A short time ago, I received word from the project that the spacecraft was in the nominal orbit after separation from the Zenit launcher. Also, I have quickly spot-checked the accuracy of my ephemerides against ones produced using JPL-Horizons, and found that mine are pretty close. Well within 0.01 deg cross-track, for a given time. We both used the official SPICE trajectory data, so we should be close, but my implementation has some compromises. So, if you have received a custom ephemeris from me, you can rely on it. Happy hunting! Ted Molczan _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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