AURA is due to be launched from Vandenberg on July 11 between 10:01:57 and 10:04:57 UTC. Launch vehicle is a Delta 2 rocket. (Note: some sources give July 10 launch but it seems that is has been postponed for a day "for records check." Source- Spaceflight Now.) NASA-TV is showing it scheduled for 11 July. Its orbit is described as "438 mi (705 km) polar, sun-synchronous, 1:45 PM ascending node" and "near polar, sun-synchronous orbit with a period of approximately 100 minutes." Presumably from this information it should be possible to calculate launch track and provisional TLEs? (I cannot find a launch track on any of the relevant websites.) Robert Holdsworth Wainuiomata New Zealand 41.261S 174.947E (in the grip of winter- clear skies at night at last but misty and frosty in the mornings!) UTC plus 12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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