Re: NOSS 2-1 "Triangle"

From: Kevin Fetter (kfetter@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jul 07 2004 - 10:19:18 EDT

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    --- Art Glick <omb00900@mail.wvnet.edu> wrote:
    > How is it that there's a rocket sitting where the 'B' object of this 
    > triangle should be?  Don't these sats require occasional adjustments to 
    > their orbits to maintain spacing and their function?  Why would they (or 
    > could they) maintain station keeping on a rocket?
    
    If the rocket has a similar orbit, it can fly by the noss clusters, and for a period of time
    pretend to be part of the cluster.
    
    The older generation has three satellites, while the newest generation has 2 satellites.
    
    Old generation
    
    NOSS 2-1 (E)
    1 20642U 90050E   04186.14798935 0.00000010  00000-0  12107-4 0    02
    2 20642  63.4130 101.8172 0373000 356.5129   3.4871 13.40454099    09
    NOSS 2-1 (C)
    1 20691U 90050C   04186.14801431 0.00000010  00000-0  11987-4 0    07
    2 20691  63.4170 102.4934 0377500   1.0732 358.9268 13.40453842    04
    NOSS 2-1 (D)
    1 20692U 90050D   04186.14809030 0.00000010  00000-0  12027-4 0    07
    2 20692  63.4120 102.2424 0376000   1.7879 358.2121 13.40453794    02
    
    NOSS 2-2 (C)
    1 21799U 91076C   04159.91786143 0.00000020  00000-0  26465-4 0    01
    2 21799  63.4190  56.3891 0330000   1.1993 358.8006 13.40454867    06
    NOSS 2-2 (D)
    1 21808U 91076D   04159.91799012 0.00000010  00000-0  13155-4 0    02
    2 21808  63.4160  56.6420 0333000   0.9637 359.0363 13.40455073    09
    NOSS 2-2 (E)
    1 21809U 91076E   04159.91787730 0.00000020  00000-0  26823-4 0    04
    2 21809  63.4180  56.1204 0323000 354.5800   5.4199 13.40454705    06
    
    NOSS 2-3 (D)
    1 23862U 96029D   04187.03837552 0.00000010  00000-0  16400-4 0    09
    2 23862  63.4190 260.7505 0189000   0.3547 359.6453 13.40454520    01
    NOSS 2-3 (C)
    1 23908U 96029C   04187.03839864 0.00000010  00000-0  16436-4 0    07
    2 23908  63.4240 260.6671 0187000 356.9464   3.0536 13.40454814    05
    NOSS 2-3 (E)
    1 23936U 96029E   04187.03845441 0.00000010  00000-0  16418-4 0    06
    2 23936  63.4260 260.8879 0188000   0.4687 359.5312 13.40455205    05
    
    New Generation
    
    USA 160
    1 26905U 01040A   04184.93330273 0.00000040  00000-0  72370-4 0    04
    2 26905  63.4310 203.5185 0046500 175.1420 184.8580 13.40464341    04
    USA 160 (C)
    1 26907U 01040C   04185.08242401 0.00000020  00000-0  36195-4 0    01
    2 26907  63.4310 202.9412 0045500 176.8041 183.1959 13.40463768    02
    
    NOSS 3-2 (A)
    1 28095U 03054A   04185.93710788 0.00000020  00000-0  35126-4 0    03
    2 28095  63.4330 117.8708 0111000 178.7242 181.2758 13.40458854    05
    NOSS 3-2 (C)
    1 28097U 03054C   04185.93719399 0.00000020  00000-0  35115-4 0    00
    2 28097  63.4350 118.0655 0111500 178.9434 181.0566 13.40458470    02
    
    
    
    		
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