Saturday, February 28, 2015

Athena-Fidus

 2014-006B


CNES-DGA/ASI Ka-band Athena secure military comms Spacebus 4000B2. Geostationary platform with 2-3 Gb/s data rate at 25E for France, Italy coverage.

ATHENA (Access on THeatres for European allied forces NAtions) - FIDUS (French Italian Dual Use Satellite). The system will complement highly secure systems like Syracuse with high data rate but less jam-proof channels.

Ka-band broadband comms for French and Italian mil and civil government comms. The program is managed by CNES and ASI; Telespazio is the operator, Thales Alenia the contractor.

Launch mass 3080 kg. Size 2.86 x 1.8 x 3.0m.


ATHENA-FIDUS 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2014 Feb 6  2130 Launch by Ariane 5ECA  CSG ELA3 
  T+2:15 EAP sep 
  T+3:13 Fairing sep
 2138 T+8:42 EPC MECO 159 km Vrel 6.908km/s 
  T+8:48 EPC sep 
  T+8:52 ESC-A MES 
 2154 T+24:58 ESC-A MECO 
 2157 T+27:12 ABS 2 sep 
 2200 T+30:08 Sylda sep 
 2202 T+32:21 Athena-Fidus sep 
  T+42:57 End of Ariane ops 
2014 Feb 7    631.12 248 x 35740 x 6.0 
2014 Feb 27    1436.07 35783 x 35787 x 0.0 GEO 37.8E 
2014 May 10   1436.08 35783 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 37.8E 

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Koreasat 2

 1996-003A


Koreasat 2 was launched by Delta while the STS-72 astronauts were preparing to release the OAST-Flyer satellite. It was a Series 3000 satellite built at the LMAS East Windsor, NJ plant. It is also known as Mugunghwa 2. Koreasat 2 is 2.1 x 2.3 x 3.4m in size with a 15.5m span. Launch mass is 1459 kg, on orbit 833 kg, dry mass 641 kg. location is 116E.

In Jul 2009, ABS bought Koreasat 2 from KT and renamed it ABS-1A.


Koreasat 2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1996 Jan 14  1110:00  Launch by Delta 7925 (Delta 231)  CC LC17B 
  Az 93 deg 
 1111  GEM x 3 ignite (T+1:06) 
 1111  GEM x 6 sep (T+1:06, alt 18 km) 
 1112  GEM x 2 sep (T+2:11, alt 53 km) 
 1114  Stage 1 MECO (T+4:20) 
 1114  Stage 1 sep (T+4:30) 
 1114  Stage 2 burn SEIG-1 (T+4:34) 
 1114  Fairing sep (T+4:58) 
 1120:00  Stage 2 SECO-1  170? x 260? x 28? 
 1134:49?  T+24:49s Delta burn SEIG-2 43s? 
 1135:33  Delta burn SECO-2  162? x 1366? x 28? 
 1221:13? Stage 2 burn SEIG-3 (T+1:11:13s)  185? x 1339? x 28? 
 1221:54? Stage 2 SECO-3 (T+1:11:54s)  1279? x 1343? x 28? 
 1222?  Delta sep  
 1223:24? PAM-D burn 88s  1270? x 1351? x 28? 
 1224:52?  TECO   
 1226:44?  T+1:17:00? PAM-D sep  655.56 1369 x 35869 x 21.0 
 1245s  Delta depletion  103.54 385 x 1467 x 25.3 (Delta) 
1996 Jan 14    646.52 1357 x 35420 x 21.0 
1996 Jan 16  2330?  Star 30 AKM burn over 173E 
1996 Jan 16    1435.89 35309 x 36256 x 0.56 GEO 160E 
1996 Jan 17  0140   1439.53 35409 x 36299 x 0.54 
1996 Jan 17  0950   1442.72 35493 x 36339 x 0.26 
1996 Jan 21  0950   1448.60 35732 x 36331 x 0.24 
1996 Jan 29  1048   1444.36 35792 x 36015 x 0.13 
1996 Jan 30  0615   1444.07 35767 x 36117 x 0.14 
1996 Feb 1  1215   1439.76 35776 x 35941 x 0.13 
1996 Feb 4  1215   1437.13 35771 x 35843 x 0.09 
1996 Feb 7  1019   1436.67 35777 x 35819 x 0.08 GEO 116E+0.15W 
1996 Mar 9    1436.08 35776 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 116.0E 
1999 Oct 15    1436.14 35782 x 35792 x 0.4 GEO 116.0E 
2000 Mar 24    1436.13 35779 x 35795 x 0.6 GEO 115.9E 
2000 Apr 8?  Orbit raise 
2000 Apr 18    1439.95 35856 x 35867 x 0.8 GEO 104.4E+0.98W 
2000 May 10   mv out  1440.05 35859 x 35868 x 0.9 GEO 82.7E+1.0W 
2000 Jul 5   Move in at 45E (possibly a mis-id?) 
2000 Jul 11    1436.07 35774 x 35797 x 1.0 GEO 44.9E 
2000 Oct 17   Move out from 46E 
2000 Oct 21    1436.13 35784 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 113.0E 
2001 Apr 6    1436.29 35780 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 112.5E 
2002 Jun 1    1436.06 35774 x 35796 x 0.02 GEO 112.9E 
2006 Jan 2    1436.13 35784 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 113.0E 
2006 Oct 31    1436.08 35770 x 35802 x 0.02 GEO 113.1E 
2006 Nov 17   Move in at 114E 
2007 Jan 18    1436.20 35779 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 114.1E 
2007 Jan   Moved to 116.5E 
2007 Feb 15    1436.20 35782 x 35794 x 0.2 GEO 116.4E 
2009 Jul 12    1436.12 35783 x 35790 x 2.4 GEO 116.5E 
2009 Jul   Bought by Asia Broadcast Satellite as ABS-1A 
2009 Aug 10   Move out  1436.15 35782 x 35793 x 2.5 GEO 116.5E 
2009 Sep 22   Move in  1436.36 35785 x 35798 x 2.6 GEO 74.9E 
2014 Jan 9   Move out 1436.10 35780 x 35793 x 6.1 GEO 75.0E 
2014 Jan 19   Move in  1436.32 35782 x 35799 x 6.1 GEO 78.0E 
2015 Jan 20  1436.11 35807 x 35843 x 6.8 GEO 78.0E 

Monday, February 23, 2015

Kosmos 2462

 2010-014A


A Kobal't-M launched in Apr 2010. Mass probably around 6600 kg.


K2462 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2010 Apr 16  1500:00  Launch by Soyuz-U  PL 
 1508  Blok I MECO 
 1508  Blok I sep  89.48 169 x 327 x 67.2 
2010 Apr 17    89.42 167 x 323 x 67.2 
2010 Apr 18    89.37 168 x 318 x 67.2 
2010 Apr 19   Orbit raise  89.93 176 x 365 x 67.1 
2010 Apr 27    89.58 173 x 333 x 67.1 
2010 Apr 28   Orbit raise 89.90 182 x 356 x 67.1 
2010 May 7    89.50 177 x 322 x 67.1 
2010 May 8   Orbit raise 89.84 194 x 337 x 67.2 
2010 May 18    89.61 191 x 318 x 67.1 
  Orbit raise 89.86 178 x 356 x 67.1 
2010 May 23    89.69 176 x 341 x 67.1 
2010 May 29    89.43 174 x 317 x 67.1 
  Orbit raise 89.65 183 x 331 x 67.1 
2010 Jun 6    89.38 179 x 307 x 67.1 
2010 Jun 6   Orbit raise 89.55 180 x 324 x 67.1 
2010 Jun 9  0426? SpK-1 ejected  180 x 313 x 67.1 
 0455?  SpK-1 landed
2010 Jun 12    89.34 177 x 305 x 67.1 
2010 Jun 13    89.30 177 x 302 x 67.1 
2010 Jun 13   Orbit raise  89.87 178 x 359 x 67.1 
2010 Jun 26    89.45 173 x 321 x 67.1 
2010 Jun 26   Orbit raise  89.88 182 x 354 x 67.1 
2010 Jul 11    89.33 175 x 307 x 67.1 
2010 Jul 11   Orbit raise  89.86 186 x 348 x 67.1 
2010 Jul 17? 1720? SpK-2 ejected 
 1750?  SpK-2 landed
2010 Jul 18    89.65 183 x 330 x 67.1 
 0225? Lower orbit 89.13 182 x 279 x 67.1 
2010 Jul 19    89.06 181 x 275 x 67.1 
2010 Jul 20   D,E,F ejected, reentered 
2010 Jul 21    89.00 180 x 269 x 67.1 
2010 Jul 21  0845? Deorbited 20E 7S 
 0909? Landed 

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