Kevin Fetter wrote: > Russia has placed a satellite into orbit. It would be Cosmos > 2420 that was sent into orbit, using a soyuz rocket. It is object 29111 / 06017A, and its mission appears to be IMINT (imaging intelligence). Orbit is 67.1 deg, 167 X 337 km, typically used by Kobalt IMINT sats, which remained in orbit for 120 d. The previous Kobalt launch, Cosmos 2410 (28396 / 04038A) reportedly was an improved version, with a longer mission duration, but it returned after only 107 d. For more information, please see: http://www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.544 http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2005/050215-missing-satellite.htm http://space.skyrocket.de/index_frame.htm?http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yan tar-4k2m.htm Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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