GE-2

 1997-002A

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GE 2 was launched by an Ariane 44L in Jan 1997. It was mounted on a Mini-Spelda above Nahuel 1A , the combined payload of 4900 kg a record for Ariane. The satellite, built at East Windsor, was owned by GE American Communications Inc. Launch mass was 2649 kg, BOL mass 1454 kg, dry mass 1310 kg. The spacecraft was 1.83 x 1.85 x 2.64m in size with a 22m solar panel span and two dish antennae.

GE 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1997 Jan 30	2204	Launch by Ariane 44L	CSG ELA2
	2206	Stage 1 sep
	2208	Fairing 01 sep T+4:17
	2209	Stage 2 sep T+5:43
	2222	Stage 3 cutoff T+18:45	210 x 35800 x 7.0
	2224	GE 2 sep	637.0 241 x 36049 x 7.5
1997 Jan 31			637.12 244 x 36052 x 7.5
	1330?	LAM1
1997 Feb 1			703.20 3813 x 35820 x 4.6
1997 Feb 2	0130?	LAM2
			1132.55 23402 x 35822 x 0.7
1997 Feb 3	1440?	LAM3
1997 Feb 5			1435.90 35741 x 35824 x 0.1 GEO 82.3W
1997 Feb 20			1436.13 35780 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 82.5W
1997 Mar		Move to 85W
1997 Mar 23			1436.13 35779 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 85.0W
1999 Oct 15			1436.11 35778 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 84.9W
2003 Jul 13		mv out	GEO 86W
2003 Jul 28		mv in	GEO 105W
2003 Sep 27			1436.09 35778 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 105.0W
2005 Jun 2			1436.13 35785 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 105.0W
2005 Jun 29		move out from 105W
2005 Aug 2		move in at 85W
2006 Aug 4			1436.10 35774 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 85.0W
2008 Feb 15			1436.10 35780 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 85.1W
2008 Feb 25		Move out
2008 Mar 19		Move in at 101W	1436.11 35775 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 101.1W
2010 Jun 21		Move out	GEO 101W
2010 Jul 15		Move in at 79W
2010 Aug 23			1436.09 35779 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 79.0W
2011 Oct 26			1436.11 35774 x 35799 x 0.1 GEO 78.9W
2011 Oct 28		Move out from 79W to 5E
2011 Nov 5			1432.45 35704 x 35726 x 0.1
2012 Jan 24			1432.68 35696 x 35742 x 0.3 GEO 0.6E+0.85E/d
2012 Feb 1		Move in at 5E	1436.09 35776 x 35797 x 0.3 GEO 4.9E
2012 Jul 30			1436.09 35767 x 35804 x 0.7 GEO 5.0E
2012 Jul 30		Move out
2012 Aug 26		Move in at 19E	1436.03 357675 x 35805 x 0.8 GEO 19.1E
2013 Apr 10			1435.95 35764 x 35803 x 1.3 GEO 19.0E

Astra 2B

 2000-054A

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Astra 2B will be launched in 2000 to 28.2E. It is a Astrium (Matra Marconi Space) Toulouse Eurostar 2000+ satellite. Mass is 3315 kg launch, 1511 kg BOL. Astra 2B will replace the DFS Kopernikus system.

Size is 2.8 x 1.7 x 2.5m with 32m span.

Astra 2B
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2000 Sep 14	2254	Launch by Ariane 506 V130	CSG ELA2
		T+0:00 EPC burn
		T+7:00 EAP ignition
		T+7:03 Launch
		T+2:25 EAP sep
		T+3:22 Fairing sep
	2304	T+9:57 EPC MECO
	2304	T+10:03 EPC sep	50? x 1500? x 7?
	2304	T+10:10 EPS burn
	2321	T+27:17 EPS MECO
	2322	T+28:42 Astra sep
	2324	T+30:28 Sylda 5 sep
	2327	T+37:39 GE 7 sep
		T+54:08 EPS depleted
2000 Sep 15			637.59 568 x 35752 x 7.0
2000 Sep 16			959.36 15911 x 35775 x 1.6
2000 Sep 19			1318.77 31153 x 35762 x 0.3
2000 Oct 2?		mv in
2000 Oct 10			1436.12 35777 x 35797 x 0.1
2000 Oct 23			1438.23 35825 x 35831 x 0.1 GEO 28.9E
2000 Nov 20			1435.97 35768 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 28.6E
2006 Jul 28			1436.16 35779 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 28.2E
2013 Feb 6			1436.11 35777x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 28.2E
2013 Feb 6		Move out
2013 Feb 26		Move in	1436.11 35769 x 35804 x 0.1 GEO 19.4E
2014 Jan 15			1436.07 35769 x 35802 x 0.1 GEO 19.4E

USA-191

 2006-050A

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The S-17 spacecraft, F-17 mission was launched by a Boeing Delta 4 from Vandenberg. Target orbit was 1734LT SSO.

A large number of debris objects were cataloged associated with the Delta 4 deorbit burn.

DMSP F-17
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2006 Nov 4	1353	Launch by Delta IVM	V SLC6
		Azimuth 189.5
		T+4:04 MECO
		T+4:11 Stage 1 sep
		T+4:26 SSIC-1
		T+4:36 Fairing sep
		T+14:37 Positive perigee
	1407:58	T+14:58 SECO-1	846 x 850 x 98.8
	1411:18	T+18:18 Stage 2 sep
	1411	Delta stage debris?
		T+41:55 Perigee 1
	1544	T+1:51:43 SSIC-2
	1547	T+1:54:37 SECO-2, depletion	-4009 x 2297 x 98.77
	1550	T+1:57:00 Stage 2 breakup
		T+2:01:08 Stage 2 debris impact
2016 Jan		Secondary sat

Sirius 2

 1998-056B

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Nordiska Sat. HS-376 high power. NSAB is joint venture of SSC, Tele Danmark and Teracom AB. Will replace Sirius 1. 15 Ku-band tsp. To be built at Hughes/El Segundo. Launch Oct 98 to 5E, colocate with Sirius 1. Lease to SES-Astra at 28E for one year. Then move to 5E for NSAB service.

Launch mass 1420 kg, 815 kg BOL, 630 kg dry. Size 2.16d 3.32m high, 7.76m deployed

Prelaunch plan was for apogee burn at T+58:30 or on Oct 8 at around 0920. At 0851 on Oct 8 according to TLEs, the satellite crossed the equator at 24E and 35869 km altitude. Working back from the Oct 13 TLEs the satellite would have been at 10.7E at that time, but the Oct 17 TLEs match very well for a burn at 0850 UTC. I hypothesize that the Oct 13 TLEs are spurious.

Sirius 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1998 Oct 5	2251	Launch by Ariane 44L	CSG ELA2
	2256	Stage 3 burn
	2309	Stage 3 MECO
	2311?	Stage 3 sep
1998 Oct 5			634.72 286 x 35888 x 7.0
1998 Oct 8	0850?	Star 30 burn?
1998 Oct 13			629.20 220 x 35669 x 7.0
1998 Oct 13			1425.97 35254 x 35922 x 0.3
1998 Oct 15	0800?	Star 30 burn?
1998 Oct 17			1436.13 35777 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 24.1E
1998 Oct 25			1536.06 35757 x 35814 x 0.1 GEO 24.1E
1998 Dec 28			1436.03 35775 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 23.6E
1998 Dec		Move to 28E
1998 Dec 30			1436.09 35784 x 35788 x 0.0 GEO 27.8E
1999 Nov 8			1436.06 35782 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 27.8E
1999 Dec 8		Move out	GEO 28E
1999 Dec 15		Mv in	5.0E
2000 Jun 11			1436.08 35777 x 35795 x 0.1 GEO 5.0E
2006 Aug 1			1436.05 35777 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 5.0E
2011 Jan 16			1436.09 35779x 35793 x 1.9 GEO 4.9E
2011 Jan 20		Mv out
2012 Feb 13			1430.18 35664 x 35677 x 1.9 dr 1.5E/d
2012 Feb 23		Move in at 51.2E
2012 Jul 1			1436.07 35782 x 35789 x 3.1 GEO 51.2E
2015 Nov 6			1436.02 35779 x 35790 x 5.5 GEO 51.1E

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