Ed Cannon sent me this URL:
http://www.spaceandtech.com/spacedata/logs/2002/2002-003_dash_sumpub.shtml
It says that DASH was supposed to separate from its adapter.
He also sent me:
http://spaceflightnow.com/h2a/f2/status.html
and this URL has the following:
>T+plus 41 minutes. Confirmation has been received that the dual
>payload adapter and lower two pieces of the rocket's payload fairing
>have been jettisoned as scheduled. That exposes the MDS-1
>satellite, which is set for deployment momentarily. But there still isn't
>clear confirmation of DASH being released.
So there may be two "pieces of the rocket's payload fairing"
up there as well. The May SSR says:
RCS
27367 02-003A MDS 1 15.0
27368 02-003B DASH 1.25
27369 02-003C VEP 3/H-2A 18.0
If they really have detected DASH with an RCS of 1.25 square meters
(which is correct for its size), then both its adapter and the two
fairings have not been cataloged. All three of these objects should
be pretty big. The DASH adapter seems to be hexagonal, so it might
give flashes from its flat sides.
An original elset for the MDS 1 payload was at 2.265, but it was changed
a few days later to 2.268:
1 27367U 02003A 02035.79906059 .00021684 00000-0 12122+0 0 39
2 27367 28.5482 210.2321 7198948 179.3800 182.7394 2.26586832 18
1 27367U 02003A 02040.19381548 .00000030 00000-0 54727-3 0 111
2 27367 28.5323 208.7844 7193896 181.8002 172.4716 2.26853937 100
1 27368U 02003B 02040.19381548 .00000857 00000-0 51224-2 0 83
2 27368 28.5428 208.7326 7199186 181.8203 167.5367 2.26588270 105
1 27369U 02003C 02040.64248115 .00002403 00000-0 13921-1 0 86
2 27369 28.5354 208.5522 7199749 182.1092 171.0812 2.26474659 127
Current elsets:
1 27367U 02003A 02153.24344790 .00001705 00000-0 41409-2 0 774
2 27367 28.3283 169.1098 7230557 246.0866 26.2217 2.27159392 2684
1 27368U 02003B 02154.22212506 .00002469 00000-0 47613-2 0 796
2 27368 28.3607 168.6057 7239028 246.8135 25.8248 2.27057631 2708
1 27369U 02003C 02153.26820004 +.00005059 +00000-0 +98581-2 0 00741
2 27369 028.3522 168.9092 7234290 246.3552 026.0714 02.27534731002680
1 90012U 02154.20281134 0.00002000 00000-0 30012-2 0 08
2 90012 28.3079 168.6802 7250958 246.7117 95.8751 2.26525192 07
The unid was 2 degrees from A last night and should be only 1 degree
tonight and virtually the same place tomorrow night. (if my mean motion
is correct) The difference in mean motion (if correct) has meant that
the A object has completed one more revolution since launch than the
90012 unid.
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The Hai Yang 1 payload has entered a stable orbit and appears to be
about 6th magnitude on a favorable pass:
1 27430U 02024A 02154.19415593 .00000576 00000-0 24363-3 0 386
2 27430 98.7961 204.9901 0000914 91.4048 268.7238 14.29409961 2714
Mike McCants
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