Isn't there a problem with the elements below for DASH -- incongruously low drag? Where's the H2A upper stage? MDS-1 35738 x 481 km 1 27367U 02003A 02035.79906059 .00021684 00000-0 12122+0 0 39 2 27367 28.5482 210.2321 7198948 179.3800 182.7394 2.26586832 18 DASH 35695 x 484 km 1 27368U 02003B 02035.79827085 .00000023 00000-0 00000-0 0 16 2 27368 28.5466 210.2520 7195356 179.3790 182.7736 2.26862348 08 VEP-3 35756 x 482 km 1 27369U 02003C 02035.79951577 .00054526 00000-0 30840+0 0 23 2 27369 28.5414 210.2260 7199570 179.3938 182.7967 2.26454038 19 I think that if they last long enough, these things could do some great passes over south Texas. There's a tether coming later this year! Here's a quote: "In orbit, ProSEDS will deploy from a Delta-II second stage a 3.1-mile-long (5 kilometers), ultra-thin bare-wire tether connected with a 6.2-mile-long (10 kilometers) non-conducting tether." I don't see what its orbital height will be. It apparently will be launched with a GPS, so maybe the inclination will be in the 40s (?). Source, SpaceFlight Now: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0202/05proseds/ Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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