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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