	1937:48	OMS-5 CO
	0216:58	RCS NCC 3s 0.4m/s
	2114:42	OMS-6 TI L 16s 4m/s
	2114:58	OMS-6 CO
	2131	MC1
	2220	MC3
	2231	MC4
	2248	161m on -Rbar, begin flyaround
	2258	122m, 90 deg around
	2310	77m on +Rbar, begin approach
	2325	1.5m, stationkeep
	2347:02	Grapple Zarya
1998 Dec 7	0158	Ready to dock
	0207:15	Soft dock Zarya and PMA-1
	0212	Hard dock interrupted
	0243:52	RMS ungrapple Zarya
	0250:15	Hard dock
	0402	RMS berth
	2206:24	Depress complete
	2210	EVA-1 ODS hatch open
		7h 21min Ross, Newman
		Ross on RMS
		Connect PMA-2/Unity cables
		Install Unity EVA slide wire
		Connect PMA-1/Unity cables
		Connect Zarya/Unity power cables
1998 Dec 8	0034	Slidewire carrier loose
	0315	WIF socket and tether loose
		Newman on RMS
		EVA handles and sockets installed on Unity
	0530:43	EVA-1 Repress
	2035:34	Reboost-1 22:47 3m/s Raise orbit
	2058:21	End reboost
1998 Dec 9	2030:04	Depress
	2033	EVA-2 begin
		Ross, Newman
		Newman on RMS
		Install port S-band TDRS antenna on Unity
		Install stbd S-band TDRS antenna on Unity
		Install insulation blankets
		Free TORU antenna
1998 Dec 10	0052	Trunion pin cover lost
	0335:06	EVA-2 repress
	1954	ISS entry
	2112	Zarya entry
1998 Dec 11	2151s	Zarya hatch closed
1998 Dec 12	0026	Unity hatch closed
	2031:08	Depress
	2033	EVA-3 Ross. Newman 6:59
		Install Node Bag of EVA tools
		Remove PMA/Zarya docking cables
		SAFER test (Ross)
1998 Dec 13	0332:00	EVA-3 repress
	2024:35	T+9:11:12 Undock
		Back off to 137m
		Flyaround
	2148:00	RCS Sep burn 20s 1.6m/s
1998 Dec 14	0215:32	SIMPLEX OMS-7 R 10s 3m/s
	0215:43	OMS-7 CO
	0431	T+9:20:44 SAC-A ejected
1998 Dec 15	0209	T+10:18:17 Mightysat ejected
1998 Dec 16	0013	PLBD closed
	0248:04	T+11:17:20 Deorbit 3:01 103.5m/s
	0251:05	OMS DO CO
	0322:01	Entry interface
	0353:29	MGTD RW33
	0353:38	NGTD
	0354:21	WS
	1030	Tow to OPF/2

RapidEye 1

 2008-040C

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RapidEye AG of Brandenberg an der Havel launched five SSTL-150 sats for medium res, 6.5m resolution observation. The system will provide rapid-response data products for agricultural and forestry use, such as storm assessment damage. RapidEye was founded in 1998 by the Vereingte Hagel insurance firm. After bankruptcy in 2011 the company was bought by Iunctus Geomatics Corp of Lethridge, Alberta, Canada and became RapidEye Canada, Ltd.

The satellites were built and integrated by SSTL/Guildford, while the overall RapidEye space, ground and processing system prime contractor was MacDonald Dettwiler (Richmond, British Columbia). The imager was from Jena Optronik.

The satellites were named Tachys, Mati, Choma, Choros and Trochia, after the greek words TauAlphaChiUpsilon

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, MuAlphaTauIota, ChiOmegaMuAlpha, ChiOmegaRhoOmicron

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and TauRhoOmicronChiIotaAlpha, meaning Rapid, Eye, Earth, Space and Orbit or Path.

620 km SSO.

0.8m sized box, 150 kg. Solar arrays on 3 sides. Dnepr launch. Kosmotras.

All 5 satellites seemed to still be maintaining orbit in 2014.

RE-1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2008 Aug 29	0715:58	Launch by Dnepr	KB
	0718	T+1:49? Stage 1 sep
	0720	T+4:36? GO
	0720?	T+4:41? St 2 sep
	0720?	T+4:45? DU on
	0730	Plume shield sep
	0730	DS MECO
	0730:59	Satellite separation
	0731:05	Sat-5 sep

Payload:

• CCD imager 0.1m aperture. 5 bands 0.44-0.85mu.

August 16,1998

 https://web.archive.org/web/20080504032843/http://digest-archive.degrassi.ca/DD36.htm

Kizuna

 2008-007A

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WINDS, the Wideband Internetworking Engineering Test and Demonstration Satellite, is an Asia-Pacific high bandwidth relay satellite using the COMETS bus. WINDS has the nickname Kizuna ('bonds') and was built by JAXA and NEC Toshiba Space. The Japanese Inst. of Comms. Tech. is also involved. The satellite seems to have been assembled at NT-S Keihin and at JAXA Tsukuba.

Launch by H-IIA 2024/4S. The HIIA second stage uses an improved LE-5B-2 with lower vibration.

Size 3.3m high 3.0m dia 21.6m span box + 2 panels. Mass 4850 kg full 2400 kg dry?

WINDS
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2008 Feb 23	0855	Launch by HIIA 2024 F14	TNSC
		T+0:10 SSB 1-2 on
		T+1:09 SSB 1-2 out
		T+1:16 SSB 3-4 on
		T+1:39 SRB-A out
		T+1:48 SRB-A sep 49 km
		T+2:15 SSB 3-4 out
		T+2:24 SSB 3-4 sep, 80 km
	0859	T+4:15 Fairing sep 160 km
	0901	T+6:36 MECO, 242 km
	0901	T+6:44 St 1 sep
	0901	T+6:40 SEIG1, 251 km
	0907	T+12:10 SECO1, 313 km
		115 x 314 x 30.1
	0918	T+23:51 SEIG2, 255 km
	0922	T+27:12 SECO2, 258 km
	0923	T+28:03 St 2 sep, 283 km in GTO
2008 Feb 24	0029	LAM-1 87min	4429 x 35827 x 15.86
2008 Feb 25	0025	LAM-2 74min	11971 x 35825 x 7.55 (JAXA)
	1537	873.774 11997 x 35797 x 7.58 (TLE)
2008 Feb 26	0529s	LAM-3 80 min	32261 x 35822 x 0.5
2008 Feb 27	0434	LAM-4 6 min	34652 x 35822 x 0.21
2008 Feb 29	0324	20N thruster, 9 min
2008 Mar 2			1421.80 35188 x 35824 x 0.10
2008 Mar 8			GEO 138.6E+3.6E/d

Payload:

• Ka-band dish 27/18 GHz

• On-board switching router

• MBA Multi-beam antenna reflector Asia-pacific, 2.4m dia, Ka

• MBA Multi-beam antenna reflector domestic, 2.4m dia, Ka

• APAA Active Phased Array Antenna, Ka

Milstar 6

 2003-012A

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The last Milstar II satellite was ready in 2003, for launch by Titan 4B(401) B-35 with TC-23 upper stage and a 76' fairing. The satellite was scheduled to be positioned at the 90W Atlantic position.

Milstar 2-F4 (DFS 6)
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2003 Apr 8	1343	Launch by Titan 4B	CC SLC40
		T+2:11 St 1 burn
		T+2:27 SRMU sep
		T+3:36 Fairing sep
		T+5:25 St 1 sep
	1352	T+9:15 St 2 MECO
		T+9:23 St 2 sep
	1352:44	T+9:44 TC-23 MES-1
	1354:44	T+11:44 TC-23 MECO-1	169 x 179 x 28.6
	1448:02	T+1:05:02 TC-23 MES-2
	1453:16	T+1:10:16 TC-23 MECO-2	206 x 35782? x 26.7
			631.25 204 x 35791 x 26.6 (UN)
	2006:05	T+6:23:05 TC-23 MES-3
	2008:17	T+6:25:17 TC-23 MECO-3
	2018:30	T+6:35:30 TC-23 Sep	35730 x 35740 ? x 4.5
2003 Jul 25			1438.1 35844 x 35847 x 4.5 (UN)