Observation arc 2004 Mar 24.87 - 30.84 UTC: NOSS 3-2 (A) 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.9 v 1 28095U 03054A 04090.82010109 .00000016 00000-0 28392-4 0 08 2 28095 63.4375 359.8238 0121074 179.6003 180.5140 13.40452886 03 WRMS residuals = 0.015 deg Observation arc 2004 Mar 29.87 - 30.84 UTC: NOSS 3-2 (C) 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.9 v 1 28097U 03054C 04090.82018230 .00000015 00000-0 25798-4 0 09 2 28097 63.4384 0.0022 0121431 179.4868 180.6303 13.40451526 07 WRMS residuals = 0.007 deg After their manoeuvres of 2004 Mar 24, 03054C had been in a slightly lower orbit than 03054A, apparently to allow it to reduce the distance by which it trailed 03054A. It appears that 03054C raised its orbit to more nearly match that of 03054A, sometime after my obs of 2004 Mar 29 at 03:06 UTC, which suggests that it had achieved the required spacing relative 03054A. The 03054C arc is short and there are few observations; I expect that further tracking will reveal its mean motion even closer to that of 03054A than in the above results. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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