Bangabandhu 1

 2018-044A

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Operated by Bangladesh Communications Satellite Co. Ltd. (BCSCL), a state-owned company. Bangabandhu ('Friend of Bengal') is a name for Mujibur Rahman, founding president of Bangladesh.

B1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2018 May 11	2014	Launch by Falcon 9 FT Block 5	KSC LC39A
		T+2:31 MECO
		T+2:33 St 1 sep
	2016	T+2:36 St 2 burn
		T+3:37 Fairing
		T+6:15 St 1 entry
	2022	T+8:10 St 1 landing on OCISLY
	2022	T+8:19 SECO-1
	2041	T+27:38 St 2 restart
	2042	T+28:37 SECO-2
	2047	T+33:38 St 2 sep	308 x 35549 x 19.3
2018 May 12			627.72 297 x 35516 x 19.3
2018 May 13			729.12 5399 x 35513 x 11.0
2018 May 17			1285.45 29889 x 35768 x 0.8
2018 May 23			1436.19 35784 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 119.1E
2018 May 26			1436.10 35784 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 119.1E

Exploring the Planets : A Memoir

 https://welib.org/md5/5ca9c817ad7f303ccfc20eac1d41b298

Iridium 2

 1998-066A

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Iridium 83 to 87 were launched into Plane 5 in Nov 1998. Iridium SV87 was assigned tail number 2. It was put in storage orbit; the orbit was raised in May 1999 to a higher parking orbit and left to decay.

Iridium SV87/2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1998 Nov 6	1337:52	Launch by Delta 7920	V SLC2W
		T+1:26 SRM x 6 sep
		T+2:11 SRM x 3 sep
		T+4:20 MECO
		T+4:32 Stage 2 burn
		T+4:43 Fairing sep
	1349:05	T+11:13 SECO-1 168 x 539 x 86.4
	1436:12	T+58:20 Stage 2 burn
	1436:28	T+58:36 SECO-2
	1440:22	T+1:02:30 SV 2 deploy
	1450:22	T+1:12:30 SV 86 deploy
	1454:32	T+1:16:40 SV 85 deploy
	1458:42	T+1:20:50 SV 84 deploy
	1502:52	T+1:25:00 SV 83 deploy
	1521:12	T+1:43:20 Stage 2 depletion burn
		T+1:43:41 SECO-3
1998 Nov 7			95.12 516 x 531 x 86.0
1998 Nov 19			95.18 517 x 537 x 86.0
1998 Nov 21			96.05 559 x 579 x 86.1
1998 Dec 14			95.15 512 x 538 x 85.4
1999 May 3			94.98 508 x 527 x 85.4
1999 May 5		Raise orbit
1999 May 8			97.41 626 x 643 x 85.6
2000 Aug 2			97.21 616 x 634 x 85.6
2002 Feb 20			96.74 593 x 611 x 85.6
2004 Jun 30			96.29 573 x 588 x 85.6
2018 Apr 27			94.90 507 x 521 x 85.5

Gaofen 5

 2018-043A

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GF5
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2018 May 8	1828	Launch by CZ-4C	TYSC
		T+2:32? St 1 sep
		St 2 burn
		T+2:47? Fairing sep
		T+6:48? Stage 2 MECO
		T+6:49? St 2 sep
	1838?	T+10 St 3 burn 1
	1838?	T+10? St 3 MECO
	1847?	T+19? St 3 MES-2
	1848?	T+20? MECO-2
	1850?	T+22? St 3 sep	708 x 708 x 98.2

Payload:

• AHSI Advanced Hyperspectral Imager

• VIMS Visual and IR Multispectral Sensor

• GMI Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Instrument, O2, CO2, CH4, CO2 (0.765, 1.575, 1.65, 2.05mu) spatial heterodyne spectrometer.

• AIUS Atmospheric Infrared Ultraspectral, 2.4 -13.3 mu

• EMI Environment Monitoring Instrument, 0.24-0.79 mu, 4 bands, 4A res, Res 48 x 13 km

• DPC Directional Polarization Camera, 3.3km FOV, 0.43-0.92 mu

Generation Space

https://welib.org/md5/e83b48c7a109b7825a4b31c2783acf1d

Blagovest 1

 2017-046A

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Satellite 14F149. ISS Reshetnev satellite for high speed data transmission. Ekpress-2000 bus. The satellite will be operated by Voentelekom, the new military counterpart to GKPS.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2017 Aug 16	2207	Launch by Proton	KB LC81/24
		T+1:59 St 1 sep
		St 2 burn 3:28
		T+5:27 St 2 sep
		T+5:31 St 3 burn
		T+5:46 Fairing sep
	2216	T+9:40 Stage 3 sep
	2218	T+11:16 Briz MES-1
	2223?	T+15:22 Briz MECO-1
	2314?	T+1:07:28 Briz MES-2
	2332?	T+1:25:10 Briz MECO-2	300 x 5000?
2017 Aug 17	0137?	T+3:28:57 Briz MES-3
	0153	T+3:46:49? Briz MECO-3
	0155	T+3:48:10 DTB sep	399 x 35698 x 48.6
2017 Aug 17	0655	T+8:48:17 Briz MES-4
	0708	T+9:01:36 Briz MECO-4
	0709	T+9:02:46 Briz sep
2017 Aug 18			1428.53 35508 x 35768 x 0.1 GEO 57.0E+1.9E/d
		Briz orbit	1594.19 35758 x 41895 x 0.1
2017 Aug 28		Reverse drift
2017 Sep 8		1442.49 35830 x 35992 x 0.0 GEO 50.8E+1.6W/d
2017 Sep 19			1436.02 35777 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 45.1E
2018 Apr 18			1436.11 35780 x 35794 x0.0 GEO 45.0E

Panamsat 7

 1998-052A

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Panamsat's PAS 7 is an SS/Loral FS-1300. It will be an Indian Ocean satellite at 68.5E. Mass is 3838 kg launch, 2118 BOL.

PAS 7
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1998 Sep 16	0631	Launch by Ariane 44LP
	0632	T+1:08 PAP sep
	0633	T+2:37 PAL sep
	0634	T+3:32 Stage 1 sep
	0634	T+3:35 Stage 2 burn
	0635	T+4:41 Fairing sep
	0636	T+5:44 Stage 2 sep
	0636	T+5:49 Stage 3 burn
	0649	T+18:51 Stage 3 cutoff
	0652	T+21:42 PAS 7 sep
	0652	T+21:46 Stage 3 sep burn
			140 x 54755 x 7.0
		Stage 3 depletions
1998 Sep 15			1087.12 171 x 57117 x 7.0
1998 Sep 17			1083.94 232 x 56919 x 7.0
1998 Sep 17	0830?	LAM-1 26h
1998 Sep 18			1263.70 10082 x 54599 x 2.2
1998 Sep 24	1600?	LAM-3
1998 Sep 28			1438.66 35776 x 35896 x 0.0 GEO 69.3E+0.6W
1998 Oct 5			1436.03 35775 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 68.6E
1999 Nov 5			1436.07 35766 x 35806 x 0.0 GEO 68.7E
2006 Aug 3			1436.08 35776 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 68.7E
2007 Feb		Renamed Intelsat 7
2014 Jul 1			1436.08 35759 x 35813 x 1.0 GEO 68.6E
2014 Jul 8		Move out, drift W
2014 Nov 29		Move in	1435.96 35758 x 35810 x 1.3 GEO 18.3W
2016 Feb 20			1436.07 35772 x 35799 x 2.2 GEO 18.2W

Sesat

 2000-019A

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Eutelsat's Sesat (Siberian-European Satellite) built by NPO PM with telecom payload by Alcatel Espace. Provide coverage to the Russian Far East from 36E. Launch end 1998. Eutelsat has ordered a satellite from NPO-PM. 3200W power, 18 tsp. Plasma thruster stationkeeping. It uses a derivative of the MSS-2500-GSO bus common to Gals and Ekspress, in a new Ekspress-M 727M variant later used for Ekspress-AM.

Sesat
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2000 Apr 17	2106:00	Launch by Proton	KB
	2115:44	Stage 3 MECO
	2115:46	Stage 3 sep	176 x 185 x 51.6
	2115:58	Upper adapter sep
	2219:30	DM-2M No 9L burn 1
	2226:36	DM-2M MECO-1	235 x 36033 x 49.2
2000 Apr 18	0337:48	DM burn 2
	0338:25	SOZ sep
	0341:05	DM MECO-2
	0341:20	DM sep	1450.30 36038 x 36090 x 0.0 GEO 90.0E-3.5/d
2000 Apr 25			1449.81 36033 x 36075 x 0.0 GEO 66.5E-3.5/d
2000 May 2			1434.90 35740 x 35785 x 0.0 GEO 42.0E+0.3/d
2000 May 9			1436.03 35777 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 39.1E
2000 May 27			1436.06 35774 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 39.1E
2000 Jun 7		Move in at 36E	1436.08 35777 x 35795 x 0.1 GEO 35.9E
2006 Aug 1			1436.05 35775 x 35795 x 0.1 GEO 35.9E
2010 Jan 14			1436.05 35762 x 35809 x 0.04 GEO 36.0E
2010 Jan		Relocated to 16E
2010 Feb 6			1436.09 35773 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 16.0E
2012 Feb 15			1436.06 35757 x 35803 x 0.1 GEO 16.0E
2012 Mar 1		Renamed EUTELSAT 16C
2012 Mar 9			1436.07 35765 x 35806 x 0.3 GEO 14.5E
2016 Mar 6			1436.11 35772 x 35800 x 3.4 GEO 14.5E
2018 Jan 25			1436.07 35771 x 35801 x 4.7 GEO 14.5E

Iridium 70

 1998-032A

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Launch mass 662 kg, 556 kg dry. Launch by Delta 7920-10C, flight 257.

Iridium 70
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1998 May 17	2116:56	Launch by Delta	V SLC2
		T+1:04 SRB 1-6 burnout
		T+1:05 SRB 7-9 burn
		T+1:26 SRB 1-3 sep
		T+1:27 SRB 4-6 sep
		T+1:30 Dogleg mvr
		T+2:09 SRB 7-9 burnout
		T+2:11 SRB 7-9 sep
		T+2:30 End dogleg
	2121	T+4:20 MECO
		T+4:34 Stage 2 MES
		T+4:43 Fairing sep
	2128	T+11:13 SECO-1	170 x 647 x 86.4
	2215	T+58:20 Stage 2 MES-2
	2215	T+58:36 SECO-2
	2219	T+1:02:30 SV 1 sep
	2229	T+1:12:30 SV 2 sep
	2233	T+1:16:40 SV 3 sep
	2237	T+1:20:50 SV 4 sep
	2242	T+1:25:00 SV 5 sep
	2303	Depletion burn
1998 May 17			97.40 624 x 642 x 86.60
1998 May 23			97.41 625 x 643 x 86.6
1998 May 28			99.45 729 x 734 x 86.6
1998 May 31			100.41 773 x 782 x 86.4
1998 Jun 16			100.40 777 x 778 x 86.4
2004 Jun 29			100.40 775 x 779 x 86.4
2018 Apr 27			100.40 776 x 779 x 86.4