Optus D1

 2006-043B

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D-1 will be an Orbital Star-2 for DTH, internet, voice and transmission. 2299 kg launch, 1005 kg dry, 24 transponders Ku. D-2 to follow.

Mass 2295 kg (EADS PK)

Optus is a subsidiary of SingTel.

Size 4.0 x 3.2 x 2.3m with 17m span.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2006 Oct 13	2056	Launch by Ariane 5ECA	CSG ELA3
		T+2:20 PAP sep
		T+3:14 Fairing sep
		T+8:56 EPC MECO
	2105	T+9:02 EPC sep	-1105 x 159 x 6.73
	2105	T+9:06 ESC-A burn
	2140	T+24:44 ESC-A MECO
	2142	T+26:58 DTV 9S sep
	2146	T+30:49 Sylda 5 sep
	2148	T+32:02 Optus D1 sep
	2148	T+32:14 ESC-A sep burn
	2158	T+42:46 Begin LDREX deploy
	2223	T+1:27:05? Complete LDREX deploy
	2224	T+1:28:07 LDREX separates
2006 Oct 15			630.63 252 x 35711 x 7.0
2006 Oct 17			687.43 3073 x 35773 x 4.9
2006 Oct 21	2140?	LAM
2006 Oct 21			1433.30 35686 x 35777 x 0.1
2006 Oct 27			1436.06 35778 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 164.0E
2006 Nov 7		Relocated
2006 Dec 23			1436.10 35775 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 160.0E
2010 Apr 30			1436.10 35771 x 35802 x 0.1 GEO 160.0

B-Sat 1A

 1997-016B

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BSAT-1a was launched together with Thaicom 3 on Ariane V95. It will replace the earlier NASDA BS satellites, but is operated by Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. of Tokyo. The coverage beam is over the Japanese islands.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1997 Apr 16	2309	Launch by Ariane 44LP	CSG ELA2
	2310	PAP sep T+1:07
	2311	PAL sep T+2:36
	2312	Stage 1 sep T+3:35
	2313	Fairing 01 Sep T+4:45
	2314	Stage 2 sep T+5:43
	2314	Stage 3 burn T+5:48
	2327	Stage 3 shutdown T+18:55
	2328	Thaicom 3 sep T+19:58
	2331	Mini-Spelda top sep T+22:07
	2333	B-SAT sep from H-10-3 T+24:08
1997 Apr 17			630.11 211 x 35725 x 7.0
1997 Apr 21	0315?	Star 30 burn
1997 Apr 21			1414.87 34938 x 35801 x 0.3 GEO 112.2E+5.4E
1997 Apr 30			1436.05 35745 x 35826 x 0.2 GEO 122.1E
1997 May 29			1436.27 35747 x 35833 x 0.1 GEO 121.7E+0.07W
1997 May 31		mv out
1997 Jun 25		mv in	1436.12 35764 x 35809 x 0.1 GEO 111.3E
1997 Jul 28			1436.33 35773 x 35809 x 0.0 GEO 109.9E
1997 Aug 8			1436.10 35783 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 110.0E
1999 Oct 17			1436.14 35785 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 110.1E
2006 Aug 3			1436.13 35782 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 109.6E
2010 Jul 15			1436.15 35779 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 109.6E

Soyuz TMA-18 (Cliff)

 2010-011A

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Crew KDR Aleksandr Skvortsov, BIs Mikhail Kornienko and Tracy Caldwell Dyson. ISS mission 22S, Expedition 23.

Mass 7193 kg of which BO 1284 kg, SA 2890 kg, PAO 3019 including 880 kg prop.

TMA18
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2010 Apr 2	0404:33	Launch by Soyuz-FG Yu15000-028	KB LC1
		1:53 SAS sep
		1:57 Blok BVGD sep
		2:37 GO sep
		4:47 Blok A sep
		4:57 KhO sep
	0413:18	8:45 Blok I MECO
	0413:21	8:48 Blok I sep
	0743:46	DV1 burn SKD, 17.2m/s 43s
	0805:55	DV2 3.3m/s 9.4s
2010 Apr 3	0508:22	DV3 SKD 2.2m/s 6.7s
2010 Apr 4	0505	Rendezvous, flyaround
	0513	Stationkeeping at 170m
	0517	Begin final approach
	0524:51	Docking with Poisk
	0650	Opening hatches
	0719	HO
2010 Sep 24	0035	HC
	0228	Undocking cancelled
	0335	HO
2010 Sep 25	0026	HC
	0202:12	Undocked from Poisk
	0205	15-s sep burn
	0431:17	DO 115.2m/s 4:21
	0435:38	DO CO
	0456:10	BO sep
	0456:13	PAO sep
	0459:12	Entry interface
	0507	Max g-load
	0523:11	Landed at 50 01 27N 66 57 59E

Rasad

 2011-025A

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Orbits intersect at 0946. Perigee of B at 0902; of A at 0905. Groundtrack pass over Semnan at 0919. Guess that stage 2 burnout is a bit downrange of that, and subtract some time: guess of 0914 as launch time from PSC.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2011 Jun 15	0915:00	Launch by Safir-2	Semnan?
		T+2:35? Stage 1 burnout
	0917?	T+2:40? Stage 1 sep
	0917?	Stage 2 burn
		T+3:17 Fairing
	0922	Stage 2 burnout
	0922	T+7:50? Stage 2 sep	243 x 292 x 55.7
		Clamp band halves sep, Rasad sep
		Stage 2 orbit	229 x 291 x 55.7

Milstar 4

 2001-009A

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Milstar 2-F2 (DFS-4) was launched in 2001. Mass is 4550 kg? Size is 15.5l 35.4 span

Launch was by Titan 4 K-30/B-41/TC-22. Centaur at sep is 4366 kg and is 8.8l 4.3 dia.

In parking orbit Milstar/Centaur is 23l 4.3d with mass of 24526 kg.

FLT-4 was stationed at 90W in 2002. It was scheduled to be replaced by FLT-6 in 2003 and then to move to 177.5E.

Milstar FLT-4
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2001 Feb 27	2120:00	Launch by Titan Centaur	CC LC40
		T+2:26 SRMU sep
		T+3:35 Fairing sep
		T+5:25 St 2 MES
	2129	T+9:14 St 2 MECO
		T+9:35 Centaur MES-1
	2131	T+11:34 Centaur MECO-1
			88.49 194 x 205 x 28.6 (ILAM)
		T+1:05:01 Centaur MES-2
		T+1:10:13 MECO-2	634.44 210 x 35949 x 26.7 (ILAM)
	2230:44	T+1:10:44 ILAM epoch
2001 Feb 28	0342	T+6:22:23 MES-3
	0344	T+6:24:36 MECO-3
	0354	T+6:34:49 Centaur sep	1435.09 35764 x 35768 x 4.5 (ILAM)
2008 Dec 23			1436.20 35755 x 35821 x 7.1 GEO 152.0E