The orbit is reminiscent of a piece debris from Vortex 5 (88077A / 19458), which failed in GTO, that was discovered in 2002 by the late Ron Welch, and also observed by Tony Beresford: 88077A piece 774 X 39550 km 1 90011U 02624A 02130.20892050 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 00 2 90011 27.6533 351.6660 7305018 12.9232 347.7552 2.00828262 02 Ron observed it flashing to 2nd and 3rd magnitude at range >40,000 km, and timed a number of them, from which Tony derived a period of variation of 35.72 s. Tony also observed the bright flashes, at similar range, and confirmed the flash period. Int2 propagates it to the following elements today: 1 90011U 02624A 10252.65005378 .00000067 00000-0 00000-0 0 05 2 90011 27.0033 212.1385 7276652 352.1241 0.8539 2.00729668 08 Ted Molczan _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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