Status Report

ILS to Launch Hispasat 1D on Lockheed Martin Atlas

By SpaceRef Editor

September 13, 2002

Filed under Commerce, International Launch Services, US

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Payload: Hispasat 1D
Geostationary communications satellite
Separated mass: Approx. 7165 lbs (3250 kg)

Launch Vehicle: Atlas IIAS, designated AC-159

Weight at liftoff: 522,455 lbs (236,982 kg), including payload
Fairing: 14 ft (4.2 m) diameter aluminum
Height: 155.5 ft (47.4 m)

Launch Date: Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2002

Launch Window: 38 minutes

6:04-6:42 p.m. EDT
22:04-22:42 GMT

Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

Launch Complex 36A

Customer: Hispasat S.A., Madrid, Spain

Satellite Manufacturer: Alcatel Space Industries, Cannes, France

Launch Vehicle Manufacturer: Atlas vehicle and Centaur upper stage built by
Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver, Colo.; San Diego, Calif.; and
Harlingen, Texas.

Launch Services Provider: International Launch Services, McLean, Va.

Satellite Use: High-powered Ku-band satellite to deliver communications,
including multimedia and interactive services, to Europe, North Africa, the
Middle East and the Americas.

Satellite Statistics:

SpaceBus 3000B2 model

28 Ku-band transponders

15 years expected lifetime

Mission Profile: This mission will use a parking orbit ascent trajectory
design with two Centaur burn phases. The vehicle will use both in-flight
retargeting and minimum residual shutdown to inject the satellite into the
best transfer orbit possible, subject to an apogee cap of 24,838 nmi (46,000
km) at first apogee. The satellite’s own attitude and orbital control system
will perform a series of burns to lower apogee and raise perigee to
geosynchronous altitude and reduce inclination.

Spacecraft Separation: About 29 minutes after liftoff

Orbital Parameters (@ Separation):