Pierre Neirinck produced these elements, using observations by himself, Russell Eberst, Bjoern Gimle and Jim Nix, from 16 - 19 April UTC: USA 129 15.0 3.0 0.0 5.1 v 1 24680U 96072A 00110.90587380 .00036732 00000-0 44436-3 0 4468 2 24680 97.8738 174.8138 0482495 167.6532 193.5722 14.84435098 03 1 24680U 96072A 00110.83847060 .00038445 00000-0 49666-3 0 4456 2 24680 97.8557 174.7114 0476527 168.0363 193.1365 14.84433354 03 I obtained a similar result to Pierre's set #446, using Elcor: 1 24680U 96072A 00110.90587380 .00038877 00000-0 46714-3 0 07 2 24680 97.8798 174.8227 0483074 168.5604 192.7097 14.84440849 08 I now expect the orbit-raising to occur when USA 116's (sister spacecraft of USA 129) perigee reaches the equator on 26 April UTC, +/1 about 1 day. Both spacecraft will manoeuvre within hours of one another. Although USA 116 has yet to be recovered, the orientation of its orbit with respect to the Earth can be calculated accurately enough to determine the date on which its perigee will be over the equator. USA 116's orbit is emerging from Earth's shadow at latitudes north of about 50 deg, so perhaps it will be recovered in time to track it through the manoeuvre. Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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