In a message dated Mon, 1 Apr 2002 8:32:50 AM Eastern Standard Time, Phillip Clark <psclark@dircon.co.uk> writes: > On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Edward S Light wrote: > > OIG is now giving elements for: > > UNK > > 1 27408U 02014C 02091.43726331 -.01229964 00000-0 -77166-2 0 17 > > 2 27408 42.4101 346.6086 0006772 322.3544 211.6198 15.78523509 17 > > Is the Shenzhou reentry module or the capsule which will remain in orbit? > > I expect that this is the orbital module. > > If it behaves like the SZ 2 orbital module, we should see a manoeuvre > tomorrow (Tuesday) to raise the orbit to ~400 km circular. That is when > I expect the small sub-satellite will separate. Higher altitude ==> > longer orbital lifetime. I discussed this last week in a piece sent in > to the www.janes.com web site. Looks like the separation and deorbit has occurred. From OIG: SHENZHOU III Decayed: 2002/04/01 1 27397U 02014A 02091.47145833 -.00164707 00000-0 -92596-3 0 310 2 27397 42.4075 346.3970 0006514 327.4528 41.1187 15.78651296 1093 Cheers, Don Gardner 39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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