Yes, it seems odd that we don't have more than one TLE that is close to the known payloads. I have wondered if the loss of the AFSSS (Air Force Space Surveillance System, formerly known as the NAVSPASUR Fence) has anything to do with this. I guess we'll see. - TS Dr. T.S. Kelso CelesTrak, http://celestrak.com E-Mail: TS.Kelso@celestrak.com On 2013-10-01 13:10, Allen Thomson wrote: > >> However, you can see that the remaining 19 objects are scattered all >> around the orbit plane. Something isn't adding up. I provide this >> information to hopefully help others sort through the possibilities. - TS > > FWIW, I've just been looking at the TLEs for Kuaizhou-1 and see rather odd differences from one element set to another. Perhaps a consequence of losing NAVSPASUR (or whatever the USAF called it) data and associated processing at Dahlgren??? > > > > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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