Don > From OIG: > > TITAN 4B R/B > 1 26474U 00047B 00231.57370545 -.00031242 00000-0 -37706-2 0 64 > 2 26474 68.0035 37.3934 0073700 180.4866 179.6211 14.81757829 94 > TITAN 4B R/B > 1 26474U 00047B 00231.43870286 .00003711 00000-0 46107-3 0 59 > 2 26474 68.0035 37.7569 0073521 180.6366 179.4680 14.81780383 77 > TITAN 4B R/B > 1 26474U 00047B 00231.23619729 .00182905 00000-0 21515-1 0 46 > 2 26474 68.0051 38.2980 0073813 180.7414 179.3378 14.81804695 40 > TITAN 4B R/B > 1 26474U 00047B 00231.16869596 .00140906 00000-0 16661-1 0 37 > 2 26474 68.0124 38.4601 0074870 181.2660 178.8231 14.81775241 31 > TITAN 4B R/B > 1 26474U 00047B 00231.10119508 .00339667 00000-0 39096-1 0 22 > 2 26474 68.0156 38.6306 0074902 181.2713 178.8208 14.81760028 25 > > How does a Titan 4B R/B get a negative drag term? Is this a fuel > dump? > I doubt it. I think the answer must be that the orbits are computed automatically, with limited or no rejection of faulty observations. My orbital analysis program has the capability to reject faulty observations, but I often find that I have to weed them out by trial and error. Where it's important to have an accurate orbit, I have a procedure for producing a smoothed elset from a series of OIG elsets. David. David M Brierley Malvern, Worcestershire, UK Station 2675, 52.1358N 2.3264W 70m -- The Information contained in this E-Mail and any subsequent correspondence is private and is intended solely for the intended recipient(s). For those other than the recipient any disclosure, copying, distribution, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on such information is prohibited and may be unlawful. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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