I am soooo confused. A few days ago I posted my thoughts on Astra 1b.....which over the last couple of months has been looking decidedly sick. I was soon corrected by a statement from SES , which indicated that there wasn't a problem....and in fact looking at the TLEs for the group , all seven satellites are nicley clustered around 19.2 east. That being so , how do we explain this http://www.satcom.freeserve.co.uk/astrasjan1004.jpg Six birds in a nice tight group...but number seven . well out to the east and still brighter than the rest. Latest TLEs do indicate 1B is at 19.31 east.......my image puts it at least 19.5 , if not further east. Any ideas ? (there's also an unidentified track above 1B yet to be investigated...) Exposure is 20 seconds E-W FOV 30 arc seconds. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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