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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
21:53:40
Thursday September 8, 2005
Anik F1R will replace Anik F1, which is experiencing accelerated degradation of its solar array reflector panels. It will be based on Astrium's Eurostar-3000S bus and has a launch mass of about 4000 kg, a solar array span of 35 meters once deployed in orbit, and spacecraft power of 10 kW at end of life. It will carry 24 C-band and 32 Ku-band transponders. Anik F1R has a design life of 15 years. In addition, a Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS-GEO 4) navigation package operating in C-band for uplink and L-band for downlink provides precision Global Positioning System-based guidance information to aircraft at thousands of airports and landing strips that lack such a capability today.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
4,500 kilograms
Manufacturer
KhrunichevPrice
$65.00 million
Rocket
Height: 58.18m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 21,000 kg
GTO: 6,900 kg
Liftoff Thrust
10,027 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4.35m
Height: 15.26m
Stages
4
9th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 2005
39th
Orbital launch attempt