Tristan & Alan, >Will this satellite be called Nadezhda 6 ? > >Previous Nadezhda satellites were in a 1000km/83deg orbit: > >Nadezhda 1: 89-50A >Nadezhda 2: 90-17A >Nadezhda 3: 91-19A >Nadezhda 4: 94-41A >Nadezhda 5: 98-72A All these numbers are unofficial. In Russian official statements, all the Nadezhda satellites weren't numbered at all. Moreover, launches began back in 1982 from Kosmos 1383, and 1989-050A = 20103 was the first *officially named* Nadezhda. >Is the newest Nadezhda of similar design(Tsikada, cospas/sarsat) as the >previous ones and why this change into(sunsynchronous) orbit ? >There has never been a sunsynchronous launch for the Kosmos 3M rocket as >well, I believe. Yes it used the same bus as previous ones. *But*, Tsikada payload was obviously omitted and only COSPAS payload installed. I think it would be correct to name the new spacecraft Nadezhda 6 *unofficially*. >The primary payload is called Nadezhda-M in the reports on > http://www.spaceviews.com/2000/06/28b.html > http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0006/27cosmos3m/ Unfortunately they are wrong (what Russian sources do they quote?). Nadezhda M will be quite a different bird. >and I used this name to distinguish it from Nadezhda 1...5 (respectively >#20103, #20508, #21152, #23179 and #25567). Igor Lissov ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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