karn@allegra.UUCP (Phil Karn) (03/01/84)
The following is an element set derived from first-orbit radar tracking in Turkey. As usual, this is courtesy of our friends at Millsone Hill. A comparison of these numbers agains the pre-launch nominal set explains why G3IOR had late LOS. Phil Satellite: oscar-11 Catalog number: 0 Epoch time: 84061.80270600 Thu Mar 1 19:15:53.798 1984 UTC Element set: MH Inclination: 98.2466 deg RA of node: 124.2419 deg Eccentricity: 0.0008400 Arg of perigee: 222.2234 deg Mean anomaly: 197.7258 deg Mean motion: 14.62579250 rev/day Decay rate: 0 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 0 Semi major axis: 7060.074 km Anom period: 98.456203 min Apogee: 697.319 km Perigee: 685.458 km Beacon: 145.8250 mhz