The latest USSPACECOM catalog entries have widely varying inclinations, but similar periods (about 3 hours) Two of them appear to be pre-Sputnik !! (Natural satellites, or is this a software glitch ?) The latest set = 1 23932U 56001AAA 96175.82396554 +.00005138 +00000-0 +32512-2 0 00039 2 23932 056.9911 049.2117 3565064 067.3826 326.2067 07.91088781002206 Satellite number = 23933 1 23933U 61028G 96174.32096965 -.00000002 +00000-0 +10000-4 0 00027 2 23933 095.8814 103.3645 0858693 139.4087 227.4770 08.70439278161667 Satellite number = 23934 1 23934U 56001AAA 96174.60276688 +.00931265 -13789-6 +72673-3 0 00027 2 23934 028.2575 064.5081 3516264 077.0510 324.4184 08.60435242001655 ------------------------------------------------------------ -- b_gimle@algonet.se +46-8-7428086 (home) -- -- 59.22371 N, 18.22857 E AND member of : -- -- http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle seesat-l / seesat-d -- -- bjorn@tt-tech.se +46-8-59095789 (office)-- ------------------------------------------------------------ Join us at Eurosom 2, the Satellite Observers Meeting: Oct.19/20 ! Ghent, Belgium http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bdp/eurosom.html ---