Re: USA 116 ?
Björn Gimle (b_gimle@algonet.se)
Wed, 3 Mar 1999 08:52:07 +0100
>The logical assumption would be that they were the oldest ones, USA 86 or
>Lacrosse 2. But USA 116 seem to have dropped out of sight.
>
Since #23728 95 66 A is in a midnight orbit, it has not been visible in the
northern hemisphere, but I found recently it has already reached the 20 degree
elevation for me.
However, I have not had a clear night since then.
Here is a search orbit, generated by Vec2TLE, assuming reboost end of
November, with time separation from USA 129 near upper operational limit,
decreasing slowly since then (now 227 min.).
USA 116 search
1 23728U 95066A 99044.44000000 .00025000 00000-0 32931-3 0 25
2 23728 97.9280 159.2889 0507249 348.2719 10.7023 14.78600000 23107
Subtract (add?) multiples of 0.01 to 99044.44 to get alternative orbits.
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