ADVISORY/ILS To Launch MBSAT on Atlas III.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week. Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant (March 12) --(BUSINESS WIRE) International Launch Services International Launch Services (or ILS) was formed in 1995 as a private spaceflight partnership between the United States defense contractor Lockheed Martin (LM) (LM sold their part later) and the Russian firms Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center and RSC (ILS ILS In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Israeli Shekel. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. )
Payload: MBSAT
Space Systems/Loral 1300 platform
Separated mass: Approx. 9,133 lbs (4,143 kg)
Launch Vehicle: Atlas III, designated AC-202
Weight at liftoff: 484,383 lbs (219,712 kg),
including payload
Fairing: 14 ft (4.2 m) diameter aluminum
Height: 170.2 ft (51.9 m)
Launch Date: Friday, March 12, 2004
Launch Window: 90 minutes
00:41-02:11 a.m. EST
05:41-07:11 GMT
14:41-16:11 Tokyo & Seoul
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS),
Fla.
Launch Complex 36B
Customer and
Satellite Manufacturer: Space Systems/Loral (SS/L)
Palo Alto, Calif.
End Users: Mobile Broadcasting Corp. (MBCO), Tokyo,
Japan;
SK Telecom (SKT), Seoul, Korea
Launch Vehicle
Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Denver,
Colo.
Launch Services
Provider: International Launch Services, McLean, Va.
Satellite Use: MBSAT will deliver digital multimedia
information services such as CD-quality
audio, MPEG-4 video and data to mobile users
throughout Japan and Korea.
Satellite Statistics: -- SS/L 1300 model satellite bus
-- Ku-band uplink and Ku- and S-band
downlinks
-- 144 degrees East longitude operating
position
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. The satellite's own attitude
and orbital control system will perform a
series of burns to raise perigee to
geosynchronous altitude and reduce
inclination.
Spacecraft Separation: About 29 minutes after liftoff
Orbital Parameters: Apogee Altitude: 17,755-19,408 nm
(@ Separation) (32,883-35,944 km)
Perigee Altitude: 98 nm (182 km)
Inclination: 23.43-26.6 deg
Flight Azimuth: 97.5 deg
ILS Mission Statistics: -- 2nd Atlas launch in 2004
-- 2nd ILS launch of the year
-- 21st ILS launch of SS/L-built satellite
-- 5th flight of Atlas III series
-- Atlas family has perfect record in 69
consecutive flights
NEWS MEDIA ACTIVITIES
All times are EST unless otherwise indicated
Media Briefing: Pre-launch news conference at 12:30 p.m. on
Thursday, March 11, at the Radisson Resort in
Cape Canaveral.
Remote Camera Set-up: Photographers should meet at 3 p.m.,
Thursday, March 11, at CCAFS Pass & ID
Building for escort to Pad 36.
Launch Viewing: Accredited press covering the launch should
meet at the CCAFS Pass & ID Building at 11
p.m. Thursday, March 11, for Air Force escort
to Press Site 1.
Live Broadcast: Launch program will be carried in the U.S. on
Galaxy 3, transponder 4, C-band, 95 degrees
West, downlink frequency 3780 MHz (vertical).
Test signals begin about 11:30 p.m. EST.
More Information: General mission information and a live
webcast of the launch will be available on
the ILS website at www.ilslaunch.com. Launch
status updates will be available on the ILS
U.S. domestic Launch Hotline at
1-800-852-4980.
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