Re: ShiJian 12 ?

From: gprichard (g.prichard55@optusnet.com.au)
Date: Fri Nov 26 2010 - 22:36:19 UTC

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    Thanks Ed and Igor,
    CalSky, under high magnification, shows the tracks of SJ 12 and SJ 6H
    completely overlying one another. Looks like a rendezvous.
          Gordon
    
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: "Igor Lissov" <lissov-i@yandex.ru>
    To: <seesat-l@satobs.org>
    Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 8:02 PM
    Subject: Re: ShiJian 12 ?
    
    
    > Gordon and Ed,
    >
    > > Gordon Prichard wrote:  "I observed two objects moving
    > > in tandem....  The time and trajectory corresponds to
    > > ShiJian 12 2010-027A."
    > >
    > > Check to see if the second object could be ShiJian 6F
    > > (33409, 08-053B).  In September there were several
    > > messages about them (as "SJ-12" and "SJ-6F" making a
    > > rendezvous and orbiting together, e.g.,
    >
    > Shijian 12 is performing final approach to her *second* target,
    > being SJ-6H (object 37180). Here's the latest info:
    >
    > Shijian-12 waited for some time at 10 km and continued to approach to
    Shijian-6H from November 25, 12:00 UTC or so. Latest elsets with epoch
    329.78 indicate rather slow approach, 1 km per orbit.
    > If these are reliable, and if further maneuvers not made since then,
    Shijian-12 would not achieve the target in the first window of
    visibility from China which is from 23:48 till 03:05 UTC or so. Maybe
    the final approach is to be conducted in the second window of visibility
    on November 26, 10:37-15:26 UTC.
    >
    > Sincerely,
    > Igor Lissov
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