Re: ACE ? elements from OIG

Jonathan McDowell (jcm@head-cfa.harvard.edu)
Fri, 29 Aug 1997 17:10:06 -0400

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> Satellite number = 24920
> ACE? 
1 24920U 97047A   97241.63450000 -.00000057  00000-0  00000+0 0    11
2 24920  70.0007 274.1940 0005000 178.6260 348.1901 14.26419391    01

No, this is FORTE, the Los Alamos satellite launched on a Pegasus
today. There won't be any ACE elements, since Space Command
can't track objects that distant. You could try and get a 
state vector by calling the ACE folks at APL.
  - Jonathan McDowell

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