SCC appears to have corrected the designations of Shenzhou 4 and its rocket so that they are now 27630 = A and 27631 = B respectively. The latest elsets, with "line zeros" adapted from Mike's mccants.tle, are: Shenzhou 4 5.0 2.0 0.0 5.0 d 10 337 x 331 km 1 27630U 02061A 02365.15162140 .00044265 00000-0 24437-3 0 99 2 27630 42.4083 331.0236 0004595 171.9766 310.5602 15.78846303 236 Shenzhou 4 r 8.0 3.0 0.0 4.5 d 20 323 x 195 km 1 27631U 02061B 02365.23605256 .00794667 82752-5 55223-3 0 105 2 27631 42.4084 330.2067 0096557 141.1684 219.6195 16.05615168 249 Previously, the rocket was designated as the A object and Shenzhou 4 as 27634 = C. No further elsets for C have been posted since the change occurred between epochs 02364.82792925 (the final elset for Shenzhou 4 under its former C designation) and 02365.01917697 (when it reappeared as A). At 17:35 UTC on December 30, SCC posted a decay notice for 27631, the former B object, "predicting" its decay at 08:35 on that day. It hasn't been followed up. My current estimate for the decay of the actual rocket is January 10. 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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