Re: UHF F/O F9 Pre-launch Elset

Jason Hatton (jason.hatton@etss.u-strasbg.fr)
Tue, 20 Oct 1998 09:29:01 +0000

Ron Lee wrote:
> 
> UFO F9, 20 Oct 98, 07:09 UT
> 1 99999U 98 0xx A 98293.31670602  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    12
> 2 99999  27.0000 310.5847 6648000 173.0000   3.8820  3.09610000    10
> 
> First apogee occurs in daylight. Not sure this one will be seen by
> anyone other than for the launch.

Launch occured at 03:19EDT (07:19 UT), today (20th Oct 1998), with
nominal orbital insertion 27 minutes later. Launch was delayed 10
minutes with respect to opening of launch window. Florida today has
further details of the launch;
http://www.flatoday.com/ac130.htm

Best wishes,

Jason

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