> It appears that Astra 1K was raised from a 171 x 156 km orbit > (the first of the Blok DM ones above) to a 299 x 146 km orbit > (the second of the Astra 1K elsets) between Nov 26.869 and Nov 27.116. > Presumably a COLA analysis could pin down the time. Results of AllCola: Elsets #8 and #14 had a long sequence of encounters 2002-11-26 02-18 UTC #9 and #13 2002-11-26 21:59:02 at 4 km #9 with #14 and #15 2002-11-27 2:17:15 at 30+ km #14 and #15 2002-11-26 20:59:50 at 8 km So, if there was a single-impulse boost it would have been Nov.26 around 22:00 UTC Astra: Astra 1K #13 Blok DM3 r 171 x 156 km 1 37558U 02053B 02330.86929521 .04524269 12437-4 28286-3 0 136 2 37558 51.5799 54.9868 0011817 279.3691 80.7592 16.40899035 152 Astra 1K #9 299 x 146 km 1 97557U 02053A 02331.11564909 .02480973 11829-4 20809-3 0 92 2 97557 51.5938 53.6192 0115872 298.2794 62.4379 16.18854523 194 Rocket: Astra 1K #8 186 x 171 km 1 87557U 02053A 02330.87125512 .01703153 12238-4 21124-3 0 89 2 87557 51.5660 55.0293 0011458 166.9008 193.2291 16.35113724 150 Astra 1K #14 Blok DM3 r 182 x 170 km 1 47558U 02053B 02331.11270232 .01847656 12266-4 20681-3 0 140 2 47558 51.5657 53.6699 0009304 169.9036 173.0733 16.36137037 197 Astra 1K #15 Blok DM3 r 181 x 168 km 1 57558U 02053B 02331.23771567 .02065705 12280-4 21552-3 0 153 2 57558 51.5642 52.9688 0009408 166.3803 193.7479 16.36758949 219 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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