The first USSTRATCOM elset shows considerable drag, so separation increases almost quadratically Feb.04-05 (05 UT) increase = +27s 05-06 = +44s 06-07 = +54s (total 143s ~1100 km with my week-old ISS elset) ----- Original Message ----- > There is an ISS boost scheduled for February 11 so after that they > will be even further apart, assuming Suitsat has not re-entered by > then. > > Figuring that they are moving at about 8km/second that's a delta of > about 1 seconds/orbit or about 16 seconds/day - 160 sec for 10 days. >> >>> NASA commentator said that Suitsat was moving >> away from ISS at a rate of about 8 km per orbit. >> >> So after 10 days at approx 15 3/4 orbits per day they are approx 1260 >> km >> apart. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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