Analysis of the circumstances of the launches of the three Trumpet satellites: 94026A, 95034A and 97068A, reveals that their orbital planes are spaced apart by very roughly 60 degrees. Further analysis also reveals that we have correctly designated the object we call 94026A; however, the plane of the object that we have been calling 95034A is far from the expected location of 95034A, but within a few degrees of the expected location of 97068A. Accordingly, the object we have designated as: USA 112 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 v 1 23609U 95034A 00246.79759900 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 02 2 23609 63.3580 209.7063 6860000 270.7885 89.2115 2.00614408 02 should be re-designated as: USA 136 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 v 1 25034U 97068A 00246.79759900 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 05 2 25034 63.3580 209.7063 6860000 270.7885 89.2115 2.00614408 06 The plane of the real 95034A is expected to lie roughly mid-way between the planes of 94026A and 97068A, which are currently about 127 deg apart. A consensus for the re-designation has been reached among those who I know to have been the most active observers and orbital analysts of the Trumpets, based on a reasonably detailed description of my analysis. It is a bit lengthy to post, but I will share it by e-mail with anyone who is interested. Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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