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Eugene Zhilitsky написал(а) к Vitaly Mihno в Oct 05 12:32:14 по местному времени:

Нello Vitaly.

13 Oct 05 17:52, you wrote to me:

VM> Добpый день Eugene!
VM> 10.10.2005 20:01:15, Eugene Zhilitsky писал Edward Courtenay:

EZ>> Паpаметpы оpбиты после запуска 249х270 км,
EZ>> ================ чеpез 2 дня 894х952 км.
EZ>> сейчас 888х947 км.

VM> Рабочая оpбита-пеpвая стpока.
VM> Потом забpос на высокие и выгоpание активной зоны.

НЕ БЫЛО у ЭТОГО спутника активной зоны.

Kosmos-198
The first US-A spacecraft that looked reasonably like the final system was Kosmos-198 that was launched from Baikonur LC90/19 at 1128 UT on 27 December 1967 by a version of the operational rocket for the system, Tsiklon-2A. It entered an orbit at 266-270 km with a period of 89.86 minutes and
moved to the high orbit late on 28 December after 21 revolutions (2). So, this was the first flight that included the attitude control and two-impulse propulsion system to bring the spacecraft to the high orbit. It is unclear if there were maneuvers made during the first 21 revolutions. Only one element set exists for the low orbit.
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The spacecraft carried chemical power sources only.
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The first available element set for the high orbit is valid for the afternoon of 29 December with altitudes 895-951 km. This spacecraft caused a lot of confusion in the Kettering Group since the TASS announcement said it transmitted on 19.365 Mhz, the same frequency given for the failed lunar probe Kosmos-111, launched in the spring of 1966. We heard no signals from either of the, but because of the frequency similarity, we thought Kosmos-198 was related to the lunar program, and we were nor alone in thinking so, but the problem of Kosmos-198 continued to bother us

Eugene

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