Updated NOSS 3-8 (NROL-79) elements

From: Marco Langbroek via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 11:29:22 +0100
The following updated elements are based on observations by Leo Barhorst, Cees
Bassa, Russell Eberst, Alberto Rango, Dave Waterman and Marco Langbroek:



NOSS 3-8 (A)                                           1014 x 1199 km
1 42058U 17011A   17081.14967525 0.00000000  00000-0  00000+0 0    07
2 42058  63.4408  98.9850 0123629 179.0619 181.0661 13.40841091    05

rms 0.02               from 37 observations March 21.13 - March 22.18


NOSS 3-8 (B)                                           1013 x 1199 km
1 42065U 17011B   17081.14958563 0.00000000  00000-0  00000+0 0    07
2 42065  63.4428  98.7921 0123872 179.1570 180.9687 13.40840368    01

rms 0.02               from 39 observations March 21.13 - March 22.18


The decrease in relative distance between the two payloads has virtually come to
a halt and was ~50.5 km at epoch time of the above elsets.

Orbital parameters are settling too, with the orbital period now very similar
and the two orbital planes now about 0.2 deg apart in RAAN.


DaL	sep(km)
-----------------
1.387	 42.7
5.417	171.4
6.457	190.4
7.280	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
20.407	 50.5
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- Marco


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Cospar 4355 (Cronesteyn): 52.13878 N, 4.49937 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL
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