Lacrosse 2

 1991-017A

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The second LACROSSE, USA 69, was launched on 1991 Mar 8 by a Titan 4 from Vandenberg and was soon picked up by visual observers in a 414 x 664 km x 68.0 deg orbit. The Titan rocket stage was observed on Jul 12 in a similar orbit, 95.34 min 412 x 657 km x 68.0 deg. Meanwhile on Mar 28 the payload was seen to have moved to a new orbit, raising its perigee to circularize at 680 km.

LACROSSE 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1991 Mar 8	1203	Launch by Titan4	V SLC4E
		Stage 1 burn T+1:57
	1208	Stage 2 burn T+5:02
	1208	Stage 1 sep T+5:03
	1211	Stage 2 MECO T+8:38
	1212	Orbit insertion T+8:58
	1212	Titan stage 2 sep	95.43 414 x 664 x 68.0 (CSS)
1991 Mar			95.5 420 x 662 x 68.0 (UN)
1991 Mar 28			683 x 683 x 68 (CSS)
1991 May 17			98.23 672 x 676 x 68.0 (CSS)
1991 Jun 29			98.23 669 x 677 x 68.0 (CSS)