As part of the CCAM manouevre, the Centaur upperstage will perform a fuel dump. The Molniya orbit into which the payload is inserted provides a good for this event from Europe. For the Atlas V 411 launch of NROL-28 the fuel dump was observed approximately 45 to 80 minutes after the payload was inserted into the Molniya orbit by the upperstage. http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Mar-2008/0183.html For NROL-35, using Ted's elements, insertion is expected to happen at 03:52UT. Assuming the Centaur adheres to a similar timeline, the fuel dump would be visible from around 04:37 to 05:12UT. Regards, Cees _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Thu Dec 11 2014 - 11:59:21 UTC
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