Re: Object 27818 question

From: Michael McCants (mmccants@jump.net)
Date: Tue Jun 10 2003 - 09:49:47 EDT

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    Ed Light posted:
    
    >I'm confused ... some TLEs for object 27818 give differing
    >COSPAR IDs and common names for this object,
    
    Cosmos 2398 is correct.  It is visible in the evening sky.
    Jonathan McDowell said in his report last Saturday:
    
    >Russia launched a Parus-class navigation satellite, Kosmos-2398, from
    >Plesetsk on Jun 4 aboard an 11K65M Kosmos-3M two-stage light launch
    >vehicle. The satellite entered a 969 x 1014 km x 83.0 deg orbit.
    
    The Cosmos was observed about mag 5 on the zenith and about mag 5.5
    in the east.  The rocket was observed to tumble from about 4 to 6.5
    or so with a period of about 12 seconds.
    
    Mike McCants
    Austin, TX
    
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