96072A (USA 129) was several tenths of a second early, probably the result of the recent increase in solar flux and yesterday's brief geomagnetic storm. Its perigee has begun to precess into sunlight, and to decrease in altitude, which will lead to increasing drag in the near term. 24680 96 072A 2701 G 20040616024010170 17 25 1447334-253766 96 S 24680 96 072A 2701 G 20040616024134220 17 25 1424806-113992 18 S 24680 96 072A 2701 G 20040616024340470 17 25 1321060+244313 18 S 24680 96 072A 2701 G 20040616024402280 17 25 1302640+322657 27 S 24680 96 072A 2701 G 20040616024426650 17 25 1237485+404386 28 S 24680 96 072A 2701 G 20040616024832550 17 25 0616697+595206 28 S What these numbers mean: http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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