Friday, March 5, 2010

EuropeStar 1

 2000-068A


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 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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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