Monday, June 17, 2019

Artemis

 2001-029A


The second ESA heavy communications technology satellite was the SAT-2/DM Advanced Relay Technology Mission (Artemis) was built by Alenia Spazio for ESA using the Italsat bus. Originally scheduled for launch in 1996  [693], the DRS precursor technology mission was delayed until 2000 and oriented to mobile and inter-satellite communications. In 1996 it was moved from Ariane 5 to the Japanese H-IIA, but was later moved back again after H-II delays. Mass is 3105 kg full. Size is 4.8h 8.0wide (with antennas) and 25m span.

4.86 x 2.85 x 2.95m, span 24.73m.

Artemis was placed above SYLDA, which contained BSAT-2B.

Artemis together with Inmarsat 3 AOR and IOR provides the EGNOS European GPS augmentation. It opeated as an IOR-W (Congo) satellite.

The S400 LAE will perform GEO insertion; relocation will be done by the set of 10N RCS biprop thrusters attached to the S400. Biprop load is 1538 kg. Ion propulsion will be used for NSSK. Artemis carries two DASA RIT-10 thrusters and two MMS EIT T5 thrusters with 40 kg of Xe. Isp is 3000s and thrust is 20mN. Deduced dry mass is 1527 kg.

The EPS stage only got to 80 percent of planned thrust and cutoff 1min 20sec early, because of a combustion instability in the Aestus engine. Designers annouced that mixing the propellant more slowly would fix the problem.

Artemis was later raised to a 30900 x 30940 km orbit, significantly below geosynchronous, and then finally by Feb 2003 to GEO.

Avanti bought the satellite in 2014 and in 2016 relocated it to 123E under a contract from the Indonesian ministry of defence, preserving Indonesia's rights to the old Garuda-1.


Artemis 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2001 Jul 12  2158:00  Launch by Ariane 5G  CSG ELA3 
  T+0:07 Liftoff 
  T+2:24 EAP sep 
  T+3:25 Fairing sep
 2207:59 T+9:59 EPC cutoff 
 2208:06 T+10:06 EPC sep 
 2208:28 T+10:28 EPS burn 
 2208:31 T+10:31 Aestus problem, 80 percent thrust 
 2223:28 T+25:28 Aestus cutoff early 
  T+26:48 Aestus cutoff due 
 2226 T+28:06 Artemis sep 
 2228 T+29:58 Sylda 5 sep 
 2233 T+35:35 BSAT-2b sep 
2001 Jul 14    318.48 592 x 17548 x 2.9 
2001 Jul 18  1519  Perigee burn 1  345.35 609 x 19245 x 3.0 
2001 Jul 19   Perigee burn 2  
2001 Jul 19   Perigee burn 3 
2001 Jul 20   Perigee burn 4 
2001 Jul 20   Perigee burn 5 
2001 Jul 21  1432   546.86 660 x 30886 x 2.9 
2001 Jul 22   Apogee burn 1  
2001 Jul 22  1211   579.84 2446 x 30864 x 2.2 
2001 Jul 23   Apogee burn 2  
2001 Jul 24   Apogee burn 3, parking orbit  
2001 Jul 27  1553   1195.43 30902 x 30964 x 0.8 
2001 Aug 12    1195.18 30897 x 30958 x 0.8 
2001 Dec 4    1194.85 30901 x 30941 x 0.8 
2002 Feb 20   Ion thruster burns resume 
2002 Feb 21    1195.50 30921 x 30948 x 1.0 
2002 Mar 31    1206.45 31118 x 31205 x 1.0 
2002 Apr 24    1222.75 31415 x 31583 x 1.0 
2002 Jul 18    1284.11 32678 x 32833 x 1.1 
2002 Aug 30    1312.77 33289 x 33384 x 1.2 
2002 Sep 27    1330.09 33628 x 33741 x 1.2 
2002 Oct 27    1353.26 34073 x 34225 x 1.3 
2002 Nov 26    1378.52 34589 x 34714 x 1.4 
2002 Dec 5    1386.40 34770 x 34845 x 1.4 
2003 Jan 3    1409.15 35224 x 35290 x 1.5 
2003 Jan 17    1421.28 35488 x 35504 x 1.5 GEO 7.0W+3.7E 
2003 Jan 31    1432.32 35664 x 35760 x 1.6 GEO 21.2E+1.0E 
2003 Feb 5    1436.29 35494 x 36086 x 1.5 GEO 21.0E 
 
2006 Aug 1    1436.11 35776 x 35797 x 4.8 GEO 21.4E 
2009 Jun 1    1436.08 35772 x 35799 x 7.4 GEO 21.5E 
2015 Feb 15   AVANTI takes over operation 
2016 Apr 22    1436.06 35773 x 35798 x 12.3 GEO 21.3E 
2016 May 20    1436.06 35775 x 35795 x 12.3 GEO 20.7E 
2016 May 25   Move out  1434.42 35732 x 35775 x 12.3 GEO 24.2E+0.5E/d 
2016 Nov 17   Move in 123E  1436.06 35772 x 35799 x 12.5 GEO 123.0E 
2017 Oct 29    1436.17 35776 x 35800 x 12.9 GEO 123.2E 

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