From: Sven Grahn >This is obliquely off-topic, but since this list is a forum for orbital >dynamics specialists I though I would venture to try this topic. Please >look at the link below. > >http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/trackind/salyut1/salyut1.html#Orbital > >Is my hypothesis about the strange behavior reasonable? My opinion is no. It appears that the part of the orbit that was causing most of the drag moved from solar "1 PM" to solar "morning" during this time and that is why the drag did not increase as much as would have been expected. Due to the length of my reply and the fact that it is off topic, I have placed it on my web pages here: http://users2.ev1.net/~mmccants/comments/dragcomment.html Mike McCants ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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