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of Assembly and Command ship (ACS) to the Home Part following
the success ful launch of SC Spaceway-1.
Zenit-2S LV No SL 4 and Upper Stage DM-SL No 13L were intended
for SC Intelsat Americas-8 launch, while Zenit-2S LV No
SL 19 was used for preparation as “Donor” LV.
CHRONOLOGY OF ACTIVITIES
| May
3-10, 2005 |
Loading of Zenit-2S LV No SL 4 1st and 2nd stages
into ACS and their mating Preparing Upper Stage DM-SL
No 13L for tests, test activations of thermostating
system and US control system. Integrated tests of
US control system. Processing activities on the Rocket
Segment integrated systems and processing equipment.
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| May
9, 2005 |
Arrival of the Launch Plat form (LP) to the Home
Port On the next day it is requested that maintenance
work on the LP-based processing equipment should
start.
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| May
11-15, 2005 |
Testing of the telemetry system, getting ready
for pneumatic tests of Zenit-2S LV No SL 4. Test
activations of the onboard systems, pneumatic tests
of Pneumo-Hydraulic system and US main engine. Processing
activities on the Rocket segment integrated systems
and processing equipment.
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| May
15-22, 2005 |
Zenit-2S LV No SL 4 pneumatic tests and electrical
tests, its preparation for mating with US. Carrying
electric tests to completion, check of onboard tanks,
leak checks of Equipment Bay, Pneumo-Hydraulic System
for fuel supply and main engine, conduct of US protective
operations. Processing activities on the Rocket segment
integrated systems and processing equipment.
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| May
17, 2005 |
At the Home Port the scheduled Sea Launch Complex
System Readiness Review (SRR) for Intelsat Americas-8
Mission implementation was conducted. Work Readiness
Certificate for Intelsat Americas-8 Mission was signed.
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| May
19, 2005 |
Mass characteristics of SC Intelsat Americas-8 put
into storage in a fuelled condition at the Assemby
and Testing Facilities were formally confirmed.
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| May 23, 2005 |
The first
integrated rehearsal of prelaunch processing, involving
the Rocket Segment, Sea Segment and Customer’s operational
personnel, was conducted. During the rehearsal several
off-nominal operations were simulated. |
| May 23-29,
2005 |
Final
operations following testing of Zenit-2S LV No SL 4,
getting LV ready for mating with US. Upper Stage DM-SL
No 13L tests involved the following: installation of
onboard tanks, charging of Equipment Bay with air,
filling of US with propellant components and compressed
gases. US/LV mating, ILV assembly. Processing activities
on the Rocket Segment integrated systems and processing
equipment. |
| May 30 - June
5, 2005 |
Check
of the completely assembled Zenit-3SL ILV No SL 4.
Preparation for and conduct of ILV electric tests,
including Critical Launch Readiness Checklist. ILV
reloading from ACS to LP. “Dry” roll-out of ILV to
the launch pad, conduct of Critical Launch Readiness
Check list of ILV on LP. Intelsat Americas-8 Mission
Readiness Review. |
| June 8, 2005 |
LP sailing
out from the Home Port to the launch site. |
| June 5-10,
2-5 |
Preparation
of the ACS – based Rocket Segment systems and equipment
for the transit by sea. |
| June 11, 2005 |
ACS sailing
out from the Home Port to the launch site. |
| June 13, 2005 |
Conducting
the ACS – based integrated prelaunch processing rehearsal
No 2 with all the Sea Launch Segments and subdivisions
involved (simulated off-nominal situations) |
| June 16-17,
2005 |
Conducting
the ACS – based real-time final integrated prelaunch
processing rehearsal No 3 during its sea transit to
the launch site with support from MCC-M (Korolev),
operations centers in Dnepropetrovsk, NASA division,
SC Customer and Launch Customer, Bruster Center and
the TDRSS channels involved. |
| June 19, 2005 |
In the
final section of the Sea transit the Rocket segment
personnel initiated preliminary activities to get LP
and ACS equipment ready for ILV launch (“Zero” launch
day activities). LP and ACS arrival at the launch site.
Launch Platform ballast trimming. |
| June 20, 2005 |
First
launch day activities: making the Rocket Segment systems
ready for the activities on the launch site. Review
of Intelsat Americas-8 Mission Readiness for the launch
site operations and ILV launch (LRR) was conducted. |
| June 21, 2005 |
Second
launch day activities: ILV preparation for roll-out
to the launch pad, LP orientation to the launch position,
ACS transfer to a nominal position w.r.t. LP, ILV roll-out
and erection anto the launch pad, PLU stand-alone checks,
ILV electrical checks, execution of the Critical Launch
Readiness Checklist. |
| June 22-23,
2005 |
Third
launch day activities: Performance of prelaunch processing
final operations, including launch personnel delivery
by a helicopter to LP, Flight Readiness Checklist execution,
ILV fuelling and final evacuation of the Rocket and
Sea Segment personnel from LP by the helicopter. |
| June 23, 2005 |
At 18
hours 02 minutes 59, 465 seconds Moscow Time (14 hours
02 minutes 59, 465 seconds Greenwich Mean Time) the
seventeenth launch from the Odyssey launch platform
under the Sea Launch Program was performed. Spacecraft
Intelsat Americas-8 was injected into its target geostationary
orbit with a high accuracy.Post-flight operations at
LP and ACS. |
| June 24, 2005 |
ACS and
LP start their sea transit from the launch site back
to the Home Part. |
LAUNCH RESULTS
Spacecraft Intelsat Americas-8 has been put into its design
geostationary orbit.
Perigee altitude,
km |
Apogee
altitude,
km |
Inclination,
deg. |
202 |
35636 |
0 |
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