Possible Mis-numbering of Globalstar Objects

Ron Lee (ronlee@pcisys.net)
Sat, 17 Apr 1999 00:34:05 -0600

I just ran predictions using Skymap for a pass in a few hours and I noticed
that #25678 (should be a Globalstar) is on a track that the Ikar object
(#25681) has been on. #25678 is about four degrees offset and 8-9 minutes
later than the other four objects. (exclude the rocket..#25680).

This leads me to think that the Ikar and a Globalstar elset were mixed up
but I could be wrong.

Ron Lee

These were just obtained from Alan's site at about 0700 UT on 17 Apr99

Globalstar 19    5.0  0.0  0.0  5.0 d            944 x 904 km
1 25676U 99019A   99106.81021048 -.00000148  00000-0  00000-0 0   112
2 25676  51.9462 218.7143 0027294 212.3405 147.5908 13.91428828   226
Globalstar 42    5.0  0.0  0.0  5.0 d            947 x 904 km
1 25677U 99019B   99106.52329286 -.00000148  00000-0  00000-0 0   116
2 25677  51.9386 219.8056 0029841 208.1515 151.7742 13.90986219   182
Globalstar nn    5.0  0.0  0.0  5.0 d            969 x 929 km
1 25678U 99019C   99106.52514923 -.00000145  00000-0  00000-0 0   107
2 25678  51.9475 219.8238 0026772 206.6798 153.2747 13.84277125   184
							    ^^^^^^^^^^^

Globalstar 45    5.0  0.0  0.0  5.0 d            948 x 906 km
1 25679U 99019D   99106.45106085 -.00000148  00000-0  00000-0 0    64
2 25679  51.9482 220.0804 0028926 204.1308 152.3164 13.90583853   176
Gstar19 Soyuz r  6.0  2.4  0.0  5.0 d            900 x 235 km
1 25680U 99019E   99106.55706026  .00142424  13066-4  72222-3 0    81
2 25680  51.9441 218.6705 0478730  82.4865 283.0170 14.99835676   232
Gstar19 Soyuz r2 (Ikar)                          952 x 899 km
1 25681U 99019F   99106.09225356 -.00000148  00000-0  00000-0 0    48
2 25681  51.9398 221.4492 0036580 203.2841 156.6288 13.90898801   154
							    ^^^^^^^^^^^

I checked another set from a day or so ago and checking the mean motion
of Ikar suggests that I am right

Globalstar 19    5.0  0.0  0.0  5.0 d            944 x 903 km
1 25676U 99019A   99105.73276868  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    64
2 25676  51.9381 222.8269 0028423 210.0224 149.9591 13.91535069   107
Globalstar 42    5.0  0.0  0.0  5.0 d            945 x 904 km
1 25677U 99019B   99105.73293001  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    52
2 25677  51.9330 222.8390 0028136 205.4416 154.5643 13.91121550   105
Globalstar nn    5.0  0.0  0.0  5.0 d            947 x 905 km
1 25678U 99019C   99105.73305454  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    59
2 25678  51.9414 222.8330 0029079 204.0839 155.9245 13.90733963   103
							    ^^^^^^^^^^^
Globalstar 45    5.0  0.0  0.0  5.0 d            947 x 904 km
1 25679U 99019D   99105.51742689 -.00000148  00000-0  00000-0 0    22
2 25679  51.9310 223.6470 0029377 203.6172 156.3920 13.90977325   117
Gstar19 Soyuz r  6.0  2.4  0.0  5.0 d            901 x 236 km
1 25680U 99019E   99105.75740573  .00215068  00000-0  10839-2 0    54
2 25680  51.9446 222.3287 0478549  79.8005 285.7203 14.99627635   148
Gstar19 Soyuz r2 (Ikar)                          945 x 941 km
1 25681U 99019F   99105.20404086 -.00000146  00000-0  00000-0 0    14
2 25681  51.9015 224.7950 0002516 154.7171  75.7051 13.85923398    33
							    ^^^^^^^^^^^