Re: ISS follower

From: JAY RESPLER (jrespler@superlink.net)
Date: Mon Sep 30 2002 - 02:17:32 EDT

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    Ed Cannon wrote:
    > 
    > Well, this is interesting.  Ed Light wrote:
    > 
    > >After the previous postings regarding a bright object
    > >following ISS, I waited a couple of hours hoping more
    > >recent TLEs would clear up any mystery. Unfortunately,
    > >all they did was extend my confusion.
    
    >  A while ago I generated predictions
    > trying to find what object was trailing ISS, and I got the
    > following -- which look like Progress had already docked
    > with ISS (!):
    
    These are the TLEs that produced the predictions I had posted.
    
    ISS
    1 25544U 98067A   02272.13439256  .00034926  00000-0  41973-3 0  1999
    2 25544  51.6345 251.0860 0017451 312.8670 144.9477 15.60341912220241
    PROGRESS-M 46
    1 27454U 02033A   02272.17924014  .00034785  00000-0  32181-3 0  1112
    2 27454  51.6366 250.6575 0036823 274.6023 171.7085 15.66301731 14824
    PROGRESS M1-9
    1 27531U 02045A   02272.26351691  .00361332  00000-0  41061-2 0   268
    2 27531  51.6424 250.4499 0015352 315.1091 146.5779 15.60457010   560
    
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    Jay Respler
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