NOSS the first
Allen Thomson (thomsona@flash.net)
Wed, 10 Mar 1999 20:28:49 -0600
Philip Chien inquired,
>Does anybody have archived elements for the initial NOSS (White Cloud)
>constellation. It was 1976 38A-D. In particular I'm looking for elsets in
>the summer of 1977.
Much to my amazement, I find in my archives TLEs that seem to correspond to
the objects from this launch. As for where they came from and what specific
objects they represent, etc., I haven't a clue.
1 08818U 76365.41743554 -.00000396 -68299-3 717
2 08818 63.4388 328.3298 0040292 291.6308 68.0384 13.39690791 32664
1 08819U 76366.31991128 .00000144 408
2 08819 63.4607 325.6452 0034735 317.8254 42.0056 13.40962693 32794
1 08835U 77002.35229084 -.00000893 540
2 08835 63.4373 321.4610 0031647 50.2537 310.1227 13.39537063 33059
1 08836U 76366.85945529 -.00001621 659
2 08836 63.4386 325.2544 0032533 50.3337 310.0507 13.39545729 32840
1 08839U 77002.25926432 .00000153 38532-3 355
2 08839 63.4371 323.7897 0037742 61.7044 298.7737 13.37578264 32989
1 08843U 77001.33134707 -.00000440 -78706-3 431
2 08843 63.4351 325.9544 0038318 60.9501 299.5310 13.37717849 32861
1 08859U 77001.23990067 .00000097 25571-3 300
2 08859 63.4382 319.4569 0025327 5.6380 354.4885 13.44238281 33027