The icesat and chipsat satellites were launched into orbit at 7:45 EST ( 0:45 UT Jan 13 ). Icesat was going into approx 600 km high 94 inclination orbit. On spaceflight now it says The Delta 2 rocket has achieved the proper orbit for the ICESat and CHIPSat spacecraft. The high point is 319.388 nautical miles, perigee of 318.744 nautical miles and inclination of 94.0 degrees. As for the rocket final burn The engine firing should put the stage in an orbit of around 295 miles at apogee, 107 at perigee and inclination of 97.3 degrees. There will be three satellites in a 94 inclination orbit- USA 55, Icesat and Chipsat now. Not very crowded for that orbital inclination:) Kevin _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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