Observations yesterday by David Brierley and Russell Eberst revealed that the NOSS 3-4 pair had resumed their manoeuvres to correct the shortfall in their orbit, after about a three week manoeuvre hiatus. I took advantage of a rare clear sky this morning to obtain a few more points: 31701 07 027A 2701 G 20080131114000750 17 25 0903645+223867 18 S 31708 07 027C 2701 G 20080131114027580 17 25 0904600+224665 18 S 31708 07 027C 2701 G 20080131114124860 17 25 0854113+303419 37 S 31708 07 027C 2701 G 20080131114203930 17 25 0843961+362411 18 S IOD format: http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html Site 2701: 43.68764 N, 79.39243 W, 230 m They were about 0.9 s early, and within a few hundredth's of degree of track relative Mike McCants' preliminary elements, which were based on David and Russell's observations: NOSS 3-4 (A) 1 31701U 07027A 08030.28276856 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 06 2 31701 63.3768 170.5043 0143000 149.1850 210.8150 13.42332605 09 NOSS 3-4 (C) 1 31708U 07027C 08030.28310382 0.00000020 00000-0 33619-4 0 04 2 31708 63.3805 170.6747 0131000 149.4505 210.5495 13.42337300 03 Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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