Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Amos 2

 2003-059A


IAI MBT Div. to build Amos-2. Spacecom Ltd./Tel Aviv is service provider for Amos-2; the satellite was delivered on orbit by IAI. Mass 1350 kg full (or 1374 kg), 646 kg dry, size 2.7 x 2.1 x 2.4m span 11.0m. It will backup Amos 1 at 4W and include service to the eastern US. Launch by Starsem Soyuz-Fregat in Dec 2003.

Followon AMOS HP with 20 Ku-band transponders and 2600 kg mass?


Amos 2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2003 Dec 27  2130:00s Launch by Soyuz-FG/Fregat ST12  KB PL31/6 
  T+1:58 BVGD sep 
  T+4:13 Fairing sep
  T+4:48 Blok A sep 
  T+4:58 KhO sep 
  T+8:45 Blok I MECO 
 2138:48 T+8:48 Blok I sep  58 x 190 x 51.8 
 2138:53 T+8:53 SOZ-1 burn 
 2139:49 T+9:48.5 MES-1 20.5s 
 2140:09 T+10:09 MECO-1 EPO  190? x 190? 
 2215? Blok I reentry 
  T+1:09:29 SOZ-2  
 2240:24 T+1:10:24 MES-2 ascending node=10.25W 25S 25W, 659s 
 2251:23 T+1:21:23 MECO-2 intermediate 16N 2E 250? x 35780 x 49?  
2003 Dec 28  0403:34 T+6:33:34 SOZ-3 burn 
 0404:29 T+6:34:29 MES-3 over 90E 0N, 137s 
 0406:46 T+6:36:46 MECO-3  4407 x 35788 x 23.63 
 0406:47 T+6:46:47 Fregat sep  4409 x 35779 x 23.58 
 0446:47 T+7:16:47 SOZ-4 Fregat depletion  
 0447:02 T+7:17:02 SOZ cutoff 
2003 Dec 29    714.42 4409 x 35779 x 23.58 
2003 Dec 30  0317  ABM-1 46min burn  19000 x 35800  
 2040?  Apogee 
2003 Dec 31  1350  ABM-2 17min burn  34000 x 35800  
2004 Jan 5    1402.99 34439 x 35832 x 0.3 
2004 Jan 12   On Station  GEO 4W 
2004 Feb 19   Delivered to Spacecom 
2006 Aug 1    1436.07 35777 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 4.0W

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