My observation of 03054C on Dec 19 at 01:13 UTC was about 0.5 s early relative other recent ones. I suspect I botched it due to the distraction of a commercial airliner nearly occulting satellite and reference stars just seconds before the observation. Therefore, I will not extend the arc to include that observation until the availability of subsequent observations. The early arrival of 03054B on Dec 17, appears to me to be more likely the result of a single impulse, than of high drag. I am able to fit a drag term with low residuals over the Dec 07-19 arc, but the result seems unrealistically high. I will reconsider the possibility as the arc grows. Observation arc 2003 Dec 16.81 - 19.05 UTC: NOSS 3-2 (A) 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.9 v 1 28095U 03054A 03353.02891898 .00000058 00000-0 10000-3 0 05 2 28095 63.4238 261.4698 0128088 179.8228 180.2864 13.40615512 09 WRMS residuals = 0.019 deg Observation arc 2003 Dec 17.70 - 19.05 UTC: NOSS 3-2 r 10.1 3.0 0.0 3.7 v 1 28096U 03054B 03353.02489686 .00000058 00000-0 10000-3 0 04 2 28096 63.6785 261.2971 0140128 182.9502 177.0713 13.40531765 04 WRMS residuals = 0.019 deg Observation arc 2003 Dec 16.81 - 19.05 UTC: NOSS 3-2 (C) 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.9 v 1 28097U 03054C 03352.73125007 .00000058 00000-0 10000-3 0 06 2 28097 63.4236 262.2680 0128180 180.3387 179.7571 13.40597845 01 WRMS residuals = 0.047 deg Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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