Persona (08037A / 33272) has made the expected circularization manoeuvre, yielding a sun-synchronous orbit. It is in nearly a 29:2 resonance, which means that its ground track nearly repeats after 29 revolutions, which takes about 2 days. Frequent repetition of ground tracks is a common orbital feature of imaging reconnaissance satellites. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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