1963-021 wasn't my idea; that's how EROS is listed in Jos Heyman's log of space launches. 21A stayed up almost two months, but I guess that's because it didn't make it all the way to 900 km. Naturally, I kinda like 1963-019A myself, for the reason cited in my previous email, and it does fit with all vailable information. On 2/20/06, Jonathan McDowell <jcm@head.cfa.harvard.edu> wrote: > > Well, the memo I cite was from July 1963 - I think it's not sensitive > NOW, but we just haven't managed to find any surviving documents. > > The 1963-021 launch is an interesting idea - I thought the info we had > on EROS was that it was a low orbit mission (1963-021 was planned for > a higher 900 km orbit): the 'planned orbital lifetime' was 30 days > and the USAF museum ties it explicitly to 'Discoverer'. So I think > 1963-021 is ruled out. > - Jonathan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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