Re: DMSP Launched On time

Mir16609@aol.com
Mon, 13 Dec 1999 14:41:08 EST

In a message dated 12/12/1999 3:01:46 PM EDT, kc4yer@amsat.org writes:

> On a mission like this the Titan II upper stage is on a ballistic
>  trajectory so it doesn't actually achieve orbital velocity.  The
>  spacecraft's built-in upper stage performs the orbital insertion /
>  circularization maneuver.  So there should only be one visible (OBJ Seesat
>  comment) object in orbit from this mission.

Are fragments common on a DMSP launch?

USA 147
1 25991U 99067A   99347.55843551  .00000147  00000-0  10000-3 0    71
2 25991  98.8968  40.6463 0009849 330.2544  29.8080 14.14456903   116
UNK
1 25992U 99067B   99347.66076420  .00000148  00000-0  10000-3 0    56
2 25992  98.8928  40.7451 0008238  14.7962 146.7515 14.14699272   121
UNK
1 25993U 99067C   99347.65808699  .00000146  00000-0  10000-3 0    11
2 25993  98.8971  40.7438 0005995  29.2318 117.0707 14.14208972    79

Cheers
Don Gardner  39.1796 N, 76.8419 W, 34m ASL
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