ARIANE 44L/INTELSAT 901 LAUNCH INFORMATION

From: Keith Stein (kstein@erols.com)
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 04:59:03 PDT

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    LAUNCH INFORMATION
    
    NAME:            ARIANE 44L/INTELSAT 901
    LAUNCH AGENCY:   EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
    LAUNCH SITE:     GUIANA SPACE CENTER (CSG), PAD 2, F.G.
    LAUNCH AZIMUTH:  092.0000 DEG
    LAUNCH WINDOW:   08 JUN 01 0644Z TO 08 JUN 01 0744Z
    LAUNCH VEHICLE:  ARIANE 44L
    
    NOMINAL ORBITS
                                        S/C SEP
    EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):             159/07:04:55.950
    PERIOD (MIN):                       634.369
    INCLINATION (DEG):                  7.000
    ECCENTRICITY (DEG):                 0.731024
    SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM):               24456.1683
    ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG):          178.000
    RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG):         181.143
    MEAN ANOMALY (DEG):                 2.392
    START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:20:55.950
    END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:  006:30:00.000
    HEIGHT (KM):                        419.8623
    INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG):           2.31S
    INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG):          17.48E
    INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG):   96.549
    INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS):    159/07:04:55.950
    
    SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
    
    LIFTOFF TO INJECTION:
    
    SEQUENCE OF EVENTS           MM:SS.S
    LIFT-OFF                     00:04.4
    FIRST LRB JETTISON           02:29.6
    SECOND LRB JETTISON          02:30.6
    FIRST STAGE SEPARATION       03:31.1
    FAIRING JETTISON             04:23.6
    SECOND STAGE SEPARATION      05:42.9
    END OF MAIN THRUST PHASE     18:46.1
    INTELSAT 901 SEPARATION      20:55.9
    END OF MISSION               22:29.9
    END OF OUTGASSING            24:09.9
    
    GENERAL INFORMATION
    
    OBJECTS TO ACHIEVE ORBIT:
    TWO: INTELSAT 901 AND THE ARIANE THIRD STAGE R/B.
    
    1) INTELSAT 901 IS A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE.
    STRUCTURE (HXDXW) IS 5.56M X 2.8M X 3.5M WITH A SOLAR ARRAY
    SPAN OF 31M.
    
    2) THIRD STAGE R/B IS 1260 KG, 12M LONG, 2.6M IN DIAMETER AND
    WILL SPIN AT 4 RPM.
    
    LAUNCH VEHICLE DESCRIPTION:
    THE LAUNCH VEHICLE IS A THREE STAGE ARIANE 44L WITH FOUR LIQUID
    STRAP-ON BOOSTERS.
    
    MISSION NARRATIVE:
    INTELSAT 901 IS 3-AXIS STABILIZED, HAS A LIFETIME OF 13 YEARS AND
    WILL BE POSITIONED AT 342 DEGREES EAST.
    
    COMMUNICATIONS FREQUENCIES
    TRANSMITTING FREQUENCY         REMARKS
    2203 MHZ                       LAUNCHER TELEMETRY
    3947.5 MHZ                     INTELSAT TELEMETRY
    6170.00 MHZ                    INTELSAT COMMAND
    
    OBJECT DESIGNATIONS:
                                                                INT
    OBJECT                        COMMON NAME                   DSG  CTY
    PAYLOAD                       INTELSAT 901                  A    ITSO
    ROCKETBODY                    ARIANE 44L R/B                B    ESA
    
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