>Since the C object shows significant drag, it should be OCS. I wish to retract this statement. The C object does not appear to show significant drag. It is possible that the B object does have a significant drag. Or possibly D. >The other objects may or may not have the correct names. Even the C object may have the wrong name. Perhaps B is OCS. If so, this current Spacecom elset may be correct: 1 26062U 00004B 00029.54446520 .00027293 00000-0 96727-2 0 134 2 26062 100.2304 226.5667 0037536 182.3310 177.7718 14.34033227 348 If I take the following parts of the line 1 elements and aranges them in ascending order, I get: 1 26065U 00004E 00028.84635834 1 26063U 00004C 00028.84649291 1 26061U 00004A 00028.84664136 1 26062U 00004B 00028.84673841 1 26064U 00004D 00028.84682191 1 26065U 00004E 00029.05563575 1 26063U 00004C 00029.05578802 1 26061U 00004A 00029.05595315 1 26062U 00004B 00029.05605640 1 26064U 00004D 00029.05615445 If I convert these equator crossing times into days, hours, minutes, seconds, I get: 28 20 18 45.3 E 28 20 18 56.9 C 13.6 after 1st 28 20 19 9.8 A 24.5 after 1st 28 20 19 18.2 B 32.9 after 1st 28 20 19 25.3 D 40.0 after 1st 29 1 20 6.9 E 29 1 20 20.1 C 13.3 after 1st 29 1 20 34.3 A 27.4 after 1st 29 1 20 43.2 B 36.3 after 1st 29 1 20 51.7 D 44.8 after 1st This indicates a rather stable relationship between the objects. Here is my revised elset for 2000 04C with a near-zero drag: OCS 1 26063U 00004C 00029.54413656 .00000200 00000-0 70864-4 0 00 2 26063 100.2299 226.5624 0038043 182.9562 177.1382 14.34185012 08 Mike McCants ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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