Re: formation flying Tiangong 2 16-57A/41765 with ?

From: Scott Tilley via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2017 14:42:15 -0700
I did transpose the COSPAR id though,  2016-061G is correct.  The NORAD 
id is correct.


On 4/8/2017 2:28 PM, Scott Tilley via Seesat-l wrote:
> Spacetrack TLE for 'SHENZHOU-11 MODULE' has epoch date of 
> 17097.79374019 for object 41868, 16-016G as I noted.  I made no claims 
> it was anything but that listed in Spacetrack database and this object 
> is placed as the observer reported.  Check for yourself.
>
> s
>
>
> On 4/8/2017 2:13 PM, Erkenswick, Tom M. (JSC-CM341) via Seesat-l wrote:
>> Shenzhou-11 undocked and landed back in November 2016, so it's not that.
>>
>> I see no words in the English-language Chinese press to indicate that 
>> Tianzhou-1 was launched.  And the Chinese have been pretty 
>> non-secretive with their human spaceflight launches and events for 
>> several years, including live launch feeds.
>>
>> Maybe it's the Banxing-2 microsat that they released in October while 
>> Shenzhou-11 was docked, the one that took images of the 
>> Tiangong+Shenzhou stack?
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Seesat-l 
>> [mailto:seesat-l-bounces+tom.m.erkenswick=nasa.gov_at_satobs.org] On 
>> Behalf Of Scott Tilley via Seesat-l
>> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2017 3:26 PM
>> To: seesat-l_at_satobs.org
>> Subject: Re: formation flying Tiangong 2 16-57A/41765 with ?
>>
>> This would be Shenzhou-11 Module, 41868, 16-016G. Object is shows up 
>> in today's spacetrack data.
>>
>> s
>>
>>
>> On 4/8/2017 12:53 PM, Tristan Cools via Seesat-l wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Only the second time I observed the Chinese Space station as I get
>>> only low passes here over Belgium, but what a surprise; another
>>> object was flying synchronous some 2deg SE of it.  Brightness about
>>> mag +1 and the other object maybe +3.  Observation time 19:36UTC.
>>>
>>> Can somebody confirm this or is there any news ?
>>>
>>> I took some pictures of it, but with allmost full moon I would be
>>> surprised if I could catch the two objects.
>>>
>>> gr, tristan cools
>>> Belgian Working Group Satellites/BWGS
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