The launch is scheduled for 2009 Jan 16 at 00:41 UTC; the window is 4 hours. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d337/status.html Here are revised search elements: LEO coast 258 X 272 km 1 70501U 09016.04594907 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 00 2 70501 27.2800 303.8300 0010000 183.0000 359.3500 16.05000000 01 GTO burn at 1st descending node 278 X 36398 km 1 70502U 09016.25434953 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 08 2 70502 27.2800 303.7500 7307000 182.9000 167.5000 2.23480000 08 GTO burn at 1st ascending node 278 X 36398 km 1 70503U 09016.07663612 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 05 2 70503 27.2800 303.5900 7307000 3.4000 359.6000 2.23480000 02 I now believe that the GTO burn is likely to occur at the first descending node, in which case the 70502 orbit will apply; a more detailed discussion is available here: http://satobs.org/seesat/Jan-2009/0096.html Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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