I noticed!! I think that's just how their orbits are now but this seems to change, probably because they are in slightly different orbits that just coincide at the moment. Wasn't long ago, I would work CAS-4B and then at LOS, I'd immediately go to CAS-4A near AOS. They'll probably separate again gradually with some time.
73 de KI4SIY (James in FM02)
On Mon, Jan 4, 2021, 14:49 Zach Metzinger zmetzing@pobox.com wrote:
Hello all,
Has anyone else noticed that CAS-4A and -4B appear to be orbiting nearly on top of each other today?
At first, I thought it was an odd font artifact when I looked at the world map view. Nope, they're basically on top of one another.
--- Zach N0ZGO
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