Allen Thomson wrote: > It's being reported that it's new type of ELINT satellite. > > > http://www.russianspaceweb.com/ > > Very interesting -- it would be useful to get even a poorly resolved > picture of the satellite to see if it's roughly EORSAT/US-PM-like in > appearance. Is Ron Dantowitz in the house? Its orbital inclination, eccentricity and mean motion resemble those of the Kobal't IMINT (imaging intelligence) birds. Cosmos 2410 1 28396U 04038A 04269.45934191 .00515653 57005-5 17292-3 0 71 2 28396 67.1499 240.5198 0143318 94.9864 18.4824 16.05114183 125 Compare with the early orbits of the five previous Kobal't: Cosmos 2348 1 25095U 97080A 97349.70570549 -.00001812 57285-5 00000+0 0 12 2 25095 67.1508 305.8485 0135499 94.5064 267.0707 16.06905668 08 Cosmos 2358 1 25373U 98038A 98175.88588313 -.00001823 57647-5 00000+0 0 14 2 25373 67.1296 176.2846 0126114 93.0668 268.4962 16.08559424 27 Cosmos 2365 1 25889U 99044A 99230.86516814 .00853694 57342-5 29074-3 0 32 2 25889 67.1366 222.8062 0132123 96.8984 264.7306 16.07255989 23 Cosmos 2377 1 26775U 01022A 01149.79958589 -.00001806 57114-5 00000+0 0 19 2 26775 67.1266 142.3626 0145153 95.7771 266.2031 16.04612957 18 Cosmos 2387 1 27382U 02008A 02057.36036259 .00856054 57445-5 27723-3 0 61 2 27382 67.1195 41.3348 0135155 94.6990 25.4104 16.07111313 104 Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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