Friday, June 3, 2016

Eutelsat W4

 2000-028A


W4 is an Alcatel Spacebus 3000B2 ordered late 1997. It will fly to 36E and provide coverage of Russia (19 transponders) and sub-Saharan Africa. Its transponders are slightly lower power than W2 and W3, but it has more of them. Launch by first Atlas 3A, with 14' fairing.

Launch mass 3190 kg. The Centaur 3A has an RL10A-4-1B single engine. BOL mass around 1900 kg? Dry mass is 1285 kg.


 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2000 May 24  2310 Atlas 3A AC-201  CC LC36B 
  T+3:02 RD-180 BECO 
  T+3:13 Atlas sep 
  T+3:23 RL10 nozzle extended 
  T+3:31 Centaur 3A MES-1 
  T+3:39 Fairing sep
  T+12:15 MECO-1  188 x 486 km x 26.8  
  T+22:39 MES-2 
  T+26:15 MECO-2 
 2338  T+28:53 Centaur sep  835.37 230 x 45777 x 19.9  
2000 May 26  1030? LAM-1  940.93 5100 x 45759 x 11.1  
2000 May 28  0930? LAM-2  1338.02 21888 x 45800 x 2.4 
2000 May 31  0430? LAM-3 (?)  1620.47 32872 x 45771 x 0.2 
2000 Jun 1  0700? LAM-4  1397.03 34163 x 35873 x 0.1 
2000 Jun 3  1230? LAM-5  1434.60 35497 x 36017 x 0.1 
2000 Jun 13    1436.06 35784 x 35787 x 0.1 GEO 32.0E 
2000 Jul 11   Arrive at 36E 
2000 Aug 12    1436.07 35774 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 36.0E 
2006 Aug 3    1436.07 35773 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 36.1E 
2012 Mar 1   Renamed EUTELSAT 36A 
2016 Feb 21    1436.07 35768 x 35803 x 0.1 GEO 35.9E 
2016 Feb 25   Move out 
2016 Apr 4   Move in 70E 
2016 May 18    1436.10 35760 x 35813 x 0.2 GEO 70.5E 

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