The rate of decay of my previous two 96072A elsets proved too low, as evidenced by the object's 0.6 s early arrival when I observed it last night. The two-day observational arc upon which they were based, was too short to determine a reliable rate of decay. With last night's observations, the arc now exceeds three days, and the rate of decay has returned to realistic values. USA 129 15.0 3.0 0.0 5.3 v 1 24680U 96072A 05129.10360012 .00009224 00000-0 12700-3 0 07 2 24680 97.9713 192.9226 0524733 285.6308 68.7604 14.73014058 09 Arc 2005 May 05.92 - 09.11, WRMS residuals = 0.020 deg Lacrosse 5 was more than 0.3 s late on the two passes I observed last night, probably the result of a small manoeuvre. I will wait for more observations over a longer arc before updating the orbit. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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