JSpOC increases tracking capabilities The Joint Space Operations Centre here increased its daily conjunction assessment screening capabilities for manoeuvrable satellites by almost 700 percent Aug. 23. In less than seven months, the JSpOC went from tracking 120 active manoeuvrable satelli...
Orbital elements:
2011 SP32 Earth MOID = 0.0215 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 5.70235 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.30999974 Peri. 288.42900 +0.48161734 +0.87633290
a 2.1621965 Node 10.37680 -0.78346219 +0.43525453
e 0.5883851 Incl. 2.94082 -0.39272349 +0.20638350
P 3.18 H 23.4 G 0....
Orbital elements:
2011 SM32 Earth MOID = 0.2356 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 4.74343 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.31144601 Peri. 324.63598 +0.79217706 +0.61027390
a 2.1554976 Node 357.73875 -0.52957315 +0.68362709
e 0.4262606 Incl. 6.71199 -0.30332784 +0.40027461
P 3.16 H 23.0 G 0...
Orbital elements:
2011 SO32 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0471 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 318.70641 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.43520146 Peri. 243.26518 +0.14003947 -0.98856846
a 1.7245501 Node 198.93504 +0.95858453 +0.14949240
e 0.4766809 Incl. 9.91411 +0.24800131 -0.01960676
P 2.26 H...
Orbital elements:
2011 SQ32 Earth MOID = 0.0143 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 356.01421 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.24986784 Peri. 333.84227 +0.97188595 +0.23537511
a 2.4964860 Node 12.54841 -0.21087247 +0.88151848
e 0.5933453 Incl. 1.58802 -0.10474013 +0.40929663
P 3.94 H 25.0 G...
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