re: Fate of Lockheed Martin Athena 2 and Ikonos 1 satellite

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>>From a Kevin Fetter posting:
>IKONOS 1
>1 28000U 99XXXX   99117.80454155  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0     0
>2 28000  98.1840 185.3400 0010520  69.9850 279.8240 14.62686263    04

this is incorrect.  It's the orbit of a satellite launching to the
North-Northwest from Vandenberg which would be a violation of the range
rules.  The Athena/Ikonos launch was to the South-Southwest.



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