NATO 3B

 1977-005A

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NATO IIIB was launched in 1977 and operated by NICS, the NATO Integrated Communications System, or specifically NICSMA, the NICS Management Agency. Control was from AFSCF/Sunnyvale.

NATO IIIB
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1977 Jan 28	0050:00	Launch by Delta 2914	CC LC17
		T+0:38 SRM 1-6 out
		T+0:39 SRM 7-9 on
		T+1:17 SRM 7-9 out
		T+1:27 SRM 1-9 sep
	0053:44	T+3:44 Thor MECO
	0053:53	T+3:53 Thor sep
	0053:58	T+3:58 SES-1 4:55
		T+4:39 Fairing sep
	0058:53	T+8:53 SECO-1 160 km 7.431 km/s
	0114:22	T+24:22 SES-2 10s 178 km 7.410 km/s
	0114:32	T+24:32 SECO-2 7.546 km/s	178 x 766? x 28.4
	0115:24	T+25:24 Stage 2 sep
	0116:06	T+26:06 TES
	0116:49	T+26:49 TECO, Star 37 burnout
	0118:02	T+28:02 Stage 3 sep
	0205?	SES depletion burn	104.28 619 x 1301 x 28.0
1977 Jan 28	0700?	Apo 1 over 100E
	1700?	Apo 2 over 55W
1977 Jan 29	0300?	Apo 3 over 145E
	1400?	Apo 4 over 14W
1977 Jan 30	0030?	Apo 5 over 170W
1977 Jan 30	0030?	AKM, apogee 5
1977 Feb 7			632.41 181 x 35874 x 26.94
1977 Feb		On station	GEO
1977 Apr 14			1435.86 35777 x 35786 x 2.7 GEO 134.8W
1977 Apr		On loan USAF as DSCS EPAC	GEO 135W
1978 Dec 27			1436.00 35770 x 35798 x 1.7 GEO 135.5W
1979 Jan		Return to NATO use	GEO 135W
1979 Feb 28			1436.00 35775 x 35794 x 1.6 GEO 23.5W+0.02E
1979 Aug 31			1435.93 35770 x 35796 x 1.3 GEO 20.2W
1980 Jan 2			1436.21 35766 x 35811 x 1.3 GEO 20.5W
1981 Sep 26			1435.96 35778 x 35789 x 1.0 GEO 21.4W
1981 Nov 30			1436.07 35772 x 35799 x 1.0 GEO 20.1W
1982 Oct 7			1436.13 35779 x 35794 x 1.5 GEO 20.9W
1982 Dec 9?		mv out
1982 Dec 19			1435.56 35773 x 35775 x 1.6 GEO 19.3W+0.1E
1983 Jan 28			1436.11 35780 x 35793 x 1.7 GEO 18.0W
1983 Mar			GEO 17.8W
1984 Nov			GEO 18W
1986 Oct			GEO 18.3W
1986 Nov 7			1436.11 35779 x 35793 x 4.7 GEO 17.9W
1986 Nov		mv out
1987 Feb 17			1436.02 35778 x 35791 x 5.0 GEO 59.6W
1992 Jan 2			1436.05 35781 x 35789 x 9.1 GEO 59.7W
1993 Jan 8			1436.17 35787 x 35788 x 9.9 GEO 60.5W