Brad Young posted: >Can't id slow moving object 11m while waiting for 27938 last night - near >90 deg inclination and I estimate range 8000+ miles I did not find a match either. Here is a "plausible" nominal orbit. There are "aux motors" in 46 degree inclination orbits. If one has a high drag, Spacecom could have lost it. 1 99991U 09226.54754691 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 00 2 99991 46.0000 127.4252 5400000 72.2765 287.7234 4.00000000 07 Of course there are a multitude of orbits with higher or lower mean motion that would fit your observations, so no one should actually use this elset to try to search for it. This complementary orbit (argument of perigee on the opposite side of your observation) also works: 1 99991U 09226.46154517 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 02 2 99991 46.0000 126.8342 5400000 263.2765 96.7234 4.00000000 00 This is more likely because it has the perigee over the southern hemisphere. Mike McCants ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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