From: "Ted Molczan" <molczan@rogers.com> > They confirm that the upper stage compensated for the under-performance of the > CBC stages, to achieve very nearly the intended 27.3 deg, 275 km X 36,394 km > orbit. These TL show that there's 'only' 530 m/s missing at apogee, what a manoeuvring payload could compensate, but it also represents the loss of many years of its life. (~50 m/s/year for geosationary stabilization) I am probably wrong but I feel the flames were very orange for a LH-LO mix... or my video player distorted the colorimetry ! :-) No doubt, all gathered data will lead to full success soon. T. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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