Hi, That's correct, MAQSAT isn't designed to separate and will remain attached to the ESC-A stage. It looks like a dummy telecom satellite and was designed to record flight parameters of the new launcher. Regards, -- Etienne Guyot 46d20m20s N - 006d04m20s E - 595m ORION, club d'astronomie du Pays de Gex http://www.cc-pays-de-gex.fr/assoc/aorion ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Henney" <ph014a5309@blueyonder.co.uk> To: "'Robert Holdsworth'" <robbonz1@xtra.co.nz>; "'Seesat List'" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 11:04 PM Subject: RE: Arianespace flight 164 > Hi, > > Yes,well done to Arianespace! > > Question, > Will MAQSAT get a separate designation, even though it is not separated, or > will it share one with the Ariane 5 -ECA 2nd stage ?? > > > Pj > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Holdsworth [mailto:robbonz1@xtra.co.nz] > Sent: 12 February 2005 21:48 > To: Seesat List > Subject: Re: Arianespace flight 164 > > Launch time 2103 UTC. > > It should be noted that MAQSAT will not be separated (this was always the > intention,) so the new satellites are XTAR- deployed to transfer orbit at > 2129 UTC, and SLOSHSAT deployed AT 2134. (I don't know timings to the > second.) > > Congratulations/Felicitations to Ariane on a highly successful launch. > > Robert > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Locker" <john@satcom.freeserve.co.uk> > To: <fpspace@friends-partners.org> > Cc: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 10:03 AM > Subject: Re: Arianespace flight 164 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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