Foton 12 elsets
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 9 Sep 1999 23:40:17 +0100
The first elsets have appeared following today's launch of Foton 12 via
a Soyuz rocket from Plesetsk.
Foton 12 5.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 d 15 384 x 217 km
1 25902U 99048A 99252.86351065 .02108024 78951-5 32353-2 0 24
2 25902 62.7986 208.0839 0125231 111.5448 249.9102 15.90601851 21
Foton12 Soyuz r 5.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 d 15 378 x 216 km
1 25903U 99048B 99252.86341802 .00065780 79730-5 10000-3 0 24
2 25903 62.7871 208.1335 0121490 110.7794 250.6387 15.91916606 27
They enter eclipse in the Earth's shadow just after northern apex (their
most northerly point near 63 deg N latitude) at about 21:00 local time
and leave eclipse while southbound near 47 deg S at 05:00 local time.
A posting on the FPspace list by Sven Grahn includes ... "I saw the
rocket body flashing at 25 degrees elevation in the north in Stockholm
at 1935-1937 UT, despite the bright lights from the nearby motorway. The
satellite was not spotted."
Alan
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