I reported their magnitudes the other day but failed to mention the pair that is nearly in formation. You can tell by the timings that there is significant orbit adjustment ahead for the B object. 10- 9 A 10-03-30 02:16:05 BY S; 6 10- 9 C 10-03-30 02:16:40 BY S; 6 10- 9 B 10-03-30 02:40:07 BY S; 6 Brad ----- Original Message ---- > From: Igor Lissov <lissov-i@yandex.ru> > To: SeeSat-L@satobs.org > Sent: Thu, April 1, 2010 10:40:27 AM > Subject: Re: Chinese NOSS? > > Hi, > On March 5 at 0455 UTC a Chinese satellite launch occured at > Jiuquan. > As of today, two objects are reported by US Space Com with > typical > NOSS orbits (63.4 deg, 1100 km). As US Space Com is extremly > slow > in releasing elements, I would propose visual observing of > objects > 36413 and 36414 just to correctly count them. Object > 36414 started to rise her orbit on March 31 and I expect in a couple of days > the three satellites will form a close group with 36413 and 36415 in plane > and 36414 some 0.9° to the east of these. May be interesting to > observe. Igor > Lissov _______________________________________________ Seesat-l > mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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