RE: OE Astro and Nextsat re-mated?

From: David Anderman (davida@cwo.com)
Date: Sat May 19 2007 - 13:39:26 EDT

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    Ted:
    
    How is it possible that the Epoch 138.xxxx element set implies that 
    NextSAT and ASTRO are mated, whereas your later observation shows 
    them as over a kilometer apart? I can think of two explanations:
    
    1) Inaccuracy of the elements; and
    
    2) They mated and subsequently were separated for another test.
    
    DWA
    
    
    At 07:29 PM 5/18/2007, Ted Molczan wrote:
    >I observed them on 2007 May 19 at 02:26 UTC. When at a range of 723 km, they
    >were separated about 0.1 deg, which indicates a linear separation of about 1.3
    >km. This is fairly accurate, since I judged their separation relative a
    >close-pair of reference stars.
    >
    >Unlike all other passes I have observed, both were of the same magnitude and
    >colour, yellow-orange.
    >
    >Ted Molczan
    >
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