RE: IGS 1B observed?

From: Ted Molczan (ssl3molcz@rogers.com)
Date: Thu Mar 13 2008 - 10:47:26 UTC

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Russell Eberst wrote:

> An object believed to be IGS-1B (03-09B) was observed as follows:
> 
> SATOBS
> 
> 2420 0803 0.211 1204
> 12
> 0300902 213621.73 212422+462644 5.9 8.8 40 R
> 999
> 
> It was slowly tumbling, with period about 40 seconds.

IGS 1B appears to be a good match. Here is an approximate orbit:

1 70000U          08072.69122727  .00002321  00000-0  86000-4 0    09
2 70000  97.3230 146.2036 0012468  67.1105 293.1450 15.27604438    00

Ted Molczan

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