wwg@brambo.UUCP (Warren W. Gay) (12/14/88)
I am interested in obtaining orbital data for the RS 10/11 Soviet satellite.
I've been watching for it, but perhaps I've missed it. If someone would
like to post it or email me, I'd appreciate it. It is also known as
Cosmos 1861.
All I have is that it is roughly inclined 26 degrees (I think) and orbits
take roughly 104 minutes (nearly circular too I think). I'd like to get
more precise on this.
I've last heared the beacon on 29.407 Mhz at Dec 13/88 1335z and due to
fading I suspect it was just going over my horizon.
My interest in this satellite comes from an economic point of view. With
existing HF gear and <= 50 Watts up link, and without directional antennas,
I can have some fun here.
Also, if anyone can volunteer a Basic program (yuk, for my yuk, VIC 20 :-) or
even better a C program, for tracking this sucker, that will be most
appreciated. Even perhaps just a list of major formulas used in the
computations.
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