The Centaur's rate of propulsive acceleration has increased a bit. NOSS 3-3 r 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.7 v 1 28538U 05004B 05060.67864692 .00003265 00000-0 54145-2 0 04 2 28538 63.8289 96.2832 0138935 176.5793 183.6220 13.42804214 02 Arc 2005 Feb 19.20 - Mar 01.75, WRMS residuals = 0.008 deg Description of 2-line elements: http://www.satobs.org/element.html The latest reported observations of the payloads were made on Feb 28, at which time the trailer, 05004C, was closing in on 05004A, set to overtake it on 2005 Mar 02, near 08:20 UTC. I believe that both likely manoeuvred well before that, before mid-day of Mar 01 UTC, leaving C trailing by no less than 8 s. If not, then by now, C, is well ahead of A. I believe that a manoeuvre lower was most likely, perhaps to about 13.406 rev/d, in which case, they would be about 1 min early per day since mid-day of Mar 01 UTC. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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