Sunday, December 18, 2005
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Monitor-E
2005-032A
Launch 2005 Jul by 14A05 Rokot with Briz-KM No. 72507 from PL. The satellite, Monitor-E 98M No. 1 uses Krunichev Yacht bus, 750 kg. Krunichev is owner/operator. Box + 2 panels. Bus is 1.2 x 1.2m.
| Monitor-E | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Aug 26 | 1834:28 | Launch by Rokot | KB PL LC133/3 |
| T+2:26 St 1 sep | |||
| T+3:05 GO sep | |||
| T+5:19 St 2 sep | |||
| 1839:53 | T+5:25 MES-1 dV 2229 m/s | -4000? x 250? x 97.6? | |
| 1848:14 | T+13:46 MECO-1 | 200? x 520? x 97.6? | |
| 1946:12 | T+1:11:44 MES-2 dV 161m/s | ||
| 1946:38 | T+1:12:10 MECO-2 | ||
| 2006:08 | T+1:31:40 Briz sep | ||
| 2005 Aug 26 | 524 x 544 x 97.6 | ||
| 2013:48 | T+1:39:20 depletion 147 m/s | ||
| 2005 Aug 26 | Briz orbit | 147 x 538 x 97.8 | |
| 2005 Oct 18 | loss of attitude | ||
| 2005 Nov 23 | Spacecraft resumes testing | ||
| 2005 Nov 26 | Gamma-S first picture | ||
Payload:
- Gamma-L 8-m camera pan, 90 km swath
- Gamma-S 20-m camera 3-band, 160 km swath
Tuesday, December 6, 2005
Friday, December 2, 2005
Navstar 31
1993-017A
Navstar GPS 31 (USA 90) was launched on 1993 Mar 30 from Cape Canaveral by a Delta II. The Delta also carried the SEDS experiment. SVN 31 was placed in plane C-3.
| Navstar 31 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 Mar 30 | 0309 | Launch by Delta 7925 | CC LC17 |
| 0318? | T+9? Delta SECO-1 | 185 x 185 x 34.0 | |
| 0329? | T+20? Delta SES-2 | ||
| 0329? | T+20? Delta SECO-2 | 184 x 746 x 34.0 | |
| 0330? | Delta/SEDS sep from GPS/PAM-D | ||
| 0331? | T+22? TES | ||
| 0333? | T+24? TECO | ||
| 0334? | T+25? PAM-D sep | 357.68 185 x 20440 x 34.9 | |
| 1993 Apr 1 | 1820? | Star 37XFP burn | 723.66 20187 x 20456 x 54.9 |
| 1993 Apr 13 | In service | ||
| 1993 Apr 22 | On station | ||
| 1993 Aug 7 | 717.99 20071 x 20293 x 55.0 | ||
| 1997 Feb 1 | Operating at slot C-3 | ||
| 2005 Oct 24 | retired from service | ||
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Monday, November 28, 2005
Saturday, November 26, 2005
Progress M-53
2005-021A
Progress No. 353 on Mission ISS 18P. 7261 kg launch mass. Docking mass 6989 kg.
| PM-53 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Jun 16 | 2309:32 | Launch by Soyuz-U No. Zh15000-094 | KB LC1-5 |
| T+1:59 Strapons sep | |||
| T+3:11 Fairing sep | |||
| 2314:19 | T+4:47 Blok A sep | ||
| 2314:29 | T+4:57 KhO sep | ||
| 2318:17 | T+8:45 Blok I MECO | ||
| 2318:24 | T+8:49 Blok I sep | ||
| 2005 Jun 17 | 0255:25 | DV1 21.6m/s 54.5s | |
| 0340:04 | DV2 3.3m/s 9.5s | ||
| 2005 Jun 18 | 0020:58 | 1.1m/s 4.0s | |
| 2249:18 | 15.8m/s 43s | ||
| 2311:48 | 1.1m/s 29s | ||
| 2332:41 | 25.9m/s 67.2s | ||
| 2005 Jun 19 | 0013:57 | 3 km, 8.1m/s 26s | |
| 0020:13 | 1.1km, 4.5m/s 16.2s | ||
| 0022:27 | 600m, 2.3m/s 35s | ||
| 2005 Jun 19 | 150m Comm failure, Krikalyov takes TORU control | ||
| 0041:31 | Docking | ||
| 2005 Sep 7 | 1025:57 | Undocking from Zvezda | |
| 1326:00 | Deorbit 167s 87.1m/s | 350 x 351 x 51.6 | |
| 1328:47 | DO CO | 56 x 350 x 51.6 | |
| 1405? | Reentry | ||
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Sunday, November 20, 2005
Intelsat 306
1970-003A
The F-6 satellite replaced F-2 as the primary AOR satellite, but was soon replaced in turn by F-7. After a stint in 1971 as the Atlantic backup, it was moved to the Indian Ocean in 1972, and then to the Pacific in around 1974-75. It was retired in 1976 and decommissioned in 1977.
| Intelsat III F-6 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 Jan 15 | 0016:03 | Launch by Delta M | CK LC17A |
| Azimuth 100 deg | |||
| SRM 1-3 sep | |||
| 0019:46 | T+3:43 MECO | ||
| 0019:52? | St 1 sep | ||
| 0019:52? | SES-1 6:27 | ||
| 0026:19? | SECO-1 | ||
| 0041? | St 2 sep | ||
| 0042? | TES 41.6s | ||
| 0042? | TECO | ||
| 0044? | St 3 sep | 631.70 267 x 35750 x 28.0 | |
| 1970 Jan 16 | 1329 | SVM-2 burn | |
| 1970 Jan 19 | 1436.14 35754 x 35820 x 1.0 GEO 20.6W | ||
| 1970 Feb 1 | AOR Primary, replaced III F-2 | GEO 24W | |
| 1970 Mar 9 | 1436.41 35784 x 35801 x 0.9 GEO 25.1W | ||
| 1970 May 4 | 1436.25 35784 x 35794 x 0.8 GEO 24.3W | ||
| 1970 May? | Replaced by III F-7 | ||
| 1970 May? | AOR Backup | ||
| 1970 Jun 8 | 1436.16 35785 x 35790 x 0.7 GEO 28.7W | ||
| 1971 Jan 18 | 1436.46 35730 x 35857 x 0.1 GEO 30.3W+0.1E | ||
| 1971 Apr | AOR Backup, moved | GEO 20W | |
| 1971 Apr 26 | 1434.40 35718 x 35788 x 0.2 GEO 21.9W+0.4W | ||
| 1971 May 3 | Move in | 1436.20 35787 x 35789 x 0.2 GEO 20.1W | |
| 1972 Feb 28 | 1436.21 35781 x 35791 x 0.9 GEO 19.4W | ||
| 1972 Mar? | Move out to IOR | ||
| 1972 Jul 31 | IOR | 1436.21 35780 x 35797 x 1.3 GEO 64.7E+0.04E | |
| 1972 Dec 22 | 1436.04 35784 x 35786 x 1.7 GEO 63.1E+0.0W | ||
| 1974 Dec | Move out of IOR | ||
| 1975? | Move to POR | ||
| 1975 Mar 14 | 1436.26 35780 x 35799 x 3.5 GEO 176.9W+0.05E | ||
| 1975 Dec 30 | GEO 182E (Morgan) | ||
| 1976 Jan 15 | 1436.24 35782 x 35796 x 4.2 GEO 178.2W+0.04E | ||
| 1976 | Move out | ||
| 1976 Oct 20 | 1436.80 35733 x 35866 x 4.7 GEO 152.1W+0.1E | ||
| 1977 May 9 | 1435.50 35737 x 35812 x 5.1 GEO 154.2W+0.1W | ||
| 1977 May 25 | Orbit raise | 1465.69 36185 x 36542 x 5.2 | |
Friday, November 18, 2005
MUBLCOM
1999-026B
MUBLCOM (Multiple beam Beyond Line-of-sight Communications) is an experimental satellite funded by DARPA and managed by the US Army's Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) at Ft Monmouth, New Jersey. It was built by Orbital using the Microstar (Orbcomm type) bus and carries a payload testing hand-held radio satellite communications for the armed forces.
Orbit is 750 x 750 km x 98 deg. The gravity gradient stabilized craft has a mass of 48 kg and is 0.16 long x 1.0 dia. MUBLCOM stands for Multiple Beam Beyond Line-of-Sight Communications. MUBLCOM relays packet data from user terminals to a data/voice network providing secure, mobile, terrain-independent, all-weather comms. The comms payload was developed by Torrey Science Corp. (TSC). The MUBLCOM demonstration satellite was launched in 1999. Program manager is the Space and Terrestrial Comms Directorate (S&TCD;) of CECOM, the US Army Communications/Electronics Command (part of Army Materiel Command?)
MUBLCOM also carries retroreflectors designed for use with MSFC's Advanced Video Guidance Sensor used on the DART satellite. This was not made public until DART launch preps in 2004.
The satellite was retired in 2005 Sep.
Saturday, November 12, 2005
STS-74 (Atlantis)
1995-061A
The STS-74 mission was the second Mir docking mission. Delivered from Atlantis to Mir were 324 kg of equipment, 147 kg of food, 450 kg of water, 20 kg of N2, and 27 kg of O2 for a total of 967 kg.. From Mir to Atlantis came 9 kg of ESA equipment, 190 kg of RKA equipment, and 171 kg of NASA equipment for a total of 371 kg. This implies a net Atlantis mass decrease of 596 kg. (The SODB data shows 313 kg down and implies 455 kg up as well as the DM; but the contemporary PAO reports seem more likely to be reliable).
| STS-74 mission events | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 Oct 3 | 0720 | Roll to VAB | |
| 1995 Oct 4 | Mate with ET/SRB | ||
| 1995 Oct 12 | 0406 | Roll to LC39A | |
| 1995 Nov 11 | Scrub T-5m (WX) | ||
| 1995 Nov 12 | 1230:43 | Launch | KSC LC39A |
| 1232:47 | SRB sep | ||
| 1239:17 | MECO | 88.29 80 x 299 x 51.7 (OMS dV) | |
| 1239:35 | ET sep | ||
| 1312:35 | OMS 2 2:11 64.9m/s | 90.52 294 x 305 x 51.7 | |
| 1314:46 | OMS 2 CO | ||
| 1357:23 | PLBD open | ||
| 1530:20 | OMS-3 (R) 46s 12m/s | ||
| 1602 | 90.92 299 x 339 x 51.6 | ||
| 1995 Nov 13 | 0415 | NC2 burn (RCS?) | |
| 1513:55 | NC3 OMS 4 40s 20m/s | 91.95 346 x 394 x 51.6 | |
| 1611:44 | NC4 OMS 5 (L) 38s 9m/s | ||
| 1995 Nov 14 | 0546 | RMS grapple Docking Module | |
| 0637 | Unberth DM | ||
| 0716 | Berth DM to ODS with RCS | ||
| 0900 | RMS ungrapple DM | ||
| 0941 | HO to DM | ||
| 1519 | NC4 RCS 21s 1.5m/s | 92.00 350 x 394 x 51.7 | |
| 1995 Nov 15 | 0153:04 | NC5 OMS-6 (R) 33s 8m/s | 92.29 379 x 394 x 51.6 |
| 0326:43 | OMS-7 (L) TI 9s 3m/s | 92.39 387 x 396 x 51.7 | |
| 0528 | Rendezvous at 50m | ||
| 0556 | Resume approach | ||
| 0618 | Stationkeep at 10m | ||
| 0622 | Resume approach | ||
| 0627:39 | Dock DM with Kristall | ||
| 0636 | APDS retracted and latched | ||
| 0900 | DM hatch open | 92.42 391 x 395 x 51.6 | |
| 1130? | DM control to Russia | ||
| 1995 Nov 16 | 0526 | RCS Orbiter/Mir structural dynamics test | |
| 1995 Nov 17 | 1746 | Crew return, hatch closed | |
| 1995 Nov 18 | 0815:44 | Atlantis undock from DM | 92.42 391 x 395 x 51.6 |
| 0832 | Stationkeep at 120 m, begin flyaround | ||
| 0915? | Second flyaround | ||
| 1005 | Sep burn | 92.39 388 x 395 x 51.6 | |
| 1514:20 | OMS 8L 47s 13m/s lower orbit for GLO | ||
| 1558:03 | OMS 9R 55s 15m/s | 91.39 337 x 348 x 51.6 | |
| 1995 Nov 19 | 1134 | DTO 829 plume test RCS | |
| 1841 | GLO RCS burns begin | ||
| 1914 | GLO RCS burns end | ||
| 1995 Nov 20 | 1320 | PLBD closed | 91.36 336 x 346 x 51.6 |
| 1558:43 | OMS deorbit 3:54 132.2m/s | -106 x 346 x 51.6 | |
| 1602:37 | OMS DO CO | ||
| 1630:02 | Entry interface 122km | ||
| 1701:09 | Gear down | ||
| 1701:27 | MGTD RW33 KSC | ||
| 1701:37 | NGTD | ||
| 1702:24 | Wheels stop | ||
| 1955 | Tow to OPF/1 | ||