I had an unexpected break in the clouds, but managed only one, not so accurate point. It is about 0.3 s too early, and a about 0.05 deg off track: 24680 96 072A 2701 F 20040326025812670 17 25 0233309+521734 27 S Site 2701: 43.68764 N, 79.39243 W, 230 m Fortunately, we already have quite a few points tonight from Europe, resulting in this elset: Observation arc 2004 Mar 23.81 - 25.85 UTC: USA 129 15.0 3.0 0.0 5.3 v 1 24680U 96072A 04085.84099592 .00020840 00000-0 31730-3 0 01 2 24680 98.0513 147.3009 0523544 163.2632 198.6614 14.71301670 03 WRMS residuals = 0.019 deg Adding my point, weighted 50 percent, yields: Observation arc 2004 Mar 23.81 - 26.12 UTC: USA 129 15.0 3.0 0.0 5.3 v 1 24680U 96072A 04086.11304449 .00021038 00000-0 32097-3 0 09 2 24680 98.0515 147.5721 0523298 162.4024 199.6103 14.71313531 03 WRMS residuals = 0.021 deg The latest manoeuvre occurred on 2004 Mar 23 at about 14:16 UTC, near apogee, over 9.7 S, 111.0 E. The perigee was raised about 5 km, and apparently the inclination was increased by about 0.09 deg. This was the second orbit maintenance manoeuvre in less than five days. The previous one occurred on 2004 Mar 18 at about 17:43 UTC, near perigee, over 6.0 S, 123.0 W. The apogee was raised several km, and the inclination was increased by about 0.16 deg. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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