Sea Launch payload

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Ed Cannon <ecannon@mail.utexas.edu> said:

>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....

no.  It's a pure dummy mass simulator.  I believe this was the test article
which Hughes built for their new HS-702 satellites as a mockup.  It's
completely inert and will just be a block in orbit.



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