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 Dec 31 2006, 06:38 PM
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I have reading the article given by Pedro and it's strongly probable that it was the last stage of the Proton launcher who given the final impulsion to the 3 satellites to the geostationnary orbit.
I'm waiting for reaction in the french forum to confirm if it can match to the description  .
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Dec 31 2006, 06:50 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14445 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
"the correct orbit about 12,000 miles high with an inclination of around 64.8 degrees."
That's not what you were seing in my opinion - the position you say was near equatorial and much slower moving than 12,000 miles altitude. Doug |
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Jan 2 2007, 03:01 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 5-January 06 Member No.: 636 |
Hello,
just did a quick run on Orbiter using Celestrak's TLE's for the Glonass satellites. The image below is the view from Paris and Berlin overlayed, at 23:50 GMT 25/12/2006 (time of spacecraft separation). The grey squares indicate the area where I would expect to see the spacecraft.  Would seem to confirm it is the Glonass launch. Cheers, BrianJ P.S. Happy New Year to all on the UMSF forum 
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Jan 2 2007, 03:29 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14445 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Sweet - problem solved
Doug |
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Jan 5 2007, 03:17 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 153 Joined: 14-August 06 Member No.: 1041 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 2 2007, 08:29 AM)  Sweet - problem solved Doug Awful 'dirty' burn though - is this a solid propellant rocket? |
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Jan 5 2007, 08:04 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239 |
QUOTE (Littlebit @ Jan 5 2007, 03:17 PM) Awful 'dirty' burn though - is this a solid propellant rocket? No - liquid. It's probably down to lighting - and may not actually have been a burn as such, as it could have been a fuel/oxidiser dump (planned or not). It does highlight the ever-growing amount of garbage out there, though! Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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Jan 6 2007, 03:47 AM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8789 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Yeah...
 ...something's got to give there, and soon. Not trying to be ecologically extreme here, but it'll be a sad day when a major mission gets zorched prematurely by a piece of debris. The overall discipline of booster design needs to begin considering disposal in more detail (preferably big, burnable chunks)...
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Jan 9 2007, 01:48 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1621 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Bergerac - FR Member No.: 678 |
I haven't check this topic since more a week. I thank Brian J for his contribution. The problem is solved.
Thanks to all
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