Kevin Fetter wrote: > Until someone can id this, I call it a unid. > > 99999 99 999A 1775 G 20100903081556107 15 25 0307018-064922 37 S > 99999 99 999A 1775 G 20100903081613824 15 25 0313518-070508 37 S > 99999 99 999A 1775 G 20100903081717753 15 25 0337960-080280 37 S Circular orbits fit to the three combinations of points: 1 to 2 1 70000U 10246.34439939 .00000000 0 0 2 70000 28.2369 283.6375 0001000 .0000 111.6432 9.95384745 0 2 to 3 1 70000U 10246.34460444 .00000000 0 0 2 70000 28.6832 285.3348 0001000 .0000 110.5015 10.26203800 0 1 to 3 1 70000U 10246.34439939 .00000000 0 0 2 70000 28.5897 284.9995 0001000 .0000 110.1624 10.19625632 0 The inconsistency in mean motion among the three short arcs indicates an elliptical orbit, which combined with the inclination, suggests an upper-stage in GTO, probably launched from Cape Canaveral. Next step is to attempt fits to common combinations of mean motion and eccentricty, and see whether the results correlate with any of our lost objects, or a recent launch. Ted Molczan _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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