Little Joe: Mercury’s Test Vehicle

 https://content.blubrry.com/spacerockethistory/SRH-2013-07-04-019.mp3

TDRS-9

 2002-011A

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BSS-601 TDRS I by Atlas IIA AC-143 from CC 2002 Mar. 3190 kg. BOL mass is 1781 kg. Size is 3.4 x 3.4 x 8.4m with 21m span, 13m antenna span.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2002 Mar 8	2259	Launch by Atlas IIA AC-143	CC SLC36A
		T+2:45 BECO
		T+2:48 Booster sep
		T+3:38 Fairing
		T+4:35 SECO
		T+4:37 Atlas sep
		T+4:54 MES-1
	2308	T+9:52 MECO-1	167 x 578 x 28?
		T+24:29 MES-2
		T+25:50 MECO-2
	2328	T+29:37 Centaur sep	507.28 247 x 29135 x 27.1
2002 Mar 11		LAM-1 31m/s 32 kg?	510.85 433 x 29146 x 26.4
2002 Mar 13		LAM-2 perigee 132m/s 132 kg?	635.80 429 x 35800 x 26.31
2002 Mar 19	0010?	LAM-3 313 m/s 291 kg?	696.73 3521 x 35789 x 21.4
2002 Mar 20			697.07 3521 x 35806 x 21.4
2002 Mar 26		LAM-4	797.02 8383 x 35811 x 17.4
2002 Mar 29			797.05 8384 x 35811 x 17.4
2002 Apr 27		LAM-5	796.89 8391 x 35797 x 17.3
2002 Jun 12	1600?	LAM-6	818.34 9392 x 35813 x 16.6
2002 Jun 16	1530?	LAM-7	829.56 9918 x 35815 x 16.3
2002 Jul 13	1100?	LAM-8	859.03 11286 x 35824 x 15.7
2002 Aug 5		LAM-9	870.48 11819 x 35823 x 14.9
2002 Aug 15		LAM-10	903.04 13323 x 35815 x 14.8
2002 Sep 10		6min burn
2002 Sep 13			976.74 16667 x 35795 x 13.8
2002 Sep 24			1279.88 29507 x 35833 x 10.0
2002 Sep 30		Reaches GEO
2002 Oct 6	0615?		1436.56 35778 x 35813 x 8.5
2002 Oct 28			1436.21 35769 x 35807 x 8.4 GEO 149.8W+0.03W
2003 Jan 4			1436.11 35752 x 35821 x 8.2 GEO 149.5W
2003 Oct		Drift off course
2003 Dec 19		Move out of GEO from 152W
2004 Jan 24		Move into GEO at 171W
2004 Apr 10			1436.01 35766 x 35803 x 7.1 GEO 170.8W
2004 Sep 19			1436.00 35765 x 35803 x 6.7 GEO 170.9W
2004 Oct		Relocate out of GEO
2005 Jan 22			1433.20 35711 x 35748 x 6.3
2005 Feb 23		Move into GEO at 62.5W
2005 Mar 13			1436.06 35767 x 35804 x 6.2 GEO 62.2W
2006 Aug 8			1436.26 35772 x 35807 x 4.9 GEO 62.6W
2011 May 31			1436.17 35699 x 35877 x 1.4 GEO 62.4W
2011 Aug 4		move out
2011 Sep 9		Move in at 41W	1435.99 35722 x 35847 x 1.4 GEO 41.0W
2013 Apr 29			1435.99 35718 x 35850 x 2.2 GEO 41.0W

Us Weekly: March 25,2013

 https://welib.org/md5/323b79f296688b8643fbda67e1662ca8

Nanosail-D

 2010-062L

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NS-D is a solar sail deployed from a P-POD built into FASTSAT. 10 sq m sail.

First deploy attempt waved off on Nov 27. Deploy attempt Dec 6 at 0631 UTC; the P-POD door opened but the satellite was not tracked and did not communicate with the ground; it had become stuck in the deployer.

Deployed unexpectedly Jan 18 0300 UTC (confirmed Jan 19 1630 UTC.). The sail was confirmed to have deployed around Jan 20. Last transmission Jan 21.

S26
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2010 Nov 20	0125:00	Launch by Minotaur IV	V SLC8
		T+0:57 St 1 sep 25 km
		T+1:56 St 2 burnout 88 km
		T+1:56 St 2 sep 106 km
		T+1:56? SR120 burn 106 km
	0127	T+2:20 92-in Fairing sep 133 km
		T+3:08 St 3 burnout 192 km?
	0138	T+13:21 St 3 sep
	0138	T+13:32 St 4 burn
	0139	T+14:39 St 4 burnout
		B+0:00 Stage 4 burnout	641 x 652 x 72.0
	0141	B+2:00 T+16:39 STPSat-2 sep
	0142	B+3:00 T+17:39 RAX sep from PPOD-1
	0143	B+4:00 T+18:39 O/OREOS sep from PPOD-2
		B+5:00 Rotate stage 180 deg
	0146	B+7:00 T+21:39 FASTSAT sep
2010 Dec 6	0631	NS-D/PPOD sep commanded, failed
2011 Jan 18	0300	NS-D separate from FASTSAT
2011 Jan 20	0300?	Sail deploy
2011 Jan 21	1354	Last transmission
2011 Feb 22			97.36 615 x 648 x 72.0
2011 Sep 17		Reentered

Aqua

 2002-022A

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EOS PM-1 Earth Observing System: TRW T330 (AB1200) Odyssey class graphite-epoxy bus. Launch is Apr 2002 by Delta 7920. orbit 690 x 705 x 98.2. Launch to A-Train constellation at 1:30pm position.

Launch mass 2934 kg (web page and press kit; but AWST said 3078 kg) incl 102 kg hydrazine.

Size 2.7 x 2.5 x 6.7m with 14m solar panel. 16.7m total span.

Mission is climate studies, with cloud, snow and ice cover measurements.

Aqua
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2002 May 4	0954:58	Launch by Delta 7920-10L
		T+1:26 SRM 1-6 sep
		T+2:11 SRM 7-9 sep
		T+4:23 MECO
		T+4:31 St 1 sep
		T+4:37 SES-1
		T+4:43 Fairing sep	-4200? x 150? x 98.1
	1006:09	T+11:11 SECO-1	185 x 707 x 98.14
	1047:39	T+53:41 SES-2
	1048:58	T+54:00 SECO-2	676 x 687 x 98.17
	1054:28	T+59:30 St 2 sep
		T+1:21:30 SES-3
	1116	T+1:21:54 SECO-3
	1140	Solar arrays deployed
2002 May 10			98.32 673 x 682 x 98.18
2002 Jun 1			98.35 673 x 686 x 98.17
2002 Jun 9		orbit raise	98.55 681 x 697 x 98.18
2002 Jun 15		orbit raise	98.75 693 x 703 x 98.17
2002 Jun 22		orbit raise	98.82 698 x 705 x 98.17
2002 Jul 13			98.83 698 x 706 x 98.17
2002 Aug 4			98.82 699 x 704 x 98.19
2002 Nov 30			98.83 701 x 703 x 98.19
2003 Feb		HSB failed
2011 Oct		AMSR failed

Payload:

• 8 x 4.4N hydrazine thrusters

• CERES Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System

• MODIS-N Moderate Res Imaging Spectrometer

• AIRS/E Atmospheric IR Sounder/EOS

• AMSU-A Adv Microwave Sounding Units (2)

• AMSR-E Multifreq Imaging Microwave radiometer (Japan)

• HSB Microwave Humidity Sounder (Brazil)