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| 603.1 | BADR-A satellite sent to China for launching | 26523::KLAES | The Universe, or nothing! | Mon Jun 18 1990 13:34 | 36 |
| Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: NASA Headline News for 06/15/90 (Forwarded)
Date: 15 June 90 22:14:27 GMT
Reply-To: [email protected] (Peter E. Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
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This is NASA Headline News for Friday, June 15:
Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission recently
announced that their experimental satellite has been transported to
China for launch atop a Long March 2E Rocket late this June or July,
according to SPACE FAX DAILY. The upcoming launch will be the first
for China's 2E rocket which is designed to boost 7,000 kg to a 400 x
800 kilometer elliptical orbit.
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| 603.2 | Pakistani satellite launched on Chinese rocket | 26523::KLAES | The Universe, or nothing! | Mon Jul 23 1990 18:32 | 34 |
| APn 07/16 0802 China-Rocket
BEIJING (AP) -- China today launched a new carrier rocket with the
ability to carry an eight-ton satellite into low-level orbit, according
to the official Xinhua News Agency.
The improved Long March 2 rocket, with four boosters, carried a
simulation satellite and a small, experimental Pakistani satellite when
it blasted off from the Xichang launch site in southwest China's Sichuan
province.
Xinhua said normal operations were reported for the rocket's first and
second stage boosters, and the satellite control center called the launch
a complete success.
The rocket blasted off from a newly completed launch pad, China's
largest, built to launch large carrier rockets.
China entered the international satellite launching business in April
with the sendoff of a 2,750-pound U.S.-made telecommunications satellite
from a Long March 3 rocket.
China has put 26 of its own satellites into orbit since 1970. In
1988, it signed an agreement with the United States promising to
safeguard satellite technology and to abide by market practices in
pricing and insurance.
Some experts accuse China of ignoring the agreement and offering
launches on its Long March rockets at half the price of its U.S. and
European competitors.
China already has contracts to launch an Arab communications satellite
and two Australian satellites within two years.
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| 603.3 | BADR 1 is an amateur radio satellite | 26523::KLAES | All the Universe, or nothing! | Wed Aug 01 1990 13:48 | 77 |
| From: [email protected] (John Magliacane)
Newsgroups: rec.ham-radio,sci.space
Subject: * SpaceNews 30-Jul-90 *
Date: 28 Jul 90 02:48:01 GMT
SB SPACE @ ALLBBS $SPC0730
* SpaceNews 30-Jul-90 *
Bulletin ID: $SPC0730
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SpaceNews
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MONDAY JULY 30, 1990
SpaceNews originates at KD2BD in Wall Township, New Jersey, United States.
It is published every week and is made available for unlimited distribution.
* NEW OSCAR! *
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Pakistan's first Amateur Radio satellite became reality when SUPARCO,
the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission of Pakistan, announced
that BADR-1 was successfully placed into Earth orbit on 16-Jul-90.
A Chinese booster was used to place the payload into a 28 degree inclination,
elliptical orbit.
BADR-1 is presently transmitting on 145.825 MHz FM and has been copied on
several occasions here at KD2BD. A steady 2400 Hz audio tone was received
under heavy signal fading, probably due to the high roll rate of the young
spacecraft. Capabilities of the satellite are not yet known.
Here is a Keplerian element set for use in tracking BADR-1:
Name : BADR-1
Object # : 20685
Epoch : 90 198.08455059
El Set # : 7
Incli : 28.4931
RAAN : 297.7287
Eccn : 5.62305E-02
ArgPer : 138.0890
MeanAn : 226.3844
MeanMo : 14.90429605
Drag : 1.9729E-03
Rev : 16
The orbit if BADR-1 yields an apogee distance of 982 km (530 nm) and a
perigee distance of only 198 km (107 nm). At perigee, the spacecraft
travels at 28,805 km/hour (17,899 mi/hr). This very low perigee will
greatly affect the decay of the spacecraft, and it is not expected to
last very long in an orbit such as this.
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