Saturday, June 25, 2016

Atlantic Bird 1

 2002-040A


Satellite is an Alenia Spazio GeoBus. Eutelsat 12.5W sat to complement Eu1F5. Replace EuIIF2 currently at this slot. Alenia Spazio is contractor and delivers on orbit. Eutelsat leased the satellite from ALS SpA until 2006. 

Mass 2700 kg full 1550 kg dry. Size 2.1 x 2 x 2.8m with 19m span.

Launch by Ariane 5 in 2002 with Ariane Short Fairing and Sylda 5C. The flight also carried ballast in the form of an MFD (Modular Fitting Dummy), a cylinder between the EPS and the payload adapter. MFD-500 is 650 kg 2.6m dia and 0.5m (MFD 500); MFD-325 is 575 kg and 0.325mm (MFD 325) high. Two MFD500 were carried on this flight.

The EADS press kit gives identical EPC target orbit parameters to the previous launch, which is likely an error.


AB1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2002 Aug 28  2245 Launch by Ariane 513/V155  CSG ELA3 
  T+2:23 EAP sep 
  T+3:17 Fairing sep
 2254:36 T+9:36 EPC MECO 
 2254:42 T+9:42 EPC Sep  55 x 2006 x 7.2  
 2254:49 T+9:49 EPS MES 
 2311:30 T+26:30 EPS MECO 
 2313:04 T+28:04 AB1 sep 
 2316:45 T+31:45 Sylda 5 sep 
 2321:12 T+36:12 MSG 1 sep 
2002 Aug 29  0030? EPC reentry 
2002 Aug 31    642.62 647 x 35931 x 6.0  
2002 Sep 3?   LAM 
2002 Sep 5    1417.00 3454 x 35869 x 0.0  
2002 Sep 8    1436.04 35724 x 35847 x 0.0 GEO 12.5W 
2006 Aug 8    1436.09 35781 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 12.5W 
2012 Mar 1   Renamed EUTELSAT 12 West A  
2015 Dec 17    1436.09 35767 x 35805 x 0.1 GEO 12.3W  
2015 Dec 20   Move out 
2016 Jan 30   Move in  1436.08 35782 x 35789 x 0.1 GEO 36.0W  
2016 Jan 30?  Renamed EUTELSAT 36 West A 
2016 Mar 6    1436.12 35775 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 36.0W  

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