I believe I have identified 00595A among the 99057C debris elements recently issued by NORAD: 1 26289U 99057GB 00111.14561990 .00018544 00000-0 47696-2 0 127 2 26289 98.5132 187.8537 0044275 18.7600 341.5210 14.49591578 5688 The orbit agrees very well with the observations of 00595A reported between 4 and 10 April, especially the later ones, because the shorter time interval reduces the uncertainty due to drag. Precessing 99057GB's elements back to the epoch of latest orbit of 00595A: 1 90001U 00595A 00101.89523148 .00024710 00000-0 64069-2 0 05 2 90001 98.5220 178.5313 0045226 38.6691 321.8377 14.49244679 09 yields a RAAN of 178.5188, and an argument of perigee of 46.9027, in excellent agreement with 00595A's values. The mean ndot/2 between the elsets is 0.00018751 rev/d^2, which is excellent agreement. I estimated 00595A's standard magnitude as 7.7. Russell Eberst reported a 0.5 s flash period on 4 April, but it was steady during subsequent passes. If 99057GB proves to be observable, with about the same std magnitude, then I believe the identification will be confirmed. 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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