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Chronology - Quarter 4 2007
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2007 October 5 - 22:02 GMT - Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: ELA3. Launch Vehicle: Ariane 5G. LV Configuration: Ariane 5GS L526. -
 Optus D-2 Nation: Australia. Class: Communications. Spacecraft: Star bus. Manufacturer: Orbital. Agency: Optus. Perigee: 35,862 km (22,283 mi). Apogee: 35,889 km (22,300 mi). Inclination: 0.00 deg. Period: 1,440.70 min. COSPAR: 2007-044A. USAF Sat Cat: 32252. Ku-band satellite designed to deliver television, internet, communications, and data services to Australia and New Zealand. After deployment of the two satellites, the EPS third stage made a brief burn at 23:28 GMT to make the first in-flight test the Aestus engine's restart capability. This was to be used in 2008 in the first launch of the ATV ISS resupply spacecraft.
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 Intelsat IS-11 Nation: USA. Program: Intelsat. Class: Communications. Spacecraft: Star bus. Manufacturer: Orbital. Agency: Intelsat. Perigee: 35,778 km (22,231 mi). Apogee: 35,797 km (22,243 mi). Inclination: 0.10 deg. Period: 1,436.10 min. COSPAR: 2007-044B. USAF Sat Cat: 32253. C and Ku-band satellite designed to provide Atlantic region communications services.
2007 October 10 - 13:22 GMT - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC1. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz FG. -
 Soyuz TMA-11 Nation: Russia. Program: ISS. Payload: Soyuz TMA s/n 221 / ISS 15S. Mass: 7,200 kg (15,800 lb). Class: Manned. Type: Spacecraft. Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA. Perigee: 340 km (210 mi). Apogee: 344 km (213 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.40 min. COSPAR: 2007-045A. USAF Sat Cat: 32256. Crew: Whitson, Malenchenko, Muszaphar. Soyuz TMA-11 delivered the EO-16 crew of Whitson and Malenchenko and EP-13 space tourist Shukor to the International Space Station. The Soyuz docked at the Zarya module at 14:50 GMT on 12 October. Whitson was EO-16 commander, with third astronaut Clay Anderson remaining aboard the station after the EO-15 crew and Shukor returned to earth on Soyuz TMA-10.
2007 October 11 - 00:22 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC41. Launch Pad: SLC41. Launch Vehicle: Atlas V. Model: Atlas V 421. LV Configuration: Atlas V/421 s/n AV-011. - USA 195 Nation: USA. Payload: WGS SV-1. Class: Communications. Spacecraft: HS 702. Perigee: 32,586 km (20,247 mi). Apogee: 39,016 km (24,243 mi). Inclination: 0.20 deg. Period: 1,436.80 min. COSPAR: 2007-046A. USAF Sat Cat: 32258. First USAF Wideband Global Satcom satellite, designed to replace the DSCS series, was placed by the Atlas booster in an initial 477 km x 66,847 km x 20.1 deg geosynchronous transfer orbit. The satellite carried X-band and Ka-band communications payloads.
2007 October 17 - 12:23 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17. Launch Pad: SLC17A. Launch Vehicle: Delta 7000. Model: Delta 7925. - USA 196 Nation: USA. Program: Navstar. Payload: GPS 2R-17M / Navstar 55. Mass: 2,032 kg (4,479 lb). Class: Navigation. Spacecraft: GPS Block 2R. Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin Space Systems. Agency: U.S. Air Force. Perigee: 20,149 km (12,519 mi). Apogee: 20,213 km (12,559 mi). Inclination: 54.90 deg. Period: 717.90 min. COSPAR: 2007-047A. USAF Sat Cat: 32260.
2007 October 20 - 20:12 GMT - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC31. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz FG. Model: Soyuz FG Fregat. - Globalstar FM66 Nation: USA. Mass: 450 kg (990 lb). Class: Communications. Spacecraft: Globalstar. Manufacturer: SS/Loral. Agency: Globalstar. Perigee: 914 km (567 mi). Apogee: 932 km (579 mi). Inclination: 52.00 deg. Period: 103.50 min. COSPAR: 2007-048A. USAF Sat Cat: 32266. Last of the first generation Globalstar satellites, launched to replenish the constellation. The Fregat stage made three burns to deploy the satellites into circular orbit, and then deorbit itself to a reentry over the Pacific Ocean.
- Globalstar FM67 Nation: USA. Mass: 450 kg (990 lb). Class: Communications. Spacecraft: Globalstar. Manufacturer: SS/Loral. Agency: Globalstar. Perigee: 925 km (574 mi). Apogee: 935 km (580 mi). Inclination: 52.00 deg. Period: 103.60 min. COSPAR: 2007-048B. USAF Sat Cat: 32265.
- Globalstar FM68 Nation: USA. Mass: 450 kg (990 lb). Class: Communications. Spacecraft: Globalstar. Manufacturer: SS/Loral. Agency: Globalstar. Perigee: 915 km (568 mi). Apogee: 930 km (570 mi). Inclination: 52.00 deg. Period: 103.50 min. COSPAR: 2007-048C. USAF Sat Cat: 32264.
- Globalstar FM70 Nation: USA. Mass: 450 kg (990 lb). Class: Communications. Spacecraft: Globalstar. Manufacturer: SS/Loral. Agency: Globalstar. Perigee: 911 km (566 mi). Apogee: 931 km (578 mi). Inclination: 52.00 deg. Period: 103.40 min. COSPAR: 2007-048D. USAF Sat Cat: 32263.
2007 October 23 - 04:39 GMT - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: LC16. Launch Pad: LC16/2. Launch Vehicle: Molniya 8K78M. - Cosmos 2430 Nation: Russia. Mass: 1,900 kg (4,100 lb). Class: Early Warning. Spacecraft: Oko. Manufacturer: NPO Lavochkin. Agency: VKS. Perigee: 520 km (320 mi). Apogee: 39,175 km (24,342 mi). Inclination: 62.90 deg. Period: 704.50 min. COSPAR: 2007-049A. USAF Sat Cat: 32268. Missile early warning satellite
2007 October 23 - 15:38 GMT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC39. Launch Pad: LC39A. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle. - STS-120 Nation: USA. Program: ISS. Payload: ISS-10A Harmony. Class: Manned. Type: Spaceplane. Spacecraft: Discovery. Agency: NASA. Perigee: 340 km (210 mi). Apogee: 344 km (213 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.40 min. COSPAR: 2007-050A. USAF Sat Cat: 32272. Duration: 15.10 days. Crew: Melroy, Zamka, Parazynski, Wheelock, Wilson, Nespoli, Tani. Flight: STS-120, ISS EO-15, ISS EO-16, ISS EO-16-1, ISS EO-15-1. Main mission objectives were delivery of the Harmony module to the station, and external work to move the P6 truss to its final location and put the ISS into its full-power configuration for the first time. Discovery docked with the ISS at the Destiny module at 12:40 GMT on 25 October. The cargo of 17,390 kg was as follows:
- Orbiter Docking System - Bay 1-2 - 1800 kg
- Spacesuit EMU 3004 - 130 kg
- Spacesuit EMU 3003 - 130 kg
- Station Power Distribution Unit SPDU - Bay 3P - 100 kg
- Fixture for return of S-band Antenna - SASA FSE - Bay 3P - 4S - 100 kg
- Power/Data Grapple Fixture for Node-2 - PDGF - Bay 5P - 50 kg
- Main Bus Switching Unit - MBSU - Bay 6S - 238 kg
- MBSU adapter - Bay 6S - 122 kg
- Station Power Distribution Unit - SPDU - Bay 6S - 7P - 100 kg
- Node-2 Harmony module - Bays 8-12 - 14,300 kg
- OBSS 203 - Sill 450 kg
- RMS 301 - Sill 410 kg
2007 October 24 - 10:05 GMT - Launch Site: Xichang. Launch Vehicle: CZ-3A. -
 Chang'e-1 Nation: China. Class: Planetary. Type: Lunar. Spacecraft: Chang'e. Perigee: 147 km (91 mi). Apogee: 50,182 km (31,181 mi). Inclination: 30.80 deg. Period: 929.20 min. COSPAR: 2007-051B. USAF Sat Cat: 32273. China's first unmanned lunar/planetary probe. The initial orbit of 221 x 50,602 km x 31.0 deg was raised to a translunar trajectory in a serious of spacecraft engine burns over the next 24 hours.
2007 October 26 - - EVA STS-120-1 Program: ISS. Crew: Parazynski, Wheelock. Flight: STS-120, ISS EO-16, ISS EO-16-1. EVA Duration: 0.25 days. The astronauts emerged from the Quest hatch at 10:01 GMT. They moved an antenna from
the Z1 truss and stowed it in the payload bay, prepared the P6 truss for separation from Z1, and assisted in installation of the Harmony module, which was unberthed from the shuttle bay by the ISS Canadarm-2 and docked to the Unity module.
2007 October 26 - 07:35 GMT - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC81. Launch Vehicle: Proton 8K82K/11S861. - Cosmos 2431 Nation: Russia. Payload: Glonass-M s/n 718. Class: Navigation. Spacecraft: Glonass. Manufacturer: NPO-PM. Agency: KNITs. Perigee: 19,128 km (11,885 mi). Apogee: 19,130 km (11,880 mi). Inclination: 64.90 deg. Period: 675.70 min. COSPAR: 2007-052A. USAF Sat Cat: 32275. Three Uragan-M satellites were launched to replenish the Glonass navigation system.
- Cosmos 2432 Nation: Russia. Payload: Glonass-M s/n 719. Class: Navigation. Spacecraft: Glonass. Manufacturer: NPO-PM. Agency: KNITs. Perigee: 19,121 km (11,881 mi). Apogee: 19,135 km (11,889 mi). Inclination: 64.90 deg. Period: 675.70 min. COSPAR: 2007-052B. USAF Sat Cat: 32276.
- Cosmos 2433 Nation: Russia. Payload: Glonass-M s/n 720. Class: Navigation. Spacecraft: Glonass. Manufacturer: NPO-PM. Agency: KNITs. Perigee: 19,121 km (11,881 mi). Apogee: 19,135 km (11,889 mi). Inclination: 64.90 deg. Period: 675.70 min. COSPAR: 2007-052C. USAF Sat Cat: 32277.
2007 October 28 - - EVA STS-120-2 Program: ISS. Crew: Parazynski, Tani. Flight: STS-120, ISS EO-16, ISS EO-16-1. EVA Duration: 0.27 days. The astronauts emerged from the Quest hatch at 09:32 GMT. They assisted in unberthing of the P6 truss and its placement in a parked position. They also installed handrails and a grapple fixture on Harmony and inspected the malfunctioning Solar Array Rotary Joint (SARJ) on the S3/S4 truss.
2007 October 30 - - EVA STS-120-3 Program: ISS. Crew: Parazynski, Wheelock. Flight: STS-120, ISS EO-16, ISS EO-16-1. EVA Duration: 0.29 days. The astronauts emerged from the Quest hatch at 08:44 GMT. They assisted in the mating of the P6 to P5 trusses and deployment of a radiator from P6. Wheelock transferred a spare Main Bus Switching Unit (MBSU) from the Shuttle bay to the External Stowage Platform 3 (ESP3). P6 solar array wing 2B was successfully redeployed; but deployment of array 4B had to be halted when a tear developed in the solar panel.
2007 November 1 - -
 SAR LUPE 3 Nation: Germany. Class: Radarsat. Type: Surveillance. COSPAR: 2007-053A. USAF Sat Cat: 32283.
2007 November 3 - - EVA STS-120-4 Program: ISS. Crew: Parazynski, Wheelock. Flight: STS-120, ISS EO-16, ISS EO-16-1. EVA Duration: 0.30 days. The astronauts emerged from the Quest hatch and rode the ISS Canadarm II 50 m out to the snagged P6 solar array. Parazynski cut a snagged wire and installed homemade stabilizers designed to strengthen the array’s structure and stability in the vicinity of the damage. Wheelock helped from the truss by keeping an eye on the distance between Parazynski and the array. Afterwards they observed as ground controllers completed successful extension of the array.
2007 November 9 - - EVA ISS EO-16-1 Program: ISS. Crew: Whitson, Malenchenko. Flight: ISS EO-16, ISS EO-16-1. EVA Duration: 0.29 days. The astronauts conducted exterior work in preparation for the move of the Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 (PMA-2) from the Destiny lab and to the Harmony module. They disconnected and stowed cables, removed a light on one of the station’s transport carts and took the cover off Harmony's Common Berthing Mechanism. They also removed a base-band signal processor for later refurbishment; removed a remote power controller module that was to be replaced; and transferred tools in preparation for upcoming spacewalks.
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