Re: Updated Globalstar Prelaunch Elset

Keith Stein (kstein@erols.com)
Fri, 6 Feb 1998 22:22:40 -0500 (EST)

The launch has been moved to Sunday, Feb 8th, 13:22 UT.


At 06:57 PM 2/6/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Globalstar, Delta, 13:22 UT, 7 Feb 98
>1 90909U 98-0xx A 98038.60439815  .00000500  00000-0  00000-0 0    18
>2 90909  51.9950 234.7692 0032401 143.0880 125.0080 13.04500000    15
>
>
>Merely added one day to the epoch and about 0.9856 to the RAAN to 
>make it work for Saturday's Launch.  Maybe Tony will be the first to
>see this new satellite system.
>
>I will generate a new Iridium and a SNOE elset later tonight or Saturday.
>
>The 9 Feb Orbcomm launch is an unknown at this time so I cannot
>generate an elset at this time.
>
>Hope the weather clears Tony.  If you see it, please report how many objects
>you see.  The two upper objects are due to be deployed at 1:08:20 (h:m:s)
>after launch...which places it almost due south of Melbourne...or was it 
>Sydney?   Anyway, the other two will be deployed about four minutes later.
>
>Ron Lee
>
>
>
Keith Stein
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