On 2021-10-19 OTV 6 was still in the orbit where it has been for many months. On 2021-10-20 and 2021-10-21 it was in a higher orbit. On 2021-10-22 it was in a lower orbit, where it still is today. So why the short excursion to a higher orbit? It appears that meanwhile FalconSat 8 (49381/2020-029C) has been catalogued. It was deployed from OTV 6. Although the date and time of that deployment are unknown, one can easily imagine that it was deployed in that higher orbit. It is a small satellite, but maybe optical observations are possible. NJ _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Wed Nov 03 2021 - 11:15:14 UTC
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