The observations below do not seem to match anything in ALLDAT. Magnitude was mag 8 to 9, period several secs, at a range of about 12000 km. I was looking for 00048B = #26476. YATELEY(WATERMAN)ENGLAND IntlId SiteYYMMDDHHMMSSss Sss TCHHMMmm DDddd Ddd E MMm 9900000211500090123024708 020 13005133 +0820 004 5 +80 9900000211500090123045016 020 13010666 +0840 002 5 9900000211500090123065222 020 13011277 +0917 004 5 Unfortunately only a very small part of the arc was observed, so a wide range of orbits can fit the observations. These are 2 possible orbits, the first circular, the second with perigee=200km. 1 0U 99000A 00245.91158000 .00000000 00000-0 00000+0 0 04 2 0 25.5530 294.7500 0000000 69.4400 290.5600 3.96127009 01 1 0U 99000A 00245.92469000 .00000000 00000-0 00000+0 0 00 2 0 27.0710 283.6500 3895800 277.0500 41.2580 7.76004982 00 Any suggestions about its identity or orbit welcome. Mike Waterman mike.waterman@marconi.com Site Yateley = COSPAR 2115 = 51.3286N 0.7950W 75m. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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