Optus B1

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General

Designation	22087 / 92054A
Launch date	13 Aug 1992
Country of origin	Australia
Mission	Telecommunications
Geostationary orbit	see below
Launch vehicle	Long March 2E (first commercial flight)
Launch site	Xichang

Lost its primary SCP on 21 May 2005 causing an outage. The satellite now needs an urgent replacement.
On 30 Mar 2006, the satellite experienced an outage between 6:52 and 20:30 UT.

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Location

Begin	End	Position
L: 13 Aug 1992	Aug 2006	160°E
Aug 2006	Fev 2007	160°E, inclined
Mar 2007	May 2008	164°E, inclined

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End of life

Out of service	May 2008
Cause	Moved to the junk orbit

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Technical data

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Lyngsat transponder loading

Specifications
Antenna specifications
L-band
Ku-band
Transponder frequency chart

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EIRP coverage (dBW)

Central beam
Australian spot beams
High Performance beam

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