>Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 15:04:14 -0700 >From: thomsona@netcom.com (Allen Thomson) >To: seesat-l@iris01.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de >Subject: Tethered sat with NOSS 2-3 > This tethered object, presumably tossed from the "A" object >of the recent NOSS 2-3 launch, should be an interesting >object for the amateur satellite watchers' community to try to >find. Those equipped for video should try to get pictures. From 96-29A 1 23862U 96029 A 96172.50000000 .00001706 00000-0 43198-2 0 2 23862 63.4151 171.5923 0004921 148.9913 242.1585 13.18633240 I have derived this search orbit: TiPS a 1 96290U 96029 96172.50000000 .00004000 2 96290 63.4200 171.6000 0001000 150.0000 240.0000 13.63440000 TiPS b 1 96290U 96029 96172.50000000 .00004000 2 96290 63.4200 171.6000 0001000 150.0000 180.0000 13.63440000 TiPS c 1 96290U 96029 96172.50000000 .00004000 2 96290 63.4200 171.6000 0001000 150.0000 120.0000 13.63440000 TiPS d 1 96290U 96029 96172.50000000 .00004000 2 96290 63.4200 171.6000 0001000 150.0000 60.0000 13.63440000 TiPS e 1 96290U 96029 96172.50000000 .00004000 2 96290 63.4200 171.6000 0001000 150.0000 0.0000 13.63440000 TiPS f 1 96290U 96029 96172.50000000 .00004000 2 96290 63.4200 171.6000 0001000 150.0000 300.0000 13.63440000 Rainer Kracht 1996 June 23 R.Kracht@t-online.de +9.6626E, +53.7695N, 9m