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Thursday, May 22, 2014

2004-007A

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.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

MBSAT



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

https://welib.org/md5/14ea8b1d291e4caf39c4b325ef4937a4

Variety: December 3,2013

https://welib.org/md5/2f1c80d452b080ecf67b852ba3999b6a

DirecTV 10

2007-032A

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).

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

DirecTV-10



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

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Raduga 2013

2013-062A

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Raduga 1M



2013 Nov 11	2346:00	Launch by Proton-M
		T+2:06 St 1 sep
		T+3:03 GO sep
		T+5:30 St 2 sep
	2355	T+9:34 St 3 MECO
		T+9:44 Stage 3 sep
	2355	Titov center
	2357	T+11:19 ?Briz MES-1
2013 Nov 12	0004?	T+18:55? MECO-1	173 x 173 x 51.49?
	0005?	Stage 3 entry
	0054?	T+1:08? MES-2
	0316?	T+3:30? MES-3
	0325	Equator cross/perigee
	0332?	T+3:46? MECO-3
	0334?	T+3:48? DTB sep	403 x 35600 x 48.6
	0840?	MES-4
	0847:13	Briz-M sep
	0902	Titov center for payload
	1048:10	Disposal burn