Resurs 1-3, C* 1933 family
Walter Nissen (dk058@cleveland.Freenet.Edu)
Mon, 4 Sep 1995 12:35:37 -0400
Does anyone know if
Resurs 1-3 5.0 1.5 0.0 6.5
1 23342U 94074 A 95236.99019817 .00000011 00000-0 10000-4 0 2830
2 23342 98.0115 295.4020 0001174 101.1872 258.9453 14.69760699 43151
is the Platform-B mentioned by Nick Johnson and David Rodvold on page 139
of "Europe and Asia in Space, 1991-1992" as a successor to the Okean
satellites?
This guy's presumed rocket body is one of the brightest satellites at the
present time.
Resurs 1-3 r?
1 23343U 94074B 95236.14317554 -.00000039 00000-0 16891-5 0 864
2 23343 98.0157 295.0752 0011899 74.0949 286.1589 14.70569975 43041
I'd be interested in any info about
SICH 1
1 23657U 95046A 95244.36072558 .00000087 00000-0 10000-4 0 66
2 23657 82.5328 107.3242 0026510 270.7543 89.0628 14.73409928 150
What's a Sich? The program name for the heavy ELINTs? Different spelling
for Okean? How can I tell whether this is a heavy ELINT or an Okean or
something else? I observed this guy last night and its steady appearance
for almost 3 minutes (after it left a cloud at high altitude) was very
consistent with Okean 1-7 = 94- 66A = 23317 , C* 2242 = 93- 24A = 22626,
C* 2228 = 92- 94A = 22286, which are otherwise the most recent members of
the C* 1933 family. Except for the weird behavior of C* 2242 which has to
be mentioned and considered separately, all of these, including the one
launched on the 31st, have an appearance consistent with the theory I have
earlier advanced about the life cycle of the members of the C* 1933 family
(some of this is available from my messages in the archive and some of it
is supposed to appear in a forthcoming Flash; let's all hope Bart is hale
and hearty very soon). I.e., now, it looks like an operating satellite
and is not exhibiting any of the symptoms of distress.
Speaking of C* 2242, has anyone noted any radio signals from it (or an
absence of a signal expected from a heavy ELINT, such as a CW beacon at
153.4n)?
Am I overlooking an on-line resource where any of these questions might be
answered?
Thanks.
Cheers.