Corrected Delta Evasive Burn Time
Ron Lee (ronlee@pcisys.net)
Sat, 24 Jul 1999 23:04:47 -0600
I copied the wrong time in a recent post. The correct time is
9:34:23 UT .
Ron Lee
> If I may make a correction. The evasive burn is at
>9:34:23 UT, not 9:32:48 (that was the old time). And, yes,
>that will be in sunlight. I agree with your depletion burn
>at 9:41:53. Now, if only the fog will stay away.
>> Globalstar, Delta, 25 Jul 99, 07:46:03 UT Launch
>> 1 99999P 990xxA 99206.47003730 -.00000107 00000-0 00000+0 0 15
>> 2 99999 52.0023 315.6002 0008352 256.3795 103.6153 12.73108913 05
>> Globalstar, Delta, 25 Jul 99, 10:44:03 UT Launch
>> 1 99998P 990xxA 99206.59376415 -.00000107 00000-0 00000+0 0 10
>> 2 99998 52.0023 0.2222 0008352 256.3795 103.6153 12.73108913 05
>>
>> Launch times later by about 1.6 minutes. Evasive burn now at 9:34:23
>> UT and depletion burn at 9:41:53 UT on 25 Jul based on launch at
>> 7:46:03 UT.
>>
>> The circularization burn occurs between 3712.5 and 3738.9 seconds after
>> launch. This may be visible to some Australian observers.
>>
>> The upper satellites are deployed 4150 seconds after launch.
>>
>> Lower satellites are deployed 4400 seconds after launch.
>>
>> The evasive burn which should be visible to SW and central USA
>> observers (occurring over southern Baja CA), occurs between 6500
>> and 6505 seconds after launch.
>>
>> The depletion burn occurs between 6950 and 6956.8 seconds after
>> launch (near the Great Lakes).
>>
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