Satcom C3

 1992-060B

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GE Americom's Series 3000 class Satcom C-3 replaced the aging Satcom 1R at 131W.

Satcom C-3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1992 Sep 10	2304:00	Launch by Ariane 44LP	CSG ELA2
	2305	PAL sep (T+1:07)
	2306	Stage 1 sep (T+2:28)
	2307	Fairing sep (T+3:35)
	2308	Stage 2 sep (T+4:39)
	2309	H-10+ ignition (T+5:47)
	2322	H-10+ shutdown (T+18:17)
	2324	Hispasat 1A sep (T+20:32)
	2327	SPELDA top sep (T+23:21)
	2328	Satcom C3 sep (T+24:55)
	2329	H10+ sep mvr (T+25:25)
	2334	End of mission V53 (T+29:55)
1992 Sep 11			630.17 219 x 35720 x 6.9
	0500? Apo 1 over 8E
	1000?	Peri 1
	1500?	Apo 2 over 66W
	2030?	Peri 2
1992 Sep 12	0200?	Apo 3 over 132E
	0700?	Peri 3
	1230?	Apo 4 over 25W
	1730?	Peri 4
	2300?	Apo 5 over 177E
1992 Sep 13	0400?	Peri 5
	0930?	Apo 6 over 19E
	1430?	Peri 6
	1930?	Apo 7 over 134W
1992 Sep 13	1930?	Star 30C burn
1992 Sep 13			1443.43 35731 x 36128 x 0.2 GEO 136.1W+1.8W
1992 Sep 14		Solar panels deployed
1992 Sep 20			1437.86 35692 x 35949 x 0.1 GEO 142.0W+0.4W
1992 Sep 25			1436.22 35778 x 35800 x 0.1 GEO 142.8W+0.04W
1992 Nov 1			1436.00 35775 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 143.0W
1992 Nov 6		mv out
1992 Nov 12		1434.64 35750 x 35766 x 0.0 GEO 141.0W+0.4W
1992 Dec 13		mv in	1436.03 35778 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 130.9W+0.0W
1993 Aug 18			1436.12 35780 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 131.0W
1994 Aug 23			1436.12 35764 x 35809 x 0.0 GEO 131.0W
1996 Jul 10			1436.06 35774 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 131.0W
1998 Oct 14			1436.13 35785 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 131.0W
1999 Oct 15			1436.04 35777 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 130.9W
2005 Apr 10			1436.09 35780 x 35792 x 0.4 GEO 130.9W
2005 Apr 30		mv out
2005 Jul 30		mv in
2005 Aug 1			1436.16 35777 x 35798 x 0.8 GEO 79.0W
2006 Jul 23			1436.10 35781 x 35791 x 1.7 GEO 79.1W
2010 Sep 25			1436.10 35780 x 35792 x 5.5 GEO 79.0W