October 14, 2011

Payload:
ViaSat-1
SS/L 1300

Separated spacecraft Mass:
6,740 kg

Launch Vehicle:       
Proton M/Breeze M
705,000 kg (1,554,000 lb), including payload
58.2 m (191 ft)

Launch Date: 
20 October 2011, Baikonur

Launch Time:    
00:48   Baikonur
18:48   GMT, 19 October
14:48   EDT, 19 October
11:48   PDT, 19 October

Launch Site: 
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launch Pad 39

Launch Customer:    
ViaSat Inc., Carlsbad, Ca

Satellite Manufacturer:  
Space Systems/Loral, Palo Alto, Ca

Launch Vehicle Manufacturer:
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center,
Moscow, Russia

Launch Services Provider:     
International Launch Services, Reston, Va

Satellite Use:   
ViaSat-1 is the highest throughput satellite ever built. The total capacity is in excess of 140 Gbps, more than all other communication satellites over North America combined. The all Ka-band spot beam ViaSat-1 is designed to transform the quality of satellite broadband service through a new system design that focuses on maximizing total bandwidth throughput. In this way, the cost per bit is reduced to a fraction of that provided by previous generation satellites, significantly changing the economics and performance of satellite communications. The satellite, to be located at 115˚W, will use 72 beams to cover 75% of the Continental United States, as well as the most populated areas of Alaska, Hawaii, and Canada.

Satellite Statistics:       
__ All Ka-band satellite
__ Orbital location: 115 degrees west
__ Anticipated service life:  15 years

Mission Profile:   
The Proton M launch vehicle, utilizing a 5-burn Breeze M mission design, will lift off from Pad 39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, with the ViaSat-1 satellite 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 ViaSat-1 satellite) into a suborbital trajectory. From this point in the mission, the Breeze M will perform planned mission maneuvers to advance the orbital unit first to a circular parking orbit, then to an intermediate orbit, followed by a transfer orbit, and finally to a geosynchronous transfer orbit.
Separation of the ViaSat-1 satellite is scheduled to occur approximately 9 hours, 12 minutes after liftoff.

Target Orbit at Separation:   
Apogee: 35,786 km (22,236 miles)
Perigee:  2,363 km (1,468 miles)
Inclination: 30.4 degrees

Spacecraft Separation:        
Approximately 9 hours, 12 minutes after liftoff

ILS Mission Statistics:       
__1st Satellite Launch for ViaSat
__19th Space Systems/Loral Satellite Launched on ILS Proton
__4th ILS Proton Launch in 2011
__68th ILS Proton Launch Overall

More Information:
Live webcast  will begin approximately 20 minutes before liftoff.  General mission information and launch status updates are available at the website, and on the ILS Facebook and Twitter page.

Broadcast details:

ILS ViaSat-1 Live Launch Broadcast October 19th:

US Domestic C-Band analog satellite time from IMG will start at 13:45 Eastern
US Domestic KU-Band digital satellite time from IMG will start at 13:45 Eastern
European test signals from IMG will start at 13:45 Eastern
BAIKONUR to US signal starts at 1230 Eastern
Live Coverage starting at 14:30 Eastern
Launch is scheduled for 14:48:58 Eastern
Launch Broadcast concludes 15:30 Eastern

Baikonur U/L  Eutelsat W2A, B1 Ch-2 Middle; Arqiva conf. #5-22016
U/L 14305.00 Vertical
D/L 11005.00 Horizontal
Video Std: 625 PAL
Audio Channels: Audio: 1 Pair (2ch) .
Symbol Rate: 5.632 Msym/s
FEC: 3/4 FEC
Aspect Ratio : SD 16×9
Modulation : S-QPSK (Default) 35%
MPEG : 420 MPEG 2
Encryption: No Encryption

Webcast can be seen at:  http://viasat1.imgondemand.com/

In North America the broadcast may be seen at C-band sites on:
AMC-3, C-band, channel C18; SES conf. # 139913
87 degrees west
Analog, 36 mhz.
U/L frequency 6285.0 Horizontal
D/L  frequency 4060.0 Vertical
audio 6.2 and 6.8

At KU-band sites the broadcast may be seen on:
AMC-15,  KU band, tx 01, slot C9; Echostar conf. #82719 (1200 – 1230) &  #82720 (1345 – 1530)
105 degrees west
Digital, 9 mhz
U/L 14024.5 Horizontal
D/L 11724.5 Vertical
Symbol rate:  6.1113
FEC 3/4
Aspect ratio:  16×9
Audio:  ch.1 and 2

In Baikonur and Europe the broadcast may be seen on:
Eutelsat W2A, F6, ch. D; Arqiva order # 5-22017
U/L 14203.83 Horizontal
D/L 12703.83 Vertical
Symbol Rate: 5.632 Msym/s
FEC: 3/4 FEC
Aspect Ratio : SD 16×9
Modulation : S-QPSK (Default) 35%
MPEG : 420 MPEG 2
Encryption: No Encryption