On Sep 29, I wrote: > We cannot be certain that the above designations correspond to the > official ones, and they are subject to change as we learn more. We still cannot be certain; however, it has been determined that the payloads remain in their initial orbits, and the one in the lower orbit was the second one to have separated from the Delta II's 2nd stage; therefore, it should have received the B designation, so we have swapped their identities. The following take advantage of Greg Robert's most recent optical observations. STSS Demo 1 1336 X 1353 km 1 35937U 09052A 09275.69626201 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 01 2 35937 57.9848 71.5514 0011017 317.2964 42.7120 12.79042993 07 Arc 20090927.74-1002.75 WRMS resid 0.018 totl 0.010 xtrk STSS Demo 2 1332 X 1353 km 1 35938U 09052B 09275.69299952 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 01 2 35938 57.9868 71.5484 0013296 327.7839 32.2288 12.79627969 05 Arc 20090928.75-1002.74 WRMS resid 0.014 totl 0.007 xtrk Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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