Stellafane/NOSS section in SeeSat-L FAQ
Walter Nissen (dk058@cleveland.Freenet.Edu)
Fri, 16 Aug 1996 07:52:02 -0400
Sue Worden,
Judging from the traffic here and in my private e-mail, there seems to be
a need for a Stellafane/NOSS section in the FAQ. As a first
approximation, the appendix is my response to some messages asking me to
investigate. Can a FAQ section provide annual updates of "predictions"?
8->
Cheers.
Walter Nissen dk058@cleveland.freenet.edu
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I haven't done any investigation, but ...
With the apparently successful third deployment beginning May 12th,
followed step-by-step as it progressed by a number of SeeSat-L
subscribers, there are now 3 bright flying triangles. They are said to do
real-time interferometry, informing friendly forces of the position and
velocity vectors of signal emitters; NOSS stands for something like Naval
Ocean Signal Surveilance Satellite System.
The appendix contains elsets for the 3 triangles and also the new tether,
from Ted Molczan's latest file. All of these are fine binocular objects.
Occasionally some NOSS sats are brighter than usual. This may be due to
solar sailing to maintain configuration. Numerous SeeSat-L subcribers
would be interested in any detailed OBS you might make of this phenomenon,
or any other poorly understood or unusual phenomena.
See SeeSat-L (there are about 3200 messages archived, with a search
facility; though you might prefer AltaVista for some purposes) for
details, including a de facto invitation to report orientation OBS of the
tether. Good luck and let me know if I can help.
Thanks for your reports.
Cheers.
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NOSS 2-1 (B) 3.0 2.0 0.0 6.5
1 20682U 90050 B 96125.12213296 .00000022 00000-0 38577-4 0 02
2 20682 63.4270 140.3782 0118000 8.6546 351.3454 13.40262037 09
NOSS 2-2 (C) 3.0 2.0 0.0 6.5
1 21799U 91076 C 96199.01778228 .00000011 00000-0 19764-4 0 06
2 21799 63.4300 195.7322 0075000 14.6757 345.3242 13.40258368 00
TiPS 3.5 0.0 0.0 5.7
1 96290U 96029 ? 96203.14225450 .00000250 00000-0 31455-3 0 06
2 96290 63.4290 89.9941 0003001 264.4275 95.5725 13.63763114 04
NOSS 2-3 (D) 3.0 2.0 0.0 6.5
1 96294U 96029 D 96189.95353316 .00000005 00000-0 90019-5 0 06
2 96294 63.4270 126.3365 0070000 175.8343 184.1657 13.40263415 09