SBS 6 (satellite)

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SBS 6
Mission type Communication
Operator Intelsat
COSPAR ID 1990-091A [1]
SATCAT no. 20872
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSBS 6
Bus HS-393
Manufacturer Hughes
Launch mass2,478 kg (5,463 lb)
BOL mass 1,484 kg (3,272 lb)
Dimensions3.7 m × 10 m × 2.3 m (12.1 ft × 32.8 ft × 7.5 ft) with solar panels and antennas deployed.
Power2.2 kW
Start of mission
Launch date22:58,October 12, 1990(UTC) (1990-10-12T22:58Z) [2]
Rocket Ariane 44L
Launch site Kourou ELA-2
Contractor Arianespace
End of mission
Disposalplaced in a graveyard orbit
DeactivatedApril 2009 [3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Inclined geosynchronous
Semi-major axis 42527 km
Perigee altitude 36,127.3 km
Apogee altitude 36,186.6 km
Inclination 7.3°
Period 1,454.7 minutes
Epoch 00:00:00 2016-08-17 [4]
Transponders
Band Ku band: 19 × 45 Mhz [3] />
Bandwidth855 MHz
Coverage areaContinental United States [5]
TWTA power41 Watts
 

SBS 6 was a geostationary communications satellite designed and manufactured by Hughes (now Boeing) on the HS-393 platform. It was originally ordered by Satellite Business Systems, which later sold it to Hughes Communications and was last used by Intelsat. It had a Ku band payload and operated on the 95°W longitude. [3]

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Satellite description

The spacecraft was designed and manufactured by Hughes on the HS-393 satellite bus. It had a launch mass of 2,478 kg (5,463 lb), a mass of 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) after reaching geostationary orbit and an 8-year design life. When stowed for launch, its dimensions were 3.4 m (11 ft) long and 3.7 m (12 ft) in diameter. [6]

With its solar panels fully extended it spanned 10 m (33 ft). [3] Its power system generated approximately 2,350  Watts of power thanks to two cylindrical solar panels. [3] It also had a two 38Ah NiH2 batteries. [3] These panels used K7 and K4-3/4 solar cells and were more than twice the number than on the HS-376. [6]

Its propulsion system was composed of two R-4D LAE with a thrust of 490 N (110 lbf). It also used two axial and four radial 22 N (4.9 lbf) bipropellant thrusters for station keeping and attitude control. [6] It included enough propellant for orbit circularization and 8 years of operation. [3]

Its payload was composed of a 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) multi horn antenna by thirty 45 MHz Ku band transponders, of which 19 were active and 11 spares. It had a total active bandwidth of 855 MHz. [3] [6] The Ku band transponders had a TWTA output power of 41  Watts. [3] [6] It also had an omnidirectional command and telemetry antenna. [6]

History

In 1985 Satellite Business Systems decided to order a more powerful satellite than the HS-376 based previous satellites. Thus, it ordered the HS-393 based SBS 6 from Hughes, becoming the first customer of the platform. [3]

On October 12, 1990, SBS 6 was finally launched by an Ariane 44L from Kourou ELA-2 at 22:58  UTC.

In April 2009, SBS 6 finally decommissioned and put on a graveyard orbit. [3]

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References

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  2. ↑ "SBS 6". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Krebs, Gunter Dirk (2016-08-17). "SBS 6". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
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  5. ↑ "SBS 6". PanAmSat. Archived from the original on 2006-03-12. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
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