Here' the output from satellite tool kit, for around the times they were
closest. At around 19:34 UTC they were are the minimum seperation.
Time (UTCG) Radial (km) In-Track (km)
Cross-Track(km) Range (km)
29 Jun 2002 19:35:00.00 -27.249746 -41.786117 100.284499
112.007182
29 Jun 2002 19:36:00.00 -25.940390 -39.577553 87.779704
99.722429
29 Jun 2002 19:37:00.00 -24.659678 -37.528531 74.937532
87.362028
29 Jun 2002 19:38:00.00 -23.413961 -35.635337 61.807451
75.088293
29 Jun 2002 19:39:00.00 -22.209241 -33.893461 48.439998
63.154180
29 Jun 2002 19:40:00.00 -21.051127 -32.297643 34.886586
51.993861
29 Jun 2002 19:41:00.00 -19.944794 -30.841925 21.199310
42.407899
29 Jun 2002 19:42:00.00 -18.894948 -29.519709 7.430753
35.828039
29 Jun 2002 19:43:00.00 -17.905798 -28.323820 -6.366212
34.108431
29 Jun 2002 19:44:00.00 -16.981034 -27.246569 -20.138623
37.898485
29 Jun 2002 19:45:00.00 -16.123809 -26.279823 -33.833620
45.774667
29 Jun 2002 19:46:00.00 -15.336734 -25.415068 -47.398647
55.926495
29 Jun 2002 19:47:00.00 -14.621871 -24.643488 -60.781649
67.197541
29 Jun 2002 19:48:00.00 -13.980740 -23.956022 -73.931263
78.963180
29 Jun 2002 19:49:00.00 -13.414328 -23.343444 -86.797013
90.876741
29 Jun 2002 19:50:00.00 -12.923106 -22.796420 -99.329502
102.727958
Kevin
From: "Dale Ireland" <direland@drdale.com>
To: "Seesat-l" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>
Subject: NOAA9 vs. NOAA17
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 17:03:59 -0700
The new NOAA17 is in an orbit almost identical to NOAA9. Today they flew in
formation and passed each other slowly around 1900UT. They are still quite
close. I wonder if anyone's tracking program can tell the minimum
separation.
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