Observation 121974: NOAA 15 (25338)

This is quite weird, and something I have not seen before.

Both NOAA 15 and NOAA 18 have bad TLEs on day 18114. Most of the orbital parameters (mean motion, eccentricity, argument of perigee) are quire different from earlier and later TLEs.

This plot shows the mean motion (number of orbital revolutions per day), with a clear spike on day 114.

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