Monday, December 3, 2018

Hot Bird 2

 1996-067A


Eutelsat, for 13E. Built by Matra Marconi/Velizy with Eurostar 2000 Plus bus. 2910 kg at launch. 1150 kg dry. 27.9m span. There was a problem during transfer orbit which threatened briefly to decrease the effective lifetime of the satellite.

On 2007 Mar 14 HB2 was hit by a solar flare and had to transfer traffic to HB8, but it was soon recovered and placed in a backup role.


Hot Bird 2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1996 Nov 21  2047  Launch by Atlas IIA AC-124  CC LC36 
  T+2:26 BECO 
  T+2:31 Booster sep
  T+3:20 Fairing sep
  SECO 
  Atlas sep 
 2052 T+5? Centaur MES-1 
 2057  T+10m MECO-1 
 2110? T+22? MES-2 
 2112? MECO-2 
 2115? Sep (MECO-2+3 min) 
1996 Nov 21    626.10 167 x 35562 x 23.9 
1996 Nov 24    627.14 159 x 35624 x 23.9 
1996 Nov 26 LAM-1 
1996 Dec 3 LAM-2 
1996 Dec 22    1435.97 35776 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 13.0E 
1999 Oct 14    1436.01 35774 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 13.1E 
2006 Aug 1    1436.04 35768 x 35802 x 0.0 GEO 13.0E 
2007 Apr 25    1436.03 35755 x 35814 x 0.1 GEO 13.0E 
2007 May   Renamed Eurobird 9, relocate 9E 
2007 May 18    1436.20 35767 x 35809 x 0.1 GEO 9.0E 
2009 Feb 24    1436.09 35756 x 35816 x 0.1 GEO 9.0E 
  Move out from 9E 
2009 Feb 26    1434.18 35728 x 35769 x 0.1 GEO 9.4E+0.5E/d 
2009 Apr 23   Move in at 40E  1436.10 35763 x 35810 x 0.1 GEO 40.3E 
2009 Jul 25   Move out from 40E  1436.09 35752 x 35820 x 0.4 GEO 40.3E 
2009 Aug 7   Move in at 48E, renamed Eutelsat W48 
2009 Aug 17    1436.10 35776 x 35797 x 0.4 GEO 48.2E 
2009 Dec 10    1436.10 35760 x 35812 x 0.7 GEO 48.2E 
2012 Mar 1   Renamed EUTELSAT 48A 
2017 Apr 21    1436.08 35764 x 35808 x 6.3 GEO 48.4E 

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