karn@eagle.UUCP (06/16/83)
As reported earlier via a different system (the telco was having network problems) AMSAT-OSCAR-10 was successfully launched this morning from Kourou, French Guiana. Liftoff time, launcher trajectory and the resulting orbit were all very close to nominal. Follows is an initial element set: International designator: 1983 058B Satellite: oscar-10 Epoch time: 83167.50924769 Thu Jun 16 12:13:19 1983 UTC Inclination: 8.6010 deg RA of node: 249.3110 deg Eccentricity: 0.7308180 Arg of perigee: 177.8730 deg Mean anomaly: 0.1941 deg Mean motion: 2.27337623 rev/day Epoch rev: 0 Semi major axis: 24437.225 km Anom period: 633.419132 min Apogee: 35918.245 km Perigee: 199.917 km Beacon: 145.8100 mhz