OK, lets all predict its trajectory, then place our virtual wages. (Are these wages in today's dollars, yesterdays', or next years?) :) -fred -----Original Message----- From: Brian Weeden [mailto:brian.weeden@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 1:35 PM To: Greg Roberts Cc: SeeSat-D@satobs.org Subject: Re: SPACETRACK Should we start a pool on how long before this Briz-M explodes into hundreds of un-tracked pieces just like the one that failed to put Arabsat 4A up? --------- Brian On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 4:27 PM, Greg Roberts <grr@telkomsa.net> wrote: > > Evening all > > Ive just done some surfing on the Internet and turns out pretty interesting. The AMC-14 satellite is a total loss following a malfunction during the second burn of the BRIZ M upper stage which shut down 2 minutes early stranding the satellite in a useless orbit. It appears they were able to get it to near geostationary orbit and there were hopes of using a lunar trajectory flyby to get it into the correct place but there were some patent restrictions on the use of such a technique. > > Anyway do a search on AMC-14 and get the full story. > > It would appear that the $150 million satellite is a total loss and owners apparently intend to de-orbit it. > > Cheers > Greg > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L > archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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