Re: Orbview 4 Launch Failure

From: Jim King (jim@jimking.net)
Date: Fri Sep 21 2001 - 19:14:06 EDT

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    Spaceflight Now is reporting that the sats failed to achieve orbit and
    impacted in the Indian Ocean.
    
    http://www.spaceflightnow.com/taurus/t6/status.html
    
    Jim King
    29.748 N, 95.768 W
    
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    Subject: Orbview 4 Launch Failure
    
    
    > Space.com has reported that the Orbview 4 launch was a failure.
    >
    > http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/next_launch.html
    >
    > If the objects are in a low-low earth orbit could somone post search
    elsets?  No elsets can be found at OIG.
    >
    > Sounds like this launch may have had a velocity too low to reach orbit
    like Ikonos 1.
    >
    > Cheers,
    > Don Gardner  39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL
    > http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/
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