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Separation of both spacecraft confirmed by Jaxa (in Japanese)
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2013/01/20130127_h2af22_j.html

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press coference is completed.
from Asahi digital astoronomy section twitter
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The Asahi news paper's Aerial photography image is here.
http://www.asahi.com/tech_science/update/0127/SEB201301270005.html
and also an interesting aerial video :)

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At this time USSTRATCOM has catalogued 5 objects
3 with public orbital data
  • 2013-002A/39061 in 508.6 x 514.2km x 97.51°
  • 2013-002B/39062 in 511.9 x 523.1km x 97.50°
  • 2013-002C/39063 in 521.8 x 429.9km x 97.45°

  • 2 more objects have  been catalogued without public tle at this time and could be the payloads (IGS RADAR-4 & IGS Optical 5 Demo)
  • 2013-002D/39064 in 512 x 515km x 97.51°
  • 2013-002E/39065 in 511 x 514km x 97.51°
  • « Last Edit: 01/27/2013 05:37 pm by input~2 »

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    We seem to have 7 objects in orbit, one more than Jonathan predicted :D

  • 2013-002G/39067 in 431.6 x 517.0km x 97.45°

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    We seem to have 7 objects in orbit, one more than Jonathan predicted :D

  • 2013-002G/39067 in 431.6 x 517.0km x 97.45°


  • see surprises....:D
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    We seem to have 7 objects in orbit, one more than Jonathan predicted :D

  • 2013-002G/39067 in 431.6 x 517.0km x 97.45°


  • see surprises....:D

    Could be just an unplanned debris object, not uncommon with H2A launches.
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    From the photos is it now clear this vehicle is flying in the "202" configuration? Also is it possible this vehicle includes any of the enhancements planned for the H-IIA upgrade program (long coast, clampband payload attach, onboard nav for range safety)?

    http://www.jaxa.jp/pr/brochure/pdf/01/rocket08.pdf

    Long coast enhancements will be introduced 2014 (May be Hayabusa-2 mission).
    Other upgrade development will be finished 2013. I'm not sure detailed schedule. But no relation on this flight.

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    At this time USSTRATCOM has catalogued 5 objects
    3 with public orbital data
  • 2013-002A/39061 in 508.6 x 514.2km x 97.51°
  • 2013-002B/39062 in 511.9 x 523.1km x 97.50°
  • 2013-002C/39063 in 521.8 x 429.9km x 97.45°

  • 2 more objects have  been catalogued without public tle at this time and could be the payloads (IGS RADAR-4 & IGS Optical 5 Demo)
  • 2013-002D/39064 in 512 x 515km x 97.51°
  • 2013-002E/39065 in 511 x 514km x 97.51°

  • Did they got released accidentally? I can't find them on Space Track.....
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    At this time USSTRATCOM has catalogued 5 objects
    3 with public orbital data
  • 2013-002A/39061 in 508.6 x 514.2km x 97.51°
  • 2013-002B/39062 in 511.9 x 523.1km x 97.50°
  • 2013-002C/39063 in 521.8 x 429.9km x 97.45°

  • 2 more objects have  been catalogued without public tle at this time and could be the payloads (IGS RADAR-4 & IGS Optical 5 Demo)
  • 2013-002D/39064 in 512 x 515km x 97.51°
  • 2013-002E/39065 in 511 x 514km x 97.51°

  • Did they got released accidentally? I can't find them on Space Track.....

    Correct, they have now been removed - oops!
    TLEs for all 6 objects were available earlier today, but not any more
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    Object F
  • 2013-002F/39066 in 511.5 x 513.6 km x 97.50°
    (epoch: 27/1/2012 2133:23UTC)
     
  • « Last Edit: 01/28/2013 08:40 pm by input~2 »

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    At this time USSTRATCOM has catalogued 5 objects
    3 with public orbital data
  • 2013-002A/39061 in 508.6 x 514.2km x 97.51°
  • 2013-002B/39062 in 511.9 x 523.1km x 97.50°
  • 2013-002C/39063 in 521.8 x 429.9km x 97.45°

  • 2 more objects have  been catalogued without public tle at this time and could be the payloads (IGS RADAR-4 & IGS Optical 5 Demo)
  • 2013-002D/39064 in 512 x 515km x 97.51°
  • 2013-002E/39065 in 511 x 514km x 97.51°

  • Did they got released accidentally? I can't find them on Space Track.....

    Correct, they have now been removed - oops!
    TLEs for all 6 objects were available earlier today, but not any more


    Not surprising that the US doesn't publish TLEs on "friendly" recon sats now after one friend, France, threatened to do the same with US birds because the US reported on theirs.
    Best quote heard during an inspection, "I was unaware that I was the only one who was aware."

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    Excellent! Thanks Blister.

    Article:
    http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/01/japanese-h-iia-lofts-igs-satellite-duo/

    Chris,
     Current rockets are using SRB-A3, and the specifications are apparently tailored to each flight. Just wondered where you sourced the figures used in your article?

    P.S. you also used ‘ISG’…

     Has anyong compiled a list of the different rocket configurations?

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    The Japanese language wikipedia has an article on SRB-A which includes a table showing a variety of variants.

    http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRB-A
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    At this time USSTRATCOM has catalogued 5 objects
    3 with public orbital data
  • 2013-002A/39061 in 508.6 x 514.2km x 97.51°
  • 2013-002B/39062 in 511.9 x 523.1km x 97.50°
  • 2013-002C/39063 in 521.8 x 429.9km x 97.45°

  • 2 more objects have  been catalogued without public tle at this time and could be the payloads (IGS RADAR-4 & IGS Optical 5 Demo)
  • 2013-002D/39064 in 512 x 515km x 97.51°
  • 2013-002E/39065 in 511 x 514km x 97.51°

  • Did they got released accidentally? I can't find them on Space Track.....

    Correct, they have now been removed - oops!
    TLEs for all 6 objects were available earlier today, but not any more


    Not surprising that the US doesn't publish TLEs on "friendly" recon sats now after one friend, France, threatened to do the same with US birds because the US reported on theirs.

    Thanks for the heads up on that as I was just going to ask if the US classifies friendly nations recon satellites TLEs as well as its own. :)

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    Hi everyone !
    I just saw some pics of this launcher.. and i was wondering what where all the ca cables for ?
    I guess the big red pipes are for the satellite air conditionning but the others I don't have a clue. Any idea ?

    Cheers !

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         Better/bigger launch pic.  I tried to link strait to the Japanese wiki entry but the URL wouldn't work, presumably because of kanji characters :/

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    Ted Molczan's analysis of the various objects from this launch...

    http://www.satobs.org/seesat/May-2013/0112.html

    A. Suggested IGS 8 Designations

    39061 13002A IGS 8 Radar                                 509 X 511 km
    1 39061U 13002A   13129.03248494  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    08
    2 39061  97.4379 249.6840 0002000 104.6569 255.3429 15.17630370    09

    39062 13002B Optical                                     416 X 432 km
    1 99143U 13618A   13129.36367123 -.00000178  00000-0 -35992-5 0    06
    2 99143  97.1489 250.1926 0001057 319.3248  40.7923 15.46466929    01

    39063 13002C Rocket                                      434 X 497 km
    1 39066U 13002F   13129.00474055  .00022000  00000-0  68108-3 0    04
    2 39066  97.5303 251.9504 0046270 147.5376 212.4622 15.32406235    01

    39064 13002D Adaptor                                     493 X 504 km
    1 39064U 13002D   13129.04227778  .00026999  00000-0  12004-2 0    08
    2 39064  97.5337 250.8293 0007814 309.1050  51.1487 15.21524843    06

    39065 13002E Fairing                                     489 X 493 km
    1 39065U 13002E   13129.06087646  .00048500  00000-0  20184-2 0    09
    2 39065  97.5062 250.8299 0002996 277.7083  82.2916 15.23795593    06

    39066 13002F Fairing                                     488 X 491 km
    1 39062U 13002B   13129.04038549  .00053000  00000-0  21654-2 0    06
    2 39062  97.5062 251.0020 0002252 224.2209 135.7789 15.24418502    05
    Best quote heard during an inspection, "I was unaware that I was the only one who was aware."

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