STEREO-B

 2006-047B

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STEREO B
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2006 Oct 26	0052:00s	Launch by Delta 7925-10L	CC SLC17B
		T+1:03 SRM 1-6 sep
		T+1:06 SRM 7-9 on
		T+1:06 SRM 1-6 sep
		T+2:09 SRM 7-9 out
		T+2:11 SRM 7-9 sep
		T+4:26 MECO
	0056:34	T+4:34 Stage 1 sep
		T+4:40 SEIG-1
		T+4:44 Fairing sep
	0102:10	T+10:10 SECO-1	165 x 171 x 28.5
	0107:37	T+15:37 SEIG-2 98s
	0109:44	T+17:44 SECO-2	166.2 x 3178.8 x 28.49
		Spinup
	0109:58	T+17:58 Stage 2 sep
	0110:35	T+18:35 TES
	0112:04	T+20:04 TECO
	0116:55	T+24:55 Yoyo weights sep
	0117:00	T+25:00 TES+386s Stereo-A/B sep from stage 3
		T+25:58 Insertion: 959 km at 10.335 km/s C3 = -1.8351 km2/s2 x 28.46
	0119?	Stereo-A sep from Stereo-B	172 x 322223 - 484483 x 28.5
		(Horizons)	182 x 403810 x 28.45
	0121?	Begin solar panel deploy
	0214s	SEIG-3 depletion
	0214s?	SECO-3	184 x 3154 x 24.6
	1609	Pass EL1:4
2006 Oct 28	1630	B E1 TCM cal 10 0.2m/s
2006 Oct 30	2100	B TCM Perigee adjust 11.6m/s 3.5kg 9min
2006 Oct 31	1557	Apogee 1 410146 km
2006 Nov 2	2100	B TCM EngBurn2 calibration 0.2m/s
2006 Nov 6	0048?	Stage 3 reentry 200 km N of P. Rico
	0744:14	B Perigee 1	504 x
2006 Nov 11	2145	Apogee 2, 407578 km
2006 Nov 14	1600	B TCM-A2+ 25min, 28m/s
2006 Nov 17	1000:00	B TCM-P2 5:00 (less than 35m/s)	500-7500 x 414570 x 28.5
	1118	Perigee 2, 1533 km
2006 Nov 23	1452	Apogee 3, 434610 km
2006 Nov 29	1921	Perigee 3, 4244 km
2006 Dec 6	0229	Apogee 4, 437965 km
2006 Dec 6	2000	B TCM-A4 trim 0.2m/s
2006 Dec 12	0954:54	B perigee 4, 6666 km
2006 Dec 15	0401	B enter L sphere 66183 km
2006 Dec 15	2103:11	STEREO B S1 flyby, C/A 11775 km, 10745 km (10037 km) alt	10038 x -24701 x 30.6
2006 Dec 16	1413	B depart L sphere
2006 Dec 21	1600	STEREO B S1+ dV 11m/s orbit trim
2007 Jan 1		STEREO B	130000 x 870000 km x 27.9
2007 Jan 2	0602	Apogee 5, 867843 km
2007 Jan 8	1900	STEREO B TCM A5+ dV 0.79m/s
2007 Jan 11		B	163787 x 853718 x 33.7?
2007 Jan 20	1209	B enter L sphere
2007 Jan 21	0903	STEREO B S2 flyby, 8815 km (8820?) alt	7082 x -30861 x 102.90
2007 Jan 22	0610	B depart L sphere
2007 Feb 17	1454?	Depart Earth sphere
2008 Jan 1		STEREO B	389.19d 0.9919AU x 1.0946AU x 0.03
2011 Jul 31		7.4 M km from C/2010X1 Elenin
2011 Aug 12		Radial tail alignment to Elenin
2014 Oct 1		Loss of communication, anomaly in GNC
2016 Aug 21		DSS-14 picks up signal
2016 Aug 25		Commanding in progress
2016 Sep 1		Telemetry shows control improvements
2016 Sep 18		Telemetry received
2016 Sep 23		Carrier wave but no telemetry
2016 Oct 11		Recovery attempts scaled back

Payload:

• SECCHI Sun Earth Connection Coronal and Heliospheric Investigation (NRL/STP/Howard)

  • Sun Centered Imaging package

    • EUVI Extreme UV imager

    • COR1 White light coronagraph

    • COR2 White light coronagraph

  • Heliospheric imager, very wide field coronagraph

• SWAVE STEREO Waves, interplanetary radio burst tracker, CNRS/Paris with three 6m wire antennae

• IMPACT In-situ Measurements of Particles and CME Transients, plasma, particles and fields (UCB), with boom

  • SWEA Solar Wind plasma electron analyser (on mag boom)

  • MAG Magnetometer experiment, on 4.5m boom

  • STE Suprathermal electron telescope, 2-20 keV (on mag boom)

  • SIT Suprathermal Ion telescope (part of SEP, Solar Energetic Particles, on SC body)

  • LET Low energy telescope (part of SEP)

  • HET High energy Telescope (part of SEP), particles and ions