Protostar 2

 2009-027A

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Indostar-2/Protostar 2 was a Boeing 601HP satellite (originally built as Galaxy 8iR) with 10 S-band transponders, to replace Indostar 1.

Mass around 4000 kg? In 2009 Dec, the satellite was sold to SES Leasing for SES World Skies and renamed SES-7. It will be repositioned at 108.2E, supplementing NSS-11.

P2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2009 May 16	0057:38	Launch by Proton-M	KB
		T+1:55 MD2 on
		T+1:59 MD1 off, Sep 1
		T+5:27 MD2 off
		T+5:28 Sep 2
		T+5:30 MD3 on
	0103:18	T+5:42 GO sep
	0107:18	T+9:40 MD3 MECO
	0107:19	T+9:41 Sep	-749 x 177 x 51.48
		T+11:01 SOZ-1
	0108:53	T+11:15 MDU-1
		T+11:17 SOZ-1 CO
	0115:31	T+17:53 MECO-1	171 x 173 x 51.55
		T+1:07:20 SOZ-2
	0205:18	T+1:07:40 MDU-2
		T+1:07:42 SOZ-2 CO
	0222:15	T+1:24:37 MECO-2	265 x 4999 x 50.30
		T+3:28:40 SOZ-3
	0426:42	T+3:29:04 MDU-3
		T+3:29:05 SOZ-3 CO
	0442:50	T+3:45:12 MECO-3
		T+3:45:39 SOZ-4
	0443:18	T+3:45:40 DTB sep	389 x 28257 x 49.1
		T+3:45:47 SOZ-4 CO
	0445:08	T+3:47:30 SOZ-5
	0445:16	T+3:47:38 MDU-4
		T+3:47:40 SOZ-5 CO
	0446:34:	T+3:48:56 MDU MECO-4	400 x 35971 x 49.14
		T+8:50:20 SOZ-6
	0948:08	T+8:50:30 MDU-5
		T+8:50:32 SOZ-6 CO
	0958:21	T+9:00:33 MDU MECO-5	14141 x 35788 x 8.48
	1012:18	T+9:14:40 Briz sep
	1224:18	T+11:26:40 SOZ-7
	1224:33	T+11:26:55 SOZ-7 CO
2009 May 16		LAM-1	916.65 14024 x 35735 x 8.4
2009 May 20		LAM-2	1037.52 19364 x 35777 x 5.1
2009 May 21?		LAM-3
2009 May 26			1436.08 35781 x 35790 x 0.04 GEO 107.5E
2009 Jun 5			1436.08 35784 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 107.4E
2009 Dec		Renamed SES-7
2010 Jul 18			1436.08 35783 x 35789 x 0.1 GEO 107.4E
2010 Aug		Slight relocation
2010 Aug 17			1436.11 35779 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 107.7E
2010 Sep 19			1436.00 35770 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 107.9E
2010 Oct		Arrive at 108.2E
2010 Oct 6			1436.16 35780 x 35795 x 0.1 GEO 108.2E
2014 Oct 5			1436.10 35779 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 108.3E