Kosmos 2558 continues to raise its orbit, coming closer to USA 326. If it remains in its current orbit, close passes will occur on 2023-03-19 around 12:05 UTC at a distance of about 50.5 km, and on 2023-03-28 around 18:37 UTC at a distance of about 40.6 km. NJ On 15-03-2023 11:08, Nico Janssen via Seesat-l wrote: > > In the past several months Kosmos 2558 (53323, 2022-089A) > has been maneuvering two or three times per month to keep its > altitude between 441 and 444 km and to keep its orbit plane close > to the plane of USA 326 (51445, 2022-009A). > > Now Kosmos 2558 has raised its orbit further, bringing it closer > to the orbit of USA 326. Kosmos 2558 is now in a 446 x 455 km > orbit, while USA 326 is in a 489 x 505 km orbit. Assuming no further > orbit changes, there will be relatively close passes in the future, e.g. > Kosmos 2558 will pass USA 326 at a distance of about 44.6 km on > 2023-03-18 around 07:05 UTC. > > Kosmos 2558, which is based on the 14F150 Nivelir platform like its > predecessors Kosmos 2519 and Kosmos 2542, was launched into the > orbit plane of USA 326 on August 1, 2022. So far no 'Inspektor' > subsatellite appears to have been deployed from Kosmos 2558. > > NJ > > > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Thu Mar 16 2023 - 17:04:14 UTC
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