CURRENT OBSERVATIONS [UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OBJECT A 32783 -- CARTOSAT-2A OBJECT B 32784 -- NTS OBJECT C 32785 -- CanX-2 or Cute-1.7+APD II (SFL/Matunaga, May 9) OBJECT D 32786 -- IMS-1 OBJECT E 32787 -- Could be COMPASS-1 (Rupprecht, May 8) OBJECT F 32788 -- Could be AAUSat-II (Nielsen, May 7) OBJECT G 32789 -- Could be Delfi-C3 (Wallio, May 7) OBJECT H 32790 -- TBC OBJECT J 32791 -- Could be SEEDS (Rupprecht, May 8) OBJECT K 32792 -- RUBIN-8/PSLV OBJECT L 32797 -- CanX-2 or Cute-1.7+APD II (SFL/Matunaga, May 9) CURRENT OBSERVATIONS [DK3WN] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32785 OBJECT C CANX-2 0.81 RCS too large 32787 OBJECT E COMPASS-1 0.103 RCS to large for a single cube 32788 OBJECT F AAUSat-II 0.033 RCS seems OK (single cube) 32789 OBJECT G DELFI-C3 0.096 RCS OK (triple cube) 32790 OBJECT H 0.047 RCS must be a single cube 32791 OBJECT J SEEDS 0.06 RCS seems OK (single cube) 32797 OBJECT L CUTE-1.7+APD-II TBD must be a triple cube
Colin, VK5HI: I have confirmed that Objects F & H are definitely not Cute 1.7+APD II. This morning I tracked again using Object C and it was a good fit. Looking at the Cute Blog a few minutes ago, I noted they have highlighted an Object L trailing C by 15 kilometres. Plugging in the latest elements I get that CANX-2 Object C trails Object G (presumed to be DELFI) by 8 seconds. Object L trails Object C by 3 seconds. Looking at my notes Object L is a better fit for AOS & LOS for Cute. Object G (Delfi) tracks very well through the pass maintaining a 1600 Hz Tone for the RASCAL Software. Hence it would appear by observation that Object L is potentially Cute 1.7+APD II.