I didn't expect that SpaceTrack would release any TLEs for USA-193 debris, but I thought that we could figure out *how many* debris objects might have been cataloged by the gap in numbers between 32499 (the last one added before the USA-193 shoot-down) and the next number in the list. But today SpaceTrack added the two objects from the KIZUNA/H-IIA launch, and they are the next two numbers in sequence: 32500 & 32501. Why is it that classified objects get numbers, but just don't get published with a "U" (i.e. we see the gap in numbers), but USA-193 debris have no "place holder" numbers? Or could it be that they haven't observed any debris? (I note that I haven't seen any posts on SeeSat-L with any visual reports or timings of debris.) Ralph McConahy 38.3306N, 75.6970W, -25m (WGS84) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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