Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Indostar

 1997-071B


Indostar (Cakrawarta-1) is a 1385 kg light GEO comsat, built by CTA Inc of McLean, Virginia. (formerly DSI, but Orbital Sciences Corp. by the time of launch) for PT MediaCitra Indostar, a subsidiary of Bimentara Citra of Jakarta, Indonesia which will use it for digital direct to home TVRO (TV Receive Only) and digital radio broadcast. It carries a hydrazine propulsion system built by Olin Corp and a Thiokol Star 30E apogee motor. The satellite uses S-band to ensure transmission through Indonesia's common heavy rain. The satellite uses a three axis stabilized StarBus bus and will be launched by Ariane 4 in Oct 1997.

Mass is 1385 kg launch, 805 kg BOL, and 643 kg dry. Bus is 2.49 x 2.03 x 3.8m with a 16.1m span. Power is 2 kW.

Location was 107E.


Cakrawarta 1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1997 Nov 12 2148  Launch by Ariane 44L V102 
  T+2:31 PAL sep 
  T+3:35 Stage 1 sep 
  T+4:25 Fairing 01 sep 
  T+5:46 St2 sep 
  T+5:51 St 3 burn 
  T+18:53 St 3 MECO 
  T+21:50 Sirius 2 sep 
  T+24:10 SPELDA sep 
  T+26:20 Cakrawarta sep 
1997 Nov 12    632.96 262 x 35821 x 7.0 
1997 Nov 17  0141? Star 30 burn 
1997 Nov 17    1438.06 35779 x 35870 x 0.3 GEO 110.6E+0.5W 
1997 Nov 19  0654  SKM-1  
 0701  SKM-1 aborted 
1997 Nov 20    1433.63 35503 x 35972 x 0.1 GEO 112.4E+0.6E 
1997 Nov 26    1437.29 35752 x 35868 x 0.2 GEO 109.3E+0.3W 
1998 Feb 9    1436.09 35776 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 107.7E 
1998 May 1  0740  SKM 
1999 Oct 14    1436.13 35767 x 35807 x 0.1 GEO 107.7E 
2006 Aug 3    1436.10 35771 x 35801 x 1.1 GEO 107.6E 
2010 May 1    1436.02 35763 x 35806 x 4.3 GEO 107.4E

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