Derek Breit, Russell Eberst, Alberto Rango, Greg Roberts, Brad Young, and I, contributed observations used to determine one or more of the following element sets. It appears that Mentor 2 has finally synchronized; longitude is near 14.8 W. Mentor 2 35657 X 35917 km 1 25336U 98029A 10236.14445617 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 04 2 25336 8.2257 9.6892 0030895 247.7818 112.0092 1.00274000 00 Arc 20100824.72-0824.78 WRMS resid 0.006 totl 0.003 xtrk Helios 2B r 628 X 658 km 1 36125U 09073B 10238.30914484 .00000089 00000-0 13208-4 0 01 2 36125 98.0598 176.3856 0021542 304.8227 55.0955 14.74856890 05 Arc 20100822.13-0826.33 WRMS resid 0.033 totl 0.010 xtrk The following OTV-1 fits over arcs of 6.6 d and 5 d, respectively, provide an indication of the trend in rate of decay; the latter one may be a bit more accurate for predictions for the coming days. OTV-1 433 X 444 km 1 36514U 10015A 10238.36269880 -.00002134 00000-0 -46466-4 0 07 2 36514 39.9874 306.9352 0008048 26.2656 333.8559 15.43340792 00 Arc 20100819.75-0826.38 WRMS resid 0.044 totl 0.009 xtrk OTV-1 434 X 444 km 1 36514U 10015A 10238.36269608 -.00001037 00000-0 -22577-4 0 03 2 36514 39.9877 306.9345 0007575 25.0606 335.0568 15.43345346 05 Arc 20100821.46-0826.38 WRMS resid 0.026 totl 0.011 xtrk 06829A 215 X 11708 km 1 90070U 06829A 10236.71010214 .00044080 00000-0 99911-3 0 00 2 90070 27.4725 26.2873 4656725 149.7498 248.2568 6.33607386 07 Arc 20100816.73-0824.78 WRMS resid 0.021 totl 0.019 xtrk Ted Molczan _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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