Sunday, November 14, 2010

USA-116

 1995-066A


The USA 116 spacecraft was launched on 1995 Dec 5 by a Titan 4 with a 57 foot payload fairing. Launch occurred 22 min before the USA 86 spacecraft passed over Vandenberg, leading to speculation that USA 116 was replacing the older satellite. An ITAR-TASS report quoted Russian Defense Ministry sources as saying that the satellite was an advanced Keyhole type spacecraft and gave the initial orbit. The satellite flew in a 1258 LTDN SSO, the east plane orbit.


USA 116 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1995 Dec 5  2118:00 Launch by Titan 4  V SLC4E 
 2120? T+2:00 St 1 MES 
 2120? T+2:04 SRM sep 
 2121?  T+3:59 Fairing 
 2123? T+5:09 St 2 MES 
 2123? T+5:10 St 1 sep 
 2126? T+8:50 St 2 MECO  
 2127?  T+8:59 Titan 4 stage 2 sep  
   97.3 265 x 1006 x 97.8 (UN)  
   95.7 156 x 976 x 98.7 
  Raise perigee 
1996 Jun 15    97.59 263 x 1023 x 97.87  
1997 Jun 17    97.61 255 x 1032 x 97.9 
1998 Jul 24    97.35 259 x 1004 x 97.93  
1998 Sep 9    97.44 281 x 991 x 97.93  
1999 Mar 22    97.37 320 x 944 x 97.9 
1999 Jul 10    97.18 324 x 922 x 97.9 
2000 Sep 4    97.34 319 x 943 x 97.9  
2001 Aug 22    97.48 318 x 958 x 97.9 
2001 Sep 4    97.34 317 x 955 x 97.9 
2005 Mar 20    96.82 410 x 802 x 97.8 
2007 Jan 22    96.73 403 x 800 x 97.2 
2007 Apr Raise apogee 
2007 May 20    97.13 405 x 837 x 97.2 
2007 Nov 29    97.12 396 x 844 x 97.8 
2008 May 6    97.11 401 x 839 x 97.9 

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