Monday, October 2, 2000

USA-72

 1991-076A


The second NOSS flight went from Vandenberg and entered a 300 x 590 km orbit before dispensing the triplets in a 1100 km orbit. The SLDCOM orbit had a higher perigee than the first, with an orbit of around 2600 x 11600 km.


USA 72 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1991 Nov 8  0707  Launch by Titan 4  V SLC4E 
 0708  T+1:48 St 1 MES 
 0709 T+1:58 SRM sep 
 0711?  T+3:59 Fairing 
 0712? T+5:05? St 2 MES 
 0712? T+5:05? St 1 sep 
 0715? T+8:50 St 2 MECO   
 0716?  T+8:59 Titan 4 stage 2 sep  
1991 Dec 8    93.49 300 x 590 x 63.52 
1991 Dec 9   
93.47 443 x 445 x 63.20 (CSS) 

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