ABS-1

 1999-053A

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In 2006, this satellite was known as ABS-1 and operated for Asia Broadcast Satellite Ltd of Hong Kong at 75E. It was purchased from LMI in Sep 2006. In 2014 ABS-1 was to be replaced by ABS-2 and moved to the 159E slot,where it would be renamed ABS-6.

LMI-1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1999 Sep 26	2230:00	Launch by Proton	KB
		T+2:02 St 2 burn
		T+2:06 St 1 sep
		T+5:34 St 2 MECO
		T+5:35 St 2 sep
		T+5:40 St 3 MES
		T+5:44 Fairing sep
	2239	T+9:38 St 3 MECO
	2239	T+9:48 St 3 sep	190? x 230? x 51.6
	2343	T+1:13:51 DM burn 1
	2350	T+1:20:33 DM MECO-1
1999 Sep 27	0451	T+6:21:41 DM burn 2
	0453	T+6:23:33 MECO-2
	0508	T+6:38:33 DM sep
1999 Sep 27			634.07 227 x 35913 x 48.6
1999 Sep 28?		LAM-1
1999 Sep 28			845.79 10505 x 35989 x 11.8
1999 Sep 30	1400?	LAM-2
1999 Oct 1			909.54 13490 x 35945 x 9.0
1999 Oct 2?		LAM-3
1999 Oct 4?		LAM-4
1999 Oct 4			1441.48 35793 x 35990 x 0.0 GEO 79.7E+1.3W
1999 Oct 11			1436.11 35779 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 75.0E
1999 Nov 8			1436.09 35773 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 75.0E
2006 Aug 2			1436.09 35780 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 75.0E
2014 May 11			1436.09 35778x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 75.0E

SORCE

 2003-004A

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The Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) is a Pegasus-class mission. Total irradiance and spectral irradiance for climate studies, Earth Science program. Combined earlier TSIM and SOLSTICE/SAVE missions. Launch by Pegasus from CCAS 2002 Dec 1. Built by OSC for LASP/Boulder; management by LASP and GSFC. Carries four instruments.

(SOLSTICE/SAVE was the Solar-Stellar Intercomparison Experiment/ Solar Atmospheric Variability Explorer. PI is Rottman, U Colorado-LASP. TSIM was the GSFC Total Solar Irradiance Mission, an ACRIM followon.)

OSC Leostar-2 bus. 1.57m high, 1.16m dia prism with 6 panels; 4m span? 290 kg mass. 645 x 645 km x 40 deg. Control from LASP MOC, Boulder.

Drop at 78.5W 29.0N according to cosmoworld.ru and AWST030825-56.

SORCE was still operating in 2015; the TIM was supplemented by STPSAT-3's TCTE instrument, but the SIM would not have a replacement until the ISS TSIS instrument comes on line, planned for 2017.

SORCE
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2003 Jan 25	1917:00	L-1011 takeoff	CC Skid Strip
2003 Jan 25	2013:35	Launch by Pegasus XL
		T+0:05 St 1 burn
		T+1:16 St 1 out
		T+1:31 St 1 sep
		T+1:32 St 2 burn
		T+2:07 Fairing sep
		T+2:45 St 2 out
		T+7:27 St 2 sep
	2021:13	T+7:38 St 3 burn
	2022:21	T+8:46 St 3 MECO
	2024:21	T+10:46 St 3 sep
2003 Feb 1			97.31 610 x 649 x 40.0
2003 Feb 16			97.31 611 x 648 x 40.0

Payload:

• TIM Total Irradiance Monitor , 100 ppm, 10 ppm/yr

• SIM Spectral Irradiance Monitor 2000A-2mu, res 2-30A, acc. 100ppm/5 yr

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