> I can't remember hearing of any geo sat being stuck in a parking orbit > before. > So is this a bad first? > 2 27558 51.5715 58.4501 0008595 268.7799 91.2663 16.35877631 50 > No, there are many exemples of such malfuncions. Most insteresting are e.g.: 1984-011B Westar 6 - malfuncion of PAM-D stage after release from the shuttle, captured by the crew of STS 51A (1984-113A) and returned to the Earth, then relaunched as 1990-030A Asiasat 1 1984-011D Palapa 4 - malfuncion of PAM-D stage after release from the shuttle, captured by the crew of STS 51A (1984-113A) and returned to the Earth, then relaunched as 1990-034A Palapa B2R 1997-086A PanAmSat 22 - after malfunction of the last stage stranded in low parking orbit, bought from insurance companies by Hughes (designated as HGS-1) then sent to the very eccentric orbit. After multiple lunar swingby reached GSO, then resold as Asiasat 3. > Kevin > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' > in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org > http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Antonin Vitek Office: Main Library - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Narodni 3, CZ-115 22 Praha 1, Czech Republic Phone: +420(2)21 40 32 55 Fax: +420(2)24 24 05 26 E-mail:AVITEK@LIB.CAS.CZ My satellite home page: http://www.lib.cas.cz/knav/space.40/index.html Home: Kytin 127, CZ-525 10 p. Mnisek p.B., Czech Republic Phone: +420(305)592865 Coordinates: 14.2193 deg E, 49.8488 deg N, 442 m ASL FOR E-MAIL WITH ATTACHED FILES GREATER THAN 250 KB PLEASE USE ALTERNATIVE ADDRESS: vitek1@lib.cas.cz ---------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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