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Echostar 1

 1995-073A

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The second AS7000 launched from China in quick succession, Echostar 1 was a direct broadcast TV satellite for Echostar Satellite Corp., a subsidiary of Echosphere Corp of Denver, Colorado. In 1998 the FCC ordered Echostar 1 and 2 to be moved to their legally allocated positions of 118.8W and 119.2W. In 2009 Echostar 1 was moved to 77W to provied QuetzSat service for Mexico. It was retired in 2018.

The satellite had a launch mass of 3287 kg and carried dual Leros engines.

Echostar 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1995 Dec 28	1150	Launch by CZ-2E	XSC
		T+2:05 Booster CO
		T+2:07 Booster sep
		T+2:39 Stage 1 MECO
		T+2:40 Stage 1 sep
		T+3:20 Fairing sep
		T+7:40 Stage 2 MECO
	1159	T+9:33 Stage 2 VECO
	1200	T+10:00? Stage 2 sep
	1344	PKM burn over 155E 0N
	1345	burnout
	1345?	PKM sep
1995 Dec 28			617.97 228 x 35080 x 24.4
1996 Jan 2	1200?	LAM burn
1996 Jan 2			980.57 17561 x 35071 x 5.1
1996 Jan 4	1500?	LAM-2 burn
1996 Jan 4			1105.37 22970 x 35100 x 3.1
1996 Jan 6?		LAM-3 burn
1996 Jan 22			1436.16 35765 x 35810 x 0.1 GEO 119.1W+0.01W
1996 Mar 23			1436.06 35771 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 119.0W
1999 Oct 16			1436.06 35777 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 119.2W
2000 Oct		mv out 119W
2000 Dec		mv in 148W
2001 Jun 3			1436.05 35776 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 148.0W
2006 Aug 4			1436.11 35778 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 148.0W
2009 Jun 29			1436.09 35776 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 148.1W

Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer

 1995-074A

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The Bruno B. Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) was intended for studies of the time variability and spectra of bright X-ray sources in the hard X-ray (2 keV and above). Known before Mar 1996 as simply XTE, the satellite used a bus built at NASA-Goddard with steerable solar arrays, reaction wheels, and high gain TDRS antennae to allow all-sky access and rapid maneuvrability. The bus was 5.8 x 1.8 x 1.8m in size. It could point to 6 arcmin with a 10 degree per minute slew rate; mass of XTE was 2955 kg. XTE was named after Bruno Rossi (1905-1993), a former MIT physicist who was one of the founders of X-ray astronomy.

Launch was postponed many times because of the Koreasat launch problem and because of weather delays. The first ignition attempt on Dec 22 was aborted when a frozen LOX valve prevented main engine ignition. Launch finally came on 1995 Dec 30.

The satellite was retired in 2012 after a successful career.

RXTE
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1995 Dec 30	1348:00	Launch by Delta 7920-10 (Delta230)	CC LC17A
	1347:57	Verniers ignite (T-3s)
	1347:57	Main engine ignition (T-2.5s)
	1348:00	GEM 1,2,3,7,8,9 ignite (T-0.25s)
	1348:00	Liftoff
	1349:03	GEM 1-3,7-9 burnout (T+1:03)
	1349:05	GEM 4-6 ignite (T+1:05)
	1349:06	GEM 1-3,7-9 sep (T+1:06)
	1350:08	GEM 4-6 burnout (T+2:08)
	1350:11	GEM 4-6 sep (T+2:11), 60 km
	1352:20	RS-27 MECO (4:20), 133 km
	1352:29	Thor sep (4:29)
	1352:34	Delta ignition (4:34), 140 km
	1352:40	Fairing (10-foot) sep (T+4:40), alt 143 km
	1357:55	Delta SECO1 (T+9:55), 181 km	157 x 613 x 28.73
	1456:18	Delta burn 2 (T+1:08:18 for 1:31)
	1457:49	Delta SECO2 (T+1:09:49)
	1506:25	Delta sep from XTE (T+1:18:25)	565 x 583 x 23.0
	1507:07	Delta retro cutoff (T+1:19:07)
	1526:45	Delta evasive burn (T+1:38:45)
	1526:50	Delta SECO 3 (T+1:38:50)
	1534:40	Delta depletion burn (T+1:46:40)
	1536	Delta SECO 4 command	176 x 575 x 25.0 (Delta)
2012 Jan 4		Last science data
2012 Jan 5		Decommissioned
2018 Apr 30		Reentered

Payload:

• PCA Proportional Counter Array 5 Xe pc's 6250cm2 2-60 keV 1 deg FOV, 1 mus

• HEXTE High Energy X-ray Timing Experiment1600 cm2 20-200 keV 1 deg FOV, 10 mus

Kibo

 2008-009A

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ELM-PS Experiment Logistics Module - Pressurized Section; also known as JLP (Japanese Logistics Pressurized module). Cylinder,4.4d 4.2l 8484 kg

Kibo's ELM-PS was manufactured in the Tobishima Factory of Mitsubishi Heavy Industry (MHI) located in Nagoya city, Aichi prefecture, Control from JAXA/Tsukuba.

STS-123/1JA

On 2008 Aug 26 Express racks ER4 and ER5 were transferred from Destiny to Kibo.

The NRCSD cubesat deployers are usually stored in ELM-PS.

ELM-PS
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2008 Mar 15	0322	SRMS grapple JLP
	0632	JLP latches open
	0634	JLP unberthed by RMS
	0804	JLP RTL on Node 2
	0806	JLP berthed on Harmony zenith
	2257	JLP power OK
2008 Mar 15	0125	HO to JLP, ingress
2008 Jun 6	1817	SSRMS grapple JLM
	1839	Unbolting JLM
	1917	Unberth JLM
	1951	Ready to berth on Kibo PM
	1959	Bolting JLM
	2004	JLM bolting complete
	2013	SSRMS ungrapple JLM

Payload:

• ICS-PM Rack, Inter Orbit Communication System (Port)

• DMS1 Rack, Data Management System (Port)

• PSRR, Pressurized Section Resupply Rack (Stbd)

• EPS1, Electrical Power System 1 rack

• RYUTAI (Fluid) experiment rack (Fwd)

• JEMRMS rack for JEM Remote Manipulator System (Fwd)

• WS Rack, Workstation (Aft)

• SAIBO (Living Cell) experiment rack

2008-027A

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Kibo (

\uni{ きぼう, }{ }

"Hope") is the Japanese Experiment Module (Nihon jikken-to,

\uni{ 日本実験棟),}{ }

the NASDA contribution to ISS. Kibo consists of Pressurized Module (Sen'nai jikken-shitsu,

\uni{ 船内実験室 }{ }

) and Exposed Facility. Contractor is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

Launch on 1J STS-124. Control is from the Space Station Integration and Promotion Center (SSIPC) at Tsukuba.

4.4d 11.2l 14800? kg (as of 2006).

With JEM RMS, 9.9m long main arm, 1.7m small arm, 1700 kg. The JEM PM has both an FRGF and a PDGF grapple fixture.

On 2010 Mar 10, the Small Fine Arm was delivered from Kibo interior through the airlock to the JEM RMS Main Arm. Mar 12, SFA installed on the SSE.

Kibo
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2008 May 31	2102:12	Launch on STS-124
	2104:14	T+2:03? SRB sep
	2104:24	OMS ASS
	2106:47	OMS ASS CO
	2110:39	T+8:24? MECO
	2110:00	T+8:50? ET sep	59? x 228?
2008 Jun 3	2049	JEM unberthed
	2213	JEM close to berthing on Harmony
	2240	JEM berthed RTL on Harmony CBM
	2301	JEM stage 2 capture, attached
2008 Jun 4	2105	Kibo PM ingress
2012 Oct 4
		SSOD-1,2 outside
	1437	Cubesat release
	1544	Cubesat release; TechEdSat
		SSOD-1,2 inside
2013 Nov 15		Attached SSOD to MPEP
2013 Nov 19		JEM RMS extract MPEP
2013 Nov 19	1218	Ejected from JEM SSOD4
2013 Nov 20		SSOD-3,4 inside
2014 Jan 31		NRCSDs on MPEP
2014 Feb 11	0831:32	Dep 1, Flock-1 1,2
2014 Feb 11	1241:00	Dep 2, Flock-1 3,4
2014 Feb 12		Dep 4 failed
2014 Feb 12	0830:00	Dep 3, Flock-1 5,6
2014 Feb 12		Dep 5 failed
2014 Feb 13	0820:00	Dep 6, Flock-1 11,12
2014 Feb 14	0415:46	Dep 7, Flock-1 13,14
2014 Feb 14	1145:00	Dep 8, Flock-1 15,16
2014 Feb 15	0645	Dep 4 failed
	0651:30?	Dep 4 failed
	0700:00	Dep 4, Flock-1 7,8
	1050	Dep 5 failed
	1055	Dep 5, Flock1 9,10
2014 Feb 19		MPEP back inside airlock
2014 Feb 20		MPEP inside Kibo
		New NRCSDs on MPEP
2014 Feb 25?		MPEP on JRMS
2014 Feb 25	1700:03	F1-17,18
2014 Feb 26	0420:02	F1-21,22
	0735:01	F1-19,20
2014 Feb 27	0150:11	F1-23,24
	0740s	F1-25,26
2014 Feb 20			JEM RMS grapple MPEP
2014 Feb 28	0420s	F1-27,28
2014 Feb 28	0730	Cubes deployed from MPEP
		MPEP back in airlock
2014 Mar 3		MPEP inside Kibo
		MPEP and NRCSDs stowed
2014 Mar 4		JOTI (JEM ORU TRANSFER INTERFACE) attached to JEMAL slide
2014 Jul 24		Two NRCSD-Q packages installed on JEMAL slide
2014 Aug 19		MPEP on JEM RMS outside Kibo
2014 Aug 19	1825	F1b-23,24
2014 Aug 20	0226:13	F1b-25, 26
2014 Aug 20	0950:02	Deploy F1b-15,16
2014 Aug 21	1337:00	F1b-1,2
2014 Aug 23	1943:57	F1b-7,8 from Deployer 5, inadvertent
2014 Sep 5	0929:40	F1b-17,18, from Deployer 7, uncommanded
2014 Sep 16		NRCSD-3/MPEP returned inside Kibo
2014 Sep 17		Secured doors of Dep-4 and Dep-8 with tape
2014 Nov 4		Moved NRCSD3, MPEP from JEM-AL to JEM for repairs
2014 Nov 26?		SSIKLOPS/Spinsat and MPEP in JEM AL
2014 Nov 28	1100?	JEM RMS extract MPEP
	1430:42	Ejected Spinsat
2014 Nov 29?		MPEP/Cyclops back inside
2014 Dec 17		Cyclops removed from JEM Slide table
		MPEP back on JEM slide
2015 Jan 29		SSOD on MPEP, open AL
2015 Feb 5		SSOD/MPEP on JRMS
2015 Feb 5	1250?	AESP-14 ejected
2015 Feb 6		MPEP back inside JEM
		NRCSD off MPEP?
2015 Feb 18		2 x NRCSD Quad on MPEP
2015 Feb 27		MPEP on JRMS
2015 Feb 27	1430:00	F1b-27,28 deployed
2015 Mar 2	0125:10	F1b 21,22 deploy from Deployer 2
	0835	F1b-9,10 from Deployer 4
2015 Mar 3	0300:39	F1d'-1,2, Deployer 5
	1050	F1b-5,6, Deployer 6
2015 Mar 4	0120	Teched, GEARRS
	0830	Micromas, Lambda
2015 Mar 5	0145:07	F1b 11,12
2015 Mar 13?		MPEP inside
2015 Mar 13		MPEP off JRMS
2015 Mar 25		MPEP off slide table
		NRCSDs off MPEP for SpX6 return
2015 Mar 26		RRM-2 on slide table
2015 May 12		RRM-2 removed from JEMAL
2015 May 13		SFA and MPEP on table
2015 May 14		ExHAM/Tanpopo (HXP) on MPEP
		In JEMAL for outgas
2015 May 25		JRMS grapple SFA
2015 May 26		JRMS extract HXP from JEMAL
		JRMS install HXP on Kibo EF
2015 Jun 15		JRMS with Free-Space PADLES on MPEP
		JRMS puts Free-Space PADLES in AL
2015 Jun 17		MPEP/FSPADLES removed from AL
		and packed for return
2015 Jul 9		NRCSDs/MPEP on slide table
2015 Jul 10		JRMS move SEDA from EFU9 to EFU11
2015 Jul 13		NRCSDs/MPEP on JRMS
2015 Jul 13	1640:00	Flock 1e-1,2
2015 Jul 14	0431:12	Flock 1e-3,4
2015 Jul 14	1545:00	Flock 1e-5,6
2015 Jul 14	2340:00	Flock 1e-7,8
2015 Jul 15	0601:05	Flock 1e-9,10
	1315:00	Flock-1e 11,12
	2249:39	Flock-1e 13,14
2015 Jul 16	0641:39	Centennial/Arkyd
2015 Jul 21		NRCSD-5 back in JEMAL, repressed
2015 Sep 8		NRCSD-5 off MPEP
2015 Sep 9		SSOD-4 on MPEP
2015 Sep 17	1203	Deploy SCUBE
2015 Sep 17	1215	Deploy SERPENS
2015 Sep 18		MPEP back to AL
2015 Sep 25		JSSOD off MPEP
2015 Oct 1		NRCSD-6 on MPEP
2015 Oct 2		NRCSD-6/MPEP outside
2015 Oct 5	1405:00	AAUSAT, GOMX
2015 Oct 6	0115:02	Flock 2b-1,2
	0430	Flock 2b-3,4
	0831:35	Flock 2b-5,6
	1145:00	Flock 2b-7,8
2015 Oct 7	0010:00	Flock 2b-9,10 Dep 5
		Deployer 6 failed
	1225:00	Flock-2b 13,14, Dep 7
2015 Oct 20		MPEP back inside
2015 Oct 26		NRCSD removed from AL
2015 Nov 12		EXHAM-2 outside
		EXHAM-2 put by JRMS onto EF
2016 Jan 8		SPDM put RMCT-1, TB4 on AL slide
2016 Jan 8		RRM TB4 inside JEM AL for SPX-8 return
2016 Jan 28		Aggiesat in SSKILOPS
2016 Jan 29		SSIKLOPS outside JEMAL
2016 Jan 29	1550:10	SSIKLOPS deploy Aggiesat
2016 Feb 1		SSIKLOPS inside JEMAL/Kibo
2016 Mar 29		EFU adapter on slide table
2016 Apr 18		MPEP on slide table
2016 Apr 21?		JSSOD-M1 on MPEP
2016 Apr 27		MPEP outside
	1145	Diwata-1 ejected
2016 Apr 28		MPEP inside
2016 May 12		NRCSD-7 on MPEP
2016 May 12		MPEP on slide table
2016 May 16	1005:26	Silo 8: MINXSS, CADRE
	1440:00	Silo 7: STMSAT, NODES
2016 May 17	0845	Silo 1: Flock 2e'-1,2
	1200	Silo 2: Flock 2e'-3,4
	2300	Silo 3: Flock 2e-1,2
2016 May 18	0215	Flock 2e-3,4
	0705	Lemur-2 5,6
	1115	Lemur-2 7,8
2016 May 20		Slide table inside
2016 May 29?		NRCSD-8 on MPEP
2016 May 30		MPEP outside
	1140	Flock-2e 5,6
2016 May 31	0045	Flock-2e 7,8
	0400	Flock-2ep 5,6
	0935	Flock-2ep 7,8
	2355	deploy 2e 9,10
2016 Jun 1	0310	deploy 2e 11,12
2016 Jun 1	0625	deploy 2ep 9,10
2016 Jun 2	0215	Deploy 2ep 11,12
2016 Jun 6		MPEP inside
2016 Jun 6		Remove NRCSD from MPEP
2016 Jun 13		Retrieve Exham1-2
2016 Jun 29		EXHAM on slite table
		EXHAM out; JRMS install on EF handrail
2016 Aug 5		NREP on slide table
		JRMS install NREP on JEM-EF EFU4
2016 Sep 14	1525:01	Deploy 2ep 13,14
2016 Sep 14	2315	Deploy 2ep 15,16?
2016 Sep 15	0235:00	Dep 2ep 17,18?
2016 Sep 15	0540	Dep 2ep 19,20
2016 Sep 23		NRCSD off MPEP
2016 Sep 26		MPEP/SAM off slide table
2016 Sep 27?		JOTI (JEM ORU Transfer Interface) moved from PMA2 to slide table
2016 Sep 27		RELL (Robotics External Leak Indicator) on JOTI
2016 Nov 29		RELL grappled by SPDM
2016 Dec 5		RELL returned to JEMAL
2016 Dec 7		RELL off slide table
		MPEP on slide table
2016 Dec 16		SSOD 5 on MPEP
2016 Dec 19		SSOD 5/MPEP outside
2016 Dec 19	0855	Deploy STARS-C
2016 Dec 19		SSOD/5 MPEP on slide table
2016 Dec 22		SSOD 5 inside, off MPEP
2016 Dec		SSOD 6 on MPEP
2017 Jan 10	0910?	ITF-2, Freedom, WasedaSat 3
	0920?	EGG
	1040	AOBA-Velox III
	1050	TuPOD
2017 Jan 18		MPEP inside
		SSOD 6 off MPEP
2017 Feb 3		JRMS remove EFU adapter from EFU5
		JRMS return EFU adapter to JEMAL
2017 Feb 7		HTDV on EFU adapter, onto slide table
2017 Feb 8		JOTI transferred from PMA-2 storage
		JOTI in JEM
2017 Feb 10		JOTI on slide table
2017 Feb 11		JOTI/RELL outside
		SPDM use RELL
2017 Feb 12		JOTI/RELL inside
2017 Feb 17		NRCSD-10 on MPEP
2017 Mar 6	1025:01	Lemur x 2 deploy
2017 Mar 6	1505:00	Lemur x 2 deploy
2017 Mar 6	1820:00	Techedsat 5 deploy
2017 Mar 9		MPEP inside, remove NRCSD
		Install HXP on MPEP
2017 Apr 13		Exham 2 on EP
2017 Apr 18		MPEP inside, replaced with Cyclops
2017 Apr 18		NREP on slide table
2017 Apr 25		NREP inside: remove Gumstix
		Attach NR-CID and HM DM7 to NREP
2017 Apr 28		NREP installed on EF
2017 Apr?		NRCSD-11 on MPEP
2017 May 1		MPEP in JEMAL
2017 May 16	0824:59	Deploy SOMP 2, HAVELSAT, Columbia Sat
2017 May 16	1154:59	Deploy CXBN-2, IceCube, KySat-3/SGSAT
2017 May 17	0145:00	Deploy Phoenix, X-Cubesat, qbee50
	0812:59	Deploy Altair
	1240:01	Deploy SHARC
2017 May 18	0100:00	Deploy ZA-Aerosat, LINK
	0415:00	Deploy CSUNSat
	0825:00	Deploy UPSat, SpaceCube, Hoopoe
2017 May 24		NRCSD-11 off MPEP
		NRCSD-12 on MPEP
2017 May 25	0525	Deploy Challenger, NJUST1, UNSW-EC0
	0835	Deploy DUTHSat, Lilacsat1, nSIGHT1
	1155	Deploy QBITO, Aalto2,SUSAT
	2340	Deploy SNUSAT 1b
2017 May 26	0400	Deploy i-INSPIRE2, PolyITAN, SNUSAT 1
	0855	Deploy Ex-Alta 1
	1215	Deploy Aoxiang 1,BeEagleSat, Atlantis
2017 May 30		NRCSD-12 off MPEP
2017 Jun 16		J-SSOD7 on MPEP
2017 Jul 7		J-SSOD7 outside
2017 Jul 7	0850	Deploy BIRD J G M
	0910	Deploy BIRD B N
2017 Jul 20		Redeploy EXHAM-1
2017 Aug 9		SSRMS put MBSU on JOTI
		MBSU inside JEM AL
2017 Sep 7		MBSU inside JEM for repair
2017 Sep		MBSU stored in JEM AL
2017 Oct 18		MBSU stored in JEM
		Kaber on slide table
2017 Oct 24	0945	KE2M deploy
2017 Oct 25		Kaber inside
2017 Oct 25		SIMPL on Kaber
2017 Oct 27	0915:23	SIMPL deploy
2017 Oct 28?		Kaber back inside
2017 Oct 30		MBSU on slide table
2017 Nov 4		MBSU extracted by SPDM
2017 Nov 5		JOTI off table, MPEP on
2017 Nov 17		NRCSD-13 on MPEP
2017 Nov 20	0805:00	ECAMSAT deployer 3
	1225:01	ASTERIA deployer 1
	1702:02	Deillingr RBLE, deployer 5
2017 Nov 21	0825	TES-6, deployer 7
	1140	OSIRIS-3U, deployer 8
		NRCSD-13 inside
2017 Dec 21		NREP retrieved from EFU4
2018 Jan 4		Remove CID (EPM2) and DM (EPM4) from NREP
		Install Cavalier (EPM5) on NREP
2018 Jan 10		NREP reinstalled on EFU4
2018 Apr 13		MISSE-FF Transfer Tray on slide table
		4 MISSE sample carriers on Tray
2018 May 11		J-SSOD8 outside
	1030	Deploy 1KUNS-PF, Irazu
	1040	Deploy Ubakusat
2018 May 14		J-SSOD inside
		ExHAM/HXP on MPEP
		ExHAM/HXP/MPEP outside
2018 May 17		Bring ExHAM2 samples back inside
2018 May 18		Attach new samples to ExHAM2
		ExHam in airlock
2018 Jun 20	1135:00	RemoveDebris deployed by SPDM

Payload:

• KOBAIRO ISPR-1 rack, Gradient Heating Furnace

• SAIBO ISPR-2 rack, CBEF (Cell Biology Expt Facility) and CB (Clean Bench)

• TAIKIRO ISPR-3 rack, AFEX floating zone furnace (Advanced Furnace for Experiments with X-ray radiography)

• RYUTAI ISPR-4 rack, Fluid Physics; PCRF (Protein Crystallization Research Facility), IPU (Image Processing Unit), SCOF (Solution Crystallization Observation Facility), FPEF (Fluid Physics Experiment Facility)

• JEM RMS control station