Superbird A

 1992-084A

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Space Communications Corp.'s Superbird A satellite was the main payload on an Ariane 4 launch. Mitsubishi played prime/integration role on this particular satellite.

The 1155 kg satellite carried 510 kg stationkeeping fuel and 1115 kg orbit insertion fuel for a launch mass of 2780 kg. Solar panel span was 20.3m.

Superbird A was stationed over the Pacific at 158E.

Superbird A
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1992 Dec 1	2248	Launch by Ariane 42P (V55)	CSG ELA2
	2249	PAP sep (T+1:30)
	2251	Stage 1 sep (T+3:28)
	2251	Stage 2 MES (T+3:30)
	2252	Fairing sep (T+4:23)
	2253	Stage 2 sep (T+5:38)
	2253	Stage 3 MES (T+5:43)
	2306	Stage 3 MECO (T+18:11)
	2308	Superbird sep from H10+ (20:42)
	2308	Stage 3 sep (T+20:46)
	2310	Stage 3 end of mission (T+22:23)
1992 Dec 2	0100?	Solar array deploy
			635.83 237 x 35994 x 7.2
1992 Dec 3	0100?	AKM 1
			818.43 9428 x 35781 x 2.7
1992 Dec 5	s	AKM 2
1992 Dec 7	s	AKM 3
1992 Dec 10			1436.57 35751 x 35840 x 0.1 GEO 156.7E+0.1W
1992 Dec 12			1436.09 35758 x 35814 x 0.1 GEO 158.1E
1993 Jan 15			1436.12 35773 x 35800 x 0.1 GEO 158.0E
1993 Feb 16			1436.11 35772 x 35801 x 0.0 GEO 158.0E
1994 Sep 22			1436.11 35775 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 158.0E
1996 Sep 19			1436.11 35767 x 35806 x 0.0 GEO 158.1E
1999 Oct 18			1436.09 35775 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 158.1E
2006 Aug 2			1436.09 35762 x 35810 x 0.8 GEO 158.0E
2008 Dec 21			1436.11 35766 x 35807 x 3.1 GEO 158.0E

Echostar 5

 1999-050A

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Echostar V is an FS-1300 satellite, and will supplement the Echostar DISH network. Launch by AC155 (Atlas 2AS) to 43705 km apogee. Its geostationary station was at 110W. Launch weight was 3177 kg. In 2006, the satellite was moved to 129W and leased as a provider for Ciel Satellite Comms of Canada, the first satellite in a partnership with SES Americom. It was renamed Ciel 1.

Echostar 5
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1999 Sep 23	0602	Launch by Atlas 2AS (AC-155)	CC LC36A
		T+0:53 SRM 1-2 burnout
		T+0:57 SRM 3-4 burn
		T+1:15 SRM 1-2 sep
		T+1:52 SRM 3-4 burnout
		T+1:55 SRM 3-4 sep
		T+2:43 BECO
		T+2;46 Booster sep
		T+3:21 Fairing
		T+4:57 SECO
		T+4:59 Atlas sep
		T+5:16 MES1
	0611	T+9:51 MECO1	90.98 156 x 475 x 28.2
	0626	T+24:42 MES2
	0628	T+26:20 MECO2	166 x 45822 x 26.55
	0630	T+28:56 Centaur sep
1999 Sep 24			827.93 131 x 45526 x 26.6
1999 Sep 25?		LAM-1
1999 Sep 28?		LAM-2
1999 Sep 28			972.71 21848 x 30434 x 0.8
1999 Sep 30?		LAM-3
1999 Oct 3?		LAM-4
1999 Oct 3			1403.05 34506 x 35767 x 0.4 GEO 112.9W+8.5E
1999 Oct 6			1435.82 35752 x 35809 x 0.2 GEO 109.7W
1999 Oct 12			1436.09 35773 x 35799 x 0.2 GEO 110.0W
1999 Nov 5			1436.09 35775 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 110.0W
2003 Mar 1			1436.09 35778 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 110.2W
2003 Mar 5		Leave 110W
2003 Mar 22		Arrive 119W
2003 May 9			1436.08 35772 x 35799 x 0.04 GEO 119.0W
2005 Jul 5			1436.07 35772 x 35799 x 0.02 GEO 119.0W
2005 Jul 6?		Move out of GEO
2005 Jul 22		Arrive 129W, Ciel operations
2006 Apr 3			1536.10 35772 x 35800 x 0.05 GEO 128.9W
2006 Aug 4			1436.09 35776 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 128.9W
2009 Mar 19			1436.09 35773 x 35799 x 0.2 GEO 148.0W

STS-96 (Discovery)

 1999-030A

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STS-96 carried LP (Launch Package) 2A-1. consisting of the Spacehab Logistics Double Module, the Integrated Cargo Carrier, and associated equipment.

Launch mass was 118857 kg; landing mass planned was 100234 kg.

Like STS-88, approach on +R-bar, then fly around and above to do final approach on -R-bar, since without the SM the FGB antennas must be nadir pointing to allow commanding from ground stations.

With Tammy Jernigan on the RMS and Dan Barry floating, Julie Payette as IV and Ellen Ochoa as RMS operator, one EVA was planned.

Install foot stanchion on RMS, Jernigan on RMS. The US and Strela cranes would be installed, then foot restraints which work for both US and Russian EVA boots were added added to PMA-1 and Unity. Barry adds a mask to the docking target. Next, the SHOSS bags were transferred. A final task was to add a thermal cover to the Unity trunnion pin.

The astronauts transferred 311 kg of water and 1307 kg of cargo to ISS. 89 kg of ISS equipment was returned to Discovery,and 300 kg of equipment was installed during the EVA.

STS-96
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1999 Apr 15	1600	Roll from OPF/1 to VAB/3
1999 Apr 16		Mate to ET
1999 Apr 23		Roll to LC39B
1999 May 16	0735	Rollback to VAB1
1999 May 27	1049:42	Launch	LC39B
	1051:46	T+2:04 SRB sep
	1051:57	OMS Assist 1:42
	1053:39	OMS assist C/O
	1058:04	T+8:21 MECO	88.32 74 x 308 x 51.6
	1058:24	ET sep
	1132:53	T+43:21 OMS-2 2:44 77.8m/s	89.83 187 x 344 x 51.6
	1135:37	OMS-2 CO
	1224	PLBD open
	1349:24	T+3:43 OMS-3 NC1 13m/s	91.19 324 x 341 x 51.5
	1349:52	RCS trim 0.5s
	1435:53	OMS-4 NC2 19s 10m/s
1999 May 28	0302:53	RCS NC2 19s 1.5m/s
	0714?	RMS uncradle for survey
	0855	RMS reberth
	1918:54	RCS NC3 14s 1m/s
	2349:31	RCS NC4 19s 1.5m/s
1999 May 29	0037:35	RCS NCC 4s 0.5m/s
	0135:17	OMS-5 L TI burn 10s 2.3m/s
	0155:17	RCS MC1 0.2m/s
	0228:17	MC2 0.3m/s
	0245:17	MC3
	0255:17	MC4
	0305s	0:00 Arrive +R-bar
		0:16 TORRA flyaround
		0:28 +V-bar crossing
	0332s	0:39 -R-bar arrive 100m
		Approach
	0337s	Pause at 50m
	0413s	Pause at 10m
	0424	T+1:18:29 Dock ISS PMA-2
	0437:37	Hard dock
	0700?	PMA-2 Hatch open
1999 May 30	0034	RMS checkout
		Depress EAL
	0256	EVA begins (battery) Jernigan, Barry
	0258:24	AL depress (MR)
		HO
	0325	Tether drifts loose
	0411s	OTD install
	0511s	Strela install
	0611s	Tool bags install
		HC
	1051:32	EVA ends (repress) 7:55
1999 May 31	0114	HO to Unity
	0207	HO to Zarya
		Comm system repair
		Battery repair
1999 Jun 1		Noise insulation in Zarya
		Supply transfers
1999 Jun 3	0640	HC to Zarya
	0712	HC to Unity
	0844	HC to PMA-2 (79:30)
	0936:53	RCS reboost, 37min
	2239:17	Undock(5:18:17)
		At 140m on -R-bar
	2257s	Begin flyaround
	2343s	On -Rbar, begin 2nd flyaround
1999 Jun 4	0006	Cross +Rbar on Flyaround 2
	0030	On -Rbar, begin 3rd flyaround
	0053:19	Sep burn at +R-bar 12s 1m/s
	0106	Recross +R-bar at 600m
	2348s	RCS hot fire test
1999 Jun 5	0721	Starshine eject
1999 Jun 6	0214:20	PLBD close
	0454:09	Deorbit 3:39 114m/s
	0457:48	OMS-6 DO CO
	0530:49	Entry interface
	0602:45	Landing KSC RW15
	0602:50	Drag chute
	0602:57	NGTD
	0603:39	WS

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Panamsat 6B

 1998-075A

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PAS 6B is an HS-601HP satellite for an AOR satellite providing Sky's DTH transmissions for S America from 43W. Launch by Ariane in 1998. It supplemented PAS 6, a Loral satellite which had problems with solar arrays. Mass is 3594 kg launch, 2134 kg BOL. Size is 3.4 x 2.8 x 6.0m with 26.2m span. PAS 6B developed trouble with its XIPS engine in June 2003.

PAS 6B
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1998 Dec 22	0108	Launch by Ariane 42L
		T+2:22 PAL sep
		T+3:14 Stage 1 sep
		T+4:07 Fairing sep
		T+5:27 Stage 2 sep
		T+5:32 Stage 3 burn
	0126	T+18:43 Stage 3 MECO
	0128	T+20:40 Sep from H-10	228 x 35717 x 7.0
1998 Dec 22			630.28 221 x 35724 x 7.0
1998 Dec 24	0046?	LAM-1
1998 Dec 24			634.16 424 x 35720 x 7.0
1998 Dec 25	1900?	LAM-2
1998 Dec 26			781.59 7689 x 35768 x 3.3
1998 Dec 29	0100?	LAM-3
1998 Dec 30			1197.66 26182 x 35777 x 0.6
1998 Dec 30	1650?	LAM-4
1998 Dec 30			1365.49 32995 x 35790 x 0.2
1999 Dec 31?		LAM-4
1999 Jan 1?		LAM-5
1999 Jan 3			1436.44 35783 x 35802 x 0.1 GEO 46.5W+0.1W
1999 Feb 2			1436.07 35777 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 46.0W
1999 Feb		mv out
1999 Mar 10			1436.15 35780 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 43.1W
1999 Nov 7			1436.16 35782 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 43.2W
2002 Jul 11			1436.07 35781 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 43.2W
2003 Jul 3			1436.14 35776 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 43.3W
2006 Aug 1			1436.11 35776 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 43.1W
2008 Mar 1			1436.15 35777 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 43.1W

Shenzhou 6

 2005-040A

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Shenzhou 6 crew was operator Nie Haisheng, of Zaoyang city, Hubei, and commander Fei Junlong, 40 from Kunshan city, Jiangsu.

Fei was 'zhihuizhang' (commander). Nie's role was 'caozuoshou' (operator).

On this mission, the crew moved into the GC for the first time.

The fanhui cang (FC, descent module) returned to Earth on Oct 16.

SZ 6
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2005 Oct 12	0100	Launch by CZ-2F	JQ
	0110?	Stage 2 MECO
	0111?	Stage 2 sep	193 x 337 x 42.40
	0754	TCM, orbit circularized	329 x 337 x 42.4
2005 Oct 14	1000?	Orbit trim	330 x 337 x 42.4
2005 Oct 16	1944	OM separation
	1945	Deorbit	330 x 337 x 42.4
	1950	DO CO
	2007	Prop module sep
	2008	Entry
	2020	Main parachute deployed
	2032:54	Landing

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Kosmos 1030

 1978-083A

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Debris cataloged in 2003 may be from the disintegration of the satellite in 1978. Some debris cataloged in Aug 2004 is assocated with the breakup of the satellite at the time of reentry. Further debris cataloged in 2008 may be from the earlier disintegration.

Kosmos-1030
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 Sep 6	0304	Launch by 8K78M	Plesetsk
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	0312	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+1:00? BOZ burn
	0404?	T+1:00? BOZ sep
		2BL burn
		2BL MECO
	0407?	T+1:03 2BL sep
1978 Sep 6			725.6 613x40129x62.8

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Atlantic Bird 3

 2002-035A

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France Telecom ordered an Alcatel 3000B3 bus in 2000 to replace Telecom 2B. The satellite then became Stellat 5, a France Telecom/Europe*Star joint venture, part of Loral Alliance. Launch 2002 to 5W.

Stellat 5 was a Spacebus 3000B3 with 4100 kg; after launch it was sold to Eutelsat and became Atlantic Bird 3. From 5 deg W, the satellite will provide 2-way internet access and video transmission.

Mass 4050 kg launch, 1805 kg dry. 5.5 x 3.5 x 2.4m with 37m span.

Stellat on top of Sylda 5F containing NSTAR c.

Stellat
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2002 Jul 5	2322	Launch by Ariane 5G "Ville de Charleroi"
		T+0:07 Liftoff
		T+2:36 EAP sep
		T+3:26 Fairing sep
		T+9:30 142 km, 7.7 km/s
	2331:58	T+9:58 EPC MECO
	2332:08	T+10:08 EPC sep	55 x 2006 x 7.2
		T+10:20 EPS burn
		T+11:30 205 km, 7.8 km/s
	2348:53	T+26:53 EPS MECO
	2352:20	T+30:20 Stellat 5 sep
	2354:54	T+32:54 Sylda sep
	2359:00	T+37:00 NStar sep
		T+49:38 V153 end of mission
2002 Jul 6			636.71 596 x 35679 x 5.5
		LAM-1
2002 Jul 7			950.40 15705 x 35579 x 1.2
2002 Jul 9		LAM-2	1320.91 31337 x 35663 x 0.1
2002 Jul 11		LAM-3?	GEO 0W+1E/d
2002 Jul 14			1320.61 31337 x 35651 x 0.1
2002 Jul 18			1431.47 35684 x 35707 x 0.1 GEO 1W+1E/d
2002 Jul 25			1436.12 35783 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 2.8E
2002 Aug		Sold to Eutelsat
2002 Aug		Renamed Atlantic Bird 3
2002 Nov 30			1436.07 35767 x 35804 x 0.0 GEO 5.1W
2006 Aug 8			1436.08 35769 x 35803 x 0.1 GEO 5.0W

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NOAA-18

 2005-018A

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NOAA N will be launched by Delta 2 7320 in 2005 and should become NOAA 18 and SARSAT-10. Spacecraft is 4.2m long 1.9m dia 1442 kg mass (Delta PK; 1420 kg NOAA handbook), including 4 kg N2. Solar array is 6.1m long.

NOAA-18
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2005 May 20	1022:01	Launch by Delta 7320	V SLC2W
		T+1:00 SRM burnout
		T+1:39 SRM sep
		T+4:24 MECO
		T+4:32 St 1 sep
		T+4:37 SES-1
		T+4:56 Fairing sep
	1033	T+11:16 SECO-1	185 x 867 x 98.7
		T+59:21 SES-2 13s
	1121	T+59:34 SECO-2	846 x 866 x 98.8
	1127	T+1:05:40 Stage 2 sep
		T+1:16:00 Solar array deployed
	1152	T+1:30:00 SES-3 evasive 5s
	1152	T+1:30:05 SECO-3
	1208:41	T+1:46:40 SES-4 Depletion burn
	1209	T+1:47:24 SECO-4	166 x 812 x 103.6
2006 Aug		PM Primary

Payload:

• AVHRR/3 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer, vis and 1.6, 3.7 mu.

• AMSU-A1 Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit

• AMSU-A2 Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit

• SBUV/2 Solar Backscatter UV Radiometer 2, 1600-4000A

• SEM Solar Environment Monitor

  • MEPED Medium energy proton/electron detector, 30 keV-7 MeV

  • TED Total energy detector 0.05-20 keV

  • DPU Data processing system

• DCS Data Collection System 401.6 MHz

• HIRS/4 High Res IR Sounder, 0.7, 3.7-4.6, 6.7-15 microns

• SAR Search and Rescue transponder and processor

  • SLA SAR L-band transmitting antenna

  • SRA SAR Receiving antenna

Eutelsat W2

 1998-056A

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Eutelsat W2 is a Spacebus 3000B2 with 24 wide-band Ku transponders plus 8 spare. W2's launch was pulled off Ariane 5. It was launched by Ariane 4 to 16E replacing Eutelsat 2F2. Footprint over Europe, N Africa, Near East.

Launch mass 2965 kg launch, 1810 kg BOL, 1375 dry. Size 4.6 x 2.5 x 1.8m with 29.0m span. Early orbit control by GSOC; then Eutelsat/Paris.

Eutelsat W2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1998 Oct 5	2251	Launch by Ariane 44LP
		T+2:30 PAL sep
		T+3:32 Stage 1 sep
		T+3:35 Stage 2 burn
		T+4:18 Fairing 01 sep
		T+5:44 Stage 2 sep
		T+5:49 Stage 3 burn
	2309	T+18:52 Stage 3 cutoff
	2310	T+19:43 W2 sep
	2312	T+21:50 Mini-Spelda sep
	2316	T+25:15 Sirius 3 sep
		T+32:25 end of V111 mission
1998 Oct 5			655.89 277 x 36978 x 6.9
1998 Oct 6	1500?	LAM-1
1998 Oct 8			1378.05 33500 x 35784 x 0.1
1998 Oct 10	1100?	LAM-3 over 8W
1998 Oct 12			1427.45 35449 x 35784 x 0.0 GEO 2.1W+2.2E
1998 Oct 19		Control to EUT/Paris
1998 Oct 21			1436.08 35771 x 35801 x 0.0 GEO 2.3E
1998 Oct 27		move out
1998 Dec 6		move in	1436.10 35782 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 16.0E
1999 Nov 8			1436.06 35773 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 16.0E
2006 Aug 3			1436.08 35769 x 35803 x 0.0 GEO 16.0E

Polar

 1996-013A

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The Polar Plasma Laboratory, POLAR, satellite was similar in design to Wind and was also build by Lockheed Martin Astro Space. It was launched in Feb 1996 from Space Launch Complex 2-West at Vandenberg. Polar is 2.1m high and 2.4m in diameter, and is spin stabilized. It is 1005 kg dry with 269 kg of propellant. It has two 6-m booms which deploy from its equator, carrying PWI and MFE. Six wire antennae also deployed. The EFI antennae along the spin axis are 14 meters tip to tip; the two orthogonal pairs of antennae in the equatorial plane are 130 m and 100 m tip to tip.

The PIXIE auroral X-ray imager also was able to observe celestial X-ray sources in its field of view, and monitored Cir X-1. In 1998 it observed the transient source XTE J1550-564 which was brighter than the aurora.

 

Polar
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1996 Feb 24	1124:00	Launch by Delta 7925-10	V SLC2W
		T+1:28 SRM 1-6 sep at 27 km 0.969 km/s	-6330? x 33?
		T+2:11 SRM 7-9 sep at 53 km 2.012 km/s	-6180 x 65?
		T+4:20 MECO 116 km
		T+4:34 SES-1 125 km 5.584 km/s	-4250? x 170?
		T+4:40 Fairing 128km 5.600 km/s	-4200 x 180?
	1135:12	T+11:12 SECO-1 179 km	157 x 280 x 86.0
	1201:05	T+37:05 SES-2 199 km
	1201:29	T+37:29 SECO-2	176 x 910 km x 86.0
	1202:59	T+38:59 TES
	1204:26	T+40:26 TECO
		NCS blowdown
	1206:19	T+42:19 Stage 3 sep	185 x 50550 x 86.0
	1337?	Delta depletion	182 x 913 x 85.9
1996 Feb 25			939.22 187 x 50594 x 86.0
1996 Feb 28?		Raise perigee
1996 Mar		U and V axes to 20 m
1996 Mar 4		Four EFI radial wire hats jettisoned
1996 Mar 4		U axis wires to 35m length
1996 Mar 4		LDB booms deployed
1996 Mar 9			1051.45 5141 x 50605 x 85.9
1996 Jun 20			1053.43 5373 x 50465 x 86.1
1996 Aug 21			1053.59 5393 x 50447 x 86.1
1997 Apr 28		Trim	1061.41 5724 x 50455 x 86.4
1997 Nov 17		Trim	1065.40 5620 x 50731 x 86.4
1998 May 18		Trim	1070.14 5483 x 51073 x 86.2
1999 Apr 21		Trim	1076.21 4755 x 52063 x 85.4
1999 Nov 29		Trim	1080.03 4421 x 52561 x 85.1
2002 Apr 10			1098.68 3082 x 54701 x 82.5
2003 Apr 4		Trim	1102.83 3193 x 54767 x 82.3
2004 Nov 26			1102.96 4065 x 53902 x 83.4
2008 Apr 29		Decommissioned

Payload:

• PWI Plasma Wave Investigation (on side boom)

• MFE Magnetic Fields Experiment (on side boom)

• EFI Electric fields instrument (on spin axis booms).

• CEPPAD Comprehensive energetic particle pitch angle distribution

• PIXIE Polar Ionospheric X-ray Imaging Experiment;uses movable pinhole camera mask and positional Ar/Xe prop. ctr. with 0.5 deg resolution and 40 deg FOV, 3-60 keV.

• FPA Fast Plasma Analyser

• VIS Visible Imaging System

• TID Thermal Ion Dynamics Experiment/Plasma Source Instrument

• UVI Ultraviolet imager. f/3 camera, 8 deg FOV. MCP + CCD.

• TIMAS Toroidal Imaging Mass Angle Spectrograph

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TerraSAR-X

 2007-026A

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X band imaging satellite built by Astrium for DLR; it is a joint EADS Astrium/DLR project.

TerraSAR-X is a cylinder 2.3 dia and 5.2m long with mass of 1346 kg, with 1 X-band antenna 4.8m long and 0.8m wide. Orbit 514 x 514 x 97.4. The Dnepr used a 1.5m fairing extension for the first time in its Yuzhnoe/Yuzhmash fairing. Control from GSOC Operpfaffenhofen via Weilheim and Neustrelitz ground stations. Ground res. is 1 meter. Control from GSOC.

The satellite was placed in a 499 x 512 km orbit, later adjusted to 507 x 509 km. The plume shield was in a 481 x 511 km orbit, and the final stage was in a 507 x 1024 km orbit.

A piggyback experiment was attached to the final stage of the Dnepr, including a TV camera to record payload separation.

TerraSAR-X
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2007 Jun 15	0214	Launch by Dnepr	KB
	0229?	DS MECO
	0229?	DS sep
2007 Jun 19			94.79 499 x 517 x 97.5
2007 Jun 28			94.79 507 x 509 x 97.4
2008 Oct 10			94.79 507 x 509 x 97.4

Payload:

• TSX-SAR X-band SAR

• Spotlight mode, 1m res, 5 x 10 km

• Strip map mode, 30 km swath, 3 m res

• Scan mode, 100 km swath, 16m res.

• Propulsion module

• LCT Tesat Laser data relay terminal (EADS/DLR)

• TOR (Tracking Occultation, and Ranging Instrument Package); GPS receiver, laser reflector; GFZ/UoTx