Launch info for the next Titan-4
Agapov Vladimir (avm@kiam1.rssi.ru)
Thu, 30 Oct 1997 21:38:02 +0300
Hello,
Here is unclassified (U) information from the ILAM message
for the next Titan-4 launch.
Best regards,
Vladimir Agapov.
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LAUNCH INFORMATION
(U) NAME: TITAN IV/A-17/K-20/TC-16
(U) LAUNCH AGENCY: 5 SPACE LAUNCH SQUADRON
(U) LAUNCH SITE: EASTERN RANGE
(U) LAUNCH AZIMUTH: 037.9000 DEG
(U) LAUNCH WINDOW: 01 NOV 97 0045Z TO 01 NOV 97 0245Z
(U) LAUNCH VEHICLE: TITAN IVA
NOMINAL ORBITS
PARKING ORBIT TRANSFER ORBIT
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 305/00:58:52.000 305/01:48:57.000
PERIOD (MIN): 88.193 484.207
INCLINATION (DEG): 55.060 55.049
ECCENTRICITY (DEG): 0.000032 0.677763
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM): 6563.2256 20425.8946
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG): 299.968 262.623
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG): 310.308 310.050
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG): 127.538 1.775
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:13:52.000 001:03:57.000
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET: 001:03:57.000 002:13:12.000
HEIGHT (KM): 191.1184 278.8667
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG): 49.38N 54.862S
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG): 309.32E 161.524E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG): 61.262 82.542
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 305/00:58:52.000 305/01:48:57.000
SPACECRAFT SEPAR
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 305/02:58:12.000
PERIOD (MIN): 713.840
INCLINATION (DEG): 63.553
ECCENTRICITY (DEG): 0.717333
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM): 26458.2399
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG): 271.422
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG): 314.622
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG): 34.695
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:002:13:12.000
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET: 013:00:00.000
HEIGHT (KM): 14974.7365
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG): 31.05N
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG): 247.07E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG): 31.326
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 305/02:58:12.000
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
(U) LIFTOFF TO INJECTION:
EVENT HH:MM:SS
LIFTOFF 00:00:00
STAGE 1 IGNITION 00:01:55
TCA JETTISON 00:01:56
SRMU SEPARATION 00;02:03
PAYLOAD FAIRING SEPARATION 00:03:56
STAGE 1 SHUTDOWN 00:05:06
STAGE 2 IGNITION 00:05:06
STAGE 2 SHUTDOWN 00:08:50
CENTAUR MECO 1 00:13:43
PARK ORBIT INJECTION 00:13:52
CENTAUR MES 2 00:59:18
CENTAUR MECO 2 01:03:26
TRANSFER ORBIT INJECTION 01:03;57
CENTAUR MES 3 01:55:31
CENTAUR MECO 3 01:56:28
FINAL ORBIT INJECTION 01:57:09
SPACECRAFT SEPARATION 02:13:12
GENERAL INFORMATION
(U) OBJECTS TO ACHIEVE ORBIT: TWO - PAYLOAD AND CENTAUR R/B
PAYLOAD IS 40 FEET BY 15 FEET. CENTAUR ROCKETBODY IS 29 FEET BY 14 FEET
(U) LAUNCH VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: TITAN IVA
(U) MISSION NARRATIVE: CLASSIFIED
(U) COMMUNICATIONS FREQUENCIES
ROCKETBODY: 2287.5MHZ 20 WATTS(S-BAND)
2255.5MHZ 7.5 WATTS WIDEBAND INSTRUMENT
(U) OBJECT DESIGNATIONS:
INT
OBJECT COMMON NAME DSG CTY
PAYLOAD USA XXX A US
ROCKETBODY TITAN 4A CENTAUR R/B B US