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Class: Technology. Destination: High Earth Orbit. Nation: Europe. Agency: European Space Agency. Manufacturer: ESTEC. European Space Tech. Centre, Noordwijk Typical orbit: 544 km x 26625 km at 8 degrees inclination. Associated Launch Vehicle: Ariane 5G.
YES Chronology
- 2007 September 14 - YES-2 - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U. Mass: 5.00 kg (11.00 lb).
YES-2/Fotino space tether for re-entry experiment. The YES-2 tether was deployed from the Nauka module at the front end of Foton at 04:47 on 25 September, and releaed at 07:20 after reaching only 8.5 km of the planned 30 km tether length. The 5 kg Fotino reentry capsule separated from the MASS data support system at the end of the tether at around 07:30. The idea was to toss the Fotino against the direction of orbital motion to push it into a lower orbit and re-entry without the need for a retrorocket. Unfortunately the final outcome of the experiment remained unknown.
Bibliography and Further Reading - McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Report (Internet Newsletter), Harvard University, Weekly, 1989 to Present. Essential internet newsletter recording worldwide weekly space events. Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
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