MERIDIAN 10 has been launched and TT&C by radio is being heard on 3408.5MHz. https://twitter.com/coastal8049/status/1506305793619947520 Unofficial launch time 2022-03-22T12:48:22 UTC. The position of the spacecraft suggests this orbit as a good proxy for now. MERIDIAN 10 1 70002U 22999A 22081.73477680 -.00001194 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 04 2 70002 062.8036 322.1504 7243897 269.9056 120.3294 01.98482781 09 https://twitter.com/coastal8049/status/1506308929952759808 Regards, Scott Tilley On 2022-03-20 11:43, Bob Christy wrote: > There are navigation warnings for the southern Pacific Ocean near > New Zealand and Australia. They line up with the ones for Meridian 9, > launched 2020 Feb 20. > > They cover the Soyuz-2 third stage re-entry. The fourth, Fregat, stage > will take the satellite initially to 63° inclined LEO and then a > firing at southern apex on rev 0 will take it to HEO. > > B1385/22 NOTAMN Q) NZZO/QRDCA/IV/BO /W /000/999/5547S16713E292 A) NZZO > B) 2203221200 C) 2203221500 E) TEMPO DANGER AREA NZD026 (SOUTH > AUCKLAND OCEANIC FIR) IS PRESCRIBED AS FLW: ALL THAT AIRSPACE BOUNDED > BY A LINE JOINING: 57 01 42 S 175 34 52 E 59 47 39 S 172 08 50 E 56 18 > 45 S 163 00 00 E 51 41 30 S 163 00 00 E 57 01 42 S 175 34 52 E > ACTIVITY: SPACE DEBRIS RETURN USER AGENCY: FOREIGN SPACE AGENCY > PRESCRIBED PURSUANT TO CIVIL AVIATION RULE PART 71 UNDER A DELEGATED > AUTHORITY ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION F) SFC G) FL999 > F0675/22 NOTAMN Q) YMMM/QWMLW/IV/BO/W/000/999/5123S15757E400 A) YMMM > B) 2203221200 C) 2203251500 D) DAILY 1200/1500 E) ROCKET LAUNCH FROM > RUSSIA WILL TAKE PLACE FLW RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENT OF RUSSIA: THE > MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF RUSSIA PLANS TO LAUNCH MISSILE INTO SPACE AND > TO SINK ITS FRAGMENTS IN THE WATERS OF THE OCEAN. CHARACTERISTICS OF > IMPACT AREA: 463801S 1550023E 514130S 1630000E 561845S 1630000E > 491821S 1511007E 463801S 1550023E PRIMARY LAUNCH 2203221200 BACKUP AS > PER FIELD D F) SFC G) UNL > Robert Christy > >> On 19 Mar 2022, at 21:49, Scott Tilley via Seesat-l >> <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> wrote: >> >> TASS is reporting something will launch on March 22nd in a nebulous way. >> >> It is suspected this could be a new MERIDIAN-M to replace the either >> failed or decommissioned MERIDIAN 4 payload which fell silent just >> before the events in Ukraine unfolded. Optical observations of >> MERIDIAN 4 reveal it is apparently tumbling. This leaves a ~6 hour >> gap in the MERIDIAN constellation. Even more so when factored with >> MERIDIAN 7's partial operation. >> >> https://tass.ru/kosmos/14100411 >> >> https://twitter.com/coastal8049/status/1497749400608665600 >> >> https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1498014981039837191 >> >> https://twitter.com/coastal8049/status/1498565427831603201 >> >> Anyone seen a detailed NOTAM yet? >> >> Regards, >> >> Scott Tilley >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Seesat-l mailing list >> http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Tue Mar 22 2022 - 11:41:36 UTC
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