Astro-E launch failed

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 09 2000 - 23:06:08 PST

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According to SpaceFlight Now (and Reuters), the Astro-E (Japanese X-ray 
astronomy satellite) launch failed:

 http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/

but it's not clear to me if it never achieved orbit or went into a 
wrong orbit.  No elements on OIG yet (about 7:00 UTC Feb 10).

It was supposed to go into a 550 km circular orbit with a 31-degree
inclination:

 http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/astroe/operation.html

Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA

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