Saturday, September 26, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Harmony
2007-050
Node 2
Built by Alenia/Torino. The Boeing Node pressure test article would have been Node 2, prior to a replanning decision in 1997. Alenia is under contract to ASI, which is under contract to ESA, which is providing Node 2 and 3 to NASA in exchange for the launch of COF. The nodes will be delivered directly to NASA from ASI.
Node 2 is 7.19m long 4.48m dia. Mass will be 14200 kg (as of Apr 2001) Mass is 13405 kg (Aug 2006).
Node 2 will attach to the +Vbar, with PMA-2 leading, Columbus and JEM on port and stbd, and ELM-PS, then CAM, at zenith. Nadir will be used for MPLM and HTV.
On STS-120, Node 2 gets added to Unity nadir; then PMA-2 is removed from Destiny and attached to Node 2. Node 2 is then removed from Unity nadir and reattached to Destiny.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Nimiq 1
1999-027A
Nimiq is Inuit for `binding', either a literal rope fastening or a symbolic binding force. Nimiq is a Telesat Canada direct broadcast satellite. A2100AX to have 32 transponders. Launch mass is 3600 kg. The payload was built at LMCPC/Newtown, Pennsylvania and the satellite at LMCSC/Sunnyvale.
| Nimiq 1 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 May 20 | 2230:00 | Launch by ILS Proton | |
| T+2:02 St 2 burn | |||
| T+5:34 St 2 MECO | |||
| T+5:35 St 2 sep | |||
| T+5:40 St 3 burn | |||
| T+9:38 St 3 MECO | |||
| 2239:48 | T+9:48 St 3 VECO | ||
| 2239:48 | T+9:48 St 3 sep | 170? x 170? x 51.6 | |
| 2343:49 | T+1:13:49 DM burn 1 | ||
| 2350:31 | T+1:20:31 DM burn 1 MECO | 214 x 35733 x 48.6 | |
| 1999 May 21 | |||
| 0449:52 | T+6:19:52 DM burn 2 | ||
| 0451:39 | T+6:21:39 DM MECO-2 | ||
| 0512:00 | T+6:42:00 DM sep | ||
| 1999 May 21 | 768.76 7050 x 35790 x 15.9 | ||
| 1999 May 23 | 2130? | LAM-1 | |
| 1999 May 24 | 881.23 12375 x 35763 x 9.9 | ||
| 1999 May 25 | 0230? | LAM-2 | |
| 1999 May 25 | 1149.43 24168 x 35771 x 3.2 | ||
| 1999 May 26 | 1700? | LAM-3 | |
| 1999 May 30 | 1700? | LAM-4 | |
| 1999 Jun 2 | 1436.05 35776 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 91.1W | ||
| 1999 Nov 4 | 1436.18 35781 x 35795 x 0.1 GEO 91.2W | ||
| 2006 Aug 3 | 1436.08 35776 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 91.2W | ||
Kosmos 192
1967-116A
The third Tsiklon was launched in Nov 1967 as Kosmos-192. It was described in the Oct 2007 Reshetnev newsletter as the first Soviet navigation satellite.
| Kosmos-192 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 Nov 23 | 1500:00 | Launch by 11K65M | PL |
| 1502? | Stage 2 burn | ||
| 1508? | Stage 2 coast | ||
| 1558? | Stage 2 burn 2 | ||
| 1558? | Stage 2 sep | 99.9 747 x 761 x 74.0 (RAE) | |