As of the epoch of the elements below, 03054C's ascending node trailed 03054A's by 8.2 s, with little or no relative motion. I believe that their planned mean motion is about 13.4044 rev/d, but they may remain near 13.4060 rev/d for some time, until they arrive at some optimal phasing relative the other operational NOSS groups. For several months early in their mission, 01040A and 01040C cruised together in a similarly close formation, at a mean motion of about 13.4031 rev/d, then nearly simultaneously manoeuvred to 13.4042 rev/d, the average of operational NOSS at the time. Observation arc 2004 Jan 04.78 - 07.12 UTC: NOSS 3-2 (A) 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.9 v 1 28095U 03054A 04007.05088575 .00000029 00000-0 50000-4 0 08 2 28095 63.4378 212.9590 0125512 179.7885 180.3214 13.40601747 08 WRMS residuals = 0.009 deg Observation arc 2003 Dec 25.98 - 2004 Jan 07.11 UTC: NOSS 3-2 r 10.1 3.0 0.0 3.7 v 1 28096U 03054B 04007.04740319 .00000077 00000-0 13295-3 0 06 2 28096 63.6787 213.2968 0139324 181.6719 178.3860 13.40533963 00 WRMS residuals = 0.015 deg Observation arc 2004 Jan 01.04 - 07.12 UTC: NOSS 3-2 (C) 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.9 v 1 28097U 03054C 04007.05098052 .00000029 00000-0 50000-4 0 01 2 28097 63.4403 213.1501 0126136 179.2598 180.8636 13.40601442 08 WRMS residuals = 0.019 deg Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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