6 Aug
2011
6 Aug
'11
9:56 p.m.
Perhaps it's in a parking orbit waiting for another burn.
On 08/06/2011 07:20 PM, Phil Karn wrote:
On 8/6/11 9:54 AM, Nigel A. Gunn, W8IFF/G8IFF wrote:
JUNO 1 37773U 11040A 11217.69136966 +.00002254 -71274-5 +00000-0 0 00015 2 37773 028.7890 020.5966 0025801 264.4436 221.8704 16.26214442000002
These elements don't make sense. This object is in a low circular orbit, while Juno is on an earth escape trajectory. The eccentricity shown in the real-time telemetry screen at Centaur shutdown was about 1.5.
What happened to the Atlas first stage? Did it go into orbit?