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Saturday, January 19, 2008

Progress M-54

2005-035A

No. 354, for mission 19P. Launch by Soyuz-U No. 95 (Zh15000-095).

Mass 7283 kg including 2414 kg cargo; docking mass 6925 kg. Undocking mass 6305 kg. Carried Suitsat (RadioSkaf) components.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Progress M-54



2005 Sep 8	1307:54	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB LC1
		T+1:59 Strapons sep
		T+2:41 GO sep
		T+4:47 Blok A sep
		T+4:57 KhO sep
		T+8:46 St 3 MECO
	1316:43	T+8:49 Blok I sep
	1657:06	TCM-1 25.5m/s 64s SKD
	1739:55	TCM-2 8.6m/s 22s SKD
2005 Sep 9	1409:34	TCM-3 1.1m/s 4.0s SKD
2005 Sep 10	1239:36	TCM 8.0m/s 27s SKD
	1304:14	1.0m/s 25s DPO
	1325:24	23.0m/s 61s SKD
	1407:05	8.5m/s 28s SKD
	1413:48	4.8m/s 16s SKD
	1415:54	2.1m/s 30s DPO
	1442:03	Docked with Zvezda
2005 Oct 19	2101	Orbit raise burn, 117s, 0.32 m/s
2005 Oct 25	2012	Engine test 114s, 0.2m/s
2006 Mar 3	1006:10	Undocked from Zvezda
	1305:00	Deorbited over Pacific 85.4m/s 172s
	1307:52	DO CO
	1340:56	Entry 34 41S 143 58W
	1352:18	Debris impact 40 56S 134 29W

NATO 4A

1991-001A

The NATO IV satellites were built by British Aerospace using the ECS/Skynet 4 bus for the NATO Communications and Information Systems Agency (NACISA).

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

NATO IVA



1991 Jan 8	0053:01	Launch by Delta II 7925	CC LC17B
		T+1:03 SRM 1-6 off
		T+1:06 SRM 1-6 sep
		T+2:09 SRM 7-9 off
		T+2:12 SRM 7-9 sep
		T+4:20? MECO
		T+4:28 St 1 sep
		T+4:34 Delta stage 2 burn
	0103	T+10:41 Delta SECO-1	168? x 2490? x 28.5?
	0117	T+24:26 Delta SES-2
	0117	Delta SECO-2	750? x 2720? x 26.5?
	0118?	Delta sep
	0119	TES
	0121	T+28:05 TECO
	0123	T+29:58 Stage 3 sep	635.84 754 x 35477 x 25.95
	0200?	SES-3 depletion
1991 Jan 8		Delta SECO-3 orbit	121.58 783 x 2719 x 18.5
1991 Jan 10	0040?	Star 30E AKM, GEO
1991 Jan 10			1409.51 34914 x 35614 x 4.2 GEO 177.4E+6.8E
1991 Mar 12			1410.81 34917 x 35663 x 4.1 GEO 142.6W+6.6E
1991 Oct 26			1436.12 35776 x 35797 x 3.7 GEO 17.8W
1994 Mar 24			1436.09 35775 x 35797 x 2.6 GEO 17.8W
1998 Sep 2			1436.10 35777 x 35795 x 2.3 GEO 17.7W
1999 Jun 15			1436.12 35773 x 35800 x 2.5 GEO 17.8W
2003 Sep 6			1436.09 35775 x 35797 x 4.7 GEO 17.7W
2006 Jul 30			1436.02 35770 x 35799 x 6.8 GEO 16.8W
2007 Aug 14			1436.13 35777 x 35796 x 7.6 GEO 17.6W

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Globalstar 65

2007-020A

Globalstar (Milpitas, Calif.) replacement launches of 4 satellites on Soyuz Starsem from KB

Soyuz 11A511FG No. 021 with Fregat 14S44 No. 1016.

Starsem dispenser has a mass of 390 kg. Satellites are 450 kg; trapezoidal bus + 2 panels.

One object remained in a 195 x 233 km x 51.9 deg orbit, probably the Soyuz FG third stage.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Globalstar



2007 May 29	2031:31	Launch by Soyuz-FG/Fregat	KB LC31/6
		T+1:56 Strapons sep
		T+4:13 GO sep
		T+4:47 Blok A sep
		T+4:57 KhO sep
		T+8:45 Blok I MECO
	2040:19	T+8:48 Blok I sep
	2042?	Fregat MES-1
	2050?	Fregat MECO-1
	2140?	Fregat MES-2
	2145?	Fregat MECO-2
	2211:31 Satellite 1 sep
	2214:01	Satellites 2-4 sep
			103.49 915 x 931 x 52.0
2007 May 30	0010?	Fregat deorbit
	0047?	Fregat reentry over S Pacific

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

XTAR's XTAR-EUR is an X-band SS/L 1300 satellite to be stationed at 29E for Spanish military communications. Hisdesat/XTAR is based in Spain and owned by Hispasat, the Spanish Govt, and Loral. The satellite is 3631 kg launch 1412 kg dry, 5.4x 2.8 x 2.2m in size with 31.4m solar panel span. XTAR will be controlled by the Loral network.

Launch by Ariane 5 ECA in 2004 Mar with dummy satellite. XTAR is on an EADS-CASA 1194H payload adapter and a 5.8m Sylda 5C. The medium fairing, with an ACY5400 +2000 cylindrical extension of 2m, is used. Total V521 payload mass is 8297 kg including the two adapters and Sylda (totalling 917 kg extra).

The ECA is 4.71m high 5.46m diameter with mass 19t, including 14.6t of prop. It carries the 950 kg 1.13m high 5.46m diameter VEB (Vehicle Equipment bay).

The EADS/Les Mureaux H173 is 31m long 188.3t full 14.2t empty.

The USA registered XTAR-EUR with the UN, even though ownership is mostly Spanish. Spainsat, launched later, carries the XTAR-LANT payload.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

XTAR



2005 Feb 12	2103:01	Launch by Ariane 5ECA V521	CSG ELA3
		T+2:21 EAP sep 68 km	-6100? x 100? x 7
		T+3:09 Fairing 109 km	-6040? x 150? x 7
		T+8:47 EPC MECO at 211 km
	2111:54	T+8:53 EPC sep 211 km 7.21 km/s 0 deg	-1419 x 212 x 7.3
	2111:57	T+8:57 ESC-A burn
	2120	EPC impact Gulf of Guinea 6W 0N?
	2127:38	T+24:37 ESC-A burn 639 km 9.862 km/s 12.47 deg?	250 x 35780 x 7
	2129:26	T+26:25 XTAR-EUR sep
	2131:40	T+28:39 Sylda 5 sep
		T+30:56 Sloshsat spinup
	2134:26	T+31:25 Sloshsat sep from Maqsat
		T+31:35 Stage despin
		T+34:46 ESC-A micrograv phase
		T+39:48 Stage despin
		T+39:49 Prepare for passivation, spin up to 45 deg/s
	2156:06	T+53:05 end of V164 flight
2005 Feb 13			638.55 239 x 36139 x 7.0
2005 Feb 13	2330?	LAM-1	844.81 10668 x 35781 x 2.4
2005 Feb 16	0810?	LAM-2	1406.88 34657 x 35767 x 0.1 GEO 12.5E+7.5E/d
2005 Feb 18		LAM-3	1439.15 35726 x 35966 x 0.1 GEO 32.2E+0.8W
2005 Feb 27		Move into GEO	1436.06 35599 x 35970 x 0.1 GEO 29.0E
2005 Apr 11			1436.06 35780 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 29.0E
2006 Aug 7			1436.09 35774 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 29.0E