> > Kosmos-2388 was launched on Apr 1 by Molniya-M from area 16, pad 2 > at > > Plesetsk (thanks to Alex Zheleznyakov for pad info). It is a US-KS > (Oko) > > elliptical orbit early warning satellite built by Lavochkin. The > launch > > was reported as successful, but GSFC had still not posted any > Space > > Command element sets by Apr 8 for the elliptical orbit (although > the > > Blok-I rocket and BOZ ullage system left in low orbit have now > been > > cataloged.) It's very unusual for this kind of satellite not to be > > tracked immediately, and it has probably gone into a non-standard > orbit. > > The usual initial orbit for Oko satellites is about 500 x 39000 km > x > > 62.9 deg; the Blok-I is in a standard 231 x 490 km x 62.8 deg > > low parking orbit. What are the dimensions of a standard operational orbit for a Oko-class satellite? ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W 4 hours behind UT (-4) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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