In message <199708212210.AAA16172@hydrogen.inbe.net>, Tristan Cools <tcools@nic.INbe.net> writes >Does anyone have an initial tle for 24897 ? I did not find any at OIG or it >seems that it's reserved( like some other numbers not beeing used) for >another object. I take this to be the Blok DM-2 used in the placing of Cosmos 2345 in geosync orbit. The designations #24897 and 97- 41 D were reserved for it but elements took a while to appear via OIG, perhaps because it was still attached to the "A" payload. Here are all the elsets I have for it: Cosmos 2345 Blok DM-2 37421 x 34302 km 1 24897U 97041D 97231.89669533 -.00000191 00000-0 00000-0 0 18 2 24897 1.3508 284.4951 0369112 185.1507 170.1348 1.00016325 115 Cosmos 2345 Blok DM-2 37421 x 34302 km 1 24897U 97041D 97232.90775080 -.00000203 00000-0 00000-0 0 21 2 24897 1.3496 284.5682 0369142 185.0979 174.1642 1.00017340 128 Cosmos 2345 Blok DM-2 37421 x 34303 km 1 24897U 97041D 97232.90800139 -.00000203 00000-0 00000-0 0 36 2 24897 1.3505 284.6559 0369068 184.9595 174.2969 1.00015181 126 Note that elements for all newly launched/catalogued objects, plus other interesting objects like Mir, STS and decayers, are available via my WWW page (see .sig below). Subject to the connection between Edinburgh and OIG, my files select.tle and dklist.tle, are being auto- updated every three hours around the clock. Alan -- Alan Pickup | COSPAR site 2707: 55d53m48.7s N 3d11m51.2s W 156m asl Edinburgh | Home: alan@wingar.demon.co.uk +44 (0)131 477 9144 Scotland | SatEvo satellite page: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/