USA-224

 2011-002A

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A new KH-11 class satellite, built to continue the program when the ambitious FIA replacement missions were cancelled. A mission patch had a mock-Latin motto translating roughly as 'better the devil you know'.

The launch was NROL-49 and went to a 1300 LTDN east plane orbit.

NROL 49
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2011 Jan 20	2110:30	Launch by Delta 4H 352	V SLC6
		T+4:02 Strapon MECO
		T+4:05 Strapon sep
		T+4:37 Fairing sep
		T+5:28 St 1 MECO
		T+5:34 St 1 sep
		T+5:47 St 2 MES
	2128	T+17:55? St 2 MECO-1
	2150?		MES-2
	2200?	St 2 sep
2011 Jan 20			97.1 251 x 991 x 97.8 (UN)
2011 Feb 4			97.5 289 x 985 x 97.9 (CSS)
2013 Aug 6			97.53 258 x 1023 x 97.9
2017 Jul 2			259 x 969 x 97.9

Dragon C1

 2010-066A

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Ed Kyle on nsf estimated stage 2 mass 3300 kg, 2000-2500 kg burn 2 prop mass. 5000-6500 kg for C1 CM+trunk. while 'ugordan' estimated 4300 kg for Stage 2 + trunk, with 2755 kg burn 2 prop.

simcosmos estimated 10647 kg (US+USprop+Trunk+cubesats+DragonCapsule) 4110 kg : Upper Stage + Trunk, 2777 kg : Upper Stage Prop --------------- 6887 kg US+Trunk/Prop

Which, after a burn of a little more than 20s or so (for a dV of ~1567m/s or so), resulted in 281 x 11100 km, 34.61 inc:

4110 kg : Upper Stage + Trunk 121 kg : Upper Stage Prop. --------------- 4231 kg Cubesats were 20 kg so 3740 for Capsule?

Orbit tests included attitude control and propulsion tests, thermal control verification, comm tests.

Dragon C1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2010 Dec 8	1543	Launch by Falcon 9	CC
		T+2:58 MECO
		T+3:02 St 1 sep
		T+3:09 St 2 burn
		T+0:03:37 Nose cone jettison
	1547	210 km alt
	1552	T+9:00 SECO	270 x 308 x 34.5
	1552	T+9:35 Dragon sep from S2/Trunk
	1628?	T+0:45? Cubesats deployed
	1639	Stage 2 restart	277 x 11083 x 34.5
	1815	T+2:32:00 Deorbit
	1823	T+2:38 End burn
		T+2:58 Entry
		T+3:09 Parachute deploy
	1903	T+3:19:52 Splashdown
		125.0W 29.5N

Optus B3

 1994-055A

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Optus B3 was launched by CZ-2E in Aug 1994. In summer 1995 Optus B3 was moved from the 152E to the 156E position.

Optus B3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1994 Aug 27	2310	Launch by CZ-2E	XSC
		T+2:05 BECO
		T+2:07 Booster sep
		T+2:39 Stage 1 MECO
		T+2:40 Stage 1 sep
		T+3:20 Fairing
		T+7:40 Stage 2 MECO
	2319	T+9:33 Stage 2 VECO
	2320	T+10:00? Stage 2 sep
1994 Aug 28	0112	Equator crossing 152E
	0112	Star 63F burn
	0113	Star 63F sep
1994 Aug 28			697.30 360 x 38978 x 24.1
1994 Aug 30	0500?	LAM-1
1994 Aug 31			1160.51 21410 x 38996 x 3.5
1994 Sep 2	1030?	LAM-2 over 170W
1994 Sep 2			1389.92 30778 x 38977 x 1.6
1994 Sep 3	1011?	LAM-3 over 160W
1994 Sep 4			1513.62 35584 x 38996 x 1.0
1994 Sep 4	2200?	LAM-4 over 171E
1994 Sep 6			1474.96 35666 x 37421 x 0.8 GEO 162.1E+9.5W
1994 Sep 21		mv in	1436.00 35645 x 35924 x 0.8 GEO 151.6E
1995 Mar 29			1436.13 35663 x 35911 x 0.4 GEO 152.4E
1995 Jun 5			1436.08 35700 x 35872 x 0.2 GEO 152.8E
1995 Jun		mv out
1995 Aug 3			1436.08 35770 x 35802 x 0.1 GEO 156.0E
1996 Nov 25			1436.12 35771 x 35802 x 0.0 GEO 156.0E
1997 Apr 3			1436.12 35773 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 156.0E
1999 Oct 17			1436.09 35770 x 35802 x 0.0 GEO 156.1E
2003 Jul 31			1436.10 35775 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 156.0E
2003 Aug		Move to 152E
2003 Sep 7			1436.09 35774 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 152.0E
2006 Aug 1			1436.10 35773 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 152.0E
2008 Jan 7		Move out 152E
2008 Feb 11		Move in 164E
2008 Feb 29			1436.08 35769 x 35803 x 0.3 GEO 164.0E
2015 Sep 7			1436.09 35764 x 35809 x 6.3 GEO 164.1E
2016 Dec 20			1436.09 35756 x 35816 x 7.1 GEO 164.2E

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