Re: Mysterious ECS-1 (AYAME)) rocket?

Tony Beresford (starman@camtech.net.au)
Sun, 13 Jun 1999 18:05:03 +0930

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