TACSAT-4 successfully launched from Kodiak, Alaska 7:49AM local / 15:49 UTC (Initial orbit 185 km x 12050 km @ 63.4 deg according to nasaspaceflight.com.) Launch ground track here: http://spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/tacsat4/groundtrack.html Expected to evolve as below: "TacSat 4 will fire its thrusters for a checkout burn about an hour and 45 minutes into the mission, then again later today to raise the low point of its orbit from about 100 miles to more than 400 miles in altitude." According to this briefing it is designed for 4-hour orbits at 300 nm x 6600 nm: http://www.responsivespace.com/Papers/RS5/PANELS/TacSat%20Status/Johnson.pdf and according to various sites will be dwelling over the Middle East/Afghanistan. -Nick PS: Hello. I've been lurking for a while and starting to attempt some basic observations despite living in a bright city. I've learned a lot on this list. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/private/seesat-l/attachments/20110927/ef052a50/attachment.html _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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