I tried your elset and selected at random a place (Burntwood, England) and time (2005-10-17 18:30), when your object was predicted by SkyMap at RA 21:16 dec.+47.0, range 31127 km. Using Mike's classfd.tle and all Space-Track within 26000-34000 km range and a 4.6*6 degree field over 30 minutes I found no other object. Even in a much larger field, I found only one satellite on a parallell track, but too early and too low ? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce MacDonald" <macdonalddevizes@tiscali.co.uk> To: "SeeSat-L" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 11:45 PM Subject: Re: Unidentified Satellite > > Greetings from those of us who practice the "dark art" of radio observing. > > > > Ivan Artner of Hungary and myself (in the UK) have been tracking an object > > in highly eccentric orbit. Paul Marsh (also UK) made a series of detailed > > Doppler measurements on one pass and we have been able to derive possible > > elset: > > > > 1 80000U 05000A 05278.68515000 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0001 > > 2 80000 63.4000 172.0000 7108823 279.5000 180.0000 2.00599011 00001 > > > > It does not seem to fit any object listed by SpaceTrack. The obvious > > question is whether any unlisted visual objects might fit the bill. > > Bob, from a quick look at your elset it looks like an object in a Molniya > orbit - 63.4 degree inclination and a mean motion of 2. If it isn't on > Space Track it is likely to be a classified sat. > > I'm sure someone else will ID it for you. > > Best wishes > > Bruce MacDonald > COSPAR Site 2751 > Devizes, Wiltshire, UK > 51.3440 N 1.9849 W 125m (WGS84) > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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