Progress M-36 launched
Agapov Vladimir (avm@kiam1.rssi.ru)
Sun, 5 Oct 1997 22:08:37 +0400 (MSD)
Hello,
Progress M-36 was successfully launched at 15:08:56.924 UTC
from LC1 of Baykonur. At 15:17:46.25 it had separated from the
third stage. Parameters of initial orbit are:
EFG vector
Date 19971005
Time, UTC 145740.895
X, km 6418.96152
Y, km 1460.29472
Z, km 0.00000
Vx, km/s -0.994468721
Vy, km/s 4.23454333
Vz, km/s 6.10884057
Nodal period, min 88.5989
Inclination, deg 51.6699
Hmin, km 193.087
Hmax, km 245.931
RAAN 1950.0 251.8232
Semim. axis, km 6593.26
Eccentr. 0.00420
First two manoeuvres should take place at 18:50:02 UTC, dV=16.88 m/s,
tau=41.1 sec, yaw=348.31 deg, pitch=-1.35 deg and at 19:42:34, dV=19.69 m/s,
tau=47.7 sec, yaw=339.43 deg, pitch=-1.5 deg.
Nominal EFG after the second manoeuvre is
Date 19971005
Time, UTC 19:43:21.722
X, km 4.088386
Y, km 0.9933462
Z, km 5.098602
Vx, km/s -3.023605
Vy, km/s 6.759758
Vz, km/s 1.083465
Best regards,
Vladimir Agapov.
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