The updated elements below are based on observations by Russell Eberst, Dave Waterman and Leo Barhorst: NOSS 3-8 (A) 1015 x 1197 km 1 42058U 17011A 17080.10555803 0.00000000 00000-0 00000+0 0 04 2 42058 63.4460 101.6402 0121298 178.9825 181.1469 13.40841601 09 rms 0.02 From 7 observations March 19.85 - March 21.13 UT NOSS 3-8 (B) 1014 x 1199 km 1 42065U 17011B 17080.10546761 0.00000000 00000-0 00000+0 0 05 2 42065 63.4517 101.4242 0123397 178.4731 181.6695 13.40829310 02 rms 0.03 From 7 observations March 19.85 - March 21.13 UT At epoch time of the elsets above, the two objects were separated by 50.5 km. The daily change in separation distance is now clearly flattening and it actually looks like a separation of ~50.0 km is the aim, to be reached ~21 days after launch (i.e. March 22-23). "DaL" = Days after Launch: DaL sep(km) ---------------- 1.387 42.7 5.417 171.4 6.457 190.4 7.277 202.0 8.623 172.3 9.592 148.9 11.382 120.2 14.440 77.8 18.095 53.7 19.362 50.5 --------------- The difference in orbital period of the two payloads is also decreasing. - 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-lReceived on Tue Mar 21 2017 - 10:17:19 UTC
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Tue Mar 21 2017 - 15:17:20 UTC