OTV 6 and FalconSat 8

From: Nico Janssen via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2021 17:13:49 +0100
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


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