Re: Kosmos 2535/2536/2543 operations

From: Dr. T.S. Kelso via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 17:36:28 +0000
Nico,

I have made adjustments to the CelesTrak SATCAT, based on the information you provided from the Russian owners on their IDs. Of course, if they are as close as Marco reports, we might expect that IDs vs. TLEs could still shuffle.  - TS

Dr. T.S. Kelso
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On 2020 Sep 19, at 11:15, Nico Janssen via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org<mailto:seesat-l_at_satobs.org>> wrote:


Tnx Roger and Marco. This seems to confirm that they are
actually docked now. Let's keep an eye on them to see what
further surprises they have to offer.

NJ

On 19-09-2020 22:59, Marco Langbroek wrote:
Op 19-9-2020 om 22:35 schreef Nico Janssen via Seesat-l:
To prevent confusion: according to the Russian owners of these satellites
Kosmos 2536 is object 44424. Kosmos 2537 and 2538 are the objects
44422 and 44423. These are passive satellites that do not maneuver.

Therefore the Satcat at 18 SPCS and at CelesTrak are not correct.
Jonathan McDowell's GCAT is correct.

NJ

I tried to image them this evening (85 mm lens) but they are so close together
(only 18 arcseconds according to the ephemerids!) that they look like one,
non-separable object on my video. This one really needs telescopic observations.

- Marco


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