AEHF 1, the first of the Milstar replacements, is scheduled for launch from CCAFS, aboard an Atlas 5-531, on 2010 Aug 14, between 11:07 UTC and 13:06 UTC: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av019/status.html Here are approximate SECO 2 elements based on launch at 11:07 UTC: 1 70004U 10226.48241898 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 09 2 70004 27.0000 310.5500 7303750 180.0000 2.0000 2.28263800 03 There will be a burn by the payload`s liquid propellant motor, followed by 105 days of firing by the hall current thruster electric propulsion system, to reach a synchronous orbit, inclined about 5 deg. It will be checked out near 90 W, before being moved to its operational location, which to my knowledge has not been announced. http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av019/100805move.html Ted Molczan _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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