Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Hot Bird 5

 1998-057A


Hot Bird 5 is an MMS Eurostar 2000 Plus satellite. Launch mass is 3000 kg. Size is 2.5 x 1.7 x 2.8m. Launch was with an Atlas IIA/14' fairing in Oct 1998 to 13E, colocated with other Hot Birds. It was renamed Eurobird 2 on its move to 33E in 2002. Some capacity was leased in 2003 to Arabsat, which calls it Arabsat 2D.


Hot Bird 5 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1998 Oct 9  2250 Launch by Atlas IIA AC-134  CC LC36B 
 2252  T+2:45 BECO 
 2252  T+2:48 Booster sep 
 2253  T+3:47 Fairing sep 
 2254  T+4:36 SECO 
 2254  T+4:38 Atlas sep 
 2254  T+4:54 Centaur MES1 
 2259  T+9:40 MECO1  89.90 151 x 387 x 28.1 
 2314  T+24:32 Centaur MES2 
 2315  T+25:58 Centaur MECO2  633.0 166 x 35918 x 24.5  
 2318  T+28:18 Centaur sep  633.8 167 x 35959 x 24.6  
  T+58:33 Centaur depletion 628.1 169 x 35663 x 24.6 
1998 Oct 10    629.66 180 x 35732 x 24.8 
1998 Oct 11?  LAM-1 
1998 Oct 12?  LAM-2 
1998 Oct 13    1329.98 31632 x 35734 x 0.7 
1998 Oct 14  1130? LAM-3 
1998 Oct 14    1427.35 35489 x 35740 x 0.0 GEO 7.0W+2.2E 
1998 Oct 17    1430.79 35645 x 35719 x 0.1 GEO 0.6W+1.3E 
1998 Oct 21    1436.10 35782 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 1.7E 
1998 Oct 31   move out 
1998 Nov 10   move in 
1998 Nov 12    1436.07 35763 x 35808 x 0.0 GEO 10.0E 
1998 Dec 15    1436.09 35766 x 35806 x 0.0 GEO 9.9E 
1998 Dec 23   mv out 
1998 Dec 29    1436.07 35765 x 35806 x 0.1 GEO 13.0E 
1999 Oct 26    1436.00 35629 x 35940 x 0.1 GEO 13.1E 
2002 Oct   mv to 33E 
2002 Nov 15    1436.10 35747 x 35825 x 0.1 GEO 33.1E 
2003 Feb 11    1436.08 35772 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 33.1E 
2003 Feb 25   Move to 25.8E 
2003 Mar 21    1436.07 35785 x 35786 x 0.0 GEO 25.8E 
2006 Aug 1    1436.06 35768 x 35802 x 0.1 GEO 25.8E 
2012 Mar 1   Renamed EUTELSAT 25A 
2013 Feb 20    1436.04 35761 x 35809 x 0. GEO 25.4E 

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