On Sun, 16 Dec 2001, Alan Pickup wrote: > SpaceCom appears to have catalogued Starshine 2 as #26996 = 01- 54 B > though, for now, it is identified only as "UNK" in the elsets available > via OIG. > > Two elsets have been posted so far, though neither looks satisfactory. > Indeed, the high drag term in the second one would lead to its decay > within only a few hours. I don't believe that this object is actually Starshine 2. It has appeared in the thirty-day elements for some time prior to the undocking and release activities. Perhaps it is debris from the EVA? ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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