As a correction to my earlier message, in which I claimed that the final (so far) object from the launch, the Blok DM upper stage, had been designated as "E". In fact it is "F" after all, though there is still no sign of an "E", the expected designation for the "Platform" which I (still) believe was the object responsible for the decay seen from England and France. In summary: Objects A, B and C are the Uragan and Uragan-M satellites now in near-circular orbits at 19,120 km; Object D was the Proton rocket (3rd stage) that decayed over Texas/Oklahoma; Object F is the Blok DM upper stage that delivered A/B/C to orbit and that remains in a similar high orbit. No elements have been released for "E". I suspect this designation was reserved for the "Platform" that decayed over England/France. Sorry for the mix-up, Alan -- Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707: 55.8968N 3.1989W +208m (WGS84 datum) Edinburgh / SatEvo & elsets: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/ Scotland / Decay Watch: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/ * ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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