Tony Beresford wrote: > despite several efforts + or - ten minutes haven't seen it > using the epoch 315 elements in classfd.tle > > i assume its had an orbital adjustment, any reasonable > guesses for a searching tle? Unfortunately, there are a number of possibilities. The simplest is to assume 01044A did not manoeuvre since its day 07285 elements, in which case I estimate 05042A would have been due to manoeuvre about day 07319 (Nov 19). A 0.01 rev/d boost at the perigee of 14:09:16 UTC, would result in: 1 70000U 07319.58976852 .00006453 00000-0 59700-4 0 03 2 70000 97.8841 19.6354 0523500 247.5944 0.0000 14.80557040 08 This would make it about 23 min late relative the 07315 elements, but it could be a bit less, or a lot more, so I suggest starting your planar search where you left off: about 10 min late relative the 07315 elset, and waiting at least 15 to 30 min. If it still does not turn up, then we must try something more stringent. Happy hunting! Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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