97 30 objects (new Iridium)

Mike McCants (mikem@fc.net)
Fri, 20 Jun 1997 13:30:59 -0500 (CDT)

The following elsets are at OIG:

1 24836U 97030A   97170.17023778 -.00007171 +00000-0 -35197-3 0 00044
2 24836 086.3981 162.6340 0015772 257.5277 102.6415 15.18250942000083

1 24837U 97030B   97171.15929954 -.00057566 +00000-0 -28770-2 0 00181
2 24837 086.3977 162.1647 0013729 256.7205 103.2511 15.17720623000234

1 24838U 97030C   97171.09283293 +.00000125 +00000-0 +42087-5 0 00158
2 24838 086.4001 162.1931 0013901 247.1291 112.8473 15.18344176000229

1 24839U 97030D   97171.15906264 -.00057773 +00000-0 -28674-2 0 00163
2 24839 086.3991 162.1676 0014245 251.7187 108.2505 15.17956220000234

1 24840U 97030E   97171.15918212 -.00058958 +00000-0 -29359-2 0 00225
2 24840 086.3969 162.1624 0014783 256.4408 103.5192 15.17838562000237

1 24841U 97030F   97171.09298081 -.00057257 +00000-0 -28259-2 0 00188
2 24841 086.3952 162.1923 0015339 254.0207 105.9350 15.18134943000225

1 24842U 97030G   97171.09340331 -.00053198 +00000-0 -26587-2 0 00211
2 24842 086.3950 162.1967 0014405 261.0343 098.9245 15.17693550000221

I would speculate that the NORAD system is having difficulty
with objects that are rather close together in time and space.  :-)

Mike McCants