On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Ron Lee wrote:
> Cosmos 2371 35882 x 252 km
> 1 26394U 00036A 00187.24687931 -.00000075 00000-0 00000-0 0 38
> 2 26394 48.6078 288.4708 7287561 359.9928 167.0156 2.27173361 05
> Cosmos 2371 Blok DM r 35893 x 34572 km
> 1 26397U 00036D 00186.80585361 -.00000357 00000-0 10000-3 0 11
> 2 26397 1.2421 281.7608 0158699 22.7661 355.3736 1.02293988 07
> I see the Blok DM rkt is in a GEO orbit but the payload is not. I assume
> that #26394 is in the same basic orbit as #26397.
Agreed. Remember how long it took for USSPACECOM to sort out what had
happened with the Gorizont launch last month - the first Briz-M mission to
reach orbit. We should eventually see a couple of ullage motors tracked
in an orbit close to the one shown for 26394, but these days it can take a
while for USSPACECOM to find them: they have still to track those from
last month's Ekspress-A 3 launch.
Just think that the safety of the Free World relies upon the computer and
its operators under The Mountain. Then duck !
Phillip Clark
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Phillip S Clark 22 Winterbourne Close
Molniya Space Consultancy Hastings
Compiler/Publisher, Worldwide Satellite Launches E Sussex TN34 1XG
U.K.
Specialist in "space archeology" - the older and more obscure the more
interesting it is !
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