Re: Astra 1K

From: John locker (satcom@cybase.co.uk)
Date: Tue Dec 03 2002 - 06:37:20 EST

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It's also interesting that one of the options mentioned is shuttle
recovery.....I presume they mean "re-boost" as 1K will not fit into the
payload bay AFAIK.


John.

> It seems a little bit OT but is is very interesting.
>
> I saw today the fresh draft version of the SPACEWARN Bulletin 589
> and found - if I understand it correct - a very different
> explanation for ASTRA 1K failure:
>
> " ASTRA 1K....was launched by a Proton-K rocket at 23:04 UT
> on 25 November 2002. However, the DM-3 booster attached to the
> 5 5.0 tonne, 13 kW spacecraft..... was  p r e m a t u r e l y
> commanded to separate, resulting in the spacecraft at a
> very low orbit......"
>
> At this time ASTRA 1K is in a stable 268/306 km orbit.
>
> Harro
>
> Harro.Zimmer@t-online.de
> Berlin, Germany
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