I'm pretty sure Humanity Star and other sats (non-maneuverable) went in to an orbital inclination of around 83 degree. The above TLE also matches well to Humanity Star's web site (which clearly indicates a polar inclination as well). So until we know officially, my bet is still on 43166... On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 1:16 PM, Jim Cook via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> wrote: > > Launched from New Zealand last week on a 46 degree inclination, assigned > NORAD ID 43163, > > > > Has that ID number been officially assigned anywhere specifically to > Humanity Star? I have seen three different IDs from among the 6 objects > released, each reported to be Humanity Star. Yet they all can't be > correct. You have it as 43163. N2yo.com has it as 43166. > Heavens-above.com has it as 43168. > > > > http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43166 > > http://www.heavens-above.com/satinfo.aspx?satid=43168 > > > > But I haven't seen anything from the Humanity Star staff confirming which > one it is. > > > Jim Cook > Germantown, MD, US > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > Seesat-l Digest, Vol 47, Issue 26 > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 14:18:19 +0000 > From: Tony Rice <rtphokie_at_gmail.com> > To: Charles Phillips <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> > Subject: Any "Humanity Star" sightings? > Message-ID: > <CA+xBOu-WgiUr1R9wtG-BJ-QJGVUmL0pk68_M7hJbvpGmKDsRnw_at_ > mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Launched from New Zealand last week on a 46 degree inclination, assigned > NORAD ID 43163, has anyone spotted this meter wide highly reflective "disco > ball"? Any magnitude estimates? > > 1 43163U 18010A 18025.74241954 .00000328 -10343-5 00000+0 0 9998 > 2 43163 82.9341 134.8637 0176416 206.1648 153.1367 15.52139150 727 > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5308317/ > Disco-nights-Rocket-Lab-launches-glinting-sphere-orbit.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Sat Jan 27 2018 - 17:14:22 UTC
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