2009-054B
Astrium comms satellite for German Defense Ministry and Bundeswehr. BW-2 to follow. Manged by IT-AmtBw (Federal Office for Information Management and Information Tech of the Bundeswehr). Bundesamt fur Informationsmanagement und Informationstechnik der Bundeswehr.
EADS Astrium is the space segment prime contractor, using a Thales Alenia Spacebus 3000B2 satellite bus.
Originally called SATCOM Bw-1, it was renamed Comsat Bw-1 before launch. Project contractor management was by MilSat Service GmBH, a joint venture of Astrium and ND SATCOM., with Thales Alenia supplying the satellites.
In some sources it's know as GMS-2A
Launched with Amazonas-2. It will be stationed at 63E.
Mass 2440 kg launch, 1040 kg dry. Size 2.8 x 1.8 x 2.9m with 17.2m span
| SATCOMBw-1 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Oct 1 | 2159 | Launch by Ariane 5ECA L549 | CSG ELA3 |
| 2201 | T+02:13 EAP sep | ||
| T+3:02 Fairing sep | |||
| 2207 | T+8:47 EPC MECO | ||
| T+8:54 EPC sep | -953 x 174 x 6.5 | ||
| 2207 | T+8:58 ESC-A ignition | ||
| 2223 | T+24:34 ESC-A MECO | ||
| 2225 | T+26:59 Amazonas sep | ||
| 2229 | T+30:58 Sylda sep | ||
| 2231 | T+32:54 Comsat sep | ||
| 2009 Oct 1 | 632.23 272 x 35773 x 2.9 | ||
| 2009 Oct 6 | 933.19 14734 x 35775 x 1.8 | ||
| 2009 Oct 8 | 1297.75 30284 x 35781 x 0.8 | ||
| 2009 Oct 11? | LAM | ||
| 2009 Oct 13 | 1436.07 35785 x 35786 x 0.1 | ||
| 2009 Nov 16 | 1436.10 35774 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 63.0E | ||
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