Re: Iridium 9 vs. 10

Mir16609 (Mir16609@aol.com)
Wed, 4 Mar 1998 21:23:39 EST

In a message dated 98-03-04 19:31:06 EST, you write:

>  If anyone knows of any web sites that have definitely got it wrong, could
>  they please post a message about it on Seesat?  Thanx!  --Rob

I will download the GSFCxxx, TLExxx and N2L-xxx files from Dave Ransom's FTP
site at JPL.  I'll combine these files and extract the most recent elements
with a perigee of 2000km or less using Orbitel.  

The TLExxx file incorrectly identifies Iridium 09 as 24838 and Iridium 10 as
24839.  

Cheers.
Don Gardner
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