I observed the recently launched NOSS 3-4 pair, after a 23 day period without observations: 31701 07 027A 2701 G 20070712084530620 17 25 0127403-104836 47 S 31708 07 027C 2701 G 20070712084605500 17 25 0127030-104260 87 S Assuming they have not traded places, the A object, which was the leader, was 198 s late, and about 0.08 deg higher in track than predicted by my 23 day old elements, listed below. The C object was 118 s late, and 0.1 deg higher than predicted. The track differences take into account Earth's rotation in the interim of the prediction time error. C trailed A by about 35 s. NOSS 3-4 (A) 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.9 v 1 31701U 07027A 07170.06979759 .00000020 00000-0 20000-4 0 06 2 31701 63.3811 37.1588 0232911 148.8868 212.6203 13.65676455 03 NOSS 3-4 (C) 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.9 v 1 31708U 07027C 07170.06992739 .00000020 00000-0 20000-4 0 06 2 31708 63.3479 37.1783 0231929 151.1831 210.2249 13.65605473 08 IOD format: http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html Site 2701: 43.68764 N, 79.39243 W, 230 m Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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