It seems a little bit OT but is is very interesting. I saw today the fresh draft version of the SPACEWARN Bulletin 589 and found - if I understand it correct - a very different explanation for ASTRA 1K failure: " ASTRA 1K....was launched by a Proton-K rocket at 23:04 UT on 25 November 2002. However, the DM-3 booster attached to the 5 5.0 tonne, 13 kW spacecraft..... was p r e m a t u r e l y commanded to separate, resulting in the spacecraft at a very low orbit......" At this time ASTRA 1K is in a stable 268/306 km orbit. Harro Harro.Zimmer@t-online.de Berlin, Germany ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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