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Transit O-2

  1964-083D

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NNS O-2 (30020, Oscar 2) was launched on 1964 Dec 13 by Thor Ablestar, but ran into troubles in less than a month. However, the beacon was still transmitting in 2010, which would make it the oldest working satellite.

NNS O-2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1964 Dec 13	0008:10	Launch by Thor Ablestar	V 75-1 Pad 2
	0010:38	Thor MECO (T+2:28)
	0010:42	Thor sep (T+2:32)
	0010:42	AB 017 burn (T+2:32)
	0015:36	AB 017 MECO (T+7:26)
	0046?	AB 017 burn 2
	0046?	AB 017 MECO
	0048?	AB 017 sep	106.32 1031 x 1080 x 89.99 (VCR)
			106.33 1025 x 1084 x 89.86 (RAE)
1964 Dec 31		End of nav transmissions
2010 May		136 MHz beacon still transmitting

GE-1

 1996-054A

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The first Lockheed Martin Astro Space A2100 spacecraft was GE 1, built for GE Americom of Princeton, NJ. to replace Satcom K1. The satellite featured a liquid apogee engine with a single propellant tank and electric arcjet thrusters, and a hybrid C/Ku band communications payload. Mass is 2784 kg at launch. The satellite was built at the old RCA facility in East Windsor; manufacturing at the new Sunnyvale plant is due to begin in 1997.  

GE-1's initial use was mostly for TV distribution, with NBC as the biggest user. It will be placed at 103W to provide service to CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii, and the Caribbean.

GE-1 became AMC-1 when Americom was sold to SES Global in 2001 to become SES Americom.

GE-1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1996 Sep 8	2149	Launch by Atlas IIA	CC LC36
	2151	BECO
	2151	Booster sep
	2152	Fairing sep
	2153	SECO
	2153	Atlas sep
	2154	Centaur MES1
	2200?	Centaur MECO-1
	2210?	Centaur MES2
	2212?	Centaur MECO-2
			1073.15 191 x 56495 x 25.0
1996 Sep 10	1900?	LAM-1
1996 Sep 10			1124.01 2391 x 56473 x 18.9
1996 Sep 13	0320?	LAM-2
1996 Sep 13			1349.73 11675 x 56482 x 8.4
1996 Sep 14?		LAM-3
1996 Sep 17?		LAM-4
1996 Sep 17			1576.72 35906 x 41086 x 0.4
1996 Sep 18	0510?	LAM-5
1996 Sep 18			1448.92 35908 x 41086 x 0.4
1996 Sep 19			1439.27 35787 x 35909 x 0.0 GEO 102.5W+0.8W
1996 Sep 30			1436.27 35787 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 103.0W
1997 May 6			1436.10 35778 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 103.0W
2000 May 19			1436.09 35782 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 103.0W
2008 Nov 20			1436.10 35777 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 103.0W

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Jonny Warner - Chris Plovert

Tabitha “Toffee” Glenn - Shelby Wexler

Delia Strict - Kristen Gregory

Eric Flagrante - Marcus Jessup

Ginger Grissom - Allie-Rose Singer

Corinne “Coco” Shepard - Dylan Marvil

Candace “Candy” Carpenter - Kori Gedman

Joey Schirra - Kemp Hurley

Jake Cooper - Xavier Regan

Josh Slayton - Layne Abeley 

Kosmos 2427

 2007-022A

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Kosmos-2427 was launched on 2007 Jun 7 into a standard Kobal't-style orbit. Four days later it raised its orbit to 182 x 354 km; the orbit was then allowed to decay until Jun 19, when it was lowered.

One piece of debris was ejected soon after launch and reentered rapidly. Kosmos-2427 landed on Aug 22, probably around 1745 UTC.

Kosmos-2427
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2007 Jun 7	1800	Launch by Soyuz-U
	1804	Blok A sep
	1808	Blok I MECO
	1809	Blok I sep
2007 Jun 7			89.58 167 x 339 x 67.1
2007 Jun 9			89.53 166 x 335 x 67.1
2007 Jun 11		Orbit raise	182 x 354 x 67.1
2007 Jun 19	0409		89.67 179 x 335 x 67.1
	0843	Orbit lowered	89.52 175 x 325 x 67.1
2007 Jun 22			173 x 315 x 67.1
2007 Aug 19			177 x 320 x 67.1
	1210	Orbit raise at perigee
2007 Aug 20			178 x 350 x 67.1
2007 Aug 22		D,E separate
2007 Aug 22	1730?	Deorbit
	1745	Landed

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EuropeStar 1

 2000-068A

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Alcatel Espace and Loral build the Europe*Star. Prime contractor is Alcatel/Toulouse with a Loral FS-1300 bus. Owner was originally EuropeStar GmbH/Koln; by the time of launch the owner was the related Europe*Star/London, and the satellite was registered with the UN by the UK. 

Control from Alcatel/Toulouse. The satellite will provide video and telecoms for Europe, the Middle East, Southern Africa, India and SE Asia.

Mass 4167 kg full, 1717 kg dry. Size 2.7 x 5.5 x 3.5m with 24.7m span. Box + 2 cruciform solar panels + 2 dishes.

Loral sold its 47 percent share in EuropeStar to Alcatel as part of a legal claim in 2003. Alcatel in turn sold EuropeStar to PanAmSat Satellite Europe in 2005 and the satellite was renamed PAS 12, and then in 2007 Intelsat IS-12.

Europe*Star F1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2000 Oct 29	0559	Launch by Ariane 44LP	CSG ELA2
		T+1:09 PAP sep
		T+2:28 PAL sep
		T+3:32 St 1 sep
		T+3:33 St 2 burn
		T+4:37 Fairing sep
		T+5:44 St 2 MECO, sep
		T+5:45 St 3 MES
		T+18:48 St 3 MECO
	0619:56	T+20:56 St 3 sep
		T+21:00 St 3 avoidance maneuver
2000 Oct 29			656.06 274 x 36990 x 6.9
2000 Oct 30		LAM 1	833.25 10074 x 35833 x 2.5
2000 Nov 3		LAM 2	1518.47 35936 x 38831 x 0.1
2000 Nov 3		LAM 3
2000 Nov 10			1435.77 35704 x 35856 x 0.01 GEO 45.0E
2000 Nov 29			1436.03 35772 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 45.0E
2006 Jul 31			1436.08 35775 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 45.0E

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