Probable recovery of 83-56C

dmbrierley@taz.dra.hmg.gb
Wed, 10 Feb 1999 09:18:49 +0000

After Russell Eberst made two observations of a mag +8 unid 
satellite on the morning of 1999 February 8, I followed his hunch 
that it was one of the 83-56 (NOSS 5) objects, perhaps 83-56C lost 
late in 1997.  This morning February 10, I was able to make further 
observations, as follows:

IntlId SiteYYMMDDHHMMSSss  Sss  TCHHMMmm   DDMMm   Mm E
8305603267599021006144734  010  12083995  +44225   2  5 
8305603267599021006151282  010  12082745  +49363   15 5 
8305603267599021006165536  010  12061848  +69159   1  5 
8305603267599021006172784  010  12043322  +72265   15 5 
8305603267599021006182225  010  12015366  +69164   2  5 
8305603267599021006185955  010  12005254  +63590   2  5 999

Here is an accurate orbit for it, all elements determined apart from 
i and ndot.  As usual I apologise for the non-standard 
form:
8305603 99041.24642950 0.00000040
  63.4180 159.2779 0.0438959   4.2805 356.1083 13.40374941

David Brierley
Malvern, Worcestershire, UK
Station 2675, 52.1358N, 2.3264W, 70m