http://www.esa.int/esaMI/Cryosat/SEMP85908BE_0.html search for 'backwards' Wouldn't this explain the unusual orbits? /Björn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerhard HOLTKAMP" <grd.holtkamp@t-online.de> To: <seesat-l@satobs.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 7:24 PM Subject: Wrong Labeling of Cryosat Booster > > While Spacetrack has label the newly launched Cryosat 2 (2010-013A) correctly > the objects 2010-013B (marked as SL-24 R/B) and and 2010-013C (marked as > SL-24 Deb) seemed to be named wrongly. Object B has a lower perigee (685 km) > than Cryosat while object C has a higher apogee (1120 km). At spacecraft > separation the protective shroud was let go slightly before Cryosat and > should have a lower perigee while the actual booster kept on firing after > releasing the payload and should have a higher apogee. So object C is the > booster while object B is the shroud (or debris). > > Meanwhile our old friend Dana who spends his fifth winter at the South Pole > managed to take a picture of Cryosat itself (with resulting frostbites on his > fingers as the temperature was -73 deg C!). > > Gerhard HOLTKAMP > Darmstadt, Germany > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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