SAT-DONETSK # 27

from: owner-sat-donetsk@tags1.dn.net
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 1997 17:15:59 +0200

SAT-DONETSK  # 27

December 25, 1997.
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RUSSIAN SATELLITE LAUNCH A FAILURE
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http://www.satcodx.com/launches.shtml
Russia's attempted launching of the Hong Kong commercial satellite Asiasat 3
has failed six hours into its flight after a mulfunction occured during a second ef-
fort to switch on its booster system.
The mulfunction resulted in an emergency separation of the 3.4-ton Asiasat 3 sa-
tellite from its Proton launcher. The satellite was gradually heading back to Earth
after failing to attain a circular orbit.
Now Asiasat 3 is rotating on an elliptical orbit between 250 and 36,000 kilometers
from Earth.

Best Regards
Yuriy Pechurkin
maxim@int.donetsk.ua

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