Are elements for Orbital Express available yet? DWA At 07:54 PM 3/6/2007, Tony Beresford wrote: >At 11:34 AM 7/03/2007, Ted Molczan wrote: >>Tony Beresford wrote: >> >> > Its a circular orbit 492Km high and inclined at 46 degrees. >> >>MidSTAR-1 will also enter that orbit. Three other payloads will enter a 35.4 >>deg, 560 km orbit. >> >>Spaceflight Now has some information: >>... >>http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av013/070305groundtrack.html > >The grountrack diagram has more information than the printed timeline. >It shows the grountrack after spacecraft sep. labelled with start of blowdown >and end of blowdown. during this time the groundtrack passes over SE US. >Local time is probably too late for sun illumination though. > >The at the end of blowdown it is noted that hydrazine is to be vented. >I guess this is the centaur's attitude control supply, and they launch >controllers are being careful to vent ALL liquids, > >Tony Beresford >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: >http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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