NCat object 27369 was "MDS 1 Fairing1". Old elset: MDS 1 Fairing1 4.0 2.0 0.0 5.5 v 13 1 27369U 02003C 04134.44668028 .00000240 00000-0 92102-3 0 5351 2 27369 28.7040 276.4611 7187033 293.4554 9.2890 2.29966320 18981 This object has been changed by Spacecom to be NCat 28237 (02 003D). MDS 1 Fairing1 4.0 2.0 0.0 5.5 v 13 1 28237U 02003D 04145.31650390 +.00000084 +00000-0 +10418-2 0 00054 2 28237 028.7007 272.5690 7184584 299.7514 008.2036 02.29972027019237 NCat 27369 (02 003C) is apparently the H2-A rocket: MDS 1 H2A r 13.5 2.5 0.0 4.2 d 27 1 27369U 02003C 04145.40825298 -.00000180 +00000-0 +10000-3 0 05433 2 27369 024.3438 307.5401 6873741 288.2783 012.1916 02.37185043019257 NCat 28243 (02 003E) is apparently the other fairing. MDS 1 Fairing2 4.0 2.0 0.0 5.5 v 6 1 28243U 02003E 04141.38417928 +.00000180 +00000-0 +13473-2 0 00075 2 28243 028.7173 275.5521 7192523 294.8761 009.0850 02.28851236014703 The old elset for this object (which was lost in 2002) with the number 90012 has been withdrawn. The fairings often flash to magnitude 7 or 8 even at ranges of 10000+ miles. I assume the H2-A rocket will also be quite bright. Mike McCants ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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