Yesterday 22 pieces of debris with designations 1985-108C through Z were cataloged by Spacecom. (NCats 29114 through 29135) A quick analysis of a current elset for the Cosmos 1703 rocket (NCat 16263, 1985-108B) compared to the Q debris piece indicates that the fragmentation occurred about 4 days ago. The elset for the rocket from day 125.79 shows a small decrease in mean motion compared to the elset from day 125.32 I assume that it is likely that this rocket is now tumbling. Most of the debris pieces have large drag values indicating that they are very small. The Q object (NCat 29126) has a much smaller drag value, so it may be large enough for us to see. Mike McCants ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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