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