Worlds Fantastic, Worlds Familiar : A Guided Tour of the Solar System

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American Reference Books Annual: 2014 Edition

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GOES-15

 2010-008A

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Boeing 601 class GOES satellite. Launch by Delta 4M+(4,2) with 4-m fairing and 2 solid boosters. Control from NOAA SOF, Suitland after early orbit ops by GSFC. Launch for on-orbit storage, then replaced GOES 11 in late 2011.

Size 8.2 x 2.3 x 3.4m box + 1 panel. Mass 3215 kg launch, 2180 kg BOL (NASA PK). Mass 3238 kg launch, 2189 kg BOL (Boeing PK). Launch on azimuth 95 deg.

GOES P
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2010 Mar 4	2357:00	Launch by Delta 4M+(4,2)	CC SLC37B
		T+1:34 GEM60 1-2 out
		T+1:40 GEM-60 1-2 sep 31 km
2010 Mar 5
	0001:26	T+4:26 MECO
		T+4:32 Stage 1 sep
		T+4:47 SES-1 160 km
		T+4:57 Fairing sep 168 km
		T+12:19 Perigee positive
	0009:37	T+12:37 SECO-1	187 x 554 x 28.4
	0020:05	T+23:05 SES-2
	0024:07	T+27:07 SECO-2	202 x 34219 x 26.7
	0407:01	T+4:10:01 SES-3
	0407:57	T+4:10:57 SECO 3	6623 x 35177 x 12.1
		T+4:21:25 End venting
	0418:27	T+4:21:27 Stage 2 sep over Indonesia
		T+4:27 CCAM
		T+4:30 End CCAM	6588 x 35152 x 12.9
2010 Mar 5			748.42 6663 x 35192 x 12.0
2010 Mar 8			873.81 12613 x 35182 x 7.0
2010 Mar 10			1197.00 26736 x 35195 x 1.8
2010 Mar 13			1379.25 34134 x 35198 x 0.6
2010 Mar 13	1040?	LAM
2010 Mar 17			1406.17 34172 x 36224 x 0.8
2010 Mar 17		LAM?
2010 Mar 18			1435.98 35779 x 35789 x 0.5 GEO 89.5W
2010 Apr 19			1436.14 35784 x 35790 x 0.4 GEO 89.5W
2011 Oct 18		Move out of 90W
2011 Oct 22			1439.27 35805 x 35892 x 0.3 GEO 93.1W+0.8W/d
2011 Dec 1			1439.30 35802 x 35895 x 0.2 GEO 125.2W+0.8W/d
2011 Dec 5		Replaced GOES 11 as GOES-W
2012 Jan 14			1436.02 35775 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 134.7W
2016 Nov 26			1436.11 35779 x 35794 x 0.2 GEO 135.3W
2017 Dec 13			1436.09 35772 x 35800 x 0.1 GEO 135.4W

Eurobird 2

 2003-043A

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e-Bird, known as Eurobird-3 after launch, was a Boeing BSS 376HP for Eutelsat. Will operate from 25.5E to cover Scandinavia, the UK and mainland Europe. Optimized for IP access networks.

Mass 1552 kg at launch 888 kg BOL. Size 3.2 long 2.2 dia, 7.8m long deployed. It has 227 kg of prop after BOL, giving a dry mass of 659 kg. (this assumes 69 kg used before BOL).

Launch Ariane 5. L516 had an A5 short fairing 12.7m high 5.4m dia, with an additional 5400 spacer 2.0m high 5.4m dia. Insat was on a Sylda 5A which is 6.4m high 4.6m da.

e-Bird is mounted on a 937V5 adapter on an ACY and ACU 2624 cylinder.

Total L516G payload mass of 6110 kg: the three payloads totalled 4642 kg, leaving 1468 kg for the Sylda and the ACU/ACY adapter. I'm guessing 600 kg for the separable part of Sylda, 200 kg for ACU/ACY, and 668 kg for the parts of the adapters remaining attached to the EPS stage.

The e-Bird satellite's Ku-band payload revealed an unspecified performance problem during on-orbit checkout, amid worries the satellite might be declared a loss. In 2006 the satellite was operating as Eurobird 3; in 2012 it became Eutelsat 33A and in 2014 Eutelsat 31A.

e-Bird
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2003 Sep 27	2314:46	T+0:07 Launch by Ariane 5G
		T+2:21 EAP sep
		T+3:10 Short Fairing sep
	2323:30	T+9:51 EPC MECO
	2323:36	T+9:57 EPC sep	100.48 51 x 1512 x 7.3
	2323:43	T+10:04 EADS/Astrium EPS burn
	2339:35	T+26:56 EPS MECO
	2343:40	T+29:01 Insat 3E sep
	2346:22	T+32:43 EADS-Astrium Sylda 5A sep
	2347:56	T+34:17 e-BIRD sep
	2353:33	T+39:54 ACU/ACY sep
	2355:19	T+41:40 SMART-1 sep
2003 Sep 28	0110?	EPC reentry
2003 Sep 29			664 x 35757 x 6.94
2003 Sep 30	1015?	Star 30C burn	1386.16 33826 x 35780 x 0.13
2003 Oct 3			1419.12 35146 x 35765 x 0.03
2003 Oct 8			1436.68 35782 x 35813 x 0.04 GEO 33.1E
2003 Oct 17			1436.08 35784 x 35787 x 0.04 GEO 33.1E
2006 Aug 8			1436.06 35784 x 35787 x 0.05 GEO 33.1E
2012 Mar 1		Renamed EUTELSAT 33A
2014 Apr 30			1436.06 35768 x 35804 x 0.1 GEO 33.1E
2014 May 1?		move to 31E for Turksat service
		Renamed EUTELSAT 31A
2014 May 5			1436.18 35784 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 30.9E
2018 Jan 8			1436.05 35769 x 35802 x 2.8 GEO 30.8E