Nanosail-D2 status

From: Denise Moser (dennyzen@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Dec 10 2010 - 23:47:12 UTC

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    Apparently FASTSAT kicked it out, but Nanosail-D2 either didn't want to go
    or left silent and sullen.  No radio beacons--several amateur radio trackers
    also report nothing.  www.bit.ly/8Si0a
    
    
    
    Any one out there with a potentially visible pass in the next couple of days
    want to see how many, if any, satellites from the launch of STP-S26?
    
    
    
    Below I've copied the TLEs from the project websites.  Some are more recent
    than others. The others aren't published, I guess.   I've run these and I do
    not have a visible pass in the near future.
    
    
    
    I imagine they would be along about the same trajectory.   Four would be the
    middle sized sats:  FASTSAT, FASTTRAC, STPSat-2, and FALCONSAT-5, the last
    two which are apparently military and I found no TLEs for.
    
    
    
    The other two below are the smaller CubeSats which may be too small, too
    high.   Who knows? That would be six satellites for the launch, plus
    nanosail for which there is no TLE, if it ejected.  If you see seven, you
    can report news that no one else has.
    
    
    
    FASTTRACKSAT1
    1 90025U 0        10343.28211541 +.00000038 +00000-0 +13580-4 0 00242
    2 90025 071.9720 097.8928 0019262 273.9100 085.9878 14.76374125002837
    RAX
    1 90021U 0        10341.64628019 +.00000266 +00000-0 +45363-4 0 00223
    2 90021 071.9720 101.4511 0022650 281.5507 078.3088 14.77188995002607
    OOREOS
      1 37224U 10062C   10341.65020651 +.00000235 +00000-0 +41389-4 0 00249
      2 37224 071.9721 101.4631 0021269 279.4939 080.3788 14.76858178002591
    FASTSAT (from nanosail dashboard)
      1 37225U 10062D   10339.55430316 +.00000041 +00000-0 +13962-4 0 00217
      2 37225 071.9720 106.1057 0019965 280.4841 079.4053 14.76483442002287
    
    
    
    Denise Moser
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