How visivible will this be from the US east coast? It looks like it will be closer to the coast than a shuttle flight to Mir (55 inclination orbit and a launch azimuth about ten degrees to the right of the shuttles). Does the Titan-4 follow a similar path to orbit? I'd hope it climbs higher during powered flight than the shuttles 70 miles because then I will be able to see it higher than 10 degree elv. If any of you can give a good estimate of the launch time, to the narrow the offical two hour window, would be very helpfull. Any other pluses or minuses? I saw one launch of the shuttle from the locate below and would enjoy seeing more. Floyd Weaver 3 miles north of Lebanon Pa. 40.389N 76.417W http://users.nbn.net/~fweaver On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Agapov Vladimir wrote: > Hello, > > Here is unclassified (U) information from the ILAM message > for the next Titan-4 launch. > > Best regards, > Vladimir Agapov. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > LAUNCH INFORMATION > > (U) NAME: TITAN IV/A-17/K-20/TC-16 > (U) LAUNCH AGENCY: 5 SPACE LAUNCH SQUADRON > (U) LAUNCH SITE: EASTERN RANGE > (U) LAUNCH AZIMUTH: 037.9000 DEG > (U) LAUNCH WINDOW: 01 NOV 97 0045Z TO 01 NOV 97 0245Z > (U) LAUNCH VEHICLE: TITAN IVA > > > NOMINAL ORBITS > PARKING ORBIT TRANSFER ORBIT > EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 305/00:58:52.000 305/01:48:57.000 > PERIOD (MIN): 88.193 484.207 > INCLINATION (DEG): 55.060 55.049 > ECCENTRICITY (DEG): 0.000032 0.677763 > SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM): 6563.2256 20425.8946 > ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG): 299.968 262.623 > RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG): 310.308 310.050 > MEAN ANOMALY (DEG): 127.538 1.775 > START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:13:52.000 001:03:57.000 > END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET: 001:03:57.000 002:13:12.000 > HEIGHT (KM): 191.1184 278.8667 > INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG): 49.38N 54.862S > INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG): 309.32E 161.524E > INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG): 61.262 82.542 > INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 305/00:58:52.000 305/01:48:57.000 > > SPACECRAFT SEPAR > EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 305/02:58:12.000 > PERIOD (MIN): 713.840 > INCLINATION (DEG): 63.553 > ECCENTRICITY (DEG): 0.717333 > SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM): 26458.2399 > ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG): 271.422 > RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG): 314.622 > MEAN ANOMALY (DEG): 34.695 > START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:002:13:12.000 > END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET: 013:00:00.000 > HEIGHT (KM): 14974.7365 > INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG): 31.05N > INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG): 247.07E > INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG): 31.326 > INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 305/02:58:12.000 > > > SEQUENCE OF EVENTS > > (U) LIFTOFF TO INJECTION: > EVENT HH:MM:SS > LIFTOFF 00:00:00 > STAGE 1 IGNITION 00:01:55 > TCA JETTISON 00:01:56 > SRMU SEPARATION 00;02:03 > PAYLOAD FAIRING SEPARATION 00:03:56 > STAGE 1 SHUTDOWN 00:05:06 > STAGE 2 IGNITION 00:05:06 > STAGE 2 SHUTDOWN 00:08:50 > CENTAUR MECO 1 00:13:43 > PARK ORBIT INJECTION 00:13:52 > CENTAUR MES 2 00:59:18 > CENTAUR MECO 2 01:03:26 > TRANSFER ORBIT INJECTION 01:03;57 > CENTAUR MES 3 01:55:31 > CENTAUR MECO 3 01:56:28 > FINAL ORBIT INJECTION 01:57:09 > SPACECRAFT SEPARATION 02:13:12 > > > GENERAL INFORMATION > > (U) OBJECTS TO ACHIEVE ORBIT: TWO - PAYLOAD AND CENTAUR R/B > PAYLOAD IS 40 FEET BY 15 FEET. CENTAUR ROCKETBODY IS 29 FEET BY 14 FEET > > (U) LAUNCH VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: TITAN IVA > > (U) MISSION NARRATIVE: CLASSIFIED > > (U) COMMUNICATIONS FREQUENCIES > ROCKETBODY: 2287.5MHZ 20 WATTS(S-BAND) > 2255.5MHZ 7.5 WATTS WIDEBAND INSTRUMENT > > (U) OBJECT DESIGNATIONS: > INT > OBJECT COMMON NAME DSG CTY > PAYLOAD USA XXX A US > ROCKETBODY TITAN 4A CENTAUR R/B B US > > >