Yaogan object

From: Russell Eberst (eberst@blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: Fri Sep 06 2013 - 13:16:13 UTC

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    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
    
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