Satcom 2

  1976-029A

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The second satellite built by RCA Astro-Electronics for RCA Americom, RCA B (Satcom 2), was launched by Delta 3914 in Mar 1976.

Satcom 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1976 Mar 26	2247	Launch by Delta 3914	CC LC17
		T+0:57 SRM 1-5 burnout
		T+1:04 SRM 1-5 sep
		T+1:04 SRM 6-9 burn
		T+2:07 SRM 6-9 sep
		T+3:47 MECO
		T+3:53 VECO
		T+3:55 Stage 1 sep
	2251	T+4:00 SES-1
		T+4:25 Fairing sep
	2255	T+8:17 SECO-1	185 x 198 x 28
	2307	T+20:35 SES-2
	2308	T+21:16 SECO-2	185 x 1990 x 28
	2309	T+22:08 St 2 sep
	2309	T+22:49 St 3 burn
	2310	T+23:33 St 3 burnout
	2311	T+24:46 St 3 sep	185 x 35753 x 27.3
1976 Mar 27	0500?	Apo 1 85E
	1530?	Apo 2 70W
1976 Mar 28	0200?	Apo 3 130E
	1230?	Apo 4 30W
	2230	Apo 5 180E
1976 Mar 29	1000	Apo 6 12E
	1930	Apo 7 138W
1976 Mar 29	1930	AKM 8.9kN	35690 x 35883 x
1976 Mar 31		Checkout	GEO 128W
1976 Jun 2		Replaced RCA 1 in commercial service	GEO 119W
1976 Aug		119W
1976 Sep			GEO 119W
1977 Jan 24			1436.07 35711 x 35861 x 0.0 GEO 119.1W
1978 Jan 3			1436.07 35779 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 119.0W
1981 Jun			GEO 119.0W
1982 Oct			GEO 119.0W
1983 Apr 7			1436.08 35777 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 119.0W
1983 Apr 30		Partial solar array failure
1984 May			GEO 119W
1984 May 27			1436.09 35779 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 119.1W
1984 May 29		Drift W	GEO dr
1984 Jul 5			1436.23 35781 x 35796 x 0.2 GEO 139.0W
1984 Jul			GEO 139W
1985 Jan			GEO 139W
1985 Jan 12			1436.02 35780 x 35789 x 0.4 GEO 138.6W
1985 Jan 16		orbit raise	1441.0
1985 Jan 17		decommissioned
1985 Jan 20			1435.97 35779 x 35788 x 0.4 GEO 138.6W+0.02E
1985 Feb 15			1460.06 35990 x 36518 x 0.5
1986 Dec 9			1460.06 36001 x 36507 x 2.2
1990 May 24			1460.10 36012 x 36498 x 5.5
1995 Oct 12			1460.09 36025 x 36484 x 9.8
1999 Apr 20			1460.09 36010 x 36499 x 11.7