Updated NOSS 3-8 (NROL-79) elements

From: Marco Langbroek via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 14:30:52 +0100
The following updated elements are based on observations by Leo Barhorst and
Marco Langbroek:


NOSS 3-8 (A)                                           1013 x 1200 km
1 42058U 17011A   17075.18322093 0.00000000  00000-0  00000+0 0    09
2 42058  63.4475 114.1658 0125404 179.9572 180.1479 13.40771402    01

rms 0.03            from 20 observations March 13.15 - March 16.21 UT


NOSS 3-8 (B)                                           1016 x 1197 km
1 42065U 17011B   17075.18308447 0.00000000  00000-0  00000+0 0    04
2 42065  63.4330 113.9954 0120659 178.0703 182.0812 13.40753244    04

rms 0.02            from 18 observations March 13.15 - March 16.21 UT


At epoch time of the above elsets, the separation between the two payloads had
decreased to 77.8 km. I expect them to reach the expected stabilisation value of
~45 km near March 23 (21 days = 3 weeks after launch).

It appears that the leading B-component is now doing most of the manoeuvering.

- Marco


-----
Dr Marco Langbroek  -  SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands.
e-mail: sattrackcam_at_langbroek.org

Cospar 4353 (Leiden):     52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL
Cospar 4355 (Cronesteyn): 52.13878 N, 4.49937 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL
Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com
Twitter: _at_Marco_Langbroek
-----
_______________________________________________
Seesat-l mailing list
http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
Received on Thu Mar 16 2017 - 08:31:46 UTC

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Thu Mar 16 2017 - 13:31:46 UTC