Estrela do Sul

 2004-001A

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Loral Skynet do Brasil's Estrela do Sul 1 (EDS-1, Telstar 14) is an LS-1300 with 36 Ku-band tsp and two spot beams. It will operate at 63W. Launch by Zenit-3SL No. 12 with Blok DM-SL No. 9L in 2004 Jan. Also known as Telstar 14; not registered with the UN by the USA, so presumably intended to be registered by Brasil. Mass 4694 kg.

The north solar array failed to deploy completely after launch; only three of five panels deployed. There was some concern a launch vehicle fairing problem might have been the cause, but in 2012 it was discovered that a solar panel manufacturing problem was to blame. The satellite was retired in 2011.

Telstar 14
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2004 Jan 11	0412:59	Launch by Zenit-3SL No. 12
	0415	T+2:29 St 1 sep
	0416	T+3:13 Fairing sep
	0420	T+7:? St 2 MECO
		T+8:00 Verniers in burn
		T+8:50? St 2 VECO
	0421	T+8:50 St 2 sep	-2222 x 244 x 0
	0421	DM-SL adapter sep
	0422:00	T+9:00 DM-SL MES-1
	0426:31	T+13:35s MECO-1 214 km	180 x 913 x 0
	0501:58	T+49:04 DM-SL MES-2 over Africa
	0508s	T+55:07 MECO-2	756 x 35929 x 0
	0521:41	T+1:08:42 DM-SL sep
		T+6:12:19 Apogee 1	760 x 35786 x 0
2004 Jan 11?		Solar arrays partial deploy
2004 Jan 21			641.09 745 x 35755 x 0.1
2004 Jan 27			811.45 8927 x 35952 x 0.2
2004 Jan 29			956.99 14535 x 36145 x 0.4
2004 Feb 3			1348.65 31381 x 36732 x 0.1
2004 Feb 4	1940?	LAM
2004 Feb 5			1459.59 35728 x 36761 x 0.1 GEO 59.4W+6W/d
2004 Mar 11			1436.12 35777 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 63.3W
2005 Dec 21			1436.14 35778 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 63.1W
2006 Aug 3			1436.13 35780 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 63.1W
2011 Aug 5			1436.11 35768 x 35805 x 0.1 GEO 63.0W
2011 Sep 30		Arrive 109W
2011 Oct 5			1436.14 35775 x 35799 x 0.2 GEO 109.3W
2011 Nov 14			1436.22 35766 x 35811 x 0.3 GEO 109.4W

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Yaogan 6

 -021A

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China launched the Yaogan 6 "China remote sensing satellite No. 6" (Zhongguo yaogan weixing liuhao). It was built by the Shanghai hangtian jishu yanjiuyuan (Shanghai Academy of Space Technology, SAST), part of the Zhongguo hangtian keji jituan gongsi (China Aerospace Research and Technology Corp., CASC).

Launch was by CZ-2C. Five objects have been cataloged in orbit, with the presumed payload in a 484 x 516 km x 97.7 deg orbit and the remaining objects in 330-490 x 540-650 km orbits. These objects may be the second stage separation motors; it is possible that the second stage was suborbital, as on some previous Yaogan launches. Orbit is 1000 LTDN SSO. The satellite is thought to be a radar mission.

Yaogan 6 underwent natural decay until 2012 May when it reboosted its orbit and then maintained the higher altitude with regular burns until 2014 Jul, with a final burn lowering the orbit followed by natural decay.

YW6
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2009 Apr 22	0255	Launch by CZ-2C
	0301?	CZ-2C VECO
	0303?	Stage 2 sep
	0303?	Sep-motor covers sep
2009 Apr 22			94.69 487 x 520 x 97.6
2009 Apr 25			94.63 489 x 511 x 97.6
		Orbit raise	94.83 509 x 511 x 97.6
2009 Apr 26			94.87 511 x 512 x 97.8
2009 May 3			94.87 511 x 513 x 97.6
2009 Sep 25			94.87 509 x 514 x 97.6
2010 Feb 26			94.85 510 x 511 x 97.6
2011 Jan 19			94.79 507 x 509 x 97.6
2011 Jul 23			94.73 504 x 505 x 97.6
2012 May 19			94.49 492 x 495 x 97.5
2012 May 23			94.54 490 x 501 x 97.5
2012 May 24		Orbit raise	94.76 504 x 509 x 97.4
2012 May 25		Orbit raise	94.88 511 x 514 x 97.3
2012 Nov 23			94.76 505 x 508 x 97.3
2012 Nov 24	Orbit raise	94.87 511 x 512 x 97.3
2013 Jun 20			94.86 510 x 513 x 97.3
2014 Jan 22			94.79 507 x 509 x 97.3
2014 Jan 23		Orbit raise	94.88 512 x 513 x 97.3
2014 May 17			94.78 506 x 509 x 97.3
2014 May 18		Orbit raise	94.89 513 x 513 x 97.3
2014 Jul 3			94.87 509 x 514 x 97.3
2014 Jul 4?		Orbit lower, depletion?
2014 Jul 7			94.74 482 x 528 x 97.2

Spot 7

 2014-034A

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Spot Image/EADS Astrium 2 meter res imaging satellite to replace Spot 5. Launch with CanX-4, CanX-5, and AISat into 1000 LTDN SSO. In Dec 2014, sold to Azercosmos as Azersky; imaging outside Azeri region to continue being marketed by SPOT Image.

SPOT 7/Azersky
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2014 Jun 30	0422	Launch by PSLV-C23	SHAR
		T+1:50 St 1 sep 53 km 1.55 km/s
		T+1:51 St 2 burn
		T+3:07 Heat Shield sep 131 km 2.257 km/s
		T+4:22 St 2 sep 219 km 3.572 km/s
		T+4:23 St 3 burn 220 km 3.568 km/s
	0430	T+8:41 St 3 sep 537 km 5.3448 km/s
	0430	T+8:51 St 4 burn 546 km 5.331 km/s
	0439	T+17:17 St 4 MECO 659 km 7.521 km/s
	0439	T+17:54 SPOT 7 sep
	0440	T+18:34 AISAT sep
	0441	T+19:03 NLS7.1 CAN X4
	0441	T+19:33 NLS7.2 CAN X5
	0441	T+19:58 VELOX-1 sep
2014 Jul 3			97.77 642 x 660 x 98.3
2014 Jul 4		Begin orbit raising
2014 Jul 5			98.36 679 x 681 x 98.3
2014 Jul 7			98.68 694 x 696 x 98.2
2014 Jul 9			97.71 694 x 699 x 98.2
2014 Jul 16			98.82 696 x 699 x 98.2

Payload:

• 2.2m res pan camera

• Multispectral camera, R, G, B, NIR, 8m res

TanDem-X

 2010-030A

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Duplicate of TerraSar-X. Mass 1341 kg full 1221 dry, Astrobus platform. Infoterra, an Astrium subsid, will market the data.

T-X
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2010 Jun 21	0214:08	Launch by Dnepr	KB LC109
		T+4:38 St 2 sep from upper stage
		T+4:42 Fairing sep
		Stage 3 shutdown
	0229:33	T+15:25 Stage 3 sep
2010 Sep		20 km behind TerraSAR-X
2010 Oct 15		Rendevous with TerraSAR-X at 350m
		Co-orbit with TerraSAR-X
2013 Aug 6		Begin orientation swap with TSX

Payload:

• TDX-SAR X-band SAR

• Spotlight mode, 1m res, 5 x 10 km

• Strip map mode, 30 km swath, 3 m res

• Scan mode, 100 km swath, 16m res.

• Propulsion module

• LCT Tesat Laser data relay terminal (EADS/DLR)

• TOR (Tracking Occultation, and Ranging Instrument Package); GPS receiver, laser reflector; GFZ/UoTx