Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Monday, December 29, 2014
Monday, December 22, 2014
USA-257
2014-055A
This was a LM A2100 satellite on an Atlas V,with an imaging mission for the US government.
| CLIO | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Sep 17 | 0010 | Launch by Atlas V 401 | CC SLC41 |
| T+4:02 BECO | |||
| T+4:08 St 1 sep | |||
| T+4:18 Centaur MES1 | |||
| T+4:25 PLF | |||
| 0027 | T+17:58 MECO-1 | 176 x 28871 x 27.91 | |
| 0257 | T+2:47:53 MES-2 | ||
| 0259 | T+2:49:03 MECO-2 | 11000? x 36000? x 20? | |
| 782.4 8461 x 35038 x 20.7 (UN) | |||
| 0301 | T+2:51:52 Centaur sep | ||
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Inmarsat 301
1996-020A
The Inmarsat III series carried L-band maritime communications payloads built by Matra Marconi Space UK. Mass of the satellite was 2068 kg launch, 1100 kg BOL, 860 kg dry. It replaced Inmarsat II F-1 as the IOR satellite at 64E.
| Inmarsat III G1 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 Apr 3 | 2301:01 | Launch by Atlas IIA (AC-122) | CC LC36A |
| 2303 | BECO | ||
| 2303 | Booster sep | ||
| 2304 | Fairing sep | ||
| 2305 | SECO | ||
| 2305 | Atlas sep | ||
| 2306 | Centaur MES1 | ||
| 2311 | Centaur MECO-1 | ||
| 2323? | Centaur MES2 | ||
| 2325? | Centaur MECO2 | ||
| Centaur sep | |||
| 1996 Apr 3 | 642.95 1019 x 35577 x 21.9 | ||
| 1996 Apr 5 | 642.95 1020 x 35575 x 21.8 | ||
| 1996 Apr 6 | 1024? | AKM burn | |
| 1996 Apr 8 | 1414.5 35174 x 35549 x 2.7 | ||
| 1996 Apr 14 | 1436.01 35758 x 35811 x 2.7 GEO 27.6E | ||
| 1996 Apr 25 | 1435.96 35761 x 35806 x 2.6 GEO 27.8E | ||
| 1996 Apr 29 | mv out | ||
| 1996 May 3 | 1424.52 35546 x 35573 x 2.6 GEO 51.0E+3E | ||
| 1996 May 12 | 1436.11 35780 x 35793 x 2.6 GEO 63.9E | ||
| 1996 Sep 25 | 1436.04 35767 x 35803 x 2.4 GEO 64.1E | ||
| 1999 Oct 17 | 1436.09 35769 x 35803 x 0.1 GEO 63.9E | ||
| 2006 Aug 3 | 1436.06 35766 x 35805 x 0.0 GEO 63.7E | ||
| 2010 Dec 26 | 1436.10 35764 x 35809 x 0.1 GEO 64.5E | ||
| 2013 Jul 30 | 1436.09 35763 x 35809 x 1.2 GEO 64.4E | ||
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Iridium 51
1998-018A
Iridium 51 was launched on a CZ-2/SD.
| Iridium 51 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 Mar 25 | 1701 | Launch by CZ-2SD | |
| 1703? | Stage 1 sep | ||
| 1704? | Fairing sep | ||
| 1707? | Stage 2 MECO | ||
| 1710? | Stage 2 VECO, sep | ||
| 1749? | SD burn | ||
| 1751 | Sep from SD | 675 x 680 x 86.4 | |
| 1998 Mar 25 | 1756? | SD orbit lower | 92.75 195 x 623 x 86.3 |
| 1998 Apr 1 | 98.31 675 x 680 x 86.4 | ||
| 1998 Apr 3 | 100.15 762 x 768 x 86.44 | ||
| 1998 Apr 5 | 100.39 774 x 779 x 86.4 | ||
| 1998 Apr 10 | 100.40 775 x 779 x 86.4 | ||
| 1998 May 16 | Begin orbit lower | 100.40 774 x 780 x 86.4 | |
| 1998 May 18 | 99.99 754 x 759 x 86.4 | ||
| 1998 May 21 | Reach storage orbit | 99.81 747 x 751 x 86.4 | |
| 2004 Jun 29 | 99.78 746 x 750 x 86.5 | ||
| 2012 Jun 27 | 99.80 747 x 750 x 86.5 | ||
| 2012 Jul 17 | In constellation | 100.40 776 x 779 x 86.4 | |
| 2013 Jan 30 | 100.40 776 x 779 x 86.4 | ||
Thursday, December 4, 2014
ISEE 3
1978-079A
The third satellite in the ISEE program, NASA-GSFC's ISEE C or ISEE Heliocentric satellite, was designed to study the solar wind from a unique orbit around the L1 Lagrange point of the Earth-Sun system. It was launched on 1978 Aug 12 at 1512:16 by a Delta 2914 from Cape Canaveral into Earth orbit. The Delta second stage entered a 100.9 min, 176 x 1436 km x 28.7 deg orbit. The Star 37E third stage separated and ignited to insert ISEE 3 (International Sun-Earth Explorer 3) into a 180 x 1151164 km x 28.9 transfer orbit. The DV1 course correction burn was made on Aug 13. ISEE 3 passed lunar orbit on Aug 15, and DV2 and DV3 correction burns were made on Sep 6 and Oct 16. On Nov 20, ISEE 3 entered a `halo orbit' of radius 100000 km and period 6 months around the Earth-Sun L1 point, 235 Earth radii toward the Sun along the Earth-Sun line. This libration point orbit was unstable but required only a small amount of fuel to keep the spacecraft on track. The first halo orbit was complete on 1979 May 14.
The second phase of ISEE 3's mission began on 1982 Jun 10, when a small burn made it leave the vicinity of L1 and head towards the Earth's magnetotail. It passed the magnetotail on Oct 14-24, at an Earth distance of 400000 km. It reached apogee at 1200000 km on Nov 23. It passed the magnetotail again on Dec 22 with a perigee of 70000 km. During 1983 Jan it entered the magnetotail on the way to apogee (1400000 km on Feb 8) at which point it made a course correction maneuver. It left the magnetotail on Mar 30 and the same day made its first lunar flyby at a distance of 20000 km. It passed through the magnetosphere on Apr 3-19, flew past the Moon again into the magnetotail (Apr 26-Sep 4) with an apogee at L2 on Jun 30. Two more lunar flybys were made on Sep 28 and Oct 22, followed by trim burns on Nov 10 and Nov 23, the first targeting at lunar impact and the second refining the trajectory to miss the lunar surface by 120 km. ISEE 3 skimmed the surface at 120 km on its 5th flyby at 1840 UT on 1983 Dec 22, the resulting gravity assist sending out into solar orbit to begin the third phase of its mission.
ISEE 3 was now renamed the International Cometary Explorer (ICE). The ICE probe left the Earth Moon system and coasted in solar orbit until a final course correction in Mar 1985 left it on target to pass through the tail of comet P/Giacobini-Zinner. It passed within 3000 km of the cometary nucleus on 1985 Sep 11, as the comet descended through the ecliptic plane. On Oct 31 it passed 140 million km upstream of comet P/Halley, and on 1986 Mar 28 it passed 305 million km upstream of Halley, studying the solar wind in the vicinity each time. Sometime in 1986 a small maneuver changed the orbit to a 355 day period. It is hoped that on 2014 Aug 10 the ICE probe will be captured by lunar gravity as it passes the Earth-Moon system. ICE was shut down in May 1997, but the carrier signal was tracked again in 2008.
| ISEE 3/ICE | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 Aug 12 | 1512:16 | Launch by Delta | |
| T+0:38 SRM 1-6 out | |||
| T+0:39 SRM 7-9 on | |||
| T+1:18 SRM 7-9 out | |||
| T+1:27 SRM 1-9 sep | |||
| T+3:45 MECO | |||
| 1514 | T+3:54 Thor sep | ||
| 1514 | T+3:56 SES-1 | ||
| 1516 | T+4:56 Fairing | ||
| 1521:00 | T+8:44 SECO-1 | 157 x 285 x 28.5 | |
| 47 min coast | |||
| 1605:47 | T+53:31 SES-2 25s | ||
| 1606:08 | T+53:52 SECO-2 | 176 x 1436 x 28.7 | |
| 1607:08 | T+54:52 St 2 sep | ||
| 1607:49 | T+55:33 TES 40s | ||
| 1608:33 | T+56:17 TECO | 180 x 1151164 x 28.9 | |
| 1609:46 | T+57:30 Stage 3 sep, retro | ||
| 1610 | Injection | ||
| 1624 | Yo-yo despin | ||
| 1640 | Deploy booms | ||
| 1978 Aug 13 | 0621 | Pass EL1:4 | |
| 1010 | DV1 17.9m/s | ||
| 1110 | End DV1 | ||
| 1978 Aug 15 | Lunar distance | ||
| 1316 | Begin XY antenna deploy | ||
| 1452 | Complete XY antenna deploy | ||
| 1978 Aug 31 | Range 1.2Mkm | ||
| 1978 Sep 6 | 1804 | DV2 24.8m/s | |
| 1945 | End DV2 | ||
| 1978 Nov 20 | 1834 | HOI DV3 14.0m/s | |
| 2039 | End DV3 | ||
| 1978 Nov 20 | L1 Halo Orbit 100000 km rad | ||
| 1978 Dec 6 | 1916 | Z-axis antenna deploy part 1 | |
| 1979 Jan 9 | 1900 | Z-axis antenna deploy part 2 | |
| 1979 May 14 | Completed first halo loop | ||
| 1982 Jun 10 | TCM 4.5m/s | ||
| 1982 Jun 10 | Magnetotail Transfer Orbit | ||
| 1982 Aug 10 | TCM 0.5m/s | ||
| 1982 Oct 14 | Begin pass through geotail | ||
| 1982 Nov 23 | Apogee 1: 1200000 | ||
| 1982 Dec 15 | TCM 0.1m/s | ||
| 1982 Dec 22 | Perigee 2: 70000 | ||
| 1983 Feb 8 | Apogee 2: 1400000 at L2, | ||
| 1983 Feb 8 | TCM 34.1m/s | ||
| 1983 Mar 1 | TCM 1.1m/s | ||
| 1983 Mar 22 | TCM 0.35m/s | ||
| 1983 Mar 30 | 1747 | Lunar flyby S1: 21307 km | |
| 1983 Apr 2 | TCM 0.1m/s | ||
| 1983 Apr 3 | Perigee 3: 50000 | ||
| 1983 Apr 13 | Apogee 4: 500000 | ||
| 1983 Apr 19 | Perigee 4: 50000 | ||
| 1983 Apr 23 | 0103 | Lunar flyby S2: 22875 km | |
| 1983 Jun 1 | TCM 27.0m/s | ||
| 1983 Jun 30 | Apogee 5: 1500000 near L2 | ||
| 1983 Jul 1 | TCM 2.2m/s | ||
| 1983 Aug 12 | TCM 0.31m/s | ||
| 1983 Sep 20 | TCM 0.03m/s | ||
| 1983 Sep 27 | 1800 | Lunar flyby S3: 24527 km | |
| 1983 Oct 1 | TCM 0.16m/s | ||
| 1983 Oct 2 | Perigee 5: 70000 | ||
| 1983 Oct 10? | Apogee 6: 500000? | ||
| 1983 Oct 12 | TCM 0.15m/s | ||
| 1983 Oct 15? | Perigee 6: 70000? | ||
| 1983 Oct 21 | 1632 | Lunar flyby S4, 19178 km | |
| 1983 Oct 25 | Exit geotail: 400000 | ||
| 1983 Nov 10 | TCM 6.5m/s, target S5 | ||
| 1983 Nov 23 | Trim burn at apogee 0.16m/s | ||
| 1983 Nov 23 | Apogee 7: 1250000 | ||
| 1983 Dec 22 | 1845:15TT | Lunar flyby S5, 119.4 km | |
| 1983 Dec 27 | Leave Earth-Moon system, 400000 | ||
| 1984 Jan 2 | Leave EM sphere, L1 | 355d 0.93 x 1.03 AU x 0.1 | |
| 1985 Jun 5 | dV 39m/s targeting to 17800 km (from 62000 km) | ||
| 1985 Jul 9 | dV 1.2m/s to 9880 km targeting | ||
| 1985 Sep 8 | 1200 | dV 2.3m/s begins 4:19 | |
| 1619 | End burn | ||
| 1985 Sep 11 | 1059:40 | Enter GZ magnetotail | |
| 1985 Sep 11 | 1102:22 | G-Zinner 7870 km at 21km/s rel | |
| 1107:40 | Leave GZ magnetotail | ||
| 1985 Oct 31 | Halley 140Mkm | ||
| 1986 Feb 27 | 1.2m/s dV, 2014 targeting 1.51m/s | ||
| 1986 Mar 28 | Halley 305 Mkm | ||
| 1986 Apr 7 | 38.5m/s dV, 2014 targeting plane change | ||
| 1986 Apr? | Perilin etargeting 0.4m/s | ||
| 1990 Jan | 0.93 x 1.03 AU x 1.0 | ||
| 1997 May 5 | Decommissioned | ||
| 2008 Sep 18 | 2049 | Carrier signal tracked by DSS-14 for 3h | |
| 2014 May 19 | 354.57d 0.927 x 1.034AU x 0.06 | ||
| 2014 Jul | Reactivated by ISEE3Reboot Team | ||
| 2014 Jul 8 | 1747 | TCM RE=5.3Mkm | |
| 2014 Jul 12 | 355.09 0.927 x 1.036 x 0.06 | ||
| 2014 Jul 23 | Begin interplanetary citizen science mission | ||
| 2014 Jul 31 | 0319 | In Earth L1 radius | |
| 2014 Aug 3 | 1920 | In Earth sphere 929000 km | |
| 2014 Aug 9 | 0308 | Perigee | 178398 x -492663 x 42.5 |
| 2014 Aug 10 | 1015 | In Lunar sphere, 66000 km | |
| 2014 Aug 10 | 1927 | Lunar flyby | 15938 x -22202 x 33.7 |
| 2014 Aug 11 | 0435 | At 66000 km, leave lunar sphere | |
| 2014 Aug 14 | 0739 | At 929000 km leave Earth sphere | |
| 2014 Aug 17 | 1904 | At 1.5MKm leave Earth L1 radius | |
| 2014 Dec 3 | 421.94d 1.012 x 1.190AU x 1.17 deg | ||
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Soyuz TMA-10 (Pulsar)
2007-008A
Flight 14S with Expedition 15. RKKE Fyodor Yurchikin, Pol. Kotov , Charles Simonyi. Kotov was Soyuz commander and ISS BI-1, with Yurchikin as Soyuz BI and later ISS commander.
Soyuz TMA No 220 with Soyuz FG 019. Mass 7220 kg.
Carried the Biorisk-MSN-2 experiment. Biorisk was moved to Pirs, and installed on Zvezda during the 2007 Jun 6 EVA. It contained 3 containers; no. 1 was retrieved on 2008 Jul 15 and landed on 2008 Oct 24 in Soyuz TMA-12.
During landing on Oct 21, the PAO failed to separate at the correct altitude, eventually burning away. Entry was ballistic, resulting in touchdown 340 km W of Arkalyk, SW of the usual site.
| TMA10 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Apr 7 | 1731:14 | Launch by Soyuz-FG | |
| T+1:53 SAS sep | |||
| T+1:58 Strapons sep | |||
| T+2:37 GO sep | |||
| T+4:47 Blok A sep | |||
| T+4:57 KhO sep | |||
| T+8:45 MECO | |||
| T+8:48 Blok I sep | |||
| 2007 Apr 9 | 1853 | Begin flyaround, 400m? | |
| 1900 | At 200m, skeep | ||
| 1910 | Docked with Zarya | ||
| 2030? | HO | ||
| 2007 Sep 27 | 1520s | HC to Zarya | |
| 1920 | TMA-10 undock Zarya | ||
| Back off 25-30m | |||
| Translate | |||
| 1940 | Begin final approach | ||
| 1947 | TMA-10 dock Zvezda | ||
| 2007 Oct 21 | 0400? | HC to ISS | |
| 2007 Oct 21 | 0714 | Undocked Zvezda | |
| 0717 | Sep burn 15s 0.6m/s | ||
| 0947:07 | Deorbit 115.2m/s | ||
| 0951:28 | Deorbit cutoff | ||
| 1011:25 | Modules sep fail | -46? x 344 x 51.6 | |
| 1014:15 | Entry interface 102km | ||
| 1015? | Modules sep 80 km | ||
| 1018 | switch to ballistic reentry mode | ||
| 1035:49 | Landed W of Arkalyk | ||
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
The Great Race
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Sunday, November 16, 2014
Saturday, November 15, 2014
The Cover-Up
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Monday, November 10, 2014
XM-2 (Rock)
2001-012A
Two HS-702 DARS satellites, XM-Rock and XM-Roll, were ordered from Hughes in 1998 by AMRC (American Mobile Radio Corp), later XM Radio, for delivery on orbit by Delta 3 in Apr and Aug 2000, carrying Alcatel digital radio S-band payloads.
XM Radio seems to be part of Motient. The satellite was retired in 2014.
| XM-2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 Mar 18 | 2233:30 | Launch by Zenit-3SL | Odyssey |
| T+2:23 St 1 MECO | |||
| T+2:25 St 1 sep | |||
| T+2:31 St 2 MES | |||
| T+3:29 PLF sep | |||
| T+7:21 St 2 MECO | |||
| 2242:06 | T+8:36 St 2 sep | -2137 x 191 x 1.25 | |
| T+8:46 DM MES1 | |||
| 2246 | T+13:21 DM MECO1 | 180 x 990 x 1.25 | |
| T+48:28 DM MES2 | |||
| T+54:33 DM MECO2 | 902 x 35922 x 1.25 | ||
| 2338:43 | T+1:05:13 DM sep | ||
| 2001 Mar 20 | 645.45 922 x 35801 x 1.3 | ||
| 2001 Mar 22 | 651.37 1227 x 35798 x 1.2 | ||
| 2001 Mar 23 | 712.27 1226 x 38855 x 1.2 | ||
| 2001 Mar 30 | 1402.51 31393 x 38859 x 0.1 | ||
| 2001 Apr 4 | 1435.68 32693 x 38862 x 0.1 | ||
| 2001 May 2 | 1436.09 35784 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 114.9W | ||
| 2001 Jun 5 | 1436.09 35785 x 35787 x 0.1 GEO 115.0W | ||
| 2006 Aug 4 | 1436.11 35785 x 35787 x 0.1 GEO 115.2W | ||
| 2014 May 5 | 1436.10 35769 x 35803 x 0.1 GEO 115.3E | ||
Friday, November 7, 2014
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
IGS-2
2006-037A
Optical-2 replacement, Kougaku 2 gouki. Launch Sep 2006 on H2A into 1330 LTDN SSO.
The satellite lowered its orbit in late 2013 and probably was retired at that time.
| IGS | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Sep 11 | 0435 | Launch by H2A | TNSC |
| T+1:40 SRB-A burnout | |||
| T+1:47 SRB-A sep | |||
| T+4:20 5S PLF sep | |||
| T+6:35 St 1 MECO | |||
| T+6:43 St 1 sep | |||
| T+6:49? Stage 2 burn | |||
| 0450 | T+15? SECO | ||
| 2006 Sep 14 | 94.37 484 x 491 x 97.3 | ||
| 2007 Mar 22 | 94.37 487 x 488 x 97.4 | ||
| 2013 Jun 3 | 94.37 485 x 489 x 97.4 | ||
| 2013 Aug 22 | 94.37 486 x 498 x 97.4 | ||
| 2013 Sep? | Lower orbit | ||
| 2014 May 19 | 93.97 467 x 470 x 97.4 | ||
Saturday, October 25, 2014
OCO-2
2014-035A
Replacement Orbiting Carbon Observatory to monitor atmospheric CO2 to 0.3 percent accuracy on 1000 km scales; to fly in the A-Train (leading GCOM-W1 by 185s and leading Aqua by 444.5s).
Hex cyl 2.12m long 0.94m wide, mass 454 kg wet. 45 kg of prop. Span 7.4m?
| OCO 2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Jul 2 | 0956:23 | Launch by Delta 7320-10 | V SLC2W |
| T+1:39 SRM 1-3 sep | |||
| T+4:24 MECO | |||
| T+4:32 St 1 sep | |||
| T+4:38 SES-1 | |||
| 1001:24 | T+5:01 PLF sep | ||
| 1006:43 | T+10:20 SECO-1 | 185 x 726 x 98.1 | |
| 1047:13 | T+50:50 SES-2 | ||
| 1047:25 | T+51:02 SECO-2 | 680 x 696 x 98.2 | |
| 1052:38 | T+56:15 OCO sep | ||
| 1121:23 | T+1:25:00 SES-3 | ||
| T+1:25:38 SECO-3 | 604 x 3743 x 98.2 | ||
| 1153 | T+1:56:40 SES-4 | ||
| 1153 | T+1:57:31 SECO-4 | 2380 x 10336 x 98.2 (s) | |
| 253.59 2375 x 10139 x 98.2 | |||
| 2014 Jul 3 | 98.45 687 x 690 x 98.2 | ||
| 2014 Jul 10 | 98.54 686 x 691 x 98.2 | ||
| 2014 Jul 11 | 98.48 682 x 689 x 98.2 | ||
| 2014 Jul 25 | 98.48 683 x 689 x 98.2 | ||
| 2014 Jul 30 | 98.64 693 x 693 x 98.2 | ||
| Raise orbit | |||
| 2014 Aug 3 | 98.83 701 x 703 x 98.2 | ||
| 2014 Aug 27 | 98.83 701 x 703 x 98.2 | ||
Payload:
- CO2/O2 spectrometer (JPL;Hamilton Sunstrand/Pomona) 135 kg; 3 bands (2 CO2, 1 O2); f/1.8 Cassegrain optics, R=20000. Bands are 1.61 mu, 2.06mu (CO2) and 0.765mu (O2).
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Apstar 2
1997-062A
Apstar 2R is an FS-1300 to be launched by LM-3B. In 1999, Loral Skynet leased the entire capacity of the satellite to replace its failed Orion 3 satellite; the successor company Telesat ended the lease in 2009.
Size 31 m span, 8.6m x 9.3m deployed. Mass 3747 kg at launch.
The CZ-3B stage second burn was about 2.6km/s, requiring a mass ratio of 1.83 and the post-burn mass was around 6750 kg including payload assuming 200 kg residual fuel. This implies a propellant usage of 5600 kg.
The satellite is also known as Apstar 4 and Telstar 10.
| Apstar 2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 Oct 16 | 1913 | Launch by CZ-3B | |
| T+2:07 Booster sep | |||
| T+2:27 St 1 sep | |||
| T+3:52 Fairing | |||
| T+5:32 St 2 sep | |||
| T+5:32 St 3 MES-1 | |||
| 1923 | T+10:31 MECO-1 | 160? x 450? x 28.5? | |
| 1934 | T+21:21 MES-2 | ||
| 1937 | T+24:20 MECO-2 | ||
| T+26:00 Stage 3 sep | |||
| 1997 Oct 16 | 874.39 167 x 37656 x 24.6 | ||
| 1997 Oct 18 | 0800? | LAM1 | |
| 1997 Oct 18 | 1150.56 12347 x 47640 x 6.8 | ||
| 1997 Oct 19 | 0330? | LAM2 | |
| 1997 Oct 19 | 1707.45 34275 x 47611 x 0.1 | ||
| 1997 Oct 21 | LAM3? | ||
| 1997 Oct 24 | 1437.25 35709 x 35908 x 0.1 GEO 76.2E+0.3W | ||
| 1997 Nov 6 | 1436.10 35775 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 76.5E | ||
| 1999 Oct 16 | 1436.10 35773 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 76.5E | ||
| 1999 | Leased by Loral Orion | ||
| 1999 Nov 17 | Renamed Telstar 10 | ||
| 2006 Aug 3 | 1436.08 35771 x 35801 x 0.0 GEO 76.5E | ||
| 2012 Oct 18 | 1436.10 35754 x 35819 x 0.4 GEO 76.3E | ||
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Integral
2002-048A
The 3600 kg Integral (International Gamma Ray Astrophysics Lab) satellite is scheduled for launch in 2002 Apr by Proton. The joint ESA/NASA/IKI project is ESA's M2 mission. It will be placed in a 48000 x 115000 km x 51.6 deg orbit. Prime contractor is Alenia Spazio/Torino, and the service module (SVM) uses the XMM design.
The IBIS coded mask telescope has 12' resolution with 1' position accuracy. There are two detectors at IBIS' focus, ISGRI and PICsIT, with approx dE/E = 0.08, optimized at different energy ranges. The detectors are one below the other, so they both have the same field of view. ISGRI has a 2 x 4 array of 32 x 64 pixel detectors, making a total of 128 x 128 pixels. PICsIT is 64 x 64 pixels. A central 9x9 degree FOV can be fully imaged, with partial information on a 29x29 deg FOV; the actual FOV is larger due to “dithering”. The JEM-X instrument has two smaller 0.535m coded mask telescopes; the 0.7m SPI telescope and the OMC optical monitor are coaligned with JEM-X and IBIS.
| Integral | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 Oct 17 | 0441:00 | Launch by Proton/DM2 | KB LC81/23? |
| 0443:06 | T+2:06 St 1 sep | ||
| 0446:35 | T+5:36 St 2 sep | ||
| 0446:42 | T+5:42 GO sep | ||
| 0450:39 | T+9:39 stage 3 MECO | ||
| 0450:50 | T+9:50 st 3 sep, Parking orbit | 192 x 690 x 51.6 | |
| 0451:39 | T+10:39 Adapter sep | ||
| 93.13 198 x 656 x 51.6 (TLE) | |||
| 0538:23 | SOZ-1 burn | ||
| 0543:21 | T+1:02:21 DM2 MES-1 | ||
| 0543:23 | SOZ-1 cutoff | ||
| 0550:26 | T+1:09:26 DM2 MECO-1 | ||
| 0613:26 | T+1:32:26 DM2 sep | 685 x 153000 x 51.6 | |
| 688 x 152681 x 51.5 (TLE) | |||
| 2002 Oct 18 | 0646 | Pass EL1:4 | |
| 2002 Oct 19 | 0002:55 | Perigee-1 | |
| 2002 Oct 24 | 0600 | PRM IPS-1 burn 84 kg prop, dV 48.1m/s | 2285 x 152813 x 52.2 |
| 2002 Oct 26? | IPS-2 burn | ||
| 2002 Oct 26 | IPS-3 burn (2+3 =208 kg) | 7231 x 152890 x 52 | |
| 2002 Oct 31 | 0954:53 | AAM Apogee adjust to 72h | |
| 2002 Nov 1 | 9050 x 153657 x 52.25 | ||
| 2004 Jun 20 | 4310.07 11572 x 151132 x 67.7 | ||
| 2005 Feb 20 | 4311.05 11879 x 150851 x 72.7 | ||
| 2006 Jul 23 | 4306.79 12770 x 149845 x 81.3 | ||
| 2014 Aug 7 | 4323.97 5823 x 157258 x 55.2 | ||
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Ekspress AM-3
2005-023A
KSvyaz satellite, Launch by Proton-K/DM2 11S861 on 2005 Jun. Mass 2600 kg.
In 2014 NewSat bought capacity on the satellite following its move to 103E.
| Ekspress AM3 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Jun 24 | 1941 | Launch by Proton-K DM2 103L | |
| T+2:06 St 1 sep | |||
| T+3:03 GO sep | |||
| T+5:33 St 2 sep | |||
| T+9:34 St 3 MECO | |||
| 1950 | T+9:44 St 3 sep | ||
| 2054 | T+1h13 MES-1 | ||
| 2101 | T+1h20 MECO-1 | 231 x 35869 x 48.8 | |
| 2005 Jun 25 | 0211? | MES-2 | |
| 0215? | MECO-2 | ||
| 0215? | Blok DM2 sep | ||
| 2005 Jun 29 | 1431.72 35689 x 35712 x 0.0 GEO 95.6E+1.0E/d | ||
| 2005 Jul 24 | Move in at 140E | ||
| 2005 Jul 27 | 1436.09 35779 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 140.0E | ||
| 2006 Aug 8 | 1436.12 35772 x 35801 x 0.1 GEO 140.0E | ||
| 2014 May 29 | Move out from 140E | 1436.12 35770 x 35804 x 0.1 GEO 140E | |
| 2014 May 30 | Move in at 103E | 1436.06 35782 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 103.0E | |
Monday, October 13, 2014
Daichi 2
2014-029A
JAXA Advanced Land Observing Satellite, ALOS-2
3.4m box with 9.9m SAR and 16.5m solar panel span. 14 day repeat orbit cf ALOS-1 46? days.
Launched into 12:00LTDN SSO.
| ALOS-2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 May 24 | 0305:14 | Launch by H2A | Y1 |
| T+2:05 SRB-A sep | |||
| T+4:30 Fairing sep | |||
| T+6:36 MECO | |||
| T+6:44 St 1 sep | |||
| 0312:04 | T+6:50 SEIG at 320 km 3.1 km/s | ||
| 0320:28 | T+15:14 SECO | ||
| 0321:18 | T+16:04 ALOS sep | ||
| 0329:52 | T+24:38 RISING-2 sep | ||
| 0334:24 | T+29:10 Uniform-1 sep | ||
| 0338:34 | T+33:20 Socrates sep | ||
| 0342:44 | T+37:30 SPROUT sep | ||
| 2014 May 27 | 97.38 630 x 635 x 97.9 | ||
| 2014 Jul 19 | 97.33 629 x 632 x 97.9 | ||
Payload:
- PALSAR-2 L-band SAR 3 x 10m, 5.1 kW, 25 to 490 km swath, 1.257 GHz, 3m resolution
- SPAISE-2 AIS receiver
- SOFIE SOI-FPGA In-orbit Eval. Equipment to test Si-on-insulator diode focal plane array, with CIRC?
- CIRC Compact IR Camera, MELCO. - IR imagery for wildfire detection, 8-12 mu, 200m res
Sunday, October 12, 2014
AMC-23
2005-052A
SES Global's AMC-23 was launched on Dec 29 by an International Launch Services/Krunichev Proton-M with a Briz-M upper stage. AMC-23 is an Alcatel Alenia/Cannes Spacebus 4000 satellite which was originally built as Americom 13, then Worldsat 3, and is now to provide Ku-band and C-band multimedia and telecom services over the Pacific. The C-band payload will be partly used by the Japanese JSAT system.
Spacebus 4000C3, multimedia and telecom for POR
Mass 5035 kg.
| AMC 23 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Dec 29 | 0228:40 | Launch by Proton | KB LC200-39 |
| T+2:03 St 1 sep | |||
| T+5:31 St 2 sep | |||
| T+5:45 GO sep | |||
| T+9:33 St 3 MECO | |||
| 0237 | T+9:44 St 3 sep | ||
| -930 x 163 x 51.4 | |||
| 0239 | T+11:19 Briz MES-1 | ||
| 0247 | T+19:04 MECO-1 | 175 x 177 x 51.5 | |
| 0336 | T+1:08:28 MES-2 | ||
| 0353 | T+1:25:06 MECO-2 | 258 x 4999 x 50.3 | |
| 0557 | T+3:29:02 MES-3 | ||
| 0608 | T+3:40:03 MECO-3 | ||
| 0608 | T+3:40:53 DTB sep | 314 x 15523 x 49.6 | |
| 0610 | T+3:42:07 MES-4 | ||
| 0615 | T+3:47:22 MECO-4 | 395 x 35629 x 49.1 | |
| 1116 | T+8:48:50 MES-5 | ||
| 1123 | T+8:55:55 MECO-5 | ||
| 1147 | T+9:19:20 Briz sep | ||
| 2005 Dec 30 | 747.07 6192 x 35597 x 18.5 | ||
| 2006 Jan 1 ? | LAM | ||
| 2006 Jan 3 | 1435.77 35759 x 35800 x 0.1 | ||
| 2006 Jan 20 | 1436.11 35782 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 170.0W | ||
| 2006 Feb 17 | 1436.08 35781 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 172.0E | ||
| 2007 Feb | renamed GE 23 | ||
| 2007 Nov 29 | 1436.10 35771 x 35801 x 0.1 GEO 172.0E | ||
| 2012 Jun | renamed Eutelsat 172A. | ||
| 2013 Jun 17 | 1436.08 35774 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 172.0E | ||
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