Inmarsat 304

 1997-027A

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The Ariane V97 flight was pushed ahead when V96 was rolled back to the assembly building after a payload delay. Inmarsat 3 F4 launch mass was 1999 kg. BOL mass 1149 kg, dry 895 kg. It was 3.2 x 2.3 x 2.1 m in size with 7.6 m height deployed and 20.7m span.

Inmarsat III F4
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1997 Jun 3	2320	Launch by Ariane 44LP V97	CSG ELA2
	2323	Stage 1 sep T+3:32
	2324	Fairing sep T+4:48
	2325	Stage 2 sep T+5:42
	2338?	Stage 3 MECO
	2341	H10-3 sep from Inmarsat T+21:17
	2344	Mini Spelda top sep T+24:17
	2346	H10-3 sep burn
			201 x 35745 x 7.0
1997 Jun 4			630.28 204 x 34741 x 7.0
1997 Jun 5			630.30 217 x 35728 x 7.0
1997 Jun 6	0940?	AKM
1997 Jun 10			1432.70 35611 x 35829 x 0.2 GEO 22.5E+0.8E
1997 Jun 13			1434.77 35688 x 35863 x 0.2 GEO 24.9E+0.3E
1997 Jun 25			1436.17 35770 x 35805 x 0.3 GEO 28.0E
1997 Jun 30		mv out
1997 Aug 1		mv in	1436.08 35771 x 35800 x 0.3 GEO 53.8W
1997 Aug		In service as AOR West
1997 Oct 31			1436.15 35773 x 35802 x 0.1 GEO 54.0W
1999 Oct 17			1436.12 35772 x 35802 x 0.0 GEO 54.0W
2006 Feb 1			1436.16 35766 x 35809 x 0.0 GEO 54.0W
2006 Feb 1		Move out of GEO
2006 Apr		Arrive 142W
2006 Aug 4			1436.11 35748 x 35825 x 0.1 GEO 142.0W
2008 Sep 28			1536.09 35769 x 35804 x 0.1 GEO 142.1W
		Move out
2009 Jan 10		Move in AOR-W	1436.08 35768 35804 x 0.1 GEO 54.0W
2013 Aug 1			1436.11 35767 x 35806 x 3.1 GEO 54.0W
2016 Apr 4			1436.18 35766 x 35810 x 5.0 GEO 54.4W

Atlantic Bird 1

 2002-040A

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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
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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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