Cosmos 2542 made another maneuver on the 31st and is now drifting back towards USA 245. Closest approach will be between Feb 7 and 10. Have been going into some more detail on Twitter, but based on the most recent observations from Nico, it looks like USA 245 may have made a slight adjustment shortly after 2542 sync'd its orbit to drift away a bit. The latest Cosmos maneuver has put it back on a closing rate. Michael ________________________________ From: Allen Thomson <thomsona_at_flash.net> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2020 12:41 PM To: Michael R Thompson via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>; Michael R Thompson <thomp376_at_purdue.edu> Subject: Re: Kosmos 2542/2543 vs USA 245? Makes the news, modestly: https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-is-mystery-russian-spacecraft-cosmos-2542-suddenly-stalking-a-us-spy-satellite _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Sun Feb 02 2020 - 01:47:59 UTC
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