Russell Eberst wrote: > Ted Molczan replied: > > >I expect sun-synchronous; approx 97-98 deg. > > Spaceflight Now confirms this with quote: > > > In selecting the targets, the objects must be American and > within roughly the same orbit. > > "All of the objects are U.S.-owned, dead or inactive space > objects. We have several rocket bodies that have been > expended for other space vehicles and two or three satellites > that are no longer operating....I believe one of them is a > dead NOAA satellite," Baker explained. > > NOAA have inclinations in 98-99.2 degrees region. Here is a very rough planar-search elset: 1 70000U 05101.67584499 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 09 2 70000 99.0000 94.0000 0001000 0.0000 320.0000 14.00000000 01 Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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