Updated NOSS 3-3 elements

From: Ted Molczan (molczan@rogers.com)
Date: Sat Feb 05 2005 - 14:21:55 EST

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    As Mike posted earlier, OIG has reported that the NOSS 3-3 pieces have
    designations similar to those of the first two launches in the series, in which
    one payload is acknowledged as the A object, and the other apparently as debris
    piece C:
    
    http://satobs.org/seesat/Feb-2005/0049.html
    
    excerpt:
    
    Internatnl
    Designator   CatNo Common Name               Source LaunchDate
    ------------ ----- ------------------------- ------ ----------
    2005-004A    28537 USA 181                   US     2005/02/03
    2005-004B    28538 ATLAS 3B R/B              US     2005/02/03
    2005-004C    28541 USA 181 DEB               US     2005/02/03
    
    So, as with the previous two launches, I will assign the leading payload as
    piece A, the Centaur as piece B, and the trailing payload as piece C, with the
    corresponding catalogue numbers.
    
    NOSS 3-3 (A)     0.0  0.0  0.0  4.0 v
    1 28537U 05004A   05036.17929167  .00000011  00000-0  20000-4 0    01
    2 28537  63.4167 157.5533 0132437 179.7258 180.3862 13.39719064    03
    NOSS 3-3 r       0.0  0.0  0.0  4.7 v
    1 28538U 05004B   05036.17567919  .00000018  00000-0  30000-4 0    03
    2 28538  63.6810 157.5939 0141947 182.8978 177.1243 13.42560751    09
    NOSS 3-3 (C)     0.0  0.0  0.0  4.0 v
    1 28541U 05004C   05036.17938459  .00000011  00000-0  20000-4 0    00
    2 28541  63.4167 157.5561 0132437 179.7258 180.3862 13.39648584    07
    
    Description of 2-line elements: http://www.satobs.org/element.html
    
    For all of the above, inclination, eccentricity and argument of perigee have
    been set to the same values as those of the corresponding 03054 pieces, soon
    after their launch in 2003 December. The BStar decay terms also have been set to
    reasonable values, based on experience with these objects. When a sufficient
    number of accurate observations have been accumulated, these elements will be
    determined by the orbital analysis. 
    
    Ted Molczan
    
    
    
    
    
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