Saturday, September 26, 2015

Panamsat 5

 1997-046A


PAS 5 was launched by ILS Proton in Aug 1997. The first HS-601HP high power satellite in the PAS system, it is an AOR satellite at 58W. The C-band Americas beam provides coverage of Latin America, the US and Canada. The satellite also provides European coverage.

Panamsat/Greenwich,CT and Hughes Galaxy/LA merged 1997 May 16.

Mass of PAS 5 is 3600 kg. PAS 5 suffered power loss in 1999, and also had trouble with its XIPS engine.

PAS 5 capacity was leased to Arabsat in 2002 as Arabsat 2C (Badr C), with the ownership remaining with Panamsat. The satellite was renamed Intelsat IS-5 in 2007.

In 2013 the satellite was moved to 50E.


PAS 5 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1997 Aug 28  0033:30  Launch by Proton 387-02/DM3 No 2L  KB 
 0035:36  T+2:06 St 1 sep
 0035:42  T+2:12 Stage 2 burn 
 0039:05  T+5:35 Stage 2 sep 
 0039:14  T+5:44 GO sep 
 0043:19  T+9:49 stage 3 sep 
 0044:14  T+10:44 DM fairing sep 
 0147:50  T+1:14:20 DM-3 burn 1  
 0154:25  T+1:20:55 DM-3 MECO 
1997 Aug 28    635.87 214 x 36018 x 51.6 
  Coast for 5:05 
 0652:12  T+ 6:18:42 DM-3 burn 2 
 0714:02  T+6:40:32 DM-3 sep 
 0837  DM-3 depletion 
1997 Aug 28    804.60 8588 x 35966 x 14.6 
1997 Sep 2  2100?  LAM-1 
1997 Sep 2    973.94 16347 x 35990 x 7.0 
1997 Sep 4  2200?  LAM-2 
1997 Sep 5    1339.15 31748 x 35985 x 0.9  
1997 Sep 6  1800?  LAM-3 
1997 Sep 6    1364.24 32750 x 35985 x 0.4 
1997 Sep 8  0700? LAM-4 
1997 Sep 9    1436.15 35745 x 35830 x 0.1 GEO 57.8W 
1997 Nov 14    1436.13 35782 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 58.0W 
1999 Oct 17    1436.12 35782 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 58.0W 
2001 Jun 11    1436.14 35769 x 35805 x 0.1 GEO 58.1W 
2001 Jun 15   mv out 1440.77 35870 x 35885 x 0.1  
2001 Sep 9   mv in  1436.99 35787 x 35820 x 0.0 GEO 155.5W 
2002 Mar 8    1436.02 35778 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 155.5W 
2002 Jun 2   mv out 156W 
2002 Aug 23   mv in 46W 
2002 Sep 25    1436.10 35782 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 45.1W 
2002 Dec 5   mv out 
2002 Dec 29   mv in 25E 
2003 Jul 5    1436.12 35767 x 35806 x 0.0 GEO 26.1E 
2006 Aug 1    1436.07 35778 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 26.1E 
2008 Oct 18   Mv out of 26E 
2009 Jan 12   Move in  1436.13 35783 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 169.0E 
2012 Oct 16    1436.12 35775 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 169.0E 

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Edusat

 2004-036A


Edusat (GSAT-3) launch in 2004 Sep. Launch mass 1950 kg, 820 kg dry; 1120 kg BOL.

440N ISRO LAM. 2.4 x 1.6 x 1.15m bus with 10.9m solar panel span.

Stationed at 74E with Insat 3C and Kalpana 1.

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EDUSAT 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2004 Sep 20  1031  Launch by GSLV-F01  SDSC 
  T+1:44 Stage 1 burnout 
  T+2:30 SOM burnout 
  T+2:30 Stage 2 burn 
  T+3:47 Fairing sep 115 km 
  T+4:48 Stage 2 burnout 
  T+5:04 Stage 3 MES 
 1047 T+16:39 Stage 3 MECO 
 1047 T+16:54 Stage 3 separation  162 x 35814 x 19.3 
2004 Sep 20  1615   630.88 162 x 35814 x 19.3 
2004 Sep 21  0218  LAM-1 49:56  804.79 8784 x 35780 x 7.0 
2004 Sep 22  0509  LAM-2 42:00  32800 x 36000 x 0.25  
2004 Sep 24  0451  LAM-3 26:15GEO61E+2.5/d 
2004 Sep 25   Deploy antenna, 3-axis stabilized 
2004 Sep 29  1643   1426.61 35590 x 35610 x 0.1 GEO 69.7E+2.4E/d 
2004 Oct 6    1436.07 35745 x 35826 x 0.1 GEO 70.8E 
2004 Oct 14   Drifting  1434.25 35748 x 35752 x 0.1 GEO 72.3E+0.5E/d 
2004 Nov 18    1436.09 35770 x 35802 x 0.0 GEO 74.0E 
2006 Aug 8    35772 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 74.0E 
2011 Mar 10    1436.14 35757 x 35817 x 1.8 GEO 74.0E 

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