I've updated the site to use the LEO parking orbit. Maybe this helps in the attempt to find it. DEC, RA and Magnitude are still displayed. http://digilander.libero.it/SATrack/Phobos.html?q=phobos Regards, Simone >----Messaggio originale---- >Da: ssl3molcz@rogers.com >Data: 9-nov-2011 1.05 >A: <seesat-l@satobs.org> >Ogg: Phobos-Grunt - serious problem reported > >I have just received word from the project that there seems to be a serious problem. > >After the planned first burn of the engine, the spacecraft was not found in the predicted orbit. Alternative radar >observations preliminarily show that there are two objects in the orbit with parameters the same as before the planned >engine burn. Observers are requested to attempt to discover the spacecraft in the initial LEO parking orbit. > >This is the official pre-launch estimated TLE of the LEO parking orbit: > >1 55500U 11000A 11312.95486111 -.00010748 00000-0 -11606-4 0 14 >2 55500 51.4279 0.6058 0106375 25.7555 298.8256 15.98414689 33 > >I imagine that one of the two objects seen on the radar could be the final stage of the booster. Accurate descriptions >and counts of the number of objects seen, as well as position and time would be useful. > >Ted Molczan > > >_______________________________________________ >Seesat-l mailing list >http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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