> Greetings from those of us who practice the "dark art" of radio observing. > > Ivan Artner of Hungary and myself (in the UK) have been tracking an object > in highly eccentric orbit. Paul Marsh (also UK) made a series of detailed > Doppler measurements on one pass and we have been able to derive possible > elset: > > 1 80000U 05000A 05278.68515000 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0001 > 2 80000 63.4000 172.0000 7108823 279.5000 180.0000 2.00599011 00001 > > It does not seem to fit any object listed by SpaceTrack. The obvious > question is whether any unlisted visual objects might fit the bill. Bob, from a quick look at your elset it looks like an object in a Molniya orbit - 63.4 degree inclination and a mean motion of 2. If it isn't on Space Track it is likely to be a classified sat. I'm sure someone else will ID it for you. Best wishes Bruce MacDonald COSPAR Site 2751 Devizes, Wiltshire, UK 51.3440 N 1.9849 W 125m (WGS84) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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