Mars Express

 2003-022A

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ESA mission to Mars. Astrium-built Orbiter derived from Rosetta. The ASPERA-3 instrument is partly funded by the NASA Discovery program. Launch by Soyuz/Fregat with Starsem fairing (3.7m dia 7.7m long). Control from ESOC via 35-m ESA Perth antenna. 

Mars Express
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2003 Jun 2	1745:26	Launch by Soyuz/Fregat	KB
		T+1:58 Strapon sep
		T+4:14 Fairing sep
		T+4:47 Blok A sep
		T+4:57 KhO sep
	1754:11	T+8:45 Blok-I MECO
	1754:14	T+8:48 Blok-I sep	-1? x 177 x 51.8 (dV)
			21 x 182 x 51.8 (EFG)
		T+8:53 Fregat SOZ
	1755:14	T+9:48 Fregat MES-1
	1755:35	T+10:09 Fregat MECO-1	185 x 200 x 51.8 (plan)
			177 x 177 x 51.8 (TLE)
			180 x 181 x 51.8 (EFG)
	1902:18	T+1:16:52 Fregat SOZ-2
	1903:13	T+1:17:47 Fregat MES-2
	1917:05	T+1:31:39 Fregat MECO-2, Solar insertion
	1917:17	T+1:31:51 Fregat sep, Vinf = 2.95 km/s	341 x -104700? x 51.8
		Fregat MES-3
		Fregat MECO-3, avoidance	347 x Inf x 51.8
2003 Jun 3	0430	Fregat Pass EL1:4
2003 Jun 3	0436?	Pass EL1:4
2003 Jun 5	2020:26	T+2d TCM-1, v = 32.4km/s
2003 Jun 6	0530	1 Mkm range	1.014 x 1.531 AU x 0.17
2003 Jun 8	0300?	Fregat exit Earth sphere
2003 Jun 8	0315	1.5 Mkm range, exit Earth sphere
2003 Aug 22			1.0143AU x 1.5031AU x 0.16
2003 Dec 16		TCM for Beagle-2 targeting
2003 Dec 19	0831	Beagle-2 sep 0.3m/s
2003 Dec 20	1030?	TCM targeting for 400 km
	1400?	Enter Mars sphere 1.08Mkm
2003 Dec 22	1810	Range to Mars 577000 km
2003 Dec 23	1100	Range to Mars 410000 km
2003 Dec 24	1100	Range to Mars 169000 km
	2100	Range 66800 km
2003 Dec 25	0100	Range 23700 km
2003 Dec 25	0247	MOI 34 min burn	-98 x Inf x 12.0
	0321	MOI CO	400 x 188000 x 13?
2003 Dec 30	0800	MOI-2	250? x 188000 x 86.3?
2004 Jan 4	1313	MOI-3	250 x 40000 x 86.3?
2004 Jan 7	s	MOI-4	250? x 14000 x 86
2004 Jan 7	1213	Pass over Isidis
2004 Jan 9	s	MOI-5	258 x 11560 x 86.3
		G3u	266 x 11580 x 86.6
2004 Feb 26			456.13 260 x 11607 x 86.6
2004 May 6		G3b orbit change	400.3 266 x 10046 x 86.6
2005 May 7		MARSIS Boom one partly deployed
2005 May 11		Boom 1 fully deployed
2005 Jun 13		Boom 2 deploy command
2005 Jun 14		Boom 2 deployment completed.
2005 Jun 17		Boom 3 (Z) deploy
2007 Oct 2		Phobos flyby 140 km
2007 Nov 18		Begin 5-burn orbit adjust to 18:5 res from 11:3
2007 Dec 19		End 5-burn orbit adjust
2008 Jul 12		Phobos flyby 563 km
2008 Jul 17		Phobos flyby 273 km
2008 Jul 23	0334	Pericenter
	0446:23	Phobos flyby 90 km
2008 Jul 28		Phobos flyby 361 km
2008 Aug 3		Phobos flyby 664 km
2010 Jan 1			353 x 10333 x 86.8
2010 Feb 15		Orbit trim
2010 Feb 16	0552	Phobos flyby 991 km
2010 Feb 22		Flyby 2 574 km
2010 Feb 25		Flyby 3 398 km
2010 Feb 28		Flyby 4 226 km
2010 Mar 3	2055	67 km flyby 5
2010 Mar 7		Flyby 6 107 km
2010 Mar 10		Flyby 7 286 km
2010 Mar 13		Flyby 8 476 km
2010 Mar 16		Flyby 9 662 km
2010 Mar 19		Flyby 10 848 km
2010 Mar 23		Flyby 11 1341 km
2010 Mar 26	1217	1304 km flyby 12
2011 Jan 9	1406:30	Phobos flyby 111 km center
2011 Oct		Safemode, computer issues
2011 Oct 16		Tenporary suspension of science ops
2012 Feb		Resumed science ops
2013 Dec 29	0709	Phobos flyby 45 km surface, 58 km center	44 x -71 x 53

Payload:

• 400N LAE plus 8 x 10N thrusters. 595 kg capacity tanks.

• HRSC High Res Stereoscopic Camera, 10m color with 2m res narrow field

• OMEGA, Observatoire pour la Mineralogie L'Eau, les Glaces et l'Activite. 0.5-5.2mu, 100m res.

• PFS Planetary Fourier Spectrometer, 1.2-45mm to get molecular composition and CO2 p,T profile

• MARSIS Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding, 40m long (20m each main booms, 7m zenith boom)

• SPICAM Spectroscopic Investigation of the Characteristics of the Atmosphere of Mars., 2500A ozone absorption line and 1.38mu H2O line.

• MaRS Mars Radio Science Experiment

• ASPERA-3 Analyser of Space Plasmas and Energetic Atoms; ions, e, atoms

GALEX

 2003-017A

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Galaxy Evolution Explorer is a SMEX launched by Pegasus in 2003. Principal investigator was Chris Martin from CalTech. Its UV telescope will do an all-sky survey and deep surveys in selected areas of sky. It uses the Orbital ATSSB medium LeoStar bus derived from Orbview-4. The light from the telescope passes through an aperture which may be open or filled with a grism disperser, then is split to fall on near and far UV cameras. Thus, the whole UV band is either imaged, or spatially resolved low resolution spectra are obtained. Control will be from Orbital/Dulles and JHU. Orbit will be 690 x 690 km x 28.5.

Size is 2.0l 1.1 dai 2.8 span. Mass is 277 kg. Box + cyl + 2 panels Telescope size is 0.5m, Cassegrain type with 1.2 deg FOV.

Drop point is 29.0N 78.5W.

Mass is 280 kg.

TD-1 sky flux was 1E-12 erg/cm2/s/A = 0.08 Jy at 1565A. GALEX all sky to 20.5AB = 23 uJy, so 3500 times more sensitive.

TD1 limit is 3570x Galex = 0.08 Jy

Galex
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2003 Apr 28	1103	T/O from CC Skid Strip
	1159:57	Drop
		T+0:05 St 1 ignition
		T+1:31 St 2 ignition
		T+2:06 Fairing sep
		T+2:44 St 2 burnout
		T+7:41 St 2 sep
	1207:49	T+7:52 St 3 ignition
	1208:57	T+9:00 St 3 cutoff
	1210:57	T+11:00 St 3 sep	689 x 702 x 29.0
			690 x 698 x 29.0
2009 Nov		FUV detector failed
2012 Feb 7		Standby mode
2012 May 16		Lent to Caltech
2016 Jun 28	1909	Decomissioned

Payload:

• UV telescope 0.5m primary

• Selectable Prism

• NUV camera (microchannel plate) 1800-3000A, 4" res.

• FUV camera 1350-1800A

Eutelsat W5

 2002-051A

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Eutelsat W5 was the payload for the first Delta IV. Spacebus 3000B2 built by Alcatel/Cannes. Launch mass 3170 kg. The upper stage has an RL10B-2 engine and a 4-m fairing.

Debris appears to have come off the second stage during its second burn, cataloged at intermediate inclinations.

Eutelsat W5
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2002 Nov 20	2239:00	Launch by Delta IV M+(4,2)	CC SLC37B
		T+1:34 GEM60 x2 burnout
		T+1:40 GEM60 x2 sep
		T+4:04 MECO
		T+4:15 CBC sep
	2243:29	T+4:29 SES-1 141 km
		T+4:39 Fairing 151 km
		T+12:54 Perigee positive
	2252:06	T+13:06 SECO-1	185 x 595 x 27.3 (PK)
	2302:26	T+23:26 SES-2 4:59
	2307:25	T+28:25 SECO-2	538 x 35966 x 13.5 (PK)
		T+37:11 Spinup
	2316:35	T+37:35 Stage 2 sep	562 x 35777 x 13.6
		Depletion	556 x 34635 x 13.1
2002 Nov 20			637.94 562 x 35777 x 13.6
2002 Nov 20		Delta RB	615.71 556 x 34635 x 13.1
2002 Nov 21		LAM-1
2002 Nov 24			1016.17 18424 x 35782 x 2.8
2002 Nov 25			1016.14 18424 x 35781 x 2.8
2002 Dec 1	0500?	LAM-2
2002 Dec 4			1436.12 35780 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 53.5E
2002 Dec 14		Move to 70E
2003 Jan 3			1436.18 35682 x 35893 x 0.1 GEO 70.4E
2006 Aug 8			1436.09 35770 x 35802 x 0.0 GEO 70.5E
2008 Jun 17		4 transp. shut down after power problem
2012 Mar 1		Renamed EUTELSAT 70A
2013 Jan 16			1436.12 35767 x 35806 x 0.1 GEO 70.4E
2013 Jan 16		Move out, drift W
2013 Feb 20		Move in, renamed Eutelsat 25C	1436.13 35767 x 35806 x 0.0 GEO 25.5E
2013 Apr 13			1436.19 35781 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 25.5E
2013 Oct 30			1435.22 35748 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 25.6E
2013 Oct 31		Move out
2013 Nov 14		Move in	1436.07 35781 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 33.1E
		Renamed Eutelsat 33B
2015 Mar 16			1436.11 35782 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 33.1E
2015 Oct 14			1436.02 35779 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 33.2E