There are 'now' 28 debris objects #29604-31 catalogued. All have perigees 163-203 km, 18 objects have apogees below 350 km, but the rest are 670-800 km! AllCola suggest that the explosion occurred Nov.17 18:07 which is very close to the epoch of current elset of the parent #29402. The orbit of the T object (#29618) is similar to A in MM and drag, and U (#29619) has a much lower drag due to high apogee (and being dense?) The satellite was overdue for an orbit raise at the time. /Björn ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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