CSS Deployment - CAMSAT XW-4 (CAS-10) - 2022-12-18 01:30 UTC

Given that this is observed in other stations too, then the TLE set isn’t good. In this case seems that the satellite is near its re-entry so the orbit changes a lot, so the latest TLE sets are getting less and less accurate from their epoch (the time that they describe more accurately the position and the other parameters of the satellite).

EDIT: I’ve just noticed that we had a gap for TLE sets for ~24h, so this also affected the issue.

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I’ve generated a TLE set based on the latest good observations for CAS-10, probably is not very accurate, also there is a good chance the satellite has been already re-entered, let’s see for the next hours if we receive anything:

CAS-10
1 54816U          23072.25043905  .00000000  00000-0  27548-2 0    07
2 54816  41.5077   9.9031 0017840 162.4710 197.0050 16.17907481    09

@BV2DQ I’ve seen you have a future observation with the old TLE set which is pretty off, feel free to remove and re-schedule.

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Roger…will reschedule it.