Apstar-7 = CZ-3B/E - 31.03.12 14:27:04 ЛМВ - Сичан LC2

[Salo]

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=5060.msg863554#msg863554

Someone who has friends at Thales Alenia is reporting that APStar-7 will be launched on March 31. The satellite processing team will leave France next Monday for China.

[Salo]

http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/apstar-7.htm

APStar 7, 7B / ZX 12[/size]
 

APStar 7 [Thales Alenia]

Thales Alenia Space announced it has signed, on September 29, 2009, a contract with the APT Satellite Company Limited, a leading satellite operator in the Asia Pacific Region for the design, manufacture and delivery on ground of a high-capacity telecommunication satellite. The contract also includes Launch Campaign, Training, Launch and Early Operational Phase, In Orbit Tests as well as On Site Support, Dynamic Satellite Simulator, Satellite Control Centre and Baseband Subsystem.

APSTAR 7 will provide reliable broadcasting and telecommunications services over the Asia Pacific Region, Africa, Middle East and a part of Europe.

Based on Thales Alenia Space's Spacebus-4000C2 platform, APSTAR 7 is equipped with 28 C-band and 28 Ku-band active transponders. With electrical power of 11.4 kW and payload power of 8.4 kW, the satellite is expected to have a minimum of 15 years lifetime. It will be launched in the first quarter of 2012 to replace APStar 2R currently operated at 76.5° East Longitude orbital position.

APT Satellite in April 2010 has enteredinto a satellite procurement contract with satellite contractor Thales Alenia Space France for the manufacturing and delivering of APSTAR 7B Satellite, a Spacebus 4000 C2 Platform with 28 C-band and 23 Ku-band high power geostationary communications satellite.

At the same time, APT Satellite also entered into a launch service agreement with launch contractor China Great Wall Industry Corporation for the provision of launch and associated services of the APSTAR 7B Satellite on a CZ-3B/E launch vehicle at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at Xichang in Sichuan Province. The initial launch period of APSTAR 7B Satellite is between 15 July 2012 and 15 October 2012 in the case the launch of APSTAR 7 Satellite is not successful. If Apstar 7 is successfully placed into service, the Apstar 7B contract will be transferred to China Satcom as ZX 12 (ChinaSat 12), a state-owned satellite operator in Beijing, which also needs new capacity but not as quickly as APT.

Nation:    China
Type / Application:    Communication
Operator:    APT Satellite Company Ltd.
Contractors:    Thales Alenia Space
Equipment:    28 C-band transponders, 28 Ku-band transponders
Configuration:    Spacebus-4000C2
Propulsion:    S400
Power:    2 deployable solar arrays, batteries
Lifetime:    15 years
Mass:    
Orbit:    GEO[/size]

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http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=28410.0

From the 9ifly Chinese space forum... looks like we have a rocket on the launch pad!

Фото http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=28410.0;attach=384550;image

[Salo]

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APSTAR-7 is an advanced telecommunications satellite based on Spacebus 4000 C2 of Thales Alenia Space France (TASF) with a lift-off mass of 5054kg and a design lifetime over 15 years. The satellite has 56 operational transponders (28 in C-band and 28 in Ku-band) onboard, and will replace the current APSTAR-2R satellite at 76.5°East Longitude.

APSTAR-7 satellite's C-band global beam covers Asia, Africa, Australia and part of Europe and its multiple Ku-band beams, including China Beam, Middle East & North Africa Beam, Africa Beam and a Steerable Spot Beam are able to provide in-beam and cross-beam broadcast and telecommunication services.

APT Satellite Company Limited is one of the leading satellite operators in the Asia Pacific region. Its five APSTAR satellites fleet provides quality and "one-stop-shop" broadcast and telecommunications services covering about 75% of the world's population.

Thales Alenia Space France (TASF) is one of the leading satellite manufacturers in the world. APSTAR-7 is the 7th TASF-manufactured satellite launched by Long March launch vehicle.

http://www.apstar.com/apt_apstar/VII_Project.asp

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http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=28410.msg878000#msg878000

A0222/12 - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY N272159E1083650-N273125E1074313-N271528E1073946-N270603E1083315 BACK TO START. VERTICAL LIMITS: SFC-UNL.ALL ACFT ARE PROHIBITED TO FLY INTO THE AREA. SFC - UNL, 31 MAR 10:20 2012 UNTIL 31 MAR 11:04 2012. CREATED: 29 MAR 02:56 2012

    A0223/12 - A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY N260808E1142921-N261444E1140013-N255857E1135553-N255223E1142456 BACK TO START. VERTICAL LIMITS: SFC-UNL.ALL ACFT ARE PROHIBITED TO FLY INTO THE AREA. SFC - UNL, 31 MAR 10:21 2012 UNTIL 31 MAR 11:14 2012. CREATED: 29 MAR 02:57 2012

Launch time: March 31, 2012 @ 10:25 UTC +- 5 minutes

[Sharicoff]

http://cn.cgwic.com/APSTAR-7/index.html

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http://cn.cgwic.com/APSTAR-7/index.html

Target orbit: 200 x 50281 km x 24.7 deg.

[Sharicoff]

Target orbit: 200 x 50281 km x 24.7 deg.

Именно так. Супергеопереходная.

[ZOOR]

В последнее время начала пользоваться популярностью.
К чему бы это ?

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LM-3B LAUNCH VEHICLE FLIGHT SEQUENCE

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В последнее время начала пользоваться популярностью.
К чему бы это ?

По моему у китайцев такая орбита часто применяется.

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Ошибочка, наклонение 27,4 градуса, на http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/ сначала неправильно написали.

According to the APSTAR-7 Launch Services Contract signed by and between China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) and APT Satellite Company Limited (APT) on November 8, 2009, CGWIC and China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), subsidiaries of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), and China Satellite Launch and Tracking Control General (CLTC), will launch the APSTAR-7 telecommunications satellite manufactured by Thales Alenia Space France (TASF) from Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC) into the Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) with an apogee of 50,281 km, a perigee of 200 km and an inclination of 27.4 degrees by using a Long March 3B (LM-3B) Launch vehicle.

The APSTAR-7 launch mission is the 159th flight of the Long March family and the 50th flight of the LM-3A series launch vehicles. It is the sixth time that Long March provides launch services to APT.

Китайский текст

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Точка стояния 76.5° в.д.





http://cn.cgwic.com/APSTAR-7/satellite.html

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Эээ, http://cn.cgwic.com/APSTAR-7/satellite.html тут написано наклонение 24.7°, а тут http://cn.cgwic.com/APSTAR-7/introduce.html написано 27.4

И какое значение правильное? :shock:

[Sharicoff]

Китайские коллеги считают правильным 27.4°

[Sharicoff]

Улетел, однако. 10:27 UTC

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Launch success confirmed
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2012/03-31/3790840.shtml
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=28410.msg878906#msg878906

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http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=28410.30



The satellite was separated into:
209km x 50419km x 27.4°