Hi all Yes, DSP-23 is in trouble. In addition to not receiving radio signals from it on the 6th Nov 2008 (see my SeeSat report around about that date) the satellite is no longer keeping station but is slowly drifting eastward with a rate due to gravity alone. Radio signals were received from it on the 23rd November by Paul Marsh and by myself on 24th November when I tried again but appeared weaker than previously. Optically it looks the same - Ive just finished observing for tonight and this was one of the objects observed and I saw nothing unusual in its behaviour and its still drifting. A study of the elements in CLASSFD.TLE will show problems showed up in mid-September. Quite ironic that DSP-F23 has apparently failed - DSP-24 and DSP-25 were cancelled . Cheers Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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