Hi Tony and list, I have a problem with this object. In Mark Wade's encyclopedia, there is no mention of a Centaur stage or something similar on this type of Atlas. The only stage mentioned is the first one with a 3.1 m dia, 20.1 m length and 4950 kg mass. Space Com ID bears the letter B, so it's the rocket itself. The C object from this launch is the Apogee Kick Motor that is in a much higher orbit right now. The version of the the SSR I've got is dated last October 31. There they show the RCS of the B object to be only .31 sq. m. The C object is .125. But a bit farther, they state the RCS of the GOES 2 AKM as being 299.2 sq. m. !!!! What an inflatable AKM it is ! :-) I saw nothing tonight (morning of the 26 UT) so maybe the object is not that big after all. Who's got a real answer to this mystery on this list ? Dan -- Daniel Deak representant, projet spatial Starshine Drummondville, Quebec COSPAR site 1746 : 45.8537°N, 72.4857°W, 90 m., UTC-5:00 Site en francais sur les satellites: French-language satellite web site : http://www.obsat.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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