Re: Sinosat Elsets plus others
Phillip Clark (psclark@dircon.co.uk)
Mon, 20 Jul 1998 07:51:39 +0100 (BST)
On Sun, 19 Jul 1998, Ron Lee wrote:
> Looks like some possible debris from the Resurs Launch (25401-403)
> UNK
> 1 25403U 98043K 98200.70304383 .00000108 00000-0 12507-3 0 27
> 2 25403 98.5867 269.8859 0219106 133.2935 228.6700 13.75665122 1319
> UNK
> 1 25402U 98043J 98198.21327874 .00000617 00000-0 42626-3 0 28
> 2 25402 99.0293 267.9900 0158104 172.1296 188.2990 13.93351656 961
> UNK
> 1 25401U 98043H 98198.65586894 .00000893 00000-0 63398-3 0 29
> 2 25401 98.5397 268.1937 0167751 169.3827 191.1538 13.91148949 1035
There are usually four of these objects, and they are the signature of a
Zenit-2 launch: all have apogees significantly higher that the hightest
other object from the launch. These are the four caps which cover the
solid-propellant separation motors which are mounted on the Zenit's
second stage.
Phillip Clark
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