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Hello,

Soyuz TM-29 was successfully launched from the LC1 of Baykonur
today (Feb 20 ) at 0418:01.187 UTC. Launch mass of the ship is
7120 kg including 1260.2 BO and 2850.4 SA.
After processing of the 1st rev measurements we've obtained
following insertion orbit parameters:

Date   19990220
Time   040645.959 UTC
Orbit  #1
Nodal period 88.542 min
Inclination  51.662 deg
Hmin        193.4 km
Hmax        240.9 km

EFG state vector:

19990220
040645.959  UTC
6420.14432  km
1455.48628  km
   0.00000  km
-0.98891989 km/s
 4.23563718 km/s
 6.10682920 km/s

Best regards,
   Vladimir Agapov.

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