Dear all those who can and wish to see the sat AMC-9 launch in the geo orbit and who can provide any additional information based on their observation about the Breez M mission stages, please find the following information below. Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Launch Date and Time: Jun 6 22:15:15 (GMT) Mission Profile: The Proton launch vehicle will inject the satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit using a five-burn Breez M mission design. The first three stages of the Proton will use a standard ascent trajectory to place the Breez M fourth stage, with the satellite, into a suborbital trajectory, from which the Breez M will place itself and the spacecraft into a circular parking orbit of 180 km, inclined at 51.6 deg. Then the satellite will be propelled to its transfer orbit by additional burns of the Breez M. Following separation from the Breez M, the spacecraft will perform a series of liquid apogee engine burns to raise perigee, lower inclination and circularize the orbit at the geo altitude. See below the Breez M estimated TLE's at the major mission stages times Parking orbit Breez 2 1 99999U 0999C 03157.94093552 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 27 2 99999 51.5402 237.9842 0000001 322.8583 177.1924 16.32115485 19 2-nd burn ending Breez 3 1 99999U 0999D 03157.98635465 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 30 2 99999 50.3000 237.7525 2633093 359.9999 19.4685 10.15708447 16 External fuel tank discarding Breez 4 1 99999U 0999E 03158.08120524 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 48 2 99999 49.6454 237.7089 5265508 355.2085 4.9656 5.18630516 10 4-th burn ending Breez 5 1 99999U 0999F 03158.08561258 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 52 2 99999 49.1000 237.2701 7243937 1.7967 4.8202 2.26205283 15 S/C AMC9 separation Breez 7 1 99999U 0999H 03158.29861110 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 77 2 99999 17.5400 239.9719 5275985 0.0003 179.9739 1.89323165 12 Breez retreat ending Breez 8 1 99999U 0999I 03158.41412037 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 82 2 99999 17.5421 239.9713 4961255 356.2312 261.8717 1.79701662 17 Yuri Makhnenko Russia, Moscow ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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