Hi,
jetzt ist auch Optus-D1 fertig in die Nutzlastbucht integriert worden. Also alle Satelliten bereit zum Start!
Und die offizielle Startzeiten sind auch raus und das Launch-Kit:
Between
10:56 p.m. and
11:56 p.m. on
October 12http://www.arianespace.com/site/news/kit/DIRECTV_OPTUS_LDREX_GB.pdfLaunch team members prepare to complete Optus D1's installation on the Ariane 5.Das teil unter Optus-D1 ist ASAP wo LDREX-2 installiert ist.
October 4, 2006
Optus D1 is mated to the Ariane 5 launcherPreparations for Arianespace's fourth heavy-lift mission of 2006 have moved into a new phase this week as the dual-satellite payload began its integration on the Ariane 5 launcher.
his activity, which is being performed in the upper levels of the Spaceport's Ariane 5 Final Assembly Building, began yesterday with installation of Optus D1 atop the launcher's core stage.
In the photo at left, Optus D1 is shown in its mated position on the Ariane 5. Built by Orbital Sciences Corporation in Dulles, Virginia, the satellite weighs approximately 2,350 kg., and is to provide fixed communications and broadcasting satellite services over Australia and New Zealand for Australia's Optus.
At the base of Optus D1's dark-colored cone-shaped adapter is the ring-shaped platform called ASAP (Ariane Structure for Auxiliary Payloads), which carries the mission's "piggyback" LDREX-2 antenna demonstrator. LDREX-2 is visible in the foreground, protected by a temporary green covering, while its accompanying electronic support units are installed on the ASAP platform's opposite side.
With Optus D1 now in place, the next step will be to integrate the upper portion of Ariane 5's payload "stack." This consists of the 5,500-kg. DIRECTV 9S television broadcast satellite, which previously was mounted on the SPELDA 5 payload dispenser system, and subsequently was encapsulated in Ariane 5's protective payload fairing.
The DIRECTV 9S/SPELDA 5/fairing combination will be positioned over the Optus D1 spacecraft, completing the payload configuration.
Liftoff of the Ariane 5 is scheduled for October 12 during a one-hour launch window that opens at 5:56 p.m., local time at the Spaceport in French Guiana.
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