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 SpaceCluster.Com Woodbridge, VA 22192 http://www.spacecluster.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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