An obvious explanation, looking at all published elsets, is that the identities of the C and D objects were switched between 06121.9 and 06122.6 Before that, the two debris objects were in the lower 102.7 degree orbit. All rocket elsets 06119.0 - 06121.9 AND the D elset 06122.7 match Kevin's video very well. ----- Original Message ----- > Justin of spaceflight now, sent me a email about my message saying the > dropped the orbit of the > delta rocket. > > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/May-2006/0028.html > > Problem he says the > > That actually happened immediately after CloudSat separation as part > of the collision avoidance and propellant depletion maneuvers. > > And that > > The disposal orbit should be 105x347 nautical miles at 103.32deg > inclination following the depletion burn at T+2hours, 29minutes > > Yet I observed something on Apr 29 > > http://www.kfetter.com/satvideo/042906/29109.wmv > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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