At 17:41 13/06/99 , JAY RESPLER wrote: .... >These last elements for A are 5.5 years old. I haven't compared them, but if >the new elements are similar, that raises the question, is 25776 B, or recovered >A? > >79009A >1 11261U 79009A 93364.99999999 -.00000068 +00000-0 +10000-3 0 05886 >2 11261 004.8500 053.2620 1027781 214.1630 172.9940 01.09673722000011 > I dont think so Jay, The latest elset for 25776 is what one would expect for a geotransfer orbit that has lost apogee height thru airdrag. UNK 1 25776U 79009B 99163.37945603 .00012744 00000-0 15412-2 0 36 2 25776 23.9658 182.5801 4919226 212.8054 103.7870 5.77693631177965 UNK 1 25776U 79009B 99162.34298068 .00012558 00000-0 16046-2 0 24 2 25776 23.9541 183.8959 4916927 210.5026 108.3613 5.77675053177901 UNK 1 25776U 79009B 99159.40645531 .00013028 00000-0 15982-2 0 18 2 25776 23.9647 187.6313 4919758 204.0230 121.8757 5.77595427177730 and not the solar-lunar pertubations of the orbit you present for ECS-1. Tony Beresford