wats@scicom.alphacdc.com (Bruce Watson) (12/09/88)
Today I received NASA's prediction bulletin for the Atlantis mission. Here are the elements: Object # 19670u (the u means unclassified) Int des 1988-106A (B of course is the secret payload) Ele set 1 Iss date Dec 5, 1988 Epoch 88 337.63665648 incl 56.9855 RAAN 189.3271 ecc .0005060 argper 289.1680 mean an 267.5441 mean mot 15.39557 orb # 33 drag .00009828 Close to the elements that Phil Karn, Rich (snowdog), and I assumed.
wats@scicom.alphacdc.com (Bruce Watson) (12/10/88)
In article <1196@scicom.alphacdc.com]], wats@scicom.alphacdc.com (Bruce Watson) writes:
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]] Today I received NASA's prediction bulletin for the Atlantis mission.
]] Here are the elements:
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]] Object # 19670u (the u means unclassified)
]] Int des 1988-106A (B of course is the secret payload)
]] Ele set 1
]] Iss date Dec 5, 1988
]] Epoch 88 337.63665648
]] incl 56.9855
]] RAAN 189.3271
]] ecc .0005060
]] argper 289.1680
]] mean an 267.5441
]] mean mot 15.39557
]] orb # 33
]] drag .00009828
]]
]] Close to the elements that Phil Karn, Rich (snowdog), and I assumed.
Mean motion should read: 15.39557338
Orbit number should read: 0