If no further delays happen (launch was postponed twice last month), ULA will launch NROL-70 tomorrow, 9 April 2024, at 16:53 UTC, from Cape Canaveral SLC-37. The Delta IV Heavy will bring a classified payload to geosynchronous orbit for the NRO. The payload is likely Mentor 10, a SIGINT satellite in the ADVANCED ORION class. The following elset estimates are valid for launch on 9 April 2024 at 16:53 UTC: NROL-70 COASTING PHASE (valid 17:00 to 17:21 UTC) 1 70000U 24999A 24100.70347222 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 07 2 70000 028.4000 281.2158 0007584 097.3393 339.7290 16.21678257 06 NROL-70 GTO PHASE (valid 17:21 to 22:45 UTC) 1 70001U 24999A 24100.72100694 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 00 2 70001 028.4000 281.0920 7360043 179.7976 360.0000 02.21326367 06 MENTOR 10 (valid from 22:45 UTC) 1 70002U 24999A 24100.94885756 0.00000000 00000-0 00000+0 0 03 2 70002 5.0000 278.2456 0001186 360.0000 2.0110 1.00277482 00 Elset 70002 is under the assumption of initial insertion at longitude 100 E. After a check-out phase, it will then be moved to the (unknown) operational position. - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam_at_langbroek.org launchtower: http://launchtower.langbroek.org Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com Twitter: _at_Marco_Langbroek ----- _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list https://lists.seesatmail.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Sun Apr 07 2024 - 16:09:23 UTC
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