Here is an overview (with contradictions) about the present situation, mainly based on russian language sources: http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00003251/ t.janos On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 9:49 AM, satrack@libero.it <satrack@libero.it> wrote: > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/private/seesat-l/attachments/20111109/05ecd64e/attachment.html _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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