Intelsat 21

 2012-045A

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Intelsat satellite to cover N America, Mexico, Brazil. Boeing BSSI 702MP. Replaces IS-9. The Zenit-3SL third stage made an unusual single burn to GTO. Launch mass 5984 kg; size 6.9 m x 9.3m x 36.9m span.

IS-21
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2012 Aug 19	0654:59	Launch by Zenit-3SL No. SL34
		T+2:30 St 1 sep 70 km
		T+3:44 Fairing sep, 118 km
	0703:30	T+8:31 St 2 sep	-2314 x 213 x 0
		T+8:41 DM-SL burn 1
	0715:16	T+20:17 DM-SL MECO	276 x 35958 x 0
	0725:06	T+30:07 DM-SL sep
		T+5:33:13 Apogee	280 x 35786 x 0
2012 Aug 20			628.50 273 x 35580 x 0.1
2012 Aug 21			746.01 6014 x 35723 x 0.4
2012 Aug 23			969.08 16394 x 35726 x 0.2
2012 Aug 25			968.49 16372 x 35722 x 0.2
2012 Aug 26			1421.55 35214 x 35787 x 0.1
2012 Aug 29			1436.17 35785 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 51.4W
2012 Sep 17			1436.11 35781 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 51.3W

Shenzhou 8

 2011-063A

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An uncrewed Shenzhou was launched in Oct 2011 for a mission to dock with Tiangong 1.

Mass is 8082 kg. OM is 1500, reentry vehicle is 3240 kg including 450 kg heat shield, and service module is 3000 full 2000 dry. This totals 7740 kg.

SZ8
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2011 Oct 31	2158:10	Launch by CZ-2F	Jiuquan 921/SLS-1
	2207:53	Stage 2 sep, orbit injection
2011 Nov 2
	1709	Range 400m
	1725	Rendezvous with TG1 at 30m
	1729	Docking with TG1
	1736	Hard dock
2011 Nov 13	1437	TCM
2011 Nov 14	1127:15	Undock
	1134	At 140 m
	1141	End stationkeep, approach
	1153:36	Redocked TG-1
2011 Nov 15	0404	TCM
2011 Nov 16	1029:50	Undocked
	2022:16	TCM 27s
2011 Nov 17
	1045	Orbital module sep
	1046	Deorbit
	1049	Deorbit cutoff
	1107	Prop module sep over 29N 72E 143 km
	1113?	Entry
	1119	Parachute deployed
	1132:13	Landed in China 42.1N 110.1E