Friday, February 20, 2015

Chinasat 6B

 2007-031A


Chinasat 6B is a Thales Alenia Space satellite using the Spacebus 4000C2. Launch mass is 4600 kg.


ZX-6B 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2007 Jul 4  1208  Launch by CZ-3B  Xichang 
 1234 T+26m Stage 3 sep  920.93 233 x 49721 x 24.2 
2007 Jul 15    1441.33 35789 x 35988 x 0.1 GEO 116.8E 
2007 Jul 18    1436.08 35782 x 35790 x 0.05 GEO 115.5E 
2014 Oct 6    1436.07 35773 x 35798 x 0.01 GEO 115.6E 

Thursday, February 19, 2015

USA-171

 2003-041A


Titan B-36/Centaur TC-20, with an 86' fairing, launched USA 171 on 2003 Sep 9. The azimuth implied a geostationary mission and the satellite is believed to be an Advanced Orion. The UN-registered orbit is typical of geostationary transfer. TC-20 was the last use of the RL10A-3-3A engines.


USA 171 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2003 Sep 9  0429  Launch by Titan 4B Centaur 
  T+2:11 St 1 burn 
  T+2:26 SRMU sep 
  T+3:30 Fairing sep
  T+5:23 Titan St 1 sep 
  T+9:19 SECO 
  T+9:28 Titan St 2 sep 
 0438 T+9:49 MES-1 
 0441 T+12:00 MECO-1  165 x 180? x 28.5?  
 0450s T+21:52 MES-2 
 0456s T+27:05 MECO-2  630.2 165 x 35778 x 26.7 (UN) 
 0457? MES-2 (based on model TLE) 
 0503? MECO-2  630.2 165 x 35778 x 26.7 (UN) 
 1008s T+5:39:00? MES-3 
 1010s T+5:41:00? MECO-3 
 1018s T+5:49 TC-20 sep 
2008 Aug 11    1436.12 35589 x 35984 x 3.2 GEO 95.4E 
2009 Jul 2    1436.12 35626 x 35947 x 3.5 GEO 95.5E 
2011 Aug 12    1435.98 35579 x 35989 x 5.0 GEO 90.0E

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