Saturday, December 5, 2015

USA-97

 1993-074A


DSCS III B-10 was launched in Nov 1993. Space Command issued a decay elset for the IABS in Dec 1999; this may be an error for the Centaur stage.

A USAF DSCS-III fact sheet dated Nov 2015 noted the satellite as still operational, but it was retired by mid 2016.


DSCS III B-10 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1993 Nov 28  2340  Launch by Atlas II (AC-106)  CC LC36A 
 2342  Booster sep (T+2:49) 
 2344  Atlas sep 
 2345  Centaur MES1 (T+5:00) 
 2351  Centaur MECO1 (T+11:20) 
1993 Nov 29  0004? Centaur MES2 (T+24:00, burn 1:50) 
 0006? Centaur MECO2 
 0009?  Centaur sep (T+29:10) 625.47 184 x 35512 x 26.5  
 0600? Apo 1 
 1600?  Apo 2 
1993 Nov 30  
 0200? Apo 3 
 1200? Apo 4 
 2200? Apo 5 
1993 Dec 1?   IABS burn 
  IABS sep 
1995 Jul   WLANT Prime  GEO 52.5W 
1997 Oct   IO Prime  GEO 60E 
2010 Jul 13    1436.12 35768 x 35805 x 6.1 GEO 56.6E 
2011 Aug 27    1436.12 35760 x 35814 x 7.0 GEO 56.7E 
2011 Dec?   Orbit raise 
2012 Jan 7    1453.82 36119 x 36146 x 7.6 
2013 Jan 1    1436.12 35733 x 35840 x 8.7 GEO 111.8W 
2014 Dec 31    1436.12 35729 x 35845 x 9.4 GEO 111.8W

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