EORSATs, was Re: Cosmos 1220
Bjoern Gimle (b_gimle@algonet.se)
Thu, 12 Feb 1998 07:29:06 +0100
Not only is my EORSAT page http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle/eorsat.htm
sadly outdated (june-97), but Russell's 'Cosmos satellite' posting
made me realize my reply to 'Cosmos 1220' missed:
Cosmos 2347 8.0 3.0 0.0 3.5 v
1 25088U 97079A 98036.22329439 -.00013285 +00000-0 -21453-3 0 01985
2 25088 065.0274 026.5222 0009682 260.8317 099.1745 15.51982085008995
in the plane 70 deg.W of:
Cosmos 2335 6.0 0.0 0.0 4.2 v
1 24670U 96069A 98036.19622220 -.00003636 +00000-0 -55115-4 0 07178
2 24670 065.0383 314.1625 0010026 278.9015 081.0995 15.52000591065280
>is their sister satellite Cosmos 2335. All of these have their operational
>orbit maintained, until the boosting jets are nearly depleted. They are
>then partially de-orbited to allow natural atmospheric decay to occur.
....
>Once we have the precise date, we can then consider till what date in 1999 the
>next satellite in this series (25088,1997-79A,Cosmos2347,1997 Dec 9) is likely
>to last.
>
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