Us Weekly: December 26,2011

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Eutelsat W3C

 2011-057A

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After the failure of W2M, W3B was reassigned to replace W2, and W3C was ordered as the new in-orbit backup to be colocated with W3A at 7E.

Thales Spacebus 4000C3.

Mass 5400 kg, size 5.8 x 2.0 x 2.2m with 34m span.

W3C
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2011 Oct 7	0821	Launch by CZ-3BE	Xichang
		T+5:44 St 2 sep
	0831	T+10:20 St 3 MECO-1
	0842	T+21:04 MES-2
	0845	T+24:04? MECO-2
	0846	T+25:42 St 3 sep	187 x 35804 x 26.1
2011 Oct 8			718.64 4596 x 35800 x 14.6 deg
2011 Oct 12			1148.21 24091 x 35707 x 2.2
2011 Oct 13			1430.04 35589 x 35746 x 0.0
2011 Oct 17			1436.09 35777 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 15.4E
2011 Nov 17			1436.13 35777 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 16.0E
2012 Mar 1		Renamed EUTELSAT 16A

BSat-3A

 2007-036B

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Japan's BSAT Japan Broadcasting Satellite Systems Corp ordered BSAT-3A from LMCSS as a A2100A with 8 Ku-band channels.

Built by LMCSS/Newtown,PA.

Mass 1967 kg launch, 930 kg dry. Size 3.8 x 1.9 x 1.9m with 14.7m span. To go to 110E.

BSAT3A
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2007 Aug 14	2344	Launch by Ariane 5 ECA V177 (L537)
		T+2:20 EAP sep
		T+3:09 Fairing sep
	2352	T+8:57 EPC MECO	-1074 x 176 x 5.9
	2353	T+9:03 EPC sep
	2353	T+9:07 ESC-A burn
2007 Aug 15	0008	T+24:52 ESC-A MECO
	0011	T+27:38 Spaceway 3 sep
	0016	T+32:06 Sylda 5 sep
	0018	T+34:10 BSAT-3a sep	631.15 272 x 35718 x 2.0
2007 Aug 19			1434.11 35731 x 35764 x 0.0
2007 Aug 31			1436.07 35724 x 35848 x 0.0 GEO 109.8E
2009 Oct 29			1436.11 35767 x 35806 x 0.1 GEO 109.9E

Arabsat 5C

 2011-049A

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Astrum/Thales E3000 satellite. at 20E.

Ariane 561
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2011 Sep 21	2138	Launch by Ariane 5 ECA	CSG ELA3
		T+2:14 EAP sep, 69 km
		T+3:01 Fairing sep, 107 km
		T+8:52 EPC MECO, 187 km
		T+8:58 EPC sep, 187 km	-1009 x 187 x 7.24
	2147	T+9:02 ESC-A burn
	2203	T+24:55 ESC-A MECO, 633km
	2205	T+27:14 Arabsat sep
	2212	T+34:31 Sylda sep
	2213	T+35:46 SES-2 sep
		T+47:53 ESC-A passivation
2011 Sep 26			631.23 260 x 35733 x 2.0
2011 Oct 12			1439.92 35800 x 35922 x 0.1 GEO 23.5E+0.9W/d
2011 Nov 11			1436.02 35783 x 35787 x 0.1 GEO 34.5E
2011 Dec 5			1436.28 35664 x 35915 x 0.1 GEO 20.0E
2012 Feb 23			1436.06 35777 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 19.9E

Kosmos 2474

 2011-055A

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In Oct 2011 a single Glonass-M was launched by Soyuz-2-1B from Plesetsk to complete constellation replenishment, as 14F113 No. 42 (Blok 45S launch). It was given the name Kosmos-2474.

Glonass-M
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2011 Oct 2	2015:14	Launch by Soyuz-2-1B/Fregat	PL LC43/4
		Blok-I burn
	2024?	Blok-I MECO
	2024:38	Blok-I sep	60? x 200?
	2025:38	Fregat burn 1
	2025:58	Fregat MECO-1 19.9s	215 x 230 x 64.8
	2051:06	Fregat MES-2 9:25.7
	2100:31	Fregat MECO-2	275? x 19150? x 64.8
	2342:49	Fregat MES-3 231.7s
	2346:40	Fregat MECO-3
	2347:11	Fregat sep
	2353	Under Titov control
	0007:04	Fregat MES-4, sep 47s
	0007:51	MECO-4
	0305:14	Fregat MES-5, 35s
	0305:49	MECO-5
2011 Oct 2			688.56 19235 x 19667 x 64.8