Kevin Fetter wrote: > Take a look at the lastest tle for the ATV ( 32686 ). It > shows it in a lower orbit, then it should be, so a glitch somewhere. According to the discussion at the URL below, a test collision avoidance manoeuvre was planned for 2008 Mar 14 at 07:57 UTC: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=8383&start=601&posts =614 I imagine that the slight lowering of the altitude was intended, and not a glitch in either the spacecraft or tracking. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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