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New Flasher: 04-037C
I just caught 04037C. The bird is flashing approximately fifteen
times per minute. It's a Zenit-2/SL-08 upper stage, and H-A gives its orbital altitude as approximately 1500 km. Given that it's flashing only one-sixth as quickly as the last Zenit-2 booster, and is in a considerably higher orbit, I'd guess that it had less residual fuel to vent. (Do the Russians fill the tanks all the way on these stages?) --Bill Thompson |
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Hi,
SL-08 is actually a COSMOS 3M, not a ZENIT 2 (SL-16) pj "William R. Thompson" wrote in message ... I just caught 04037C. The bird is flashing approximately fifteen times per minute. It's a Zenit-2/SL-08 upper stage, and H-A gives its orbital altitude as approximately 1500 km. Given that it's flashing only one-sixth as quickly as the last Zenit-2 booster, and is in a considerably higher orbit, I'd guess that it had less residual fuel to vent. (Do the Russians fill the tanks all the way on these stages?) --Bill Thompson |
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Paul Henney wrote:
Hi, SL-08 is actually a COSMOS 3M, not a ZENIT 2 (SL-16) Thanks; I should have known better than to rely on my memory. --Bill Thompson |
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