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CHRONOLOGY OF ACTIVITIES
| May
27 - July 1, 2000 |
Preparation of Upper Stage and Launch Vehicle for mating. |
| July
1 - 9, 2000 |
ILV assembly and testing. |
| July
10, 2000 |
ILV transfer from ACS to LP
|
| July
11 - 12, 2000 |
ILV testing on LP under the Dry Roll-Out program
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| July
13, 2000 |
LP transit to the launch site
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| July
16, 2000 |
ACS
transit to the launch site. |
| July
23 - 29, 2000 |
Activities at the launch site
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| July
29, 2000 |
At
2:42 A.M. Moscow Daylight Time (July 28, 2000 at 3:42
P.M. Pacific Daylight Time) is carried out the fourth
launch from the Odyssey Launch Platform under the Sea
Launch Program. |
LAUNCH RESULTS
The PanAmSat-9 spacecraft is placed into the calculated
geosynchronous transfer orbit:
Perigee altitude,
km |
Apogee altitude,
km
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Inclination,
deg.
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Perigeeargument,
deg.
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|
1900
|
35786
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1,20
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179,94
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