I just sent a request for such as elset to STK. However, they may not provide it. Since you work at Hughs, maybe you have some pull in getting data...such as a post GEO insertion burn elset, along with the burn time. Ron Lee At 04:23 PM 6/12/98 -0700, you wrote: >Although HGS-1 is not necessarily a visual satellite at this moment, I >wonder if anyone has elements for it. It was probably visual at perigee >when it was called Asiasat3 and had a very elliptical orbit. Anyway, HGS-1 >is the HS601HP that we tried to launch on a Proton launcher. After the >fourth stage of the launcher failed, the then named Asiasat3 ended up in a >useless orbit. It was written off until some bright people determined that >if we did the right perigee burns, we could send the satellite around the >moon, alter the orbital plane and achieve a somewhat usable GEO orbit after >all. The satellite, now known as HGS-1 was sent back to the moon again to >achieve an even better orbit and is now heading back to earth for final >orbital insertion. The website http://www.stk.com/asiasat3/asiasat_now.cfm >sort of tells you where HGS-1 is at any given time, but I'd like to track >it with one of the tracking programs (hence the desire to get Keps). > >By the way, I'm new at SeeSat-L so let me introduce myself. I'm Bob >Lawson, N6RW. I live in Laguna Beach California and work at Hughes Space >and Communications. I am the responsible engineer for many of the >spacecraft bus telemetry and command units and am part of the team >developing the next generation Xenon Ion Propulsion System (XIPS) that will >be used on our HS-702s. > >June is the time of the year where we get the coastal marine layer (clouds) >every night, so I'm eating my heart out reading about all the great stuff >you guys are seeing lately. > >Bob N6RW >rclawson@pacbell.net or rclawson@ccgate.hac.com > >