1999-005A
FS-1300 SS/Loral Telstar 6 launched by Proton. Owned by Loral Skynet, it will provide broadcast and distribution services for the US and the Caribbean. Launch mass 3763 kg, 1469 kg dry, 2421 kg BOL. Size 3.1 x 3.0 x 5.5m, Span 31m with 8.6m antenna span.
DM3 No. 8L was replaced by No. 4L at a late date.
Telstar 6 was sold to Intelsat in 2004 as Intelsat Americas 6 or Intelsat 3006. In 2007 it was renamed Galaxy 26. In 2009 its commercial traffic was routed to Galaxy 25 and it mas moved to support US DoD UAV data traffic in Iraq and Afghanistan.
| Telstar 6 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 Feb 15 | 0512:00 | Launch by Proton/DM3 No 4L | KB |
| 0514:07 | T+2:07 St 1 sep | ||
| 0517:35 | T+5:35 St 2 sep | ||
| 0517:44 | T+5:44 Fairing sep | ||
| 0521:48 | T+9:48 St 3 sep | 88.44 179 x 215 x 51.6 | |
| 0625:49 | T+1:13:49 Blok DM3 burn | ||
| 0632:59 | T+1:20:59 MECO-1 | 643.13 201 x 35942 x 51.6 | |
| 1133:25 | T+6:21:25 Blok DM3 burn | ||
| 1136:14 | T+6:24:14 MECO-2 | ||
| 1154:01 | T+6:42:01 Blok DM3 sep | 6638 x 35756 x 17.4 | |
| 1999 Feb 15 | 757.92 6716 x 35600 x 16.9 | ||
| 1999 Feb 16 | 0230? | AMF-1 | |
| 1999 Feb 17 | 940.49 15037 x 35801 x 7.9 | ||
| 1999 Feb 19 | 0100? | AMF-2 | |
| 1999 Feb 20 | 1403.78 34509 x 35793 x 0.3 | ||
| 1999 Feb 21 | 0000? | AMF-3 | |
| 1999 Feb 24 | 1435.68 35714 x 35842 x 0.1 GEO 94.0W+0.1E | ||
| 1999 Mar 9 | 1436.09 35775 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 93.0W | ||
| 1999 Nov 3 | 1436.11 35764 x 35809 x 0.0 GEO 93.0W | ||
| 2000 Jun 9 | 1436.12 35774 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 93.1W | ||
| 2001 Apr 23 | Primary CPU failed | ||
| 2004 Mar | Renamed IA-6 | ||
| 2006 Aug 3 | 1436.10 35774 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 93.0W | ||
| 2008 Jun 29 | Power loss, half capacity | ||
| 2009 Feb 19 | 1436.10 35774 x 35799 x 0.02 GEO 93.0W | ||
| 2009 Feb 21 | Moved to IOR for DoD comm support | ||
| 2009 Mar 16 | Move in | 1436.42 35759 x 35826 x 0.0 GEO 50.8E | |
| 2014 Mar 25 | 1436.06 35772 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 50.0E | ||
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