Last Call: Lunar Prospector TLEs
Ron Lee (ronlee@pcisys.net)
Tue, 06 Jan 1998 06:55:04 -0700
The first orbit below represents the pre-lunar insertion burn. I am
assuming that the second point is during the orbit to the moon and
that at some point (unknown time), it is at 3.8 deg S, 343.1 deg E, and
a height of 24143 km. I have been unsuccessful in creating any sort
of tranfer orbit...due to limited ability in that area.
If I had a time associated with a lat,long, altitude, I could generate
look angle. If anyone is able to find, create,etc, a set of look angles,
positions with time, or pseudo-elsets for the early part of the lunar
transfer orbit, I would apppreciate it. I have only a few hours after
launch to try to see it.
Ron Lee
104.5614 W, 38.9478 N, 2073 m, UT-7 (MST), Colorado USA
>LUNAR PROSPECTOR NOMINAL ORBITS
>
> LUNAR PROSPECTOR LUNAR PROSPECTOR
>EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 006/02:27:37.000 006/02:28:37.000
>PERIOD (MIN): 87.928 ********
>INCLINATION (DEG): 29.152 29.156
>ECCENTRICITY (DEG): 0.002548 0.967634
>SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM): 6550.0796 **********
>ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG): 192.296 318.569
>RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG): 303.075 303.069
>MEAN ANOMALY (DEG): 121.253 0.700
>START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:56:37.000 000:56:38.000
>END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET: 002:56:20.000 252:00:00.000
>HEIGHT (KM): 179.3983 24143.0763
>INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG): 20.71S 3.798S
>INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG): 118.31E 343.086E
>INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG): 68.895 121.133
>INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 006/02:27:37.000 006/02:28:37.000
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