REIFF@SPACVAX.RICE.EDU (Pat Reiff (713)527-8750-2650) (02/12/91)
CRRES NEWS FEBRUARY 10, 1991
The next window for CRRES release is February 12, 1991 at the discrete times
0315, 0345, 0415, 0445, 0515, 0545, 0615, 0645 and 0715.
[NOTE - THIS IS UT; subtract 6 hours for CST, etc...PR]
For this window G-6 [Lithium] will be prime.
The Feb 14 release has windows every half hour 0430 - 0830 UT.
For the February 14 window, G-8 [large Barium]
will be prime since we have Millstone Hill Radar coverage only for the
first hour of the window (A matter of ability to see the field-line foot,
not a matter of scheduling).
The most recent orbital elements and predicted elements for February 12
are listed below, plus look directions for Houston.
David L. Reasoner, Project Scientist, MSFC
[Recall hotline number (205)544-5356 for latest information]
CSTC ORBIT DETERMINATION FOR 02/09/91 AND PREDICTED ELEMENTS FOR
FEB 12
CSTC0209; the satellite name string
CSTC ELEMENTS FOR 02/09/91 ; element set description
1991; the epoch year (YYYY)
40.570821759; the epoch day (DDD.dddd)
18.141661716; orbital inclination (degrees)
325.45852390; right ascension (degrees)
.71356199690; eccentricity
351.87114906; argument of perigee (degrees)
2.438631995 ; mean motion (orbits/day)
12.938751848; mean anomaly (degrees)
23331.152539; semi-major axis (km)
.000044765 ; decay (ndot2 orbits/day**2)
1; decay flag (0=no, 1=yes)
0. ; beacon frequency (MHz)
485 ; orbit number at epoch
0; orbit base (0=perigee, 1=equator)
0. ; nddot6 or Bahn latitude
0. ; drag or Bahn longitude
2; 0=SSI, 1=Bahn, 2=SGP, 3=SGP4/SDP4
CSTP0212; the satellite name string
CSTC PRED. ELEM. 02/12/91 ; element set description
1991; the epoch year (YYYY)
43.0000 ; the epoch day (DDD.dddd)
18.13092 ; orbital inclination (degrees)
324.52637 ; right ascension (degrees)
.7136593 ; eccentricity
353.53639 ; argument of perigee (degrees)
2.438695321 ; mean motion (orbits/day)
345.57657 ; mean anomaly (degrees)
23327.414651; semi-major axis (km)
.000046666 ; decay (ndot2 orbits/day**2)
1; decay flag (0=no, 1=yes)
0. ; beacon frequency (MHz)
490 ; orbit number at epoch
0; orbit base (0=perigee, 1=equator)
0. ; nddot6 or Bahn latitude
0. ; drag or Bahn longitude
2; 0=SSI, 1=Bahn, 2=SGP, 3=SGP4/SDP4
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Silicon Ephemeris V3.00 Copyright (C) Silicon Solutions, Inc.
observer(s): HOUSTON object(s): CSTP0212
[For other locations, *very roughly*, increase the elevation by (30 deg - your
latitude); increase the azimuth by (95 deg - your W. longitude)]
elev azim range lat lon height beacon
________ utc _______ deg deg km deg deg km Mhz or/sq phi
Tue 12Feb91 03:15:00 52.2 128.5 29589 7.9 -70.9 28474 0.0000 491 74
Tue 12Feb91 03:45:00 53.1 133.8 31765 6.3 -73.2 30688 0.0000 491 87
Tue 12Feb91 04:15:00 54.0 140.0 33283 4.9 -76.1 32250 0.0000 491 100
Tue 12Feb91 04:45:00 54.7 146.8 34199 3.5 -79.3 33201 0.0000 491 113
Tue 12Feb91 05:15:00 55.0 154.0 34548 2.1 -82.6 33566 0.0000 491 126
Tue 12Feb91 05:45:00 54.8 161.2 34346 0.8 -85.9 33352 0.0000 491 139
Tue 12Feb91 06:15:00 53.9 168.1 33591 -0.6 -89.2 32554 0.0000 491 152
Tue 12Feb91 06:45:00 52.4 174.3 32268 -2.1 -92.2 31154 0.0000 491 165
Tue 12Feb91 07:15:00 50.3 179.2 30343 -3.8 -94.7 29114 0.0000 491 178
Tue 12Feb91 07:45:00 47.5 182.4 27760 -5.6 -96.5 26378 0.0000 491 191
Tue 12Feb91 08:15:00 43.9 183.1 24438 -7.7 -97.1 22854 0.0000 491 204
Tue 12Feb91 08:45:00 38.8 180.2 20272 -10.3 -95.3 18405 0.0000 491 217
Tue 12Feb91 09:15:00 29.7 170.4 15206 -13.7 -88.4 12817 0.0000 491 230
Tue 12Feb91 09:45:00 3.7 145.2 10034 -17.9 -65.8 5865 0.0000 491 243
Silicon Ephemeris V3.00 Copyright (C) Silicon Solutions, Inc.
observer(s): HOUSTON object(s): CSTP0214
elev azim range lat lon height beacon
________ utc _______ deg deg km deg deg km Mhz or/sq phi
Thu 14Feb91 04:30:00 62.7 167.8 29278 7.3 -90.5 28691 0.0000 496 75
Thu 14Feb91 05:00:00 61.6 174.3 31488 5.7 -92.9 30845 0.0000 496 88
Thu 14Feb91 05:30:00 60.2 181.4 33064 4.3 -95.8 32353 0.0000 496 101
Thu 14Feb91 06:00:00 58.4 188.4 34052 2.9 -99.0 33252 0.0000 496 114
Thu 14Feb91 06:30:00 56.2 195.0 34481 1.5 -102.3 33566 0.0000 496 127
Thu 14Feb91 07:00:00 53.6 200.7 34358 0.1 -105.6 33302 0.0000 496 140
Thu 14Feb91 07:30:00 50.7 205.5 33679 -1.3 -108.9 32452 0.0000 496 153
Thu 14Feb91 08:00:00 47.5 209.3 32418 -2.8 -111.8 30998 0.0000 496 166
Thu 14Feb91 08:30:00 44.1 211.8 30533 -4.4 -114.3 28900 0.0000 496 179
Thu 14Feb91 09:00:00 40.6 212.8 27956 -6.2 -116.0 26099 0.0000 496 192
Thu 14Feb91 09:30:00 37.0 211.8 24582 -8.4 -116.4 22501 0.0000 496 205
Thu 14Feb91 10:00:00 33.0 207.4 20262 -11.0 -114.3 17963 0.0000 496 218
Thu 14Feb91 10:30:00 27.2 195.8 14828 -14.4 -106.6 12263 0.0000 496 231
Thu 14Feb91 11:00:00 7.6 162.3 8840 -18.2 -81.2 5202 0.0000 496 244
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