dna@dsd.UUCP (03/17/84)
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 1984 10:28 AM PST Msg: FGIE-1741-6681
From: JBROWNING
To: PKARN
CC: MSWEETING, HPRICE, VRIP, AMSAT
Subj: UOB ELEMENT STATUS
The following report has been received by telephone from the
Air Force Satellite Control Facility in Sunnyvale CA:
1. Close correlation of independent NASA (beacon) and
NORAD (radar) tracking data confirms that Object 14780 is
LANDSAT.
2. The inclination of object 14782 is more than a
degree different from the similar inclinations of 14780 and
14781. This change resulted from the two burns performed on the
upper stage after separation of the two spacecraft. Therefore
14782 must be the upper stage.
3. No objects, other than the three catalogued, have
been observed. Nothing in the way of launcher parts which might
have been ejected were large enough to be detected.
4. By a process of elimination, object 14781 must be
UOB. The latest data available is set # 13 which corresponds to
that provided by PKARN in his telemail posted to the AMSAT
bulletin board at 2016Z on 13 March (Epoch 84073.70137990).
For lack of any other ideas on what to do next, I have
requested that NORAD recognize our spacecraft emergency
situation, and give priority to obtaining updated elements as
often as possible.
Good luck!
73, John, W6SP DT16MAR4
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 1984 11:53 AM PST Msg: BGIE-1741-7697
From: JBROWNING
To: PKARN
CC: MSWEETING, HPRICE, VRIP, AMSAT
Subj: UOB ELEMENT STATUS ADDENDUM
UOB priorty has been established. Our Sunnyvale contact
will be visiting NORAD Monday and Tuesday. While there he will
personally examine radar cross section information as well as the
tracking data to verify the validity of UOB elements.
73, John, W6SP DT17MAR4