Ten-Koh 2 deploy from HTV-X1

Satellites & Observations Launches
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We have an updated TLE set for HTV-X1 which isn’t attached to ISS:

0 HTV-X1
1 66174U 25241A   26071.96616758  .00010857  00000-0  47039-3 0  9999
2 66174  51.6351  57.2626 0005807 182.7900 177.3045 15.22870559 21455

We have also a analyst object that uses the International Designator of an object deployed from HTV-X1, so I assume this is Ten-Koh 2:

0 TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
1 88780U 25241B   26071.31019830  .00010367  00000-0  45580-3 0  9998
2 88780  51.6301  60.3795 0004576 163.6979 196.4146 15.22421637   141

The above changed to use SatNOGS DB temporary NORAD ID for Ten-Koh 2:

Ten-Koh 2
1 98542U 25241B   26071.31019830  .00010367  00000-0  45580-3 0  9995
2 98542  51.6301  60.3795 0004576 163.6979 196.4146 15.22421637   148

Both TLE sets are very close with the latest we used for Ten-Koh 2 until now, so it should be visible in observations if active.

Unfortunately none of the above TLE sets fits these two candidate observations, so I’ve vet them back to “no-signal”.

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