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It was business as usual for July and August at least. The previously-reported orbital adjustment for August 2 actually occurred on July 31. Thanks are due to Peter Wakelin for filling in the observational gaps.

There were two other opposite-sense adjustment on July 19 and August 16 but it was somewhat less in magnitude than the one in 2007 June. On looking back to the start of observations, there have been several minor retrograde orbital adjustments but they appeared only as 'noise' within the assumed error bounds of the observations. With hindsight - they are visible in the data but are not obvious in the plot at the scale used on the web page.

	USA 179	Lincoln, UK 2010 Mar 11, UTC Thursday
Maintained by: Robert Christy FBIS Contact: Zarya Home Page SDS Home Page USA 179 Background USA 179 Orbit USA 179 Switching USA 179 in 2006 USA 179 early in 2007 USA 179 late in 2007 USA 179 early in 2008 USA 179 ndot/2	It was business as usual for July and August at least. The previously-reported orbital adjustment for August 2 actually occurred on July 31. Thanks are due to Peter Wakelin for filling in the observational gaps. There were two other opposite-sense adjustment on July 19 and August 16 but it was somewhat less in magnitude than the one in 2007 June. On looking back to the start of observations, there have been several minor retrograde orbital adjustments but they appeared only as 'noise' within the assumed error bounds of the observations. With hindsight - they are visible in the data but are not obvious in the plot at the scale used on the web page.	Radio Frequencies Frequency lists, transmission details Satellite Tracking Techniques, analysis and results of tracking activities Zarya Diaries Consolidation of individual mission diaries from the site (and more!) Orbital Events Ongoing Calendar of comings and goings in space The Kettering Group People, reminiscences and tracking equipment Sputnik Korolyov's efforts in getting the first satellite into orbit Luna The Soviet Union's programme of automatic exploration Vostok First pilot to orbit the Earth Voskhod Soviet programme to put multiple passengers into space Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 First docking in orbit of piloted spacecraft ASTP First docking of piloted spacecraft from different nations Salyut Chronology of missions to the first space stations Mir Detailed calendar of launches and activities in orbit ISS Mission calendar for the early years