Guestimate Iridium Elements

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Iridium
1 90000U 97-xxx A 97008.56597222  .00000020  00000-0  00000-0 0    14
2 90000  86.0000  14.4000 0000500   0.0000 145.0000 14.36200000    16


Asumptions:

Launch at 5:35 AM PST (13:35 UT) on 8 Jan 97
Southerly launch
Inclination 86 degrees
Altitude 420 n. mi.
Small eccentricity assumed
Bstar & related terms just guesses.

This element set places the object over Vandenberg at launch time.
This may cause an error of a few minutes in observed times .

I welcome any correction to these elements based upon my 
assumptions.   This set shows a high elevation pass tomorrow
night, even if the time is off a little.

Note that the inclination and orbital altitude were obtained
in a web search.

Ron Lee

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