"Dummy" Iridiums launched by China
Sven Grahn (svengrahn@mail.wineasy.se)
Tue, 02 Sep 1997 21:08:52 +0200
A Long March 2 rocket was successfully launched into orbit at about 1400 UT on Sept. 1 from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC) in China's Shanxi Province of China. It carried two dummy Iridium satellites (probably 24926 and 24930).
Sven Grahn
1 24925U 97048A 97245.33422454 .00086624 42569-6 30478-3 0 33
2 24925 86.2256 126.0381 0286768 155.0272 191.2499 15.46807772 106
1 24926U 97048B 97245.03080148 .00000027 00000-0 00000+0 0 14
2 24926 86.3396 126.2201 0007148 10.5098 349.6946 14.80432648 75
1 24927U 97048C 97245.34273148 .00460168 -13240-5 42897-3 0 31
2 24927 86.3470 125.9902 0352044 168.2056 230.7297 15.49615204 117
1 24928U 97048D 97245.15198356 .04683840 -16748-5 50194-2 0 29
2 24928 86.0298 126.1534 0454130 165.4992 195.9790 15.25074710 85
1 24929U 97048E 97245.08797960 .04319312 -16475-5 47515-2 0 28
2 24929 86.0691 126.1863 0476293 162.1924 199.6909 15.19762788 75
1 24930U 97048F 97245.09838150 -.04659099 00000-0 -70545+0 0 26
2 24930 86.3291 126.1786 0007573 30.5020 329.6674 14.79149787 84
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