At 13:20 16/08/00 , Ted Molczan wrote: >A Titan IV-B is scheduled to be launched on Aug 16 at 23:45 UTC. > >I believe that the payload is a Lacrosse, as I explained in this earlier post: > >http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/Aug-2000/0017.html > >I hope that official 2-line elements for the Titan 2nd stage will be released >soon after launch, as they were after Lacrosse 3 was launched, but in case that >does not happen, I have produced pre-launch elements for orbits of inclination >57 deg and 68 deg: > >T-IV 2nd stage 9.8 3.0 0.0 4.8 v >1 70001U 00230.16663982 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 07 >2 70001 57.0090 47.0200 0177212 165.0881 195.5654 15.06051010 07 Ted, If your guess about the 57 degree orbit is correct, I get a pass at 09:45 UT Aug 17 ( after astro twilite at 09:41) , that crosses the meridian at 64 degree elevation and probably reaching over 70 degrees in the ENE , couldnt be much better arranged could it! Tony Beresford 34.96S, 138.633E ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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