Pegasus Rocket Launch
Keith Stein (kstein@erols.com)
Thu, 02 Dec 1999 10:41:47 -0500
Pegasus Rocket Launch
=====================
An Orbital Sciences Corp. Pegasus rocket is scheduled for launch from the
fuselage of an L-1011 aircraft Saturday, December 4, around 1851Z (1:51
p.m. EST). The launch will take place approximately 100 miles off the coast
of Virginia. The L-1011 will depart from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility
(airport ID KWAL) approximately one hour before launch (1751Z, or 12:51
p.m. EST).
If you are in the local Washington, D.C. area, or even closer to Wallops
Flight Facility on the eastern shore, you can monitor the launch on 121.950
MHz.
Possible call signs to listen for;
Orbital 1 (L-1011 aircraft)
NASA511 (T-38 chase plane, from NASA Langley Research Center, VA)
NASA846 (F/A-18 chase plane, from Dryden Flight Research Center, Calif.)
Other frequencies to monitor for possible launch support;
121.700 PATUXENT; CLNC DEL
121.950 NASA RANGE SURVEILLANCE AIRCRAFT
123.400 NASA RANGE SURVEILLANCE AIRCRAFT
126.500 WALLOPS TWR
127.950 PATUXENT APP/DEP CON
132.550 WASHINGTON CENTER
134.100 PATUXENT APP/DEP CON
156.600 NASA CONTROL/U.S. COAST GUARD
164.700 NASA RANGE SAFETY
170.350 NASA SECURITY
170.400 NASA PAGING SYSTEM
171.000 NASA SECURITY
311.200 (AM) NASA AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS
314.000 (AM) PATUXENT APP/DEP CON
353.600 (AM) WASHINGTON CENTER
394.300 (AM) WALLOPS TWR
NOTAM released for launch area over Altantic Ocean;
CARF NR 1305 ON PEGASUS LAUNCH STATIONARY RESERVATION WITHIN AN AREA BNDD BY
3750N 7257W 3750N 7210W 3700N 7210W 3700N 7257W; WITHIN AN AREA BNDD BY 3521N
6639W 3453N 6450W 3355N 6419W 3334N 6427W 3317N 6507W 3346N 6658W 3438N 6729W
3502N 6720W; WITHIN AN AREA BNDD BY 3329N 6156W 3254N 5944W 3119N 5855W 3034N
5914W 3002N 6027W 3042N 6249W 3157N 6332W 3256N 6310W; ADDITIONAL AREA FOR
INFORMATION ONLY: WI AN AREA BNDD BY 1720N 4222W 1608N 3841W 1405N 3751W 1331N
3804W 1300N 3908W 1415N 4247W 1612N 4340W 1648N 4327W SFC-UNL 04 DEC 18:30 TIL
04 DEC 19:45
CARF NR. 1306 ON PEGASUS LAUNCH STATIONARY RESERVATION WITHIN AN AREA BNDD BY
3750N 7257W 3750N 7210W 3700N 7210W 3700N 7257W WITHIN AN AREA BNDD BY 3521N
6639W 3453N 6450W 3355N 6419W 3334N 6427W 3317N 6507W 3346N 6658W 3438N 6729W
3502N 6720W WITHIN AN AREA BNDD BY 3329N 6156W 3254N 5944W 3119N 5855W 3034N
5914W 3002N 6027W 3042N 6249W 3157N 6332W 3256N 6310W ADDITIONAL AREA FOR
INFORMATION ONLY: WITHIN AN AREA BNDD BY 1720N 4222W 1608N 3841W 1405N 3751W
1331N 3804W 1300N 3908W 1415N 4247W 1612N 4340W 1648N 4327W SFC-UNL 05 DEC
18:15 TIL 05 DEC 19:15
The Pegasus rocket will be carrying eight Orbcomm communication satellites
into low earth orbit.
ORBCOMM/PEGASUS ROCKET FREQUENCIES
TRANSMITTING FREQUENCY POWER REMARKS
137.0 TO 138.0 MHZ 5 W ORBCOMM TELEMETRY
400.1 MHZ 1 W ORBCOMM DOPPLER BEACON
2288.5 MHZ 5 W PEGASUS TELEMETRY
5765.0 MHZ 400 W PEGASUS TRACKING TRANSPONDER
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
EVENT HH:MM:SS
DROP 00:00:00
STAGE 1 IGNITION 00:00:05
STAGE 1 BURNOUT 00:01:15
STAGE 1 SEPARATION 00:01:30
STAGE 2 IGNITION 00:01:31
FAIRING EJECTION 00:02:00
STAGE 2 BURNOUT 00:02:44
STAGE 2 SEPARATION 00:07:27
STAGE 3 IGNITION 00:07:38
STAGE 3 BURNOUT 00:08:46
STAGE 3 SEPARATION 00:09:46
HAPS 1 IGNITION 00:09:47
HAPS 1 CUTOFF 00:10:23
HAPS 2 IGNITON 00:50:41
HAPS 2 CUTOFF 00:52:59
PAYLOAD SEPARATION (FM30) 00:53:19
PAYLOAD SEPARATION (FM31) 00;55:19
PAYLOAD SEPARATION (FM32) 00:57:19
PAYLOAD SEPARATION (FM33) 00:59:19
PAYLOAD SEPARATION (FM34) 01:01:19
PAYLOAD SEPARATION (FM35) 01:03:19
PAYLOAD SEPARATION (FM36) 01:05:11
HAPS DEP BURN IGNITION 01:07:19
HAPS DEP BURN CUTOFF 01:11:19
DEPLOY SOLAR ARRAYS SEPARATION + 30 SEC
DEPLOY ANTENNA SEPARATION + 90 SEC
TRANSMISSION BEGINS SEPARATION + 120 SEC
NOMINAL ORBITS
STAGE 3 SEP P/L SEP
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 338/18:55:46.000 338/19:38:59.000
PERIOD (MIN): 95.340 101.410
INCLINATION (DEG): 45.011 45.020
ECCENTRICITY (DEG): 0.020560 0.000040
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM): 6913.1674 7203.5653
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG): 103.760 270.770
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG): 153.720 153.530
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG): 39.380 32.760
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:09:46.000 000:52:59.000
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET: 000:52:59.000 001:52:59.000
HEIGHT (KM): 424.8088 834.4695
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG): 24.22N 36.304S
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG): 310.06E 98.697E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG): 129.255 61.093
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 338/18:55:46.000 338/19:38:59.000
HAPS DEPLETION
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 338/19:57:04.000
PERIOD (MIN): 97.480
INCLINATION (DEG): 41.770
ECCENTRICITY (DEG): 0.026510
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM): 7016.2328
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG): 179.240
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG): 153.430
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG): 188.950
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:001:11:04.000
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET: 002:11:04.000
HEIGHT (KM): 818.8888
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG): 5.11N
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG): 146.69E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG): 48.466
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 338/19:57:04.000
Keith Stein, Editor (kstein@kingpublishing.com)
Military Space (http://MilitarySpace.com/archives/currentissues.html)
King Publishing Group
627 National Press Building
Washington, DC 20045
(202) 662-9748 (phone)
(202) 662-9744 (fax)
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