Quote from: jcm on 09/29/2013 05:25 pmWe'll be looking for TLEs from 12 objects: Falcon 9 stage 2, CASSIOPE, DANDE, two CUSATs, three POPACS spheres, and four POPACS deployer parts.Eventually a thirteenth when DANDE jettisons its adapter on day 14.I'm not clear when the two CUSats are intended to separate.
We'll be looking for TLEs from 12 objects: Falcon 9 stage 2, CASSIOPE, DANDE, two CUSATs, three POPACS spheres, and four POPACS deployer parts.
Here is a couple video's from the ground.[youtube]myV3zRP6N-Y[/youtube]
And one of the passengers, DANDE, has TLE's and has seen spacecraft beacons.http://spacegrant.colorado.edu/boulderstudents/boulderprojects/dandeDANDE1 99999U 00000U 13272.68162153 .00000351 00000-0 12139-4 0 000042 99999 080.9969 315.2113 0796928 158.5047 042.9913 13.96429132000014
Quote from: Silmfeanor on 09/30/2013 12:36 amAnd one of the passengers, DANDE, has TLE's and has seen spacecraft beacons.http://spacegrant.colorado.edu/boulderstudents/boulderprojects/dandeDANDE1 99999U 00000U 13272.68162153 .00000351 00000-0 12139-4 0 000042 99999 080.9969 315.2113 0796928 158.5047 042.9913 13.96429132000014I get a 328 x 1493 km x 80.97 deg orbit, close to the planned 324 x 1,500 km x 80 deg. The biggest divergence is inclination. - Ed Kyle
I'm of the mind that those mystery puffs we are seeing in that video are not first stage related, but are rapidly expanding gas from the exhaust of the MVac on the second stage. Based on when the call over countdown net referenced the relight of the first stage engines, that happened much later than this.
Using the latest TLEs for the 20 objects now in the catalog (A to T):- perigee altitudes range from 235 km (F) to 444 km (M)- apogee altitudes range from 1350 km (A) to 1590 km (S)- inclinations range from 80.961° (A) to 81.035° (K)