karn@eagle.UUCP (07/12/83)
At 22:30:48 UTC this evening (11 July 1983) the Amsat-Oscar-10 kick motor was fired for the first time. Firing duration was 107.52 seconds, and all telemetry indicates that the burn was successful. While actual elements are not yet available, a simulation based on nominal motor performance yields the following elements: Epoch time: 83192.93930000 Mon Jul 11 22:32:36 1983 UTC Inclination: 17.7766 deg RA of node: 248.7150 deg Eccentricity: 0.6824060 Arg of perigee: 188.8217 deg Mean anomaly: 181.4370 deg Mean motion: 2.21235225 rev/day Semi major axis: 24882.879 km Anom period: 650.890923 min Apogee: 35485.006 km Perigee: 1524.555 km Phil Karn, KA9Q/2