On 11 Jul 2003, at 14:06, JCA wrote: > Does the blurriness imply that it's still tethered? I was thinking > over the past while that a sudden lateness or earliness in arrival > might be because the tether had been cut (debris or whatever). > If it's cut, would one segment arrive early and one late? Forgive > me if the current state of TIPS is already known. I haven't really > been following TIPS discussions over the months. Nor do I know much > about TIPS itself. heh. > > Regards, > -- > JCA On 11 Jul 2003, at 14:06, JCA wrote: > Does the blurriness imply that it's still tethered? I was thinking > over the past while that a sudden lateness or earliness in arrival > might be because the tether had been cut (debris or whatever). If > it's cut, would one segment arrive early and one late? Forgive me if > the current state of TIPS is already known. I haven't really been > following TIPS discussions over the months. Nor do I know much about > TIPS itself. heh. > > Regards, > -- > JCA > The "bluriness" is caused by the tether being a faint, extended object close to the background noise. I see no sign for a desintegrated tether. The "lateness" of about seven minutes 79 days after the epoch of the elset is no such sign (it corresponds to 4 seconds after 8 days). Rainer ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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