Thursday, December 24, 2009

Intelsat 902

 2001-039A


SS/Loral FS-1300 Extended satellite. Launch by Ariane 4. (also 903, 904). Mass 4723 kg. At 60.0E Dry mass 1978 kg. Size 2.8 x 3.5 x 5.6m with 31m span.


Intelsat 902 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2001 Aug 30  0646  Launch by Ariane 44L  CSG ELA2 
  T+2:30 PAL sep 
  T+3:31 St 1 sep 
  T+3:34 St 2 MES 
  T+4:22 Fairing sep
  T+5:43 St 2 sep 
 0651 T+5:48 St 3 MES 
 0704 T+18:42 St 3 MECO 
 0706 T+20:49 St 3 sep 
  T+21:00 St 3 avoidance maneuver  
2001 Aug 30    630.97 179 x 35801 x 7.0 
2001 Sep 11200LAM-1  
2001 Sep 2  0845LAM-2 1201.86 26368 x 35765 x 0.7 
2001 Sep 4  1540  LAM-3  1435.60 35757 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 56.5E+0.1E 
2001 Oct 20    1436.09 35760 x 35812 x 0.1 GEO 62.0E 
2002 Jan 15    1436.06 35773 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 62.0E 
2006 Aug 3    1436.08 35774 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 62.0E 

Iridium 62

 1998-021A


Iridium SV62 was launched on the third Iridium Proton mission. 


Iridium 62 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1998 Apr 7  0213:03 Launch by Proton-K  KB 
 0214  Stage 1 sep 
 0217  Stage 2 sep 
 0217  Fairing sep 
 0221  Stage 3 sep  140 x 140 km x 73 ?  
 0250:07 T+37:04 DM2 burn 1 
 0250:32 T+37:29 DM2 MECO-1 
 0333  DM2 burn 2 
 0338  DM2 MECO-2 
 0341 Iridium deployment begins 
 0410? T+1:57? DM2 MES-3 deorbit 
 0438? T+2:25? DM2 reentry 
1998 Apr 7    94.83 498 x 522 x 86.7 
1998 Apr 9    94.85 501 x 521 x 86.7 
1998 Apr 16    95.76 552 x 558 x 86.7 
1998 Apr 18    96.77 601 x 606 x 86.7 
1998 Apr 26    100.36 772 x 778 x 86.4 
1998 May 3    100.40 777 x 777 x 86.4 
2004 Jun 29    100.40 775 x 779 x 86.4 
2009 Apr 27    100.40 776 x 779 x 86.4

Town and Country: May 2009

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Monday, December 21, 2009

Cloudsat

 2006-016A


An ESSP with a BCP RS-2000. Launch by Delta 7420-10 with Calipso under a DPAF fairing.

Size 2.5 x 2.3 x 2.0 m mass 848 kg full (773 kg dry?). 5.1m span. Cloudsat flies in formation with Picasso-Cena and carry a 94 GHz nadir-looking radar. Both satellites will also fly in looser formation with Aqua as part of the A-Train Constellation: Aqua, Cloudsat, CALIPSO, PARASOL and Aura. Combined launch mass 1295 kg.

Orbit 717 x 734 x 98.08. A-Train 1:31PM.

Joint NASA/Canada. Carries a cloud profile radar. an IR O2 spectrometer, and a visible imager. It uses the data from the Picasso lidar in combination with its own radar. Launch 2003.

Ground control by RSC/Kirtland, using AFSCN; mission management by JPL.

Now STP P00-4 SMC-801, Cloud and Aerosol Vertical Profiler.

Calipso is mounted on the upper DPAF cone-cylinder. The lower DPAF cone remains attached to the Delta second stage.


Cloudsat 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2006 Apr 28 1002:16 Launch by Delta 7420-10C  
  T+1:04 SRM 1-4 out 
  T+1:22 SRM 1-4 sep 29 km 
  T+4:24 MECO 112 km  
  T+4:40 SES-1 
  T+4:45 Fairing sep
 1013:32 T+11:16 SECO-1  173 x 684 x 98.1  
 1102:16 T+1:00:00 SES-2 12s 
  T+1:00:12 SECO-2 
 1104:18 T+1:02:02 Calipso sep 690 km 
 1137:31 T+1:35:15 Upper DPAF sep 
 1138:51 T+1:36:35 Cloudsat sep 
2007 Jul 4   burn to adjust orbital lifetime 

Payload:

  • PASBI Profiling A-band Spectrometer/Visible Imager 7500A, 1.3mu

  • CPR Cloud Profiling Radar, mm-wave radar

  • Propulsion system, 200m/s capability mono hydrazine, 4 x 4.5N, Isp 220s

USA-181

 2004-050A


The HLV-OLDSP Heavy Lift Vehicle Operational Launch Service Demonstration Payload (DemoSat) is a 5993 kg 1.95m high x 1.38m dia cylindrical test payload to record launch environment.

The Delta IVH has three LOX/LH2 RS-68 powered CBC stages in tandem and a 5-m D4HSS and 5m fairing. The vehicle is 71.6m tall and has a launch mass of 720t. Cargo capacity is 23t to LEO. Launch thrust is 8700 kN. This was the first flight of the 5-meter diameter upper stage. The CBCs cut off 8s early leading to long SES-1 and SES-2 burns, and the second stage ran out of fuel in the third burn. The post-SECO-1 orbit was marginal, with an apogee of around 105 km,

The Demosat carried USAF-STP's University Nanosat-2, two separating payloads built by ASU and UCoBoulder and integrated by AFRL/VS, and was to have tested low shock satellite separation systems. The satellites were dispensed afte SECO-1 and reentered in less than one orbit.


Delta 4H 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2004 Dec 21  2150:00  Launch  SLC37B 
  T+0:50 Center RS-68 to 57 percent thrust 
  T+3:55 Outboard RS-68 to 57 percent 
  T+4:00 Outboard CBCs MECO (8s early?)  
  T+4:08 Outboard CBCs sep 75 km  
  T+4:08? Center RS-68 to 102 percent 
  T+4:50? 101 km  
  T+5:30 Center CBC MECO 149 km 
 2155 CBC sep 
 2155:53 T+5:53 RL10B-2 SES-1 129 km 
 2156:03 T+6:03 5-m fairing sep 134 km 
 2203:17?  RL10B-2 SECO-1   

 

2206:52 T+16:52 Nanosat stack sep in low orbit  105 x 196 km 
 2210:29 T+20:29 RL10B-2 SES-2 
 2218:32 T+28:32 RL10B-2 SECO-2  185 x 35788 x 27 
   645.30 288 x 36428 x 27.2  
 2235  Nanosats at 120 km 
 2246? Nanosat perigee? 
2004 Dec 22  0327:13 T+5:37:13 RL10B-2 SES-3 
 0330:28 T+5:40:28 RL10B-2 SECO-3   
 0339:37 T+5:49:37 Demosat sep  
 0345:45 T+5:55:45 CCAM  
  T+5:57:55 CCAM end   
2005 Jan 7    1044.67 19032 x 36420 x 13.5

Optus C1

 2003-028B


Optus C1/D will also carry a military payload for the Australian Defense Force. Contractor is Mitsubishi Electric with a Space Systems/Loral bus. Launch to 156E. Mass 4725 kg. Box + 2 cruciform panels. dry is 1978 kg, 8.2 x 7.8 x 24.9m deployed. Owner is Singtel Optus Pty (formerly Cable and Wireless Optus Ltd (CWO)), Sydney. Control from CWO/Belrose.

Optus C1 was on an 1194H adapter. The 5.2m Sylda E (+300mm) adapter was used, with a medium fairing with one 0.5m model 5400 extension shell.


Optus C1/D 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2003 Jun 11  2238:15  Launch by Ariane 5GCSG ELA3 
  T+2:22 EAP sep 
  T+3:20 Fairing sep
  T+9:45 EPC MECO 
 2248:07 T+9:52 EPC sep  55 x 1972 x 7.5 
 2248:14 T+9:59 EPS MES 
 2305:07 T+26:52 EPS MECO  
 2306:22 T+28:07 Optus sep from 1194H adapter 
 2310:14 T+31:59 Sylda 5E sep 
 2313:17 T+35:02 BSAT 2 sep from 937V5 adapter 
  T+51:21 end of V161 mission
2003 Jun 12  0005?  EPC reentry 
2003 Jun 12    637.42 604 x 35707 x 7.03  
2003 Jun 14   LAM-1 926.83 14600 x 35621 x 1.8 
2003 Jun 16  0130?  LAM-2   
2003 Jun 18   1403.73 34687 x 35613 x 0.04 GEO 143E+8E/d 
2003 Jul 8   GEO 151E 
2003 Jul 12  GEO 156E 
2006 Aug 8    1436.10 35772 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 156.0E 

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Superbird 4

 2000-012A


Space Communications Corp of Tokyo ordered an HS-601HP in 1998. HS-601HP Superbird 4 launch by Ariane in 2000. Operational position 162E. The satellite was known as Superbird B2 when in operation.

Launch mass is 4057 kg. Dry mass is 1657 kg. Size is 2.8 x 2.3 x 2.6 m with 26m span.


Superbird 4 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2000 Feb 18  0104  Launch by Ariane 44LP V127  CSG ELA2 
  T+1:09 PAP sep 
  T+2:27 PAL sep 
  T+3:32 St 1 sep 
  T+3:33 St 2 burn 
  T+4:37 Fairing 01 sep 
  T+5:44 St 2 sep 
  T+5:48 St 3 burn 
 0122 T+18:51 St 3 MECO 
 0125 T+21:09 St 3 sep 
2000 Feb 18    630.76 223 x 35747 x 5.0 
2000 Feb 22?  LAM-1 
2000 Feb 22    857.45 11282 x 35755 x 1.9 
2000 Feb 26?  LAM-2 
2000 Feb 29    1436.19 35777 x 35799 x 0.1 GEO 139.2E 
2000 Mar 30   mv out  
2000 Apr 18    1436.07 35774 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 162.3E 
2000 May 27    1436.07 35773 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 162.4E 
2006 Aug 4    1436.09 35784 x 35788 x 0.0 GEO 162.0E 

Talent

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March 8,2001

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The Luxe

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May 13,2026

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