USSTRATCOM catalogued a single object from the NROL-34 launch overnight: USA 229 / 2011-014A / 37386. That the Centaur was not catalogued is consistent with its having been de-orbited within one rev of launch. No doubt, the second NOSS payload is also in orbit, but as with all four past NOSS 3 launches, at least several days will pass before it is catalogued, and then only as debris of USA 229, even though its brightness is the same as USA 229, and it manoeuvres to keep station with it. Ted Molczan _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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