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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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