2001-011B
BSat 2a and 2b will be Orbital Star (NovaStar) 550 kg (dry) lightsats. They will provide HDTV digital broadcasting from the 110E slot.
BSat-2a is underneath Sylda. Mass is 1317 kg launch, 535 kg dry. Size is 3.8 x 2.5 x 2.0m with 16.1m span.
The EPC orbit of 243 x 1884 km given in the EADS press kit is probably a typo for 43 x 1884 km.
According to C. Niederstrasser of Orbital the satellite was decommissioned in Jan 2013, 1.5 years after being sent to the GEO graveyard; presumably there was interest in studying the long term surivival of the first of this class of spacecraft.
| Bsat-2A | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 Mar 8 | 2251 | Launch by Ariane 5G | CSG ELA3 |
| T+2:25 EAP sep | |||
| T+3:14 Fairing sep | |||
| T+9:40 EPC MECO | |||
| 2300 | T+9:46 EPC sep | 43? x 1884 x 6.7 | |
| 2300 | T+9:53 EPS burn 200 km | ||
| 2317 | T+26:37 EPS MECO | ||
| 2320 | T+29:13 Eurobird sep | ||
| 2323 | T+32:29 Sylda 5 sep | ||
| 2327 | T+36:21 BSAT-2a sep | ||
| 2001 Mar 9 | 0033? | EPC reentry | |
| 2001 Mar 9 | 642.69 897 x 35685 x 2.23 | ||
| 2001 Mar 10 | 0155? | AKM | |
| 2001 Mar 13 | 1445.85 35703 x 36251 x 0.2 118.1E+2.4W | ||
| 2001 Apr 3 | 1436.07 35783 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 110.1E | ||
| 2001 Apr 7 | 1437.30 35788 x 35832 x 0.0 | ||
| 2001 May 31 | 1436.19 35774 x 35802 x 0.1 GEO 109.9E | ||
| 2006 Aug 2 | 1436.12 35765 x 35808 x 0.0 GEO 109.9E | ||
| 2010 Apr 28 | 1436.22 35767 x 35810 x 0.0 GEO 109.8E | ||
| 2011 Aug 28 | 1436.48 35765 x 35823 x 0.4 GEO 118.0E | ||
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