Saturday, August 22, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
USA-179
2004-034A
It was announced that the NROL-1 launch was to a 57 deg orbit ascent trajectory; on-board engine was used to reach final orbit. Parking orbit was elliptical.
The launch vehicle was nicknamed 'Nemesis'. It probably carried an SDS communications payload. The vehicle is tentatively identified as the object labelled 90027 by independent observers, found in Dec 2004 in a 717 minute orbit.
| NROL-1 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 Aug 31 | 2317:00 | Launch by Atlas IIAS AC-167 | CC LC36A |
| T+0:59 SRM 3-4 on | |||
| T+1:17 SRM 1-2 sep | |||
| T+1:56 SRM 3-4 sep | |||
| T+2:44 BECO | |||
| T+2:47 Booster package jettison | |||
| T+3:38 Fairing sep | |||
| T+4:57 SECO at 150 km? | |||
| T+4:58 Atlas sep | |||
| 2322 | T+5:15 Centaur MES-1 | ||
| 2327 | T+10:02 MECO-1 off Canada | 191 x 400? x 58.4 | |
| 2004 Sep 1 | |||
| 0025 | T+1:08:31 MES-2 over S Pacific | ||
| 0026 | T+1:09:45 MECO-2 | 255 x 15370 x 57.4 | |
| 267 x 15379 x 58.0 (UN) | |||
| 0030 | T+1:13:47 Centaur sep | ||
| 2004 Dec 6 | 717.75 1778 x 38574 x 623.0 | ||
| 2008 Jan 30 | 717.40 859 x 39477 x 63.0 | ||
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Inmarsat 401
2005-009A
Mobile comms and wideband data for Inmarsat global area network. At 54W (F2 at 64E). Mass 5940 kg launch; span 45m, antenna diameter 10m, bus height 7 x 2.9 x 2.3m. First of 3. Astrium/Toulouse Eurostar 3000.
Launch by Atlas 5 with 3 SRM, single engine Centaur and XEPF (Extra Extended Payload Fairing) 13.8m long 4.0m dia.
Used for ISRO's GAGAN technical demonstration in 2007.
| I4F1 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Mar 11 | 2142 | Launch by Atlas V 431 AV-004 | |
| T+1:31 SRB burnout | |||
| 2144 | T+2:09 SRB1/2 jettison | ||
| T+2:11 SRB3 jettison | |||
| 2146 | T+4:27 BECO | ||
| 2146 | T+4:33 CCB sep | ||
| T+4:43 MES1 | |||
| T+4:51 Fairing sep | |||
| T+6:55 4.0km/s | |||
| 2156 | T+14:24 MECO1 | 185 x 2099 x 27.4 | |
| 2206 | T+24:04 MES2 | ||
| 2211 | T+29:28 MECO2 | ||
| 2214 | T+32:17 Centaur sep | 1080 x 85179 x 14.4 | |
| 2005 Mar 15 | 9616 x 89978 x 10.7 | ||
| 2005 Mar 18 | 0840 | LAM-1 | 35651 x 90080 x 4.0 |
| 2005 Mar 21 | LAM-2 | 35575 x 54753 x 3.5 | |
| 2005 Mar 22 | 2030? | LAM-3 | 35582 x 35989 x 3.0 |
| 2005 Apr 12 | 1436.1 35568 x 36004 x 3.0 GEO 8.8E | ||
| 2005 Apr 27 | 1436.07 35560 x 36011 x 2.9 GEO 9.4E | ||
| 2005 May 5 | Relocate from 9E | ||
| 2005 Jun 7 | Move in at 64E | 1436.09 35768 x 35804 x 2.9 GEO 64.0E | |
| 2006 Aug 7 | 1436.08 35773 x 35799 x 2.5 GEO 63.9E | ||
| 2009 Feb 2 | 1436.09 35772 x 35800 x 2.2 GEO 63.9E | ||