Saturday, October 19, 2013

Eutelsat W2A

 2009-016A


Thales Alcatel Alenia Spacebus 4000C4 at 10E Launch mass 5700 kg. Zenit-3SL. Renamed Eutelsat 10A in 2012. Carries the Solaris Mobile Ltd. S-band antenna; the project was financially unsuccessful and in 2014 Solaris was sold to Echostar.


W2A 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2009 Apr 3  1624:00  Launch by Proton-M  KB  
  T+1:59 St 1 sep 
  T+5:25 St 2 sep 
  T+5:47 GO sep 
 1633:35 T+9:35 St 3 MECO 
 1633:35 T+9:35 St 3 sep  -448 x 186 x 48.0 
  T+11:25 SOZ-1 
 1635:39 T+11:39 MES-1 
  T+11:41 SOZ-1 MECO 
 1639:51 T+15:51 MECO-1  132 x 274 x 48.0 
  T+1:05:38 SOZ-2 
 1729:58 T+1:05:58 MES-2 
  T+1:06:00 SOZ-2 MECO 
 1746:43 T+1:22:43 MECO-2  239 x 5002 x 46.8 
  T+3:26:11 SOZ-3 
 1950:43 T+3:26:43 MES-3 
  T+3:26:43 SOZ-3 MECO 
 2001:45 T+3:37:45 MECO-3  
  T+3:38:30 SOZ-4  
 2002:34 T+3:38:34 DTB sep  299 x 14988 x 46.1  
  T+3:38:49 SOZ-4 MECO 
  T+3:40:07 SOZ-5 
 2004:08 T+3:40:08 MES-4 
  T+3:40:10 SOZ-5 MECO 
 2009:56 T+3:45:56 MECO-4  398 x 35666 x 45.6 
  T+8:49:20 SOZ-6 
2009 Apr 4  
 0113:30 T+8:49:30 MES-5 
  T+8:49:31 SOZ-6 MECO 
 0119:40 T+8:55:40 MECO-5  5009 x 35596 x 20.7 
 0133:47 T+9:09:47 Sep  
 0347:20 T+11:23:20 SOZ-7  
  T+11:23:45 SOZ-7 MECO 
2009 Apr 4    728.65 4990 x 35899 x 20.7 
2009 Apr 12    1432.78 35708 x 35735 x 0.1 GEO 1.7E+0.9E/d 
2009 Apr 19   1436.11 35785 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 1.8E 
2009 May 1   Move out 
2009 Jun 9   Move in  1436.07 35765 x 35806 x 0.0 GEO 10.0E 
2012 Mar 1    1436.07 35767 x 35805 x 0.1 GEO 10.0

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Shenzhou 5

 2003-045A


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The first Chinese astronaut successfully completed his mission in October 2003. Shenzhou 5 was launched by Chang Zheng 2F on Oct 15. The second stage of the CZ-2F entered a 200 x 350 km x 42.4 deg orbit together with SZ-5 and its 38-year-old pilot Yang Liwei. SZ-5 then separated from the second stage. The spacecraft consists of three modules: the descent module, the propulsion module and the orbital module. At the end of the mission, at 2135 UTC the orbital module separated to remain in orbit, and the propulsion module fired at around 2138 UTC to lower perigee into the atmosphere. The propulsion module then separated at about 2158 UTC and burnt up on reentry, leaving the descent module with its heat shield exposed to the atmosphere. SZ-5 landed at 2223 UTC in China's Nei Monggol Zizhiqu (Inner Mongolia) province, at Dorbod Xi near Siziwang 100 km N of Hohhot.

Note: As usual in Chinese culture, Yang is the astronaut's family name ("Lt-Col. Yang") in contrast to English in which the family name is placed after the personal name. Yang is the first individual to fly in space who was a Chinese citizen at the time of launch. Wang Gunjin (Taylor Wang) was born in Shanghai but was a US citizen at the time of his Shuttle flight. Two other US astronauts were born in China: Shannon Wells Lucid (Shanghai) and William Anders (Hong Kong). Yang was born near Suizhong in Liaoning province.

SZ-5 was 9.2m long 2.5m dia and mass of 7790 kg (or 7840 kg according to other sources).


SZ-5 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2003 Oct 15  0100:03  Launch by CZ-2F  JQ 
  T+2:00 LES sep 
  T+2:16 SRM burnout, sep 
  T+2:38 St 1 MECO 
  T+2:39 St 1 sep, St 2 burn 
  T+3:20 Fairing sep 
  T+7:41 St 2 MECO 
 0110  T+9:43 Stage 2 VECO 
 0110  T+9:43 Stage 2 sep  89.44 190 x 302 x 42.41  
 0132  Solar panels deploy 
 0754  Orbit circularization
 1003   91.22 331 x 337 x 42.42 
 2136  OM sep over SW Africa  331 x 334 x 42.43 
 2138  Deorbit over 24S 7E  -100? x 333 x 42.4 
 2159  SM sep at 145 km 
 2204  Reentry 
 2211  Parachutes out 
 2214  Jettison heat shield 
 2223  Landed 
 2233  Recovery teams reach module 

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