Ed Cannon wrote: > I guess the BOZ is jettisoned in some way, separated from > the main stage? In fact, there are two BOZ engine clusters that get ejected from the Proton upper stage on each launch. There are often catalogued as the E and F objects in the international designations. This one was the first of the two to reenter, the other one is still in a 198 x 21895 km x 46.7 deg. orbit. Dan -- Daniel Deak representant, projet spatial Starshine L'Avenir, Quebec COSPAR site 1747 : 45.7275°N, 72.3526°W, 191 m., UTC-4:00 Site en francais sur les satellites: French-language satellite web site : http://www.obsat.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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