Chinese launch of dummy Iridia
Jeff Hunt (jhunt@eagle1.eaglenet.com)
Thu, 4 Sep 97 11:35:56
I find it interesting that SPACEWARN in their standard notice has labled the
48A and 48B objects as the dummy Iridia (standard useage of payloads as
early letter designations) whereas the orbital parameters (as mentioned in
an earlier post) indicate that the 48B and 48F objects should be the
dummies.
Jeff Hunt <jhunt@eagle1.eaglenet.com>
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> WORLD WARNING AGENCY FOR SATELLITES
> WORLD DATA CENTER-A FOR R & S, NASA/GSFC
> CODE 633, GREENBELT, MARYLAND, 20771. USA
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>SPACEWARN 12868
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> COSPAR/WWAS USSPACECOM NUMBER
>SPACECRAFT INTERNATIONAL ID (CATALOG NUMBER) LAUNCH DATE
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>IRIDIUM-SIM-1 1997-048A 24925 01 SEPTEMBER 1997
>IRIDIUM-SIM-2 1997-048B 24926 01 SEPTEMBER 1997
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>[NAMES ARE TENTATIVE. USSPACECOM REPORTS NAMES AS "UNKNOWN." BUT A
>CHINESE
>(PRC) NEWS AGENCY, BEIJING XINHUA REPORTS THAT "TWO SIMULATION IRIDIUM
>SATELLITES.....WERE LAUNCHED FROM TAIYUAN IN SHANXI PROVINCE". FBIS
>RELEASE,
>1 SEP 97.]
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>DR.JOSEPH H. KING, DIRECTOR, WDC-A-R&S.
>[PH: (301) 286 7355.
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>2 SEPTEMBER 1997, 15:30 UT]
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Latest from OIG:
24925 619 x 230 km
1 24925U 97048A 97246.88951130 .00104248 12019-5 36198-3 0 81
2 24925 86.2252 125.2250 0286216 149.3668 212.4695 15.47138456 359
24926 633 x 622 km
1 24926U 97048B 97246.92344475 .00000103 00000-0 10000-4 0 65
2 24926 86.3362 125.3137 0007425 334.9119 25.1832 14.80375159 355
24927 619 x 230
1 24927U 97048C 97247.34226797 .00118462 19472-5 41130-3 0 84
2 24927 86.2255 124.9880 0285632 147.4172 214.5107 15.47268954 425
24928 653 x 174 km
1 24928U 97048D 97247.36635052 .07755731 -19933-5 62938-2 0 90
2 24928 86.0237 124.9606 0352344 156.9970 207.3348 15.50969759 428
24929 704 x 179 km
1 24929U 97048E 97247.11563006 .06216927 -18495-5 63699-2 0 65
2 24929 86.0726 125.0943 0384408 153.8166 208.3293 15.41343500 382
24930 632 x 622 km
1 24930U 97048F 97247.53142725 .00000027 00000-0 35250-5 0 107
2 24930 86.3370 125.0306 0006507 327.1354 33.0065 14.80567709 449