RE: CB Obs January 13, 2014: Video

From: Ted Molczan (ssl3molcz@rogers.com)
Date: Thu Jan 16 2014 - 18:22:32 UTC

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    Cees Bassa wrote:
    
    > 1) This faint object does not match anything we know. A circular orbit
    >    gives the following elements:
    > 
    > 1 99088U 14513A   14013.72413610  .00000000  00000-0  50000-4 0    03
    > 2 99088  90.0255  32.1630 0000000   0.0000  53.9839 13.09345796    06
    > 
    >    The 13.09 revs/day mean motion puts it at 1225 km altitude. This
    >    altitude and the 90 deg inclination match the values of USA 225
    >    [37364/11006A] that were reported to the UN:
    >    http://satobs.org/seesat/Feb-2012/0072.html. My guess is that this
    >    is USA 225.
    
    Excellent catch of this small, faint object, Cees! 
    
    I agree with your ID, and offer this TLE, which I believe likely to prove a bit closer to reality in mean motion:
    
                                                           1205 X 1224 km
    1 37364U 11006A   14013.71270803  .00000002  00000-0  50000-5 0    03
    2 37364  90.0107  32.1378 0013119 273.4615  86.5013 13.11494704    06
    
    Ted Molczan
    
    
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