Apollo 7 and 9 were earth orbital. And on the others, the spacecraft orbited earth about once after liftoff before translunar injection. Jeffrey Simpson ----Original Message Follows---- From: Tristan Cools <tristan.cools@skynet.be> To: Seesat-L@satobs.org Subject: Re: Apollo TLE Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 00:04:28 +0100 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. > >Jeffrey Simpson > Do they exist ? TLE=Two line *orbital* elements. The Apollo Lunar flights were not exactly Earth Orbital flights I think. Or were the Apollo flights launched into a very exentric orbit with the Moon close to apogee of this orbital plane ? Greetings, Tristan Cools tristan.cools@skynet.be Belgian Working Group Satellites(BWGS) webmaster Ryckevelde: 3.2856E/51.2045N - OBS place 2 Brugge: 3.2166E/51.2104N - OBS place 3(home) Homepage at http://users.skynet.be/satimage/index.htm BWGS homepage at http://users.skynet.be/satimage/bwgs/bwgs.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html Invercargill 46.4233° S, 168.3532° E _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
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