> This would seem to indicate that Iridium 51 is definitely regarded as a spare, > in which case Iridium 2, Iridium 69 and Iridium 73 are, by elimination, confirmed > as failed. > -- No, this does not eliminate any of the above mentioned. Ir51 is in an engineering orbit with RAAN=300 deg. near epoch 01024. - the others were at 215, 238 and 205 deg. at the time, ie about two planes away! Ir69 has the normal 14.34 MM, so not in engineering stand-by. This could indicate that it can not be controlled. Ir2 has MM=14.83, a much lower orbit than in stand-by, so it is probably decaying naturally. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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