The orbit resulting from the manoeuvres of 2010 Nov 01 UTC seems to be a bit eccentric, but it is based on few observations, so should be regarded as preliminary: X-37B OTV 1-1 281 X 357 km 1 36514U 10015A 10308.09798589 .00002789 00000-0 10000-4 0 07 2 36514 39.9879 239.3123 0056686 338.3274 21.5152 15.85025500 07 Arc 20101103.1-1104.11 WRMS resid 0.024 totl 0.016 xtrk I used the following data from Derek Breit (site 8739) and Brad Young (site 8336). 36514 10 015A 8739 G 20101103022810000 18 25 1757886+512030 28 S 36514 10 015A 8336 G 20101104011059190 17 25 1532570+470275 58 S 36514 10 015A 8739 G 20101104024029000 57 15 1544204+245547 18 S The orbit is reasonably consistent with less precise observations reported by Ed Light (site 8840). Barring further manoeuvres, predictions tonight should be accurate to within 10 s time, and 0.5 deg track. Ted Molczan _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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