Pierre Neirinck has relayed to me observations of USA 186 by Alberto Rango, on 2008 May 23 UTC, which indicate that it manoeuvred earlier that day: 28888 05 042A 4542 G 20080523195032870 17 24 1849130+450660 38 28888 05 042A 4542 G 20080523195046090 17 24 1916080+494412 28 The most probable manoeuvre times appear to be the perigee passages of 2008 May 23 at 09:50:20 UTC and 11:27:52 UTC, resulting in the following search elements: 09:50:20 UTC manoeuvre 258 X 1029 km 1 70001U 08144.81885605 .00007920 00000-0 75819-4 0 01 2 70001 97.9379 207.1905 0548500 347.5859 11.2276 14.74571438 04 11:27:52 UTC manoeuvre 258 X 1031 km 1 70002U 08144.81885682 .00007902 00000-0 75819-4 0 07 2 70002 97.9379 207.1906 0550000 347.6760 11.1433 14.74206870 05 Just as I completed my analysis, I received a message from Mike McCants, reporting that he and Ed Cannon observed USA 186 running late, on May 24 near 03:57 UTC. I have run out of time for further analysis, so I will leave it to Mike to build on the above using his and Ed's observations. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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