Orbit and identity changes
Eberst (eberst@cableinet.co.uk)
Fri, 3 Oct 1997 18:01:38 +0100
Inspection of recent elements reveal a couple of changes:
1. The Indian IRS Satellite has begun to raise its perigee, from the
original value of 308km. The latest element set available at time
of writing gives a figure of 342km.
2. Faisat and Tsikada Rocket identities have been swapped; The object
making 13.806 revs/day has changed from 'the rocket' to 'Faisat'.
The object making 13.7905 revs/day was "Faisat" and is now "the rocket".
Any visual observation by seesaters of these objects, which might
confirm or deny the correctness of this exchange would be welcome.
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best wishes Russell Eberst @ North: 55 degrees, 56 minutes, 55 seconds
West: 3 degrees, 8 minutes, 18 seconds:
43metres (150 feet) above sea-level
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