An object launched with the 'Chinese NOSS' mission is worthwhile keeping an eye on. 13-46F (#39244) seems to have a high drag factor - despite the figure being used by Spacetrack. Here are the published revs/day; 13245.4793 13.44003 13246.1546 13.44008 13247.2520 13.48440 13247.4786 13.50069 13248.3769 13.50062 13249.2521 13.51155 Using the first and last values, I get a result of 0.009478 for the drag factor. This indicates a high area/mass ratio, suggesting a balloon, sail or similar structure. regards Russell _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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