The whole thing is mysterious.I thought K2519 is the target and K2521 the inspector.Now the target is running to the hunter ??
All has been quiet with these satellites for nearly a week, but of course it is far too soon to suggest that the manoeuvres are over.This week what seems to be the annual "data transmission problem" reappeared with Space-Track, which means that they are issuing only the latest set of orbital data each day, not every element set generated that day, and even then the reduced data are being issued a day later than normal. No-one ever explains what the problem is with transmitting the data, but last year it lasted for around three months before the problem was sorted.
Been catching up on my issues of Spaceflight so have now read your article on this topic and it was much appreciated and informative. That’s the most recent issue I’ve read so have you written a follow up letter as you indicated you were going to?
Quote from: Star One on 07/28/2018 08:02 amBeen catching up on my issues of Spaceflight so have now read your article on this topic and it was much appreciated and informative. That’s the most recent issue I’ve read so have you written a follow up letter as you indicated you were going to?Thank you for your comments.My "Letter to the editor" quickly grew into a second article which I planned to send in at the beginning of this month. Then Cosmos 2519 started to manoeuvre at the end of June!So, unless further manoeuvres begin, my plan is to draw a line across events on July 31st and send in the article in about a week's time. I just hope that David Baker, the editor, does not have a heart attack when he sees the length and the table with all of the manoeuvres listed!