Re: Apollo TLE

From: Robert G Fenske Jr (fenske@rgfpc.electro.swri.edu)
Date: Mon Jan 21 2002 - 17:59:12 EST

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    On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Tristan Cools wrote:
    
    > At 10:24 22/01/02 +1300, you wrote:
    >
    > >This is slightly OT, but I'm trying to find TLE's for the Apollo Lunar
    > >Flights.
    >
    > Do they exist ?  TLE=Two line *orbital* elements.  The Apollo Lunar flights
    > were not exactly Earth Orbital flights I think.
    
    	They did spend some time orbiting the Earth (probably on the order of
    a couple) before the burn to send them to the Moon.  And just a note that
    Apollo 9 spent its whole time in Earth orbit.
    
    
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