RE: Decay of Mars Pathfinder rocket

Jeff Hunt (jeff@satellite.eu.org)
Thu, 27 Nov 97 07:47:30

Hello All,

For clarification, am I correct that this stage is the 2nd stage of the 
Delta 2 that is similiar to the the Iridium liquid fueled 2nd stage? The 
sat sits show the 3rd stage in heliocentric orbit. This I assume is a 
small solid booster used to push the Pathfinder toward Mars.

I couldn't find any info on the launch configuration for the Mars 
Pathfinder launcher at Boeing's web site.

Jeff Hunt <jeff@satellite.eu.org>

>The latest elset from OIG is:
>Mars Pthfndr r   5.9  2.4  0.0  5.6 d            367 x 144 km
>1 24668U 96068B   97330.60155028  .05028793  23753-5  45637-3 0  7472
>2 24668  36.3125  83.2245 0168394 217.5054 141.3872 16.06823618 47814