MSX and Priroda Launches
stu@huston.mdc.com
Tue, 23 Apr 96 11:22:35 PST
Latest word on the Delta II launch of MSX is for the launch window to open
at 5:27 PDT on Wednesday, April 24. Launch window is open for 15 minutes.
Priroda was launched today. The following info is available at:
http://shuttle-mir.nasa.gov/mir21/status/week3/prirsch.html
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Weekly Update - April 19, 1996
Priroda Module
Launch, Rendezvous and Docking Timeline
April 23
6:48:43 CDT (14:48:43 DMT)
Launch
340 x 220 kilometers
51.64-degree inclination
89.8-minute orbital period
April 24
5:26:36 CDT (13:26:36 DMT)
First impulse burn (orbit 16)
7.4 meters/second
34.3-second burn
7:15:24 CDT (15:25:24 DMT)
Second impulse burn (orbit 17)
23.9 meters/second
110.1-second burn
395 x 265 kilometers
51.66-degree inclination
90.09-minute orbital period
April 25
6:35:19 CDT (14:35:19 DMT)
First impulse burn (orbit 32)
27.3 meters/second
127-second burn
7:17:54 CDT (15:17:54 DMT)
Second impulse burn (orbit 33)
2.2 meters/second
10-second burn
404 x 358 kilometers
51.66-degree inclination
91.9-minute orbital period
April 26
4:45:12 CDT (12:45:12 DMT)
First impulse burn (orbit 47)
1 meter/second
4.5-second burn
5:31:11 CDT (13:31:11 DMT)
Second impulse burn (orbit 48)
1.1 meters/second
4.7-second burn
408 x 362 kilometers
51.66-degree inclination
92-minute orbital period
Parameters prior to docking with Mir
409 x 393 kilometers
51.66-degree inclination
92.4-minute orbital period
7:43:00 CDT (15:43:00 DMT)
Docking
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04/23/96 11:14:29
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