ULA Atlas V set for AFSPC-11 launch

ULA Atlas V set for AFSPC-11 launch

United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket will carry out the AFSPC-11 mission for the United States Air Force Saturday, deploying the CBAS communications satellite and EAGLE technology demonstrator.

Mission Description: Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)-11 is a multi-manifested mission. The forward spacecraft is referred to as CBAS (Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM) and the aft spacecraft is EAGLE (ESPA Augmented GEO Laboratory Experiment).

Remote Camera Set Up
Credentialed media planning to put remote cameras on SLC-41 should meet at the Space and History Center no later than 2:30 p.m. on Friday, April 13.

Launch Forecast Summary:
Overall probability of violating weather constraints: 20%
Primary concerns: Cumulus Clouds

Overall probability of violating weather constraints for 24 hour delay: 70%
Primary concern: Lightning, Cumulus Clouds, Ground Winds

DIGITAL SATELLITE C-BAND DOWNLINK
HD FORMAT
Satellite — G3
Transponder — 22
Band — C-BAND DIGITAL
Orbital Position — 95°W
HD Bandwidth — 18 MHz (HALF TRANSPONDER)
UPLINK — 6,374.000 MHz (Horizontal)
DOWNLINK — 4,131.000 MHz (Vertical)
Symbol Rate — 13
FEC — ¾
Data Rate — 17.9705
DVBS(Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite) – QPSK(Quadrature phase shift keying )
MPEG 2
AUDIO EMBEDDED



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