Apparently the satellites were put into a 20 degree inclination orbit instead of a 3-degree inclination, but orbital apogee/perigee are about correct.
[ame="https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/956942816655040513"]Jonathan McDowell on Twitter: "TLEs are out - the Ariane objects are in 230 x 43160 km x 20 degree
geotransfer instead of the intended 250 x 45000 x 3 deg, so inclination totally off but height pretty much fine"[/ame]
Maybe somebody typed the wrong inclination into the *.ini file? :lol:
Seriously, that's a lot of angle to correct and will probably affect mission lifetime, but it's better than a complete loss.
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I am seeing some discussion on other forums talking about the possibility of coding for the wrong launch complex. Apparently ELA-2 and ELA-3 are rotated approximately 20-degrees from each other, and the target inclination required a 2-degree dog leg from Korou. Very early and I have no idea how likely that would be, but interesting.
[ame="https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/956942816655040513"]Jonathan McDowell on Twitter: "TLEs are out - the Ariane objects are in 230 x 43160 km x 20 degree
geotransfer instead of the intended 250 x 45000 x 3 deg, so inclination totally off but height pretty much fine"[/ame]
Maybe somebody typed the wrong inclination into the *.ini file? :lol:
Seriously, that's a lot of angle to correct and will probably affect mission lifetime, but it's better than a complete loss.
---------- Post added at 04:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:15 PM ----------
I am seeing some discussion on other forums talking about the possibility of coding for the wrong launch complex. Apparently ELA-2 and ELA-3 are rotated approximately 20-degrees from each other, and the target inclination required a 2-degree dog leg from Korou. Very early and I have no idea how likely that would be, but interesting.