On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 3:27 AM Daniel Deak via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> wrote: > After doing some simulations with the new TLEs, object BR (44298) is the > leader and object BB (44284) is the trailer. There is about 9 minutes in > time between both. There are 64 objects catalogued, so some must be the > rocket stage and debris or dispenser?... The video of the space-craft separation suggested that the satellites were stacked in two columns of 30 directly to the upper stage. I would guess that, as usual, SpaceX de-orbited the upper stage, but that's something I need to check. It may be that the extra 4 pieces are parts that kept the two columns rigid during launch. We'll known soon enough as those pieces will stay in the 440km orbit. To spread the 60 satellites over the orbital plane I would expect that there will be a staggered raising of orbits, which appears to be what is happening already; the trailers are those that started raising their orbit first. Regards, Cees _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Mon May 27 2019 - 01:56:53 UTC
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