Saturday, December 18, 2010

DirecTV 5

 2002-023A


SS/Loral, former Tempo 1. Launched May 2002 by Proton/DM3. DirecTV is a subsidiary of GM/Hughes. Mass 3640 kg.

In Aug 2004 it was moved to 72.5E.


DirecTV-5 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2002 May 7  1700:00  Launch by Proton  PL81/24 
  T+2:06 St 1 sep 
  T+5:35 St 2 sep 
  T+5:44 GO sep 
 1709 T+9:37 St 3 MECO 
 1709 T+9:48 St 3 sep  198 x 245 x 51.6 
 1710  Adapter sep 
 1813:54 T+1:13:54 DM MES-1 
 1820:31 T+1:20:31 DM MECO-1  202 x 35856 x 51.6  
2002 May 7  2310 T+6:10:07 DM MES-2 
 2312 T+6:11:58 DM MECO-2  6600 x 35786 x 17.6  
 2332 T+6:31:58 DM sep 
2002 May 8    759.19 6568 x 35809 x 17.7 
2002 May 9   LAM-1 991.84 17333 x 35799 x 6.4 
2002 May 11  1530? LAM-2 1406.83 34643 x 35779 x 0.2 
2002 May 15   LAM-3 1434.22 35646 x 35852 x 0.1 GEO 130.3W+0.5E 
2002 May 31   Testing 1436.15 35777 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 129W 
2002 Jun 5   Move to 119W 
2002 Jul 19    1436.11 35773 x 35800 x 0.1 GEO 119.2W 
2004 Aug 10    1436.08 35774 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 119.3W 
2004 Aug 20   mv out 
2004 Aug 24    1428.29 35621 x 35645 x 0.0 GEO 99.4W+2.0E/d 
2004 Sep 10   mv in at 73W 
2005 Feb 1    1436.07 35775 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 72.5W 
2005 Sep 1    1436.13 35779 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 72.7W 
2005 Sep 28  Move to 109.8W to replace DTV6 
2005 Oct 17   Move in at 109.8W 
2006 Aug 8    1436.09 35771 x 35801 x 0.0 GEO 109.8W

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