Re: Sea Launch payload

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Ed Cannon wrote:
> 
> I'm not clear on the exact nature of the Sea Launch payload.
> >From this story at Space Online:
> 
> http://www.flatoday.com/space/explore/intelv/sealaunch/inaugural/demosat.htm
> 
> I infer that it's not really an inert mass but actually is an
> operational test payload.  If so, does it have solar panels?
> Its inclination isn't very favorable for visual observing, but
> if it has good-sized solar panels....
> 
> Bad weather for observing here tonight and probably tomorrow
> night.
> 
> Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA

	All the reports I've read says it is a dummy payload, approximately
the same shape and weight as a typical Hughes communication satellite.  
The company was supposedly worried about the Zenit failure last year and
decided not to chance a real satellite.

Mike
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Mike DiMuzio    mdimuzio@cisnet.com

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