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CHRONOLOGY OF ACTIVITIES
| November
6, 2000 -December 24, 2000 |
Activities at Home Port:
- annual maintenance of Rocket Segment systems;
- ILV testing and assembly;
- transfer and ILV Dry Roll-Out.
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| December
24, 2000 - January 5, 2001 |
ACS/LP transit to the launch site. |
| January
6-8, 2001 |
Pre-launch processing.
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| January
8, 2001 |
An attempt is made to launch the Zenit-3SL ILV with
the XM Radio-1 spacecraft. The launch was stopped
on Mission Director's command (issued 11 s prior to
the launch) because the spacecraft was not ready.
Due to the fact that the Stage 1 engine was loaded
with kerosene and starting fuel the repeat launch
without Stage 1 replacement became impossible. Propellant
components drain from ILV tanks.
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| January
9-10, 2001 |
ILV drying after propellant components drain, ILV
reset. Propellant components drain from the Stage
1 propulsion system.
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March
29, 2001 -
19 April 2001 |
ILV
testing and assembly aboard ACS. |
| April
20, 2001 |
ILV
transfer from ACS to LP. |
| April
21-24, 2001 |
Performance
of two tests under the Dry Roll-Out program. |
| April
25 - May 5, 2001 |
ACS/LP
transit to the launch site. |
| May
6-8, 2001 |
Pre-launch
processing. |
| May
9, 2001 |
At
2:10 A.M. Moscow Time (May 8, 2001 at 3:10 P.M. Pacific
Time) is carried out the seventh launch from the Odyssey
Launch Platform under the Sea Launch program. The XM
Radio-1 spacecraft is placed into the calculated orbit. |
| 9
May 2001 |
Post-launch
operations. |
LAUNCH RESULTS
The XM Radio-1 spacecraft is placed into the calculated
orbit:
Perigee altitude,
km |
Apogee altitude,
km
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Inclination,
deg.
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Perigeeargument,
deg.
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906
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35786
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1,25
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180
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