Re: Cosmos 2371 Elset Lag?

From: Phillip Clark (psclark@dircon.co.uk)
Date: Wed Jul 05 2000 - 10:55:01 PDT

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    On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Ron Lee wrote:
    > Cosmos 2371                                      35882 x 252 km
    > 1 26394U 00036A   00187.24687931 -.00000075  00000-0  00000-0 0    38
    > 2 26394  48.6078 288.4708 7287561 359.9928 167.0156  2.27173361    05
    > Cosmos 2371 Blok DM r                            35893 x 34572 km
    > 1 26397U 00036D   00186.80585361 -.00000357  00000-0  10000-3 0    11
    > 2 26397   1.2421 281.7608 0158699  22.7661 355.3736  1.02293988    07
    > I see the Blok DM rkt is in a GEO orbit but the payload is not.  I assume
    > that #26394 is in the same basic orbit as #26397.
    
    Agreed.   Remember how long it took for USSPACECOM to sort out what had
    happened with the Gorizont launch last month - the first Briz-M mission to
    reach orbit.   We should eventually see a couple of ullage motors tracked
    in an orbit close to the one shown for 26394, but these days it can take a
    while for USSPACECOM to find them: they have still to track those from
    last month's Ekspress-A 3 launch.
    
    Just think that the safety of the Free World relies upon the computer and
    its operators under The Mountain.   Then duck !
    
    Phillip Clark
    
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