[amsat-bb] SPROUT launch info

[Masahiro Arai]

SPROUT will launch at 0305z 24th May by H-2A rocket from Tanegashima
Space Center. Here is the launch event sked. SPROUT will separate
at T+37:30 around lat/lon=72S/99E where just above Antractica.

    event                               T
--------------------------------------------
 1  liftoff                           00:00
 2  solid rocket booster burnout      01:55
 3  solid rocket booster separation   02:05
 4  fairing separtion                 04:30
 5  1st stage main engine cuttoff     06:36
 6  1st/2nd stage separation          06:44
 7  2nd stage engine ignition         06:50
 8  2nd stage engine cuttoff          15:14
 9  DAICHI-2 separation               16:04
10  RISING-2 separation               25:00
11  UNIFORM-1 separation              29:10
12  SOCRATES separation               33:20
13  SPROUT separation                 37:30


And here is the interesting web site.

DAICH-2(ALOS-2) info by JAXA
http://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/alos2/index.html
Launch Live Broadcast info is shown above URL. It will start 0215z
24th May.


Countdown Report by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
http://h2a.mhi.co.jp/en/mission/countdown/h2a_f24.html


Happy chasing!!


Masa  JN1GKZ     Tokyo  Japan