Re: iss orbit boost test on Oct 26

From: Robert Holdsworth (robbonz1@xtra.co.nz)
Date: Thu Oct 27 2005 - 02:20:29 EDT

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The test was successful in raising the orbit about 400 metres.

Indications are that the next boost will be 9 or 16 November, or maybe 
later, - after the spacewalk on November 7 and before the next Progress 
mission in late December.

Robert


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Fetter" <kfetter@yahoo.com>
To: <seesat-l@satobs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 2:38 PM
Subject: iss orbit boost test on Oct 26


> They will perform a test burn to confirm a theory on what happened.
>
> http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html
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> From
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> http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/SSapplications/Post/JavaSSOP/orbit/ISS/SVPOST.html
>
> Maneuvers contained within the current ephemeris are as follows:
>
>
>   IMPULSIVE TIG (GMT)   M50 DVx(FPS)      LVLH DVx(FPS)      DVmag(FPS)
>   IMPULSIVE TIG (MET)   M50 DVy(FPS)      LVLH DVy(FPS)      Invar Sph HA
>   DT                    M50 DVz(FPS)      LVLH DVz(FPS)      Invar Sph HP
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>   299/20:13:07.265          -0.3               0.9              0.9
>   N/A                        0.8               0.0              190.2
>   000/00:01:54.530           0.2               0.0              182.9
>
> TWO LINE MEAN ELEMENT SET
>
> Orbit predicted Before Burn
>
> ISS
> 1 25544U 98067A   05299.51249943  .00016071  00000-0  12697-3 0  9029
> 2 25544  51.6419 307.9845 0000894  82.0144 278.1121 15.74316894 36351
>
> Orbit predicted After burn
>
> ISS
> 1 25544U 98067A   05299.89336027  .00016071  00000-0  12697-3 0  9031
> 2 25544  51.6436 306.0280 0001517  71.3416 288.7912 15.74194419 36418
>
> Kevin
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