> The velocity difference...640 m/sec. Any explanation? Hmm... L-A is secretly training as pitcher for the Boston Redsox? My guess is the orbit is just *wrong*. Perhaps the data is not actual NORAD tracking data but a search orbit based on data sent from NASA in a different format, and some kind of typo or parsing error screwed it up. Failing that, it's an unrelated piece of Proton ullage motor debris; failing that, they vigorously shook up a can of diet coke and stuck it in the bundle as propulsion.... jonathan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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