Elite Traveler: January-February 2017

 https://welib.org/md5/217f2892f17ce6127cfd6319334a6153

Tiankun 1

 2017-012A

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Tiankun-1 was a test payload from CASIC on the first flight of the KT-2 (Kaitouzhe-2) rocket, which can carry 350 kg to LEO. 

TK1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2017 Mar 2	2353	Launch by KT-2
		Stage 1 burn
	2355?	Stage 2 burn
		Stage 3 burn
2017 Mar 3	0001?	Stage 3 burnout
2017 Mar 3	0003?	Stage 3 sep	92.33 373 x 404 x 96.9
	0008?	Stage 3 depletion	90.66 214 x 399 x 96.7

CYGNSS

 2016-078D

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Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System, eight SSTL sats on one rocket for wind monitoring in hurricanes.

NASA Earth Venture 2 mission (under the ESSP program), following EV-1 which was an airplane based experiment.

GPS signal scattering can penetrate heavy rain to study storm conditions. PI is C. Ruf (U Mich.). Spacecraft by SWRI and SSTL/Colo who also have the MOC; SOC at Michigan. NASA/Langley supported the project. 8 satellites on the cylindrical Sierra Nevada dispenser; 29 kg each, truncated triangular prism, + 2 solar arrays; 0.51 x 0.64 x 0.27m span 1.7m. The satellites slowly spread out along their orbital plane, their separation controlled by attitude changes which modify drag.

Pegasus takeoff from the Skid Strip and drop 203 km E of Daytona Beach. Possible drop point 29 00N 78.45W

CYGNSS FM01
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2016 Dec 12	1237	Takeoff from RW13
	1330	Launch abort due to hydraulic system problem
	1430?	Land back at CC
2016 Dec 15		Launch by Pegasus XL	CCAFS RW31/13
	1238:00	Takeoff RW13
	1337:00	Drop at 11.9 km over 78.5W 29.0N
		L+0:05 St 1 burn 1:13
		L+1:18 St 1 cutoff 53 km
		L+1:33 St 1 sep
		L+1:34 St 2 burn 2:48
		L+2:12 Fairing sep
		L+2:48 St 2 cutoff
		L+6:45 St 2 sep
		L+6:56 St 3 burn 1:10
	1345	L+8:04 St 3 burnout	510 x 510 x 35
	1350	L+13:04 S+0:00 A/C upper Pair 1 out, 1m/s
		S+0:30 E/G lower Pair 2
	1351	S+1:00 F/H lower Pair 3
	1351	L+14:34 S+1:30 B/D upper Pair 4
		S+10:00 Solar panels deploy
	1411	L-1011 land at RW31/31
2017 Jan 24			95.15 514 x 536 x 35.0