Kosmos 2568 (56091, 2023-045A) was launched from Plesetsk on 2023-03-29 at 19:57 UTC. Its orbit plane appears to be 8.7 degrees from the plane of Kosmos 2558 and USA 326. So apparently it is not to be expected to get involved in inspections of USA 326. Also, its orbit plane is 4.2 degrees from the plane of Kosmos 2562, so it also appears to be unrelated to that Kosmos (and Kosmos 2561). Meanwhile, Kosmos 2558 currently remains in its 457 x 472 km orbit, while USA 326 is in its 488 x 503 km orbit. NJ On 25-03-2023 13:56, Nico Janssen wrote: > > A Kosmos reconnaissance satellite is to be launched on 2023-03-29 > from Plesetsk, probably between 20:00 and 21:00 UTC. > > Interestingly, it looks like this Kosmos will be launched into the orbit > plane of Kosmos 2558, and therefore also the orbit plane of USA 326. > USA 326 will pass overhead Plesetsk at around 20:22 UTC. > > Apparently Kosmos 2558 (53323, 22089A) will get some assistance > from another 'Inspektor' satellite for further inspection of USA 326 > (51445, 22009A). > > NJ > > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Thu Mar 30 2023 - 05:43:54 UTC
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