Actual time and date of lift-off of the H-IIA Launch Vehicle was 18 hours 25minutes JST (0925UTC), Saturday, February 26, 2005. Please find below the revised schedule of events for injection of MTSAT-1R to geostationary orbit.
| 1. Schedule from lift-off through satellite separation (result) | |
|---|---|
| Event | Date or Time |
| Date of lift-off: | Saturday, February 26 |
| Time of lift-off: | 1825JST (launch window: 1709 - 1833JST)
(0925UTC) (launch window: 0809 - 0933UTC) |
| Satellite separation: | 1905JST (40 minutes after lift-off)
(1005UTC) |
| 2. Schedule after satellite separation through injection to Geostationary Earth Orbit (revised) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event | Date or Time | Elapsed time after lift-off |
| Start deployment of reflector | Sunday, February 27, 0140JST
(Saturday, February 26, 1640UTC) |
(0 day 6hrs 35min) |
| Start Apogee Motor Firing 1 | Sunday, February 27, 2031JST
(Sunday, February 27, 1131UTC) |
(1 day 2hrs 6min) |
| Start Apogee Motor Firing 2 | Tuesday, March 1, 1353JST
(Tuesday, March 1, 0453UTC) |
(2 days 19hrs 28min) |
| Start Apogee Motor Firing 3 | Friday, March 4, 1048JST
(Friday, March 4, 0148UTC) |
(5 days 16hrs 23min) |
| Deploy Solar Array | Saturday, March 5, 0642JST
(Friday, March 4, 2142UTC) |
(6 days 12hrs 17min) |
| Deploy Solar Sail | Saturday, March 5, 2241JST
(Saturday, March 5, 1341UTC) |
(7 days 4hrs 16min) |
| Geostationary Earth Orbit
(Shift to In-orbit test) |
Tuesday, March 8, 1450JST
(Tuesday, March 8, 0550UTC) |
(9 days 20hrs 25min) |
