> From: "Brad Young" <brad.young@domain-engineering.com> > To: "SeeSat" <seesat-l@satobs.org> > Where did the r/b (28928) itself end up? I was reminiscing about the launch > a year ago here at work and was asked this question. I assume the first two > stages decayed but what about the power packed upper stage that got it going > so fast? 28928 is 2006-01A, New Horizons. It is on a solar system escape trajectory and will flyby Pluto on 2015 Jul 14. 28929 is 2006-01B, Centaur AV-010. It is in a 0.98 x 3.03 AU heliocentric orbit inclined 5.7 deg to the ecliptic. 28930 is 2006-01C, Star 48B upper stage. It is on a solar system escape trajectory close to that of New Horizons and will flyby Pluto on 2015 Oct 9. Uncataloged objects include: New Horizons despin weights (2), on similar solar system escape trajectory to 28930. Atlas AV-010 first stage, reached apogee of 188 km and fell in Atlantic. Centaur Forward Load Reactor halves, reached around 350 km and fell in Atlantic. Atlas V fairing halves, reached 150 km or so? and fell in Atlantic. So all objects were either suborbital or escaped from Earth's gravity, nothing remained in Earth orbit. - Jonathan McDowell (with thanks to Alan Stern for supplying relevant data). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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