I came across this object #5310 1971-000E unidentified fragment discovered in geosynchronous orbit and catalogued 30 Jun 71 whose orbit is said to have decayed 26 Sep 90. I have been unable to find its orbital elements or anything else about it from tables and charts available to me. Was it ever identified, and were elsets ever made available for it? How does the orbit of a "geosynchronous" object manage to decay so quickly? Perhaps it was in a geosynchronous transfer orbit? The Goddard report I have lists it only as unidentified debris no longer in orbit as of the above date. Very curious! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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