Bill Bard wrote: > I would suspect the failure mechanism to be overpressure. > Perhaps the relief valves had some problem? In the event that the cause cannot be determined with whatever telemetry may have been received, perhaps XSS-11 (28636 / 05011A) could rendezvous and obtain useful imagery. On the date of the launch of 06050B, XSS-11's plane would have been about 7 deg to the east, based upon the last orbit known to hobbyists: XSS-11 1.0 0.6 0.0 7.5 v 1 28636U 05011A 06254.67458937 .00000030 00000-0 15318-4 0 06 2 28636 98.6413 262.2161 0012000 15.7213 344.2786 14.15658038 05 Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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