Sunday, July 18, 2010

Galaxy 12

 2003-013B


Galaxy 12 OSC Star 2 1792 kg full 800 kg dry by Ariane 5G. Stationed at 74W for C-band links between ConUS, Alaska and Hawaii. It was the lower satellite on the V160/514 launch. Size 3.3 x 1.9 x 1.5m with 12.6m span.


Galaxy 12 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2003 Apr 9 2252:19 Launch by Ariane 5G  CSG ELA3 
  T+2:21 EAP sep 
  T+3:10 Fairing sep 
 2301 T+9:56 EPC MECO 
 2302 T+10:02 EPC sep 206  -41 x 1561 x 6.0  
 2302 T+10:09 EPS burn 
 2319 T+27:12 EPS MECO 
 2319 T+27:22 Insat 3A sep 
 2324 T+32:48 Sylda 5 sep 
 2330 T+38:43 Galaxy 12 sep 
  T+55:02 EPS depletion complete 
 2340  EPC apogee 1561 km 
2003 Apr 10  0022  EPC entry 
2003 Apr 11    644.62 867 x 35814 x 2.0 
2003 Apr 12   LAM 1 678.24 2578 x 35807 x 2.0 
2003 Apr 14   LAM 2 925.39 14351 x 35805 x 0.6 
2003 Apr 16 LAM 3
2003 Apr 22    1436.21 35785 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 73.7W 
2003 May 14    1436.08 35783 x 35788 x 0.0 GEO 74.0W 
2004 Feb   Relocate to 125W 
2004 May 28   Move in at 125W 
2004 Jun 9    1436.07 35779 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 125.2W 
2006 Aug 8    1436.06 35775 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 125.1W 
2008 Jul 6    1436.07 35770 x 35801 x 0.0 GEO 125.1W 
2008 Jul   Move to 122.9W 
2008 Jul 12    1436.10 35775 x 35798 x 0.04 GEO 122.9W 
2010 Apr 15  1436.07 35780 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 122.9W 

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