July 27,2020

 https://planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.781.txt

Anik F2

 2004-027A

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Boeing BSS-702 for launch in 2004 by Ariane 5G+ L519, on a 1663SP5 payload adapter and with medium payload fairing. CSA Ka-band payload; will provide high speed Internet and digital comm across N America. Launch mass 5965 kg; BOL mass 3850 kg; total prop is 2188 kg so dry mass 3777 kg minus whatever the Xe mass is - guess 77 kg (Anik F1 was 65 kg), to adopt a round dry mass of 3700 kg. box + 2 panels 7.3 x 3.8m with 47.9m span. . Station 111.1W.

90 percent of Anik F2's Ka band capacity was leased to Wild Blue, an originally Echostar-led Internet project that later became part of ViaSat. In 2009 it was colocated with WildBlue 1.

Anik F2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2004 Jul 18	0044	Launch by Ariane 5G+ (V163)	CSG ELA3
		T+7.3s launch
		T+2:21 EAP sep
		T+3:16 Fairing sep
	0053	T+9:53 EPC MECO	44.4 x 1553.1 x 7.10
	0053	T+9:59 EPC sep
	0054	T+10:06 EPS MES
	0111	T+27:02 EPS MECO
	0112	T+28:37 EPS sep
		T+45:52 end of L519/V163 mission
	0136	EPC apogee
	0223?	EPC reentry
		EPC impact 100.2W
2004 Jul 18			696.01 609 x 38665 x 6.8
2004 Jul 23			696.02 610 x 38665 x 6.8
2004 Jul 24		LAM-1	804.12 5887 x 38644 x 3.7
2004 Jul 25		LAM-2	1054.75 17264 x 38626 x 1.11
2004 Jul 28		LAM-3	1362.73 29592 x 39083 x 0.3
2004 Jul 29		LAM-4	1349.83 29513 x 38648 x 0.05
2004 Jul 30			1349.84 29516 x 38644 x 0.07
2004 Jul 30		LAM-5	1420.10 32113 x 38832 x 0.1
2004 Aug 2		LAM-6	1442.98 33174 x 38668 x 0.1
2004 Aug 3			1436.43 33253 x 38332 x 0.1 GEO 112.8W + 0.1W
2004 Aug 12			1435.89 33770 x 37794 x 0.1 GEO 116.5W
2004 Aug 24			1433.71 35409 x 36070 x 0.1 GEO 118.1W+0.6E/d
2004 Aug 30			1436.14 35783 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 118.8W
2004 Sep 23		Relocate to 111W
2004 Oct 7			1436.08 35785 x 35786 x 0.0 GEO 111.1W
2006 Aug 8			1436.08 35783 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 111.1W
2018 Jan 12			1436.11 35786 x 35788 x 0.0 GEO 111.1W