Here are updated elements of XSS-11's rocket: XSS-11 r 1.3 1.1 0.0 7.6 v 1 28637U 05011B 05345.25624330 .00000054 00000-0 30201-4 0 07 2 28637 98.8533 335.3908 0011708 240.9638 119.0361 14.11052027 08 Arc 2005 Oct 29.24 - Dec 11.28, WRMS residuals = 0.028 deg XSS-11 continues to manoeuvre in the vicinity of its rocket. Here is a summary of XSS-11 observations reported to-date, with its along-track position relative its rocket: Date UTC Nov 07 05:50 6.2 km ahead (Russell Eberst) Nov 09 05:30 0.3 km ahead (Russell Eberst) Nov 12 05:00 12.6 km ahead (Peter Wakelin) Nov 21 05:09 8.4 km behind (Peter Wakelin) Nov 25 06:37 7.6 km behind (Peter Wakelin) Dec 07 05:45 14.0 km ahead (David Brierley) Dec 11 06:45 38.0 km behind (David Brierley) It seems clear that on Nov 09, Russell spotted a rendezvous in progress. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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