Saturday, May 16, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Atlantic Bird 3
2002-035A
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 | ||
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
NOAA-18
2005-018A
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
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
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