Beidou 1

 2000-069A

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The Beidou (`Northern Dipper', or `Ursa Major') navigation technology satellite for the People's Liberation Army was launched by CZ-3A in late 2000. It was built by CAST/Beijing. Also referred to as Beidou Daohang Jishu Weixing, 'Ursa Major Navigation Technology Satellite', and Chinasat-32 (in the UN registration). China refers to the first satellites as a 'navigation demonstration system'.

On Nov 6, the apogee motor was fired to place the satellite at GEO 140E, the Chinasat-32 position. Phillip Clark speculated that further Beidou satellites would be launched to Chinasat-31 and -33, at 80E and 110.5E. The satellite was retired in Nov 2011.

The Beidou uses the DFH-3 bus.

Mass of the first satellite was 2315 kg.

Beidou
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2000 Oct 30	1602	Launch by CZ-3A	XSC LC2
		T+2:25? Stage 1 MECO
		T+2:27? Stage 2 MES, Stage 1 sep
		T+3:52? Fairing sep
		T+4:15? St 2 MECO
		T+4:20? St 2 VECO
		T+4:21? St 2 sep, St 3 MES
	1612	T+10:19? St 3 MECO-1
		T+20:00? St 3 MES-2
		T+22:00? St 3 MECO-2
	1625?	T+23:40? Stage 3 sep
2000 Oct 30			753.14 194 x 41890 x 25.0
2000 Nov 6	0530?	AKM burn
2000 Nov 7		(?)	753.77 192 x 41922 x 25.0
2000 Nov 9			1436.12 35772 x 35801 x 0.2 GEO 140.0E
2000 Dec 1			1436.05 35773 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 140.0E
2006 Aug 4			1436.12 35784 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 140.0E
2010 Sep 20			1436.27 35773 x 35807 x 1.7 GEO 139.0E
2010 Sep		Slow drift W
2010 Oct 17			1436.41 35775 x 35808 x 1.7 GEO 137.7E
2010 Oct 27		Move out
2010 Nov 24		Move in
2010 Nov 30			1436.09 35761 x 35811 x 1.9 GEO 59.2E
2011 Jul 21			1435.95 35771 x 35796 x 2.4 GEO 58.9E

The International Handbook of Space Technology

 https://welib.org/md5/c4b0956af4bc25279e351122f693082e

Eros A

 2000-079A

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The US/Israeli joint venture West Indian Space Ltd. (incorporated in the Cayman Is.) plans to launch 8 Eros satellites based on the Ofeq-3 design. Mass is 250 kg. Launch of Eros-A1 1999 Dec by Start-1 from PL. Eros-A2 2000 Sep. WIS is a venture by IAI/Lod, El-Op/Rehovot, and Core Software Tech/Pasadena. 

Puskoviye Uslogi launched Eros A1 on Start-1. It appears that the DS stage was either not carried or did not separate from the fourth stage.

EROS A has 1.9m resolution. Its final orbit maneuver was on 2012 Apr 24 and it probably stopped operating in the 2012-2013 period.

EROS A1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2000 Dec 5	1232	Launch by Start-1	Svobodniy
		T+1:27 St 1 sep
		T+1:27 St 2 burn
		T+1:56 Interstage sep
	1234	T+2:28 St 2 sep
	1234?	T+2:28 Stage 3 burn 168 km
	1235	T+3:31 Stage 3 sep	-4510 x 500
	1236	T+4:55 Fairing sep	-4506 x 495
	1240	T+8:08 Stage 4 burn 207s	-4506 x 495
	1241	T+8:58 Stage 4 burnout
	1241	T+8:58 PBPS burn
		6:15 coast delay before sep
	1244	T+12:43 DS burnout
	1247	T+15:12 St 4 sep
2001 Jun 7			93.91 459 x 472 x 97.3
		Orbit raise	94.29 472 x 496 x 97.4
2001 Nov 12			93.94 454 x 480 x 97.4
		Orbit raise	94.46 480 x 505 x 97.4
2002 Mar 14			93.98 460 x 477 x 97.4
2002 Mar 21		Orbit raise	94.50 475 x 513 x 97.4
2002 Sep 9			93.75 444 x 471 x 97.4
2002 Sep 10		Orbit raise	94.37 468 x 507 x 97.4
2002 Dec 2			93.97 451 x 486 x 97.4
2002 Dec 4		Orbit raise	94.09 458 x 490 x 97.4
2003 Apr 14			93.61 435 x 466 x 97.4
2003 Apr 16		Orbit raise	94.07 458 x 488 x 97.4
2003 Apr 30		Orbit raise	94.31 479 x 491 x 97.4
2003 May 5		Orbit raise	94.55 480 x 512 x 97.4
2003 Jul 7			94.45 477 x 506 x 97.4
2003 Jul 10		Orbit raise	94.75 501 x 512 x 97.4
2004 Mar 14			94.40 483 x 495 x 97.4
2004 Mar 15		Orbit raise	94.59 486 x 511 x 97.4
2004 Mar 25		Orbit raise	94.78 504 x 511 x 97.4
2004 Sep 19			94.65 499 x 503 x 97.4
2004 Sep 20		Orbit raise	94.71 500 x 507 x 97.5
2004 Oct 4		Orbit raise	94.78 504 x 510 x 97.5
2006 Feb 20			94.46 490 x 494 x 97.4
2006 Feb 20		Orbit raise	94.62 493 x 506 x 97.4
2006 Feb 27		Orbit raise	94.79 504 x 511 x 97.5
2008 Sep 8			94.56 493 x 501 x 97.5
2009 Mar 2			94.53 491 x 500 x 97.3
2009 Mar 3		Orbit raise	94.62 498 x 501 x 97.4
2009 Mar 16		Orbit raise	94.79 500 x 516 x 97.5
2009 Mar 23		Orbit raise	94.87 507 x 517 x 97.5
2011 Feb 9			94.71 498 x 511 x 97.4
2011 Feb 9		Orbit raise	94.81 503 x 515 x 97.5
2011 Feb 15		Orbit raise	94.91 506 x 522 x 97.5
2011 Feb 21		Orbit raise	95.02 514 x 524 x 97.5
2011 Mar 1		Orbit raise	95.12 515 x 533 x 97.5
2011 Mar 8		Orbit raise	95.22 525 x 532 x 97.6
2011 Mar 15		Orbit raise	95.32 527 x 540 x 97.6
2011 Mar 22		Orbit raise	95.42 534 x 543 x 97.6
2011 Mar 29		Orbit raise	95.52 536 x 550 x 97.6
2012 Mar 27			95.25 524 x 536 x 97.6
2012 Mar 27		Orbit raise	95.33 524 x 544 x 97.6
2012 Apr 3		Orbit raise	95.41 530 x 546 x 97.6
2012 Apr 10		Orbit raise	95.50 535 x 550 x 97.6
2012 Apr 24		Orbit raise	95.57 537 x 555 x 97.6
2015 May 7			93.65 447 x 458 x 97.6

Genesis 2

 2007-028A

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Bigelow due for launch Jan 2007 by Dnepr. Same third-scale size as Genesis 1: 4.6m long 2.4m dia, 4 solar arrays. Mass around 1350 kg.

Genesis 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2007 Jun 28 1502:20	Launch by Dnepr	Yasny
		T+1:49? Stage 1 sep
		T+4:36? GO
		T+4:41? St 2 sep
	?	T+4:45? DU on
	1516:27	Stage 3 sep
	2320	Payload acquired by ground station
2007 Jun 30			95.83 555 x 561 x 64.5
2015 May 31			205 x 229 x 64.5