Nice work Russell, on your recovery of 96072A: http://satobs.org/seesat/Feb-2004/0148.html I produced the following elset by propagating Mike's latest pre-manoeuvre elset to the ascending node prior to Russell's final observation, then performing a differential correction, holding drag, inclination and argument of perigee constant: USA 129 15.0 3.0 0.0 5.3 v 1 24680U 96072A 04052.88416303 .00013335 00000-0 17539-3 0 04 2 24680 97.7960 115.3456 0532143 269.8676 84.1578 14.72314543 04 WRMS residuals = 0.022 deg The main effect of the manoeuvre appears to have been to raise the perigee by 10 to 15 km. Solar gravity had gradually pulled it lower than desired. Further tracking will enable a more precise understanding of the manoeuvre. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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