Resurs 1-3, C* 1933 family

Walter Nissen (dk058@cleveland.Freenet.Edu)
Mon, 4 Sep 1995 12:35:37 -0400

Does anyone know if 
Resurs 1-3       5.0  1.5  0.0  6.5 
1 23342U 94074  A 95236.99019817  .00000011  00000-0  10000-4 0  2830 
2 23342  98.0115 295.4020 0001174 101.1872 258.9453 14.69760699 43151 
is the Platform-B mentioned by Nick Johnson and David Rodvold on page 139 
of "Europe and Asia in Space, 1991-1992" as a successor to the Okean 
satellites? 
 
This guy's presumed rocket body is one of the brightest satellites at the 
present time. 
Resurs 1-3 r? 
1 23343U 94074B   95236.14317554 -.00000039  00000-0  16891-5 0   864 
2 23343  98.0157 295.0752 0011899  74.0949 286.1589 14.70569975 43041 
 
I'd be interested in any info about 
SICH 1 
1 23657U 95046A   95244.36072558  .00000087  00000-0  10000-4 0    66 
2 23657  82.5328 107.3242 0026510 270.7543  89.0628 14.73409928   150 
What's a Sich?  The program name for the heavy ELINTs?  Different spelling 
for Okean?  How can I tell whether this is a heavy ELINT or an Okean or 
something else?  I observed this guy last night and its steady appearance 
for almost 3 minutes (after it left a cloud at high altitude) was very 
consistent with Okean 1-7 = 94- 66A = 23317 , C* 2242 = 93- 24A = 22626, 
C* 2228 = 92- 94A = 22286, which are otherwise the most recent members of 
the C* 1933 family.  Except for the weird behavior of C* 2242 which has to 
be mentioned and considered separately, all of these, including the one 
launched on the 31st, have an appearance consistent with the theory I have 
earlier advanced about the life cycle of the members of the C* 1933 family 
(some of this is available from my messages in the archive and some of it 
is supposed to appear in a forthcoming Flash; let's all hope Bart is hale 
and hearty very soon).  I.e., now, it looks like an operating satellite 
and is not exhibiting any of the symptoms of distress. 
 
Speaking of C* 2242, has anyone noted any radio signals from it (or an 
absence of a signal expected from a heavy ELINT, such as a CW beacon at 
153.4n)? 
 
Am I overlooking an on-line resource where any of these questions might be
answered?

Thanks.

Cheers.