Hancock Park

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Skynet 4E

 1999-009B

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Skynet 4E was built by Matra Marconi Space UK (formerly BAe) and was launched for the UK MoD in 1999 by Ariane. Launch mass 1490 kg, 830 kg BOL, 759 kg dry. The Skynet 4E was transferred from MMS to MoD on 1999 Jul 7.

Skynet 4E
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1999 Feb 26	2244	Launch by Ariane 44L	CSG ELA2
		T+2:29 PAL sep
		T+3:31 St 1 sep
		T+3:34 St 2 sep
		T+4:18 Fairing sep
		T+5:43 St 2 sep
		T+5:48 St 3 burn
		T+18:45 St 3 MECO
		T+19:56 Arabsat 3A sep
		T+21:46 Mini Spelda sep
		T+24:59 Sky 4E sep
		T+25:23 avoidance burn
1999 Feb 27			631.31 271 x 35727 x 7.0
1999 Mar 1	1830?	AKM burn
1999 Mar 2			1411.30 34632 x 35966 x 3.7 GEO 126.4W+6.3E
1999 Mar 3			1413.36 34717 x 35963 x 3.7
1999 Mar 14			1409.17 34722 x 35793 x 3.8
1999 Mar 28			1416.08 31657 x 39130 x 3.4 GEO 6.8W+5.2E
1999 Apr 7			1436.09 35782 x 35790 x 3.7 GEO 6.0E
1999 Jun 11			1436.06 35777 x 35794 x 3.6 GEO 6.0E
1999 Jun		Move to 53E
1999 Jul 7		To MoD
1999 Jul 28			1436.01 35781 x 35788 x 3.5 GEO 52.9E
1999 Nov 6			1436.00 35776 x 35793 x 3.4 GEO 53.1E
2006 Jul 31			1436.02 35770 x 35799 x 3.1 GEO 53.1E

Intelsat 904

 2002-007A

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SS/Loral FS-1300 Extended bus.

Launch mass 4680 kg, 2350 kg dry. Size 2.8 x 3.5 x 5.6m with 31m span.

To be stationed over IOR.

Intelsat 904
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2002 Feb 23	0659	Launch by Ariane V148	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
		T+5:48 St 3 MES
		T+11:30 226, 6.77 rel	-1500 x 226?
		T+12:30 215, 7.1 rel	-500 x 215?
		T+14:15 195, 7.7 rel	195 x 1500?
		T+15:50 187, 8.32	187 x 4900?
		T+16:30 189, 8.62 rel	189 x 7300?
		T+17:30 202, 9.0km/s rel	202 x 11640
		T+18:00	202 x 17400
		T+18:50?	256 x 30900
	0717:51	T+18:51 MECO
	0719:58	T+20:58 Intelsat 904 sep
2002 Feb 23			631.12 176 x 35812 x 7.0
2002 Feb 24		LAM-1	736.50 5475 x 35799 x 3.8
2002 Feb 27		LAM-2	1236.82 27784 x 35794 x 0.3
2002 Feb 28		LAM-3	1290.27 29955 x 35807 x 0.2
2002 Mar 1	1400?	LAM-4
2002 Mar 7			1436.14 35783 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 58.4E
2002 Jul 18			1436.11 35773 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 60.0E
2006 Aug 7			1436.07 35774 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 60.0E

Intelsat 702

 1994-034A

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Dry mass 1500 kg; BOL mass 2250 kg; launch mass 3695 kg. The satellite was a box 4.2 x 2.5 x 2.5 m in size with a 21.8m solar panel span. Intelsat 702 was destined for GEO 1W. It moved to the Pacific in 1996, and appears to have been retired in 2003.

Intelsat 702
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1994 Jun 17	0707:19	Launch by Ariane (V64)	CSG ELA2
		T+1:03 PAP sep
		T+2:24 PAL sep
		T+3:28 St 1 sep
		T+3:31 Stage 2 burn
		T+4:29 fairing
		T+5:40 St 2 sep
		T+5:45 Stage 3 burn
	0725:31	T+18:12 Stage 3 MECO
	0727:29	T+20:10 Stage 3 sep	632.36 279 x 35773 x 7.1
	0732:41	T+25:22 STRV sep
1994 Jun 18			747.75 6024 x 35798 x 3.9
1994 Jun 18	0950?	LAM-1 over 132E
1994 Jun 19			913.01 13835 x 35758 x 2.2
1994 Jun 19	1045?	LAM-2 over 117E
1994 Jun 20			1088.87 21615 x 35748 x 1.0
1994 Jun 22			1091.28 21717 x 35749 x 1.0
1994 Jun 22	2100?	LAM-3 AKM over 38W
1994 Jul 2			1435.92 35688 x 35877 x 0.1 GEO 37.9W+0.04E
1994 Jul 10			1436.11 35737 x 35836 x 0.1 GEO 37.6W
1994 Jul 30		mv out	1435.28 35742 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 34.2W+0.2E
1994 Aug 17		mv in	1436.13 35779 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 1.1W
1995 May 25			1436.08 35772 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 1.0W
1996 Apr 12			1436.15 35786 x 35788 x 0.0 GEO 1.0W
1996 Apr 15		mv out	GEO 1W
1996 May 24		mv in	GEO 178E
1996 Jul 1			1436.08 35779 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 177.0E
1998 Nov 25			1436.11 35747 x 35826 x 0.0 GEO 177.0E
1999 Oct 17			1436.06 35776 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 177.1E
2000 Nov		Move to 176E
2002 Mar 14			1436.07 35777 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 176.0E
2002 Dec 4		Leave 176E	GEO 176E
2002 Dec 13		Arrive at 157E	GEO 157E
2003 Jan 5			1436.11 35777 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 156.9E
2003 Jan 15		move out from 157E	1452.16 36092 x 36108 x 0.0
2003 Feb 5			1452.57 36103 x 36113 x 0.0
2003 Feb 21		move in at 55E	1436.06 35783 x 35787 x 0.0 GEO 55.0E
2006 Aug 1			1436.07 35776 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 54.9E
2009 Apr 15			1436.08 35775 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 54.9E

Spaceflight: December 2009

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NOAA-15

 1998-030A

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NOAA K was built by LMMS/East Windsor. First in a new series with additional microwave sensors for weather measurements in cloudy regions. Will replace NOAA 12 and work with NOAA 14. NASA GSFC turns over control to NOAA SOCC/Suitland,Md after a 60 day verification period. The new AVHRR has an extra near IR channel. Launch will be to 1930LT SSO.

NOAA K is 4.2 l, 1.9m dia with a 2.7 x 6.1 m solar array. Mass is 2232 kg full, 1476 dry. AKM has 42.38 kN over 55s.

After launch, the VHF Realtime Antenna did not fully deploy, sending noisy APT signals. The APT images are used by remote sites to obtain weather info.

NOAA K
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1998 May 13	1552:04	Launch by Titan II G-12
		T+2:30 Stage 1 MECO
		T+2:33 Stage 1 sep
		T+3:40 Fairing sep
	1558:38	T+6:34 Stage 2 sep	-2600? x 800? x 98.7
	1606:43	T+14:39 AKM burn
	1607:34	T+15:30 AKM burnout
		T+16:00 end velocity trim
		T+20m solar array deploy
	1620?	Stage 2 reentry
		T+34m handover
1998 May 13			101.21 808 x 823 x 98.7
1998 Oct		In service, replacing NOAA 12
1998 Dec 14		Primary morning spacecraft
2006 Aug		AM Secondary

Payload:

• AVHRR/3 Advanced V high resolution radiometer, 6 channels

• HIRS/3 High resolution IR sounder

• AMSU-A Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit, 15 channels for T, hum.

• AMSU-B Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit, 5 chan for H20 profiles