Re: Youtube video of ANDE-2 deployment from STS-127 (Henk, PA3GUO
Extraordinary, indeed! Can someone tell me what all five objects are at, say, the 6:15 minute mark on the video?
Clint Bradford
Two object were tha two satellites, the other three, the launch and seperation hardware.
Clint Bradford wrote:
Extraordinary, indeed! Can someone tell me what all five objects are at, say, the 6:15 minute mark on the video?
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If we extrapolate the orbits forward a few days, they come over in the following order. D, C, E, F, G. That gives us the order of their respective masses. Whoever built it should be able to tell us which bits are which.
Clint Bradford wrote:
Will the three extraneous pieces fall quickly "out of the way?"
I'm going to guess:
Anybody like to comment?
DRAGONSAT 1 35690U 09038B 09211.97009835 +.00095697 +00000-0 +49101-3 0 00059 2 35690 051.6383 081.9986 0005201 088.2863 271.8760 15.80461110000070
POLLUX 1 35691U 09038C 09212.09676612 .00018444 00000-0 10000-3 0 14 2 35691 051.6400 081.3457 0001895 035.5288 324.5627 15.80114764 66
CASTOR 1 35692U 09038D 09212.60270396 .00027324 00000-0 14634-3 0 15 2 35692 051.6384 078.7266 0003591 031.5121 328.3630 15.80097175 144
No I'm not. Cancel that. I'm gonna have another go.
Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:
I'm going to guess:
Anybody like to comment?
DRAGONSAT 1 35690U 09038B 09211.97009835 +.00095697 +00000-0 +49101-3 0 00059 2 35690 051.6383 081.9986 0005201 088.2863 271.8760 15.80461110000070
POLLUX 1 35691U 09038C 09212.09676612 .00018444 00000-0 10000-3 0 14 2 35691 051.6400 081.3457 0001895 035.5288 324.5627 15.80114764 66
CASTOR 1 35692U 09038D 09212.60270396 .00027324 00000-0 14634-3 0 15 2 35692 051.6384 078.7266 0003591 031.5121 328.3630 15.80097175 144
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OK. My final guess:
DRAGONSAT 1 35690U 09038B 09211.97009835 +.00095697 +00000-0 +49101-3 0 00059 2 35690 051.6383 081.9986 0005201 088.2863 271.8760 15.80461110000070
POLLUX 1 35694U 09038F 09212.09684002 .00018233 00000-0 10000-3 0 15 2 35694 051.6419 081.3443 0004070 034.2707 325.8955 15.79865842 60
CASTOR 1 35695U 09038G 09212.09685471 .00018189 00000-0 10000-3 0 17 2 35695 051.6403 081.3604 0003663 041.2160 318.9652 15.79815987 63
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