Sunday, July 20, 2014

BSat 2B

 2001-029B


Orbital/Dulles Star 1. Launch mass 1298 kg, dry mass 535 kg. Size 3.7 x 2.2 x 2.1m, 15.7m span. Location at 110E. The satellite was decommissioned after it entered the wrong orbit; the apogee motor was never fired. Since the launch contract was for on-orbit delivery it presumably remained the property of Orbital and should have been registered by the US.


BSAT 2b 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2001 Jul 12  2158:00  Launch by Ariane 5G  CSG ELA3 
  T+0:07 Liftoff 
  T+2:24 EAP sep 
  T+3:25 Fairing 
 2207:59 T+9:59 EPC cutoff 
 2208:06 T+10:06 EPC sep  59 x 2026 x 6.6 
 2208:28 T+10:28 EPS burn 
 2208:31 T+10:31 Aestus problem, 80 percent thrust 
 2223:28 T+25:28 Aestus cutoff early 
  T+26:48 Aestus cutoff due 
 2226 T+28:06 Artemis sep 
 2228 T+29:58 Sylda 5 sep 
 2233 T+35:35 BSAT-2b sep 
 2344? EPC entry 
2001 Jul 14    317.26 589 x 17472 x 2.9 
2001 Aug?   Decommissioned 
2001 Aug 13    317.25 593 x 17467 x 3.0 
2001 Sep 28    317.25 606 x 17454 x 3.0 
2001 Oct 15    317.25 613 x 17447 x 3.0 
2003 Sep 3    317.19 656 x 17400 x 2.9 
2006 Aug 3    317.09 434 x 17616 x 2.9 
2013 Aug 10    161.99 136 x 6794 x 3.0 
2014 Jan 28  1121? Reentry (+/- 3 hours) 

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