Sunday, June 28, 2015

USA-161

 2001-044A


Titan 4B with a 66' fairing from SLC-4E. CRYSTAL replacing USA-116. It was launched to a 1300 LTDN orbit.

It was stored in a high perigee orbit from 2002 to 2006, when its orbit was synchronized with that of USA 186.

In 2011 it was moved to a lower circular orbit, a new regime for this class of satellite. It was deorbited in late 2014.


USA 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2001 Oct 5  2121:01  Launch by Titan 4B-34  V SLC4E 
  Stage 1 burn 
  SRMU sep 
 2126  Fairing sep
 2127  Stage 1 sep 
 2127  Stage 2 burn 
 2130  Stage 2 MECO 
 2130:33  T+9:32 Stage 2 sep 
   96.7 202 x 1041 x 97.8 (UN) 
2002 Jan   Change orbit  405 x 857 x 97.9  
2005 Mar 20    407 x 890 x 97.9 
2006 Jan 10    405 x 888 x 97.9 
2006 Mar 16   Apogee raise  
2006 Mar 27    309 x 985 x 98.9 
2010 Oct 15    97.47 309 x 965 x 97.9 
2011 Aug 6    96.84 302 x 912 x 97.9 
2011 Sep   Lower orbit 
2011 Sep 29    95.06 265 x 777 x 97.8 
2012 May 14    92.19 362 x 401 x 97.5 
2012 Aug 16    92.23 358 x 409 x 97.1 
2013 Aug 8    92.34 385 x 392 x 97.0 
2014 Nov 20?  Deorbited 

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