Hi Björn and list, Björn Gimle wrote about USA 129 manoeuvre : > OTOH we should analyze the reason for a reboost just slightly higher than > 01-44A. >.... > Current elsets indicate that the reboost was made on Nov.18 - very close to > the time of Tony's obs > 24680 96 072A 8597 P 20041118122330800 27 25 0546800-530004 48 S+035 I came to the same result. > At this time, separation was only 2:24 - very premature - and MM became > 14.725! I agree premature. I note that at this time the ground traces of USA 129 and USA 161 were approximately in "middle interlace". I mean the trace of one is in the middle of two successive pass of the other. We know that the very different drag for the two orbits lead to a parabolic wander around this average position between two manoeuvres. This scheme could have been abandonned if USA 161has also manoeuvred to a classical low perigee at the same time, its recovery could be instructive in this regard. Also, USA 116 reached 9 years in orbit last Dec 5, is it still there ? Cheers, T. Marais ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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