With the release of the epoch 12223.71 TLEs, USSTRATCOM has made several ID re-assignments: Original New 12044A / 38744 12044C / 38746 12044C / 38746 12044D / 38747 12044D / 38747 12044A / 38744 Names have yet to be listed; my guesses: 12044A Ekspress-MD2 12044B Telkom-3 12044C Breeze-M 12044D Breeze-M APT Over the past few years, the APT nearly always followed the Breeze stage in the ID assignments. Between epoch 12221.48123720 and 12223.71265127, 12044C's mean motion changed negligibly, and several TLEs had negative decay terms, with decreased mean motion. Leaking fuel seems the likely explanation. Ted Molczan _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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