Updated NanoSail-D elements

From: Ted Molczan (ssl3molcz@rogers.com)
Date: Wed Jun 01 2011 - 15:41:57 UTC

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    Russell Eberst and Marco Langbroek contributed observations used to produce the following TLE.
    
    NanoSail-D                                               557 X 595 km
    1 37361U 10062L   11151.90881020  .00143049  00000-0  12572-1 0    08
    2 37361  71.9452  71.1636 0027379 179.6714 180.4480 14.96198635    04
    Arc 20110530.93-0531.93 WRMS resid 0.047 totl 0.011 xtrk
    
    The recent spike in solar activity has caused a threefold increase in the rate of decay, compared with values of one
    week ago. The elements are probably are somewhat less accurate than implied by the residuals, due to the short
    observational arc (time span).
    
    Ted Molczan
    
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