Beautiful residuals on these orbits, thanks to the skill of the observers. Amazingly, Peter Wakelin's 14 points of last night showed no ill-effects from the strong wind gusts he reported. USA 129's perigee is about to precess out of eclipse, so we can expect drag to increase over the next couple of weeks. Thanks to Greg Roberts' follow-up observation, we have an excellent orbit of XSS-11's rocket. I suspect XSS remains in the vicinity, but is likely even fainter than its rocket, so it will be difficult to find. USA 129 15.0 3.0 0.0 5.3 v 1 24680U 96072A 05242.88820728 .00007179 00000-0 96771-4 0 01 2 24680 97.9621 305.2772 0521943 278.6264 75.6170 14.74012529 02 Arc 2005 Aug 24.86 - 30.90, WRMS residuals = 0.020 deg XSS-11 r 1.3 1.1 0.0 7.6 v 1 28637U 05011B 05242.65101998 .00000007 00000-0 39391-5 0 05 2 28637 98.8330 234.3139 0016670 106.2114 254.0892 14.11042821 03 Arc 2005 Jun 21.73 - Aug 30.72, WRMS residuals = 0.013 deg Brief Introduction To TLEs And Satellite IDs: http://www.satobs.org/element.html Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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