August 11 or early August 12, the decay rate of Express-MD2 increased very slightly, it's not very obvious on the plot but the change is real: http://www.zarya.info/Gallimaufry/120707ProtonFailure.php#plot . Maybe Khrunichev has joined Reshetnev in talking to their respective creations. The Briz-M continues to show a flat-line, or even slightly rising, decay curve. Possibilities are either a minor leakage of propellant counteracting decay, or it's high m/a is sufficient for it not to be affected very much by drag and the perceived decay earlier was due to propellant leakage...... or it's something else. With Kevin's permission, I've added a comparative frame from his video alongside the Heavensat diagram: http://www.zarya.info/Gallimaufry/120707ProtonFailure.php#compare Bob Christy _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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