Ron Lee's elset yields the correct plane (RAAN) at launch, but it is about 15 min early. I suggest the following elset, derived from NOAA 16's elements about 8 hours after it was launched: 1 70000U 02176.10040685 .00000200 00000-0 11164-3 0 19 2 70000 98.7886 242.6421 0009705 275.1802 115.0094 14.10880075 40 Prediction time should be accurate to within a few minutes during the first 24 hours following launch. The above epoch assumes launch on 2002 Jun 24 at 18:22 UTC, which is the start of the 10 min launch window. The orbit will be visible soon after evening twilight at mid-northern latitudes. Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/sat/seesat/seesatindex.html
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