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| Allen Thomson | 05-06-2009 |
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Latest Compass Satellite Lost, then Found
http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/content/printContentPopup.jsp?id=3D59=
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May 1, 2009
GPS World
Launched on April 14, the second "second generation" Beidou/Compass satel=
lite (designated=20
Compass-G2) was initially tracked by NORAD but then "lost" when the satel=
lite moved from=20
its transfer orbit to a geostationary one.
After a delay of about two weeks, NORAD has issued its first two-line ele=
ment set for the=20
satellite in its geostationary orbit. The satellite is positioned at an e=
ast longitude of=20
84=C2=B0 39' (just southeast of Sri Lanka).
> Launched on April 14, the second "second generation" Beidou/Compass satellite
(designated
> Compass-G2) was initially tracked by NORAD but then "lost" when the satellite
moved from
> its transfer orbit to a geostationary one.
This seems odd, as the GEODSS station on Diego Garcia (72.4 E) should
have seen the satellite when it got to GEO. Maybe it was clouded out??
