The following elements are based on observations by Tony Beresford and Greg Roberts from 2000 Nov 19 - 24: USA 129 15.0 3.0 0.0 5.1 v 1 24680U 96072A 00329.86038194 .00041292 00000-0 58706-3 0 07 2 24680 97.8757 30.1012 0469845 176.2465 184.2835 14.83953062 01 Mean residuals are about 0.02 deg. The possible major re-boost manoeuvre had not occurred as of Greg's observation on Nov 24, at 20:27 UTC. It now seems unlikely that the KeyHoles will manoeuvre at the current opportunity, but since I don't know the exact tolerances (in terms of allowable distance of perigee from equator), I am continuing the alert a bit longer. I expect the next re-boost opportunity to occur on or about 2000 Dec 03, when USA 116's argument of perigee crosses the equator. Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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