Re: Pre-launch elements for VAFB Titan IV launch scheduled for 16 Aug 2000

From: Tony Beresford (starman@camtech.net.au)
Date: Tue Aug 15 2000 - 21:56:25 PDT

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    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
    
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