The USA 116 and 161 elsets are based on short arcs, so they are somewhat speculative. I assumed that their mean perigee height has remained about 410 km relative Earth's mean radius of 6371 km. Both elsets should be accurate to within a few seconds of time tonight. Observation arc: 2 points on one pass at 2004 Apr 03.03 UTC: USA 116 15.0 3.0 0.0 5.3 v 1 23728U 95066A 04094.01816406 .00001352 00000-0 70000-4 0 06 2 23728 97.9750 219.9863 0293000 339.9156 19.0717 14.86005928 07 WRMS residuals = 0.033 deg Observation arc 2004 Mar 29.05 - Apr 02.88 UTC: USA 129 15.0 3.0 0.0 5.3 v 1 24680U 96072A 04093.86525215 .00023265 00000-0 33926-3 0 01 2 24680 98.0329 155.2460 0525630 137.4099 226.9146 14.71708499 00 WRMS residuals = 0.016 deg Observation arc 2004 Apr 02.91 - 02.98 UTC: USA 161 15.0 3.0 0.0 5.3 v 1 26934U 01044A 04093.96664264 .00002337 00000-0 13433-3 0 07 2 26934 97.8680 207.7826 0351000 19.6617 341.7741 14.72777710 05 WRMS residuals = 0.022 deg Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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