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Payload: EUTELSAT 5 West B satellite
Platform: GeoStar-2
Separated spacecraft mass: 2,864 kg (6,314 lbs)
Mission Extension Vehicle-1
Platform: GeoStar-3
Separated spacecraft mass: 2,326 kg (5,128 lbs)
Launch Vehicle: Proton Breeze M
705,000 kg (1,554,000 lbs), including payload
58.2 m (191 ft)
Launch Date: 09 October 2019
Launch Time: 15:17:56 Baikonur
12:17:56 Paris
10:17:56 UTC/GMT
06:17:56 Reston
13:17:56 Moscow
Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launch Pad 39, Launch Complex 200
Launch Customer: Eutelsat, Paris
SpaceLogistics LLC, Dulles, Virginia
Satellite Manufacturer: Northrop Grumman, Dulles, Virginia
Launch Vehicle Manufacturer: Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, Moscow, Russian Federation
Launch Services Provider: International Launch Services, Reston, VA
Satellite Use: EUTELSAT 5 West B is a Ku-band satellite to be located at 5° West, a key video neighborhood addressing predominantly French, Italian and Algerian broadcast markets. The new satellite will provide business continuity and improved quality for these markets via a Ku-band payload of 35 equivalent 36 MHz transponders connected to three service areas. Switchable transponders will also increase commercial flexibility. Eutelsat selected Airbus Defence and Space and Northrop Grumman to build the new satellite. Airbus Defence and Space built the satellite’s payload while the platform was manufactured by Northrop Grumman.
The Northrop Grumman manufactured Mission Extension Vehicle 1 (MEV-1) delivers a groundbreaking satellite life-extension service through the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary SpaceLogistics LLC. MEV-1 docks to client vehicles in geosynchronous orbit using existing satellite features to provide attitude and orbit control of the combined vehicle stack. MEV-1 has the ability to dock and undock several times during its 15 year design life, allowing it to service multiple customers. SpaceLogistics’ initial service, using the MEV 1, will extend the life of the Intelsat 901 satellite for five years. SpaceLogistics is delivering the future of space by demonstrating the fundamentals of satellite servicing with MEV-1.
Satellite Statistics: EUTELSAT 5 West B
__Ku-band payload of 35 equivalent 36 MHz transponders
__Orbital location: 5 degrees West
__Anticipated service life: 15+ years
Mission Extension Vehicle-1
__Orbital location: Geosynchronous orbit
__Anticipated service life: 15+ years
Mission Profile: The Proton M / Breeze M launch vehicle, utilizing a 5-burn Breeze M Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit mission design, will lift off from Pad 39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, with the EUTELSAT 5 West B / MEV 1 satellites on board. The first three stages of the Proton will use a standard ascent profile to place the orbital unit (Breeze M upper stage and the EUTELSAT 5 West B / MEV 1 satellites) into a sub-orbital trajectory. From this point in the mission, the Breeze M will perform planned maneuvers to inject the orbital unit first to a circular parking orbit, then to an intermediate orbit, followed by a transfer orbit, and finally to a supersynchronous transfer orbit. Separation of the EUTELSAT 5 West B and MEV-1 satellites is scheduled to occur approximately 15 hours, 36 minutes and 15 hours, 54 minutes after liftoff, respectively.
EUTELSAT 5 West B Target Orbit at Separation: Apogee: 65,000 km (40,389 miles). Perigee: 12,040 km (7,481 miles). Inclination: 13.4 degrees
Mission Extension Vehicle-1 Target Orbit at Separation: Apogee: 65,000 km (40,389 miles). Perigee: 12,049 km (7,487 miles). Inclination: 13.3 degrees
Spacecraft Separation: EUTELSAT 5 West B: Approximately 15 hours, 36 minutes after liftoff
Mission Extension Vehicle-1: Approximately 15 hours, 54 minutes after liftoff
ILS Mission Statistics:
__97th ILS Proton launch
__1st ILS Proton launch of 2019
__2nd ILS Dual Launch / 1st Dual Launch with
2 Commercial Satellites
__8th Eutelsat Satellite Launched on ILS Proton
__6th and 7th NGIS Satellite Launched on ILS Proton
__1st SpaceLogistics LLC satellite launch
Live Broadcast: Live broadcast at http://E5WBMEV1.IMGONDEMAND.COM will begin at 06:00 ET.
Satellite Coordinates for viewing in Washington DC:
Transmission synopsis: 19-351014/1 Baikonur
Transmission type: Unilateral
Dates and timings: 09/10/2019 0900-1045 UTC
Origin: ZZDIV Baikonur
Distribution network:
EU10A 10 deg East Transponder B05 CHANNEL G – 9 MHz
UPLINK FREQ.: 14480.83 MHz POL.Y
DOWNLINK FR.: 11180.83 MHz POL.X
DVBS2 8PSK 7.2Ms/s FEC 3/4,
Pilot:On Roll-off 0.25 (MPEG2 422 15.678 Mbps)
AUDIO:1 SOUND MONO
AUDIO:2 SOUND MONO
AUDIO:3 N/A
AUDIO:4 N/A
Satellite Coordinates for viewing in Paris, France:
Transmission synopsis: 19-351015/1
Dates and timings: 09/10/2019 0900 – 1045 UTC
Origin: USDCI Washington, D.C.
Distribution network:
EU10A 10 deg East Transponder B05 CHANNEL H – 9 MHz
UPLINK FREQ.: 14489.83 MHz POL.Y by LEUK ZZEBU/EU10A/LK10AMOD4_A (NTC2280)
DOWNLINK FR.: 11189.83 MHz POL.X
DVBS2 8PSK 7.2Ms/s FEC 3/4
Pilot:On Roll-off 0.25 (MPEG4/H.264 420 15.678 Mbps)
AUDIO:1 SOUND MONO
AUDIO:2 SOUND MONO
AUDIO:3 N/A
AUDIO:4 N/A
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