Land Launch Project
Chronology of Launches
TELSTAR 11N Launch
CHRONOLOGY OF ACTIVITIES
| January 11-26, 2009 |
Prelaunch processing of Block DM-SLB ?2L within the Zenit-3SLB ILV. |
| January 12-31, 2009 |
Telstar 11N SC processing (Canada). |
| January 27, 2009 |
US filling with high-boiling propellant components and compressed gases. |
| February 2-4, 2009 |
Telstar 11N SC filling with propellant components and compressed gases. |
January 28-
February 15, 2009 |
Assembly and nominal processing of Ascent Unit ?2L. |
| February 4-17, 2009 |
Nominal prelaunch processing of launch vehicle Zenit-2S ?2L within the Zenit-3 SLB ILV. |
| February 15-24, 2009 |
Assembly and nominal prelaunch processing of the Zenit-3SLB ILV. |
| February 22, 2009 |
State Committee accepted a decision on the Zenit-3SLB ILV roll-out to LC for ILV further processing for the Telstar 11N SC launch. |
| February 24, 2009 |
1-st launch day. ILV transportation to the Launch Complex ILV installation on LC. Start of ILV nominal prelaunch processing. |
| February 25, 2009 |
2-nd launch day. Critical launch readiness checklist (CLRC). |
| February 26, 2009 |
3-rd launch day. CLRC mode analysis. Meeting of the State Committee (launch readiness review with customer participation). LC preparation for prelaunch processing (PLP) mode. At 16:30, Moscow time (13:30 UTC) PLP mode began. At 21:30, Moscow time (18:30 UTC) the launch of the Zenit-3SLB ILV with the Telstar 11N SC was performed. |
LAUNCH RESULTS
The Telstar 11N spacecraft was injected into the calculated geo-transfer orbit with the following parameters:
Perigee altitude,
km |
Apogee altitude,
km |
Inclination,
deg. |
1520 |
35772 |
34.57 |
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