Re: [amsat-bb] TiungSat operations

[Jim S <jsebolt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 30 Sep 2000, Chris Jackson wrote:
> The downlink frequency is 437.325 MHZ.  Note that the object number seems to
> have changed recently to 26546 (from 26548).  This is normal following a
> launch as NASA don't know what the spacecraft are.

Analysis of the latest TLEs seems to confirm the swap of the B & D pieces.
The new order of passing is A C B D E G & F, with F in a higher and more 
elliptical orbit, and the separation between pieces slowly increasing.

UNK
1 26545U 00057A   00272.91756950 +.00011228 +00000-0 +16023-2 0 00356
2 26545 064.5621 184.0254 0005774 331.4894 028.5893 14.77041213000361
UNK
1 26546U 00057B   00272.98805694  .00002054  00000-0  32092-3 0    64
2 26546  64.5612 183.8320 0003943 103.9763 256.3588 14.75433892   375
UNK
1 26547U 00057C   00274.20669076  .00002868  00000-0  43481-3 0    38
2 26547  64.5618 180.1042 0002439  47.6222 312.5097 14.75978987   566
UNK
1 26548U 00057D   00273.05583842  .00002898  00000-0  45614-3 0    29
2 26548  64.5598 183.6387 0010145 117.1431 232.5713 14.74307766   399
UNK
1 26549U 00057E   00274.21324465  .00000308  00000-0  67984-4 0    44
2 26549  64.5618 180.1235 0015049 119.7786 240.4814 14.73421336   564
UNK
1 26550U 00057F   00273.16848443  .00000903  00000-0  35772-3 0    46
2 26550  64.5652 184.4434 0522420 129.4454 235.4055 13.78330010   381
UNK
1 26551U 00057G   00273.46841926 -.00000934  00000-0 -12487-3 0    21
2 26551  64.5617 182.4035 0019348 123.2238 237.0716 14.72566188   452


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