Fenghuo 1

 2000-003A

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2300 kg CAST-built DFH-3 comsat launched Jan 2000. Known as Zhongxing-22 (the ITU registered location) and as Feng Huo 1. Phillip Clark has suggested that Feng Huo 1 is used for military communications. Feng Huo was a message system (beacon fires?) used by the ancient Chinese along the Great Wall. Control from Xi'an SCC.

Zhongxing-22
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2000 Jan 25	1645	Launch by CZ-3A	XSC
		T+2:25 Stage 1 MECO
		T+2:27 Stage 2 MES, Stage 1 sep
		T+3:52 Fairing sep
		T+4:15 St 2 MECO
		T+4:20 St 2 VECO
		T+4:21 St 2 sep, St 3 MES
	1655	T+10:19 St 3 MECO-1
		T+20:00 St 3 MES-2
		T+22:00 St 3 MECO-2
	1708	T+23:40 Stage 3 sep
2000 Jan 26			767.08 493 x 42266 x 24.9
2000 Jan 30			756.24 347 x 41887 x 24.3
2000 Feb 1		LAM burn?
2000 Feb 6		On station 98E
2000 Feb 7			1436.00 35781 x 35787 x 0.8 GEO 97.9E
2000 May 27			1436.21 35777 x 35800 x 0.5 GEO 97.9E
2006 Aug 4			1436.13 35777 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 98.0E
2012 Nov 27			1436.10 35725 x 35847 x 4.1 GEO 97.9E

GE-4

 1999-060A

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GE-4 replaced Spacenet 4 at 101W. GE 4 used an A2100AX bus for video and data services for GE American Comms. Inc. Launch by Ariane Nov 13 1999. Cover both Canada and USA with C and Ku-band wide beams, plus a Ku-band beam for S America. Mass 3903 kg launch, 1755 kg dry. Size 6.23h 26.8m span.

GE 4 was renamed AMC 4. In 2008, a partial solar array power loss led to C-band users being transferred to AMC 2.

In 2010 AMC-4 was moved to 67W to reserve an Andean-nations orbital Simon Bolivar 2 slot.

GE 4
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1999 Nov 13	2254	Launch by Ariane 44LP V123	CSG ELA2
		T+1:06 PAP sep
		T+2:27 PAL sep
		T+3:32 St 1 sep
		T+3:35 St 2 burn
		T+4:41 Fairing 01 sep
		T+5:44 St 2 sep
	2259	T+5:49 St 3 burn
	2312	T+18:46 MECO
	2315	T+21:38 GE 4 sep
	2315	T+21:42 sep burn
		T+23:14 V123 mission end
1999 Nov 13			629.49 210 x 35694 x 6.0
1999 Nov 15		LAM-1	675.61 2558 x 35965 x 4.6
1999 Nov 19		LAM-2
1999 Nov 19			924.01 144414 x 35679 x 1.5
1999 Nov 21	1430?	LAM-3
1999 Nov 23			1434.19 35693 x 35805 x 0.05 GEO 74.5W+0.4E
1999 Nov 25			1436.05 35769 x 35802 x 0.3 GEO 74.6W+0.0E
1999 Dec 1			1436.24 35784 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 72.2W+0.04W
1999 Dec 9		move out of GEO 72W
1999 Dec 21		move into GEO 101W
2000 Jan 11			1436.96 35737 x 35869 x 0.1 GEO 101.0W
2006 Aug 3			1436.09 35781 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 101.0W
2008		partial power loss
2010 Jul 16			1436.14 35774 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 101.1W
2010 Jul 16		mv out
2010 Aug 4		mv in at 67W as Simon Bolivar 2
2010 Sep 6			1436.11 35772 x 35801 x 0.1 GEO 67.0W
2013 Oct 12			1436.11 35778 x 35795 x 0.1 GEO 67.0W

Landsat 7

 1999-020A

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Landsat 7 was built by Lockheed Martin's LMMS/Valley Forge plant. It used the Tiros-N class bus and was similar to Landsat 6. Landsat 7 carried a single instrument, the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+). built by Raytheon/Santa Barbara. Launch of L7 was delayed in 1998 due to problems with the ETM+ power supply. 4.3m long, 2.8m dia. Launch mass 1969 kg. Launched by Delta into 10am SSO with 16-day repeat cycle. Primary archive is USGS/Eros, Sioux Falls, SD. Flight ops from GSFC until 2001 Jan. In Jan 2001, USGS assumed responsibility for the Landsat 7 FOC at GSFC and took over some functions at Sioux Falls.

The satellite makes stationkeeping burns every 40 days to keep the ground track stable.

In 2003, the ETM camera suffered a component failure causing data gaps in images, but the data was still usable.

Landsat-7
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1999 Apr 15	1832:00	Launch by Delta 7920-10	V SLC2W
		T+1:04 SRM 1-6 burnout
		T+1:05 SRM 7-9 burn
		T+1:26 SRM1-3 sep
		T+1:27 SRM4-6 sep
		T+2:09 SRM7-9 burnout
		T+2:11 SRM7-9 sep
		T+4:23 MECO
		T+4:31 Stage 1 sep
		T+4:37 SES-1
		T+4:41 Fairing sep
	1842:37	T+10:37 SECO-1	93.42 175 x 706 x 98.2
	1929:20	T+57:20 SES-2
	1929:33	T+57:33 SECO-2	98.54 676 x 701 x 98.2
	1933:40	T+1:01:40 Stage 2 sep
	1952:39	Solar array deployed
	1957:00	T+1:25:00 SES-3 evasive
	1957:05	T+1:25:05 SECO-3	100.33 674 x 873 x 98.2
	2010:20	T+1:38:20 SES-4 depletion
	2011:17	T+1:39:17 SECO-4	184 x 710 x 107.5
1999 Apr 22	0047	11s eng burn
	2211	67s cal burn
1999 Apr 27	0214	374s burn-1
1999 Apr 30	0051	355s burn-2
1999 Jun 1	2144	Underfly
1999 Jun 17	2231	421s burn-3
1999 Jun 20	0134	167s burn 4
1999 Jun 22	0029	165s burn 5
1999 Jun 24	0018	76s burn 6
1999 Jun 24	0018	77s burn 7
1999 Jun 28	0353	Final burn
		2.5 km E of WRS path
1999 Jul 1			98.83 702 x 703 x 98.2 1005LTDN
2003 May 31		ETM+ partial failure
2013 Jul 24			98.83 701 x 703 x 98.2 1007LTDN

Payload:

• ETM+ (EOS), Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus. 0.406m telescope 8-band scanning radiometer, 185 km swath, 30m res.

  • Visible/NIR/SWIR band, 30-m res

  • Pan band, 15-m band

  • Thermal IR band, 60-m res

Nigcomsat 1R

 2011-077A

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Niriliya tongxin weixing 1R, Nigcomsat 1R for Nigcomsat of Nigeria. 5100 kg, to go to 42.5E for coverage of Africa, Europe and Central Asia.

NG1R
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2011 Dec 19	1641	Launch by CZ3BE	XSC
		T+2:21 Booster sep
		T+2:39 St 1 sep
		T+3:55 Fairing sep
		T+5:44 St 2 sep
	1651	T+10:12 St 3 MECO-1
	1701	T+20:56 St 3 MES-2
	1705	T+24:02 St 3 MECO-2
	1706	T+25:42 St 3 sep
2011 Dec 19			751.22 170 x 41820 x 24.8
2011 Dec 28			749.04 172 x 41713 x 24.8
2011 Dec 31			1436.09 35785 x 35787 x 0.3 GEO 42.5E
2012 Jan 30			1436.05 35783 x 35787 x 0.2 GEO 42.5E

MBSat

 2004-007A

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Mobile Broadcasting Corp. (MBCO) of Tokyo and SK Telecom of Seoul launched MBSAT for digital audio and multimedia at S-band to mobile users. SS/L 1300 bus with 12-m S-band TRW mesh reflector similar in style to the Thuraya dishes. Payload control centers in Tokyo and Seoul. Satellite control centers Space Port East, Ibaraki area (prime) Japan and Space Port West, Yamaguchi (backup), Japan, operated by Space Comms. Corp (SCC).

The satellite was not registered with the UN by either Japan or South Korea but by the US.

Launch mass 4143 kg, 1760 kg dry. Launch by Atlas 3 AC-202 with single engine Centaur and 14' fairing.

MBSAT was known as Hanbyol (

\uni{ 한별,Big }{ }

Star) in Korea. (or, Araeahanbyu).

MBCO went out of business in 2009, but TU Media, the SK Telecom subsidiary using MBSAT, remained to operate the satellite for Korean users. In 2013 the satellite was bought by ABS and renamed ABS-2i.

MBSAT
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2004 Mar 13	0540	Launch by Atlas 3A	CC SLC36B
		T+1:35 13 km 0.89 km/s
		T+3:01 Atlas MECO
		T+3:07 Atlas sep
	0543	T+3:18 Centaur MES-1
		T+3:26 Fairing sep
		T+4:15 140 km 4.25 km/s
		T+5:50 206 km 4.47 km/s
	0552	T+12:35 MECO-1	166 x 940 x
	0602	T+22:55 MES-2
	0606	T+26:03 MECO-2
	0608	T+28:39 Centaur sep
2004 Mar 13			630.38 161 x 35789 x 24.9
2004 Mar 16		(Cen)	623.56 172 x 35426 x 25.0
2004 Mar 22			1432.09 35641 x 35774 x 0.1
2004 Apr 2			1436.13 35779 x 35795 x 0.1 GEO 144.1E
2006 Aug 8			1436.12 35779 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 144.1E
2009 Apr		MBCO out of business
2013 Jun		Sold to ABS
2013 Jun 21			1436.11 35779 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 144.0E
2013 Jun 25		Move out, 1.1W/d
2013 Jul 1		moving 2.1W/d	1444.68 35941 x 35967 x 0.0 GEO 124.4E+2.1W/d
2013 Aug 7		Move in 74.6E
2013 Aug 11			1436.09 35774 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 74.6E
2014 Feb		Known as ABS-2i
2014 Feb 2			1436.11 35780 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 74.7E

China in Space: The Great Leap Forward

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DirecTV 10

 2007-032A

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Proton-M launch of a Boeing 702 satellite for HDTV and broadband data transmission. DirecTV 10 has a 445N apogee engine and four XIPS-25 ion thrusters. The satellite is 8m high 3.3m x 3.7m with 48.1m span, with a launch mass 5893 kg (ILS summary) or 6060 kg (Boeing fact sheet) and 3715 kg BOL (or "dry" according to one Krunichev sheet).

DirecTV-10
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2007 Jul 7	0116:00	Launch by Proton-M	KB LC200/39
		T+2:00 St 1 sep
		T+5:27 St 2 sep
		T+5:44 Fairing sep
	0125	T+9:41 St 3 sep	-397 x 174 x 48.0
	0127	T+11:46 Briz-M MES-1
	0132	T+16:04 MECO-1	173 x 173 x 48.0
	0221	T+1:05:07 MES-2
	0239	T+1:23:09 MECO-2	257 x 5000 x 46.8
	0442	T+3:26:19 MES-3
	0453	T+3:37:03 MECO-3
	0454?	DTB sep	312 x 14191 x 46.1
	0455	T+3:39:20 MES-4
	0501	T+3:45:44 MECO-4	400 x 35817 x 45.6
	1004	T+8:48:37 MES-5
	1010	T+8:54:40 MECO-5	4898 x 35786 x 21.36
	1024	T+9:08:40 Briz-M sep
2007 Jul 10			740.04 4921 x 36526 x 21.3
2007 Jul 13			822.06 8276 x 37104 x 14.6
2007 Jul 14			1035.98 17992 x 37081 x 5.9
2007 Jul 16			1355.77 31296 x 37101 x 0.9
2007 Jul 18			1429.75 34206 x 37118 x 0.2 GEO 111.6W+1.5E/d
2007 Jul 24			1427.13 34123 x 37098 x 0.2 GEO 97W+2.4E/d
2007 Aug 18		Move in 102.7W	1436.07 35783 x 35787 x 0.1 GEO 102.7W
2013 Jun 18			1436.10 35784 x 35788 x 0.0 GEO 102.8W

Secrets Of A First Daughter

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