On Dec 14 at around 13:17 UTC, a soyuz rocket will liftoff with the radarsat 2 satellite. After the fregat upperstage complete's its first burn, it and the radarsat 2 satellite still atached to it, will pass across western usa/canada. So the upperstage will still be in lower orbit, then the planned orbit radarsat2 will be placed into. I beleive its parking orbit should be high enough, so the upperstage/satellite will be sunlit and thus be seen by the right people. Can't tell you where to look, in order to see it. I had contacted starsem for some info, but they couldn't tell me what I wanted to find out. At http://www.starsem.com/services/performance.htm There's the users manual, which shows a ground track, which I beleive this launch will follow. Look for page 44. I look forward to the launch, since radarsat 2 will be placed into the orbital plane radarsat 1 is loacated in. Kevin Looking for a X-Mas gift? Everybody needs a Flickr Pro Account. http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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