SBS 4

{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = SBS 4

| image = STS41D-36-034.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| image_caption = SBS 4 in the space

| mission_type = Communications

| operator = SBS

| website =

| COSPAR_ID = 1984-093B

| SATCAT = 15235

| mission_duration = 7 years design life

| spacecraft_bus = HS-376

| manufacturer = Hughes Space and Communications

| dry_mass =

| launch_mass = {{convert|1,117|kg}}

| power =

| launch_date = {{start-date|30 August 1984, 12:41:50|timezone=yes}} UTC

| launch_rocket = Space Shuttle Discovery STS-41D

| launch_site = Kennedy LC-39A

| launch_contractor = NASA

| entered_service =

| disposal_type = Decommissioned

| deactivated = {{end-date|September 29, 2005}}

| orbit_epoch = August 30, 1984

| orbit_reference = Geocentric

| orbit_regime = Geostationary

| orbit_periapsis = {{convert|317|km}}

| orbit_apoapsis = {{convert|36,137|km}}

| orbit_inclination = 23°

| orbit_period = 640.2 minutes

| orbit_eccentricity = 0.72775

| orbit_longitude = 94° W

| apsis = gee

| trans_band = 14 Ku band

| trans_frequency =

| trans_bandwidth =

| trans_capacity =

| trans_coverage =

| trans_TWTA =

| trans_EIRP =

| trans_HPBW =

}}

SBS 4 was a geostationary communications satellite designed and manufactured by Hughes (now Boeing) on the HS-376 platform. It was ordered by Satellite Business Systems, which later sold it to Hughes Communications. It had a Ku band payload and operated at 94°W longitude.

Satellite description

The spacecraft was designed and manufactured by Hughes on the HS-376 satellite bus. It had a launch mass of {{convert|1,117|kg|abbr=on}}, a geostationary orbit and a 7-year design life.

History

On August 30, 1984, SBS 4 was launched by Space Shuttle Discovery in the mission STS-41D from Kennedy Space Center at 12:41:50 UTC. The satellite was launched along with the satellites Telstar 302 and Leasat 2.

On 29 September 2005, SBS 4 was finally decommissioned and put into a graveyard orbit.

References

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{{cite web |last1=Krebs |first1=Gunter Dirk |title=SBS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 / HGS 5 - Gunter's Space Page |url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/sbs-1.htm |website=Gunter's Space Page |access-date=2017-04-29}}

{{cite web |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1984-093B |title=SBS 4 |publisher=NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive |access-date=2017-04-29}}

{{cite web |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1984-093B |title=SBS 4 |publisher=NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive |access-date=2017-04-29}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.n2yo.com/?s=15235 |title=SBS 4 |publisher=n2yo.com |access-date=2017-04-29}}

}}

See also