Kevin wrote: > The other night, I observed what I thought was the Horizons 2 geo sat. I > assumed it was, but seems > it wasn't now. > > The geo sat, I oobserved was between Brazilsat B2 ( 23536 ) and Brazilsat > B4 ( 26496 ). where the > tle placed it. > > But spacetrack is saying, Horizons 2 is 32388. And it's still listed in > geo transfer orbit ! > > 32390 which I thought was Horizons 2, is being called the ARIANE 5 DEB > (SYLDA). > > If it's not the Horizons 2 geo sat, then what the heck did I observe, the > WGS satellite. The geo > sat was bright, and easy to see. > SpaceTrack had the designations mixed up. #32388 07063B has tle's in geo transit orbit up to Jan 3 , elset nr 15. But elset nr 17 from Jan 5 has it in geo orbit. It is now correctly labeled Horizonz 2, was Object B. #32390 07063D has tle's showing it manoeuvring to geosynch orbit up to Jan 4.04, elset 13. Elset 14 from Jan 4.39 gives it again in geo transit orbit. Object D is now correctly named Ariane 5 deb (Sylda). Greetings, Leo Barhorst ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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