EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.MISSILES.1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0630Z TO 1005Z DAILY 06 THRU 10 DEC IN AREAS BOUND BY: A. 33-53N 121-10W, 34-00N 121-16W, 34-40N 120-37W, 34-34N 120-28W. B. 27-41N 125-41W, 29-14N 127-27W, 30-31N 126-00W, 28-56N 124-14W. C. 16-06N 132-54W, 20-14N 137-37W, 22-50N 135-05W, 18-37N 130-22W.2. CANCEL THIS MSG 101105Z DEC 13.( 011002Z DEC 2013 )
QuoteEASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.MISSILES.1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0630Z TO 1005Z DAILY 06 THRU 10 DEC IN AREAS BOUND BY: A. 33-53N 121-10W, 34-00N 121-16W, 34-40N 120-37W, 34-34N 120-28W. B. 27-41N 125-41W, 29-14N 127-27W, 30-31N 126-00W, 28-56N 124-14W. C. 16-06N 132-54W, 20-14N 137-37W, 22-50N 135-05W, 18-37N 130-22W.2. CANCEL THIS MSG 101105Z DEC 13.( 011002Z DEC 2013 ) Potential launch window: December 6, 0630 to 1000UTC (in line with William's information of T0= 0713UTC)
Quote from: input~2 on 12/02/2013 07:57 pmQuoteEASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.MISSILES.1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0630Z TO 1005Z DAILY 06 THRU 10 DEC IN AREAS BOUND BY: A. 33-53N 121-10W, 34-00N 121-16W, 34-40N 120-37W, 34-34N 120-28W. B. 27-41N 125-41W, 29-14N 127-27W, 30-31N 126-00W, 28-56N 124-14W. C. 16-06N 132-54W, 20-14N 137-37W, 22-50N 135-05W, 18-37N 130-22W.2. CANCEL THIS MSG 101105Z DEC 13.( 011002Z DEC 2013 ) Potential launch window: December 6, 0630 to 1000UTC (in line with William's information of T0= 0713UTC)Looks retrograde, like NROL 25, so Topaz 3? - Ed Kyle
What was Topaz 2 launch on since drop zones are different??
Today’s L-2 forecast shows a 20 percent chance of favorable weather conditions for launch.
Ted Molczan's pre-launch observer search assessment http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Dec-2013/0017.htmlInteresting note on the time of launch"A couple of weeks ago, Cees Bassa reminded me that the first two FIA Radar orbits are almost precisely 180 deg apart in RAAN. Cees suggested that the present launch might target a plane midway between them. The above orbit falls reasonably close to that separation. Delaying the launch to 07:36 UTC would place the new orbit exactly midway between the first two in RAAN, with the following approximate elements:"
Quote from: Targeteer on 12/03/2013 05:40 amTed Molczan's pre-launch observer search assessment http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Dec-2013/0017.htmlInteresting note on the time of launch"A couple of weeks ago, Cees Bassa reminded me that the first two FIA Radar orbits are almost precisely 180 deg apart in RAAN. Cees suggested that the present launch might target a plane midway between them. The above orbit falls reasonably close to that separation. Delaying the launch to 07:36 UTC would place the new orbit exactly midway between the first two in RAAN, with the following approximate elements:"http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Dec-2013/0019.htmlUpdated message expanded to include future FIA radar launches and prospective viewing opportunities of the upper stage and payload before re-entry--of the upper stage obviously
!CARF 12/006 (KZAK A5279/13) ZAK AIRSPACE DCC 2 ROPS AIROP DO-1312 STATIONARY ALTITUDE RESERVATION WITHIN AREA DEFINED AS 2741N12541W 2914N12727W 3031N12600W 2856N12414W AND WITHIN AREA DEFINED AS 1606N13254W 2014N13737W 2250N13505W 1837N13022W SFC-UNL 1312060658-1312060909
The patches associated with spacecraft program are provided by the program*. The launch patches are done by the launch base USAF personnel and are part of the a fund raising group for morale activities. Sometimes, there are multiple USAF groups producing patches at the launch site (launch squadron, range squadron, space wing, etc) and even the spacecraft control center groups.For NASA missions, I help sell the USAF launch site patches to spacecraft project personnel.* it is done for a similar reason like the launch site groups, to raise money for morale activities. "Approved/sanctioned" patches are provided by project to its people as morale boosters. They are not for sale in large qualities. You will see 1 or 2 on sale on Ebay but that is individuals selling their own or somebody's who didn't want theirs (the latter is decreasing for NASA and the unwanted patches are used for outreach). The exception is somebody who makes a copies of the official patch and sells them.As for the current mission patches on ebay, those are from somebody who knows somebody with direct access to the morale patches. The fund raising patches cost $5, the ebay ones are what the market can bear.
"A couple of weeks ago, Cees Bassa reminded me that the first two FIA Radar orbits are almost precisely 180 deg apart in RAAN. Cees suggested that the present launch might target a plane midway between them. The above orbit falls reasonably close to that separation. Delaying the launch to 07:36 UTC would place the new orbit exactly midway between the first two in RAAN, with the following approximate elements:"
Quote from: Targeteer on 12/04/2013 04:50 am"A couple of weeks ago, Cees Bassa reminded me that the first two FIA Radar orbits are almost precisely 180 deg apart in RAAN. Cees suggested that the present launch might target a plane midway between them. The above orbit falls reasonably close to that separation. Delaying the launch to 07:36 UTC would place the new orbit exactly midway between the first two in RAAN, with the following approximate elements:"Three satellites orbiting the Earth, spread equidistantly apart. Three tentacles wrapping around the Earth, spread equidistantly apart.
The NRO press release for the NROL-39 mission and the cubesats:http://www.nro.gov/news/press/2013/2013-04.pdf
Quote from: Skyrocket on 12/04/2013 05:03 pmThe NRO press release for the NROL-39 mission and the cubesats:http://www.nro.gov/news/press/2013/2013-04.pdfWhen the opportunities for these auxiliary payloads are announced, how much detail on the planned orbit is provided to the payload providers? Some knowledge would seem to be needed to determine power support, command and control, tracking, etc yet the details of the launch orbit parameters for NRO missions are obviously classified. Government agencies could have some level of security clearance but civilian universities would present a problem.