I wrote:
> If its eventual manoeuvres do not result in a substantially
> circular orbit, then that will argue strongly for a Kobal't.
Cosmos 2410 made its first manoeuvre a few hours ago, and it was typical of a
Kobal't spacecraft: both perigee and apogee were raised, the argument of perigee
was significantly decreased, and mean motion decreased to nearly 16.0 rev/d.
Here are USSTRATCOM's before and after elsets:
165 X 318
1 28396U 04038A 04275.49421296 .00889643 58249-5 21430-3 0 465
2 28396 67.1502 220.1024 0115511 88.7479 59.3561 16.13805118 1092
218 X 336
1 28396U 04038A 04275.73097671 .00158117 56608-5 18429-3 0 475
2 28396 67.1583 219.3084 0088601 62.0401 17.5717 16.00857559 1132
Based upon the above elsets, the pre and post manoeuvre orbits nearly
intersected on 2004 Oct 01 at 15:32:46 UTC, 298 km above 37.4 S, 43.0 W, which
was the approximate time and location of the manoeuvre.
Ted Molczan
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