N-Star-C

 2002-035B

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N-Star c was launched for NTT DoCoMo (NTT Mobile Comms Network Inc) for mobile cellular comms. LMCSS comms payload and prime contractor, OSC StarBus bus.

Star 2 bus, 3.3 x 1.8 x 1.5m with 12.6m span and 5m antenna. Mass 1645 kg launch.

Location 136E.

NStar c
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2002 Jul 5	2322	Launch by Ariane 5G
		H+0:07 T+0 Liftoff
		T+2:29 EAP sep
		T+3:19 Fairing sep
		T+9:23 142 km, 7.7 km/s
		T+9:40? EPC MECO
		T+9:42 EPC sep	55 x 2006 x 7
		T+10:13? EPS burn
		T+11:23 205 km, 7.8 km/s
		T+26:46 EPS MECO
		T+30:13 Stellat 5 sep
		T+32:47 Sylda sep
		T+36:53 NStar sep
		T+49:31 V153 end of mission
2002 Jul 6	0108?	EPC impact around 95W 7N?
2002 Jul 6			636.80 596 x 35683 x 5.5
2002 Jul 9		LAM-1	948.85 15495 x 35764 x 1.9
2002 Jul 11		LAM-2	1311.93 30859 x 35780 x 0.2
2002 Jul 11	2300?	LAM-3
2002 Jul 14			1446.58 35816 x 36166 x 0.1 GEO 163E-2.6W/d
2002 Jul 26			1440.23 35784 x 35950 x 0.1 GEO 136.6E-1.0W/d
2002 Sep		Transfer from OSC to NTT
2002 Sep 8			1436.14 35775 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 136.1E
2006 Aug 7			1436.11 35780 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 135.9E
2010 May 2			1436.11 35762 x 35811 x 0.0 GEO 136.0E

USA-161

 2001-044A

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Titan 4B with a 66' fairing from SLC-4E. CRYSTAL replacing USA-116. It was launched to a 1300 LTDN orbit.

It was stored in a high perigee orbit from 2002 to 2006, when its orbit was synchronized with that of USA 186.

In 2011 it was moved to a lower circular orbit, a new regime for this class of satellite. It was deorbited in late 2014.

USA
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2001 Oct 5	2121:01	Launch by Titan 4B-34	V SLC4E
		Stage 1 burn
		SRMU sep
	2126	Fairing sep
	2127	Stage 1 sep
	2127	Stage 2 burn
	2130	Stage 2 MECO
	2130:33	T+9:32 Stage 2 sep
			96.7 202 x 1041 x 97.8 (UN)
2002 Jan		Change orbit	405 x 857 x 97.9
2005 Mar 20			407 x 890 x 97.9
2006 Jan 10			405 x 888 x 97.9
2006 Mar 16		Apogee raise
2006 Mar 27			309 x 985 x 98.9
2010 Oct 15			97.47 309 x 965 x 97.9
2011 Aug 6			96.84 302 x 912 x 97.9
2011 Sep		Lower orbit
2011 Sep 29			95.06 265 x 777 x 97.8
2012 May 14			92.19 362 x 401 x 97.5
2012 Aug 16			92.23 358 x 409 x 97.1
2013 Aug 8			92.34 385 x 392 x 97.0
2014 Nov 20?		Deorbited