The line following each element set states the duration of the underlying observational period, or "arc", and the WRMS (weighted average root mean square) residuals between the orbit and the observations; the smaller the value, the better. Intelsat 3F7 35728 X 35836 km 1 04376U 70032A 09072.41301237 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 04 2 04376 10.3394 321.1019 0012762 285.0078 74.7958 1.00292358 07 Arc 2009 Feb 25.80 - Mar 13.75, WRMS residuals = 0.003 deg Vortex 6 31725 X 39851 km 1 19976U 89035A 09072.41480000 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 05 2 19976 5.8185 11.9487 0963465 220.4434 132.0774 1.00270500 02 Arc 2009 Mar 13.84 USA 129 284 X 942 km 1 24680U 96072A 09073.84119567 .00005496 00000-0 77000-4 0 09 2 24680 97.8534 128.1015 0470132 31.9386 330.9427 14.84184999 08 Arc 2009 Mar 10.81 - 14.85, WRMS residuals = 0.028 deg IGS-O1 484 X 486 km 1 27698U 03009A 09073.86207685 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 08 2 27698 97.3969 148.6629 0002000 284.0513 76.0503 15.25960056 08 Arc 2009 Mar 10.87 - 14.87 Russell recovered 03009B / 27699 last night, but for now I have run out of time for analysis; will get to it later. SDS 3-4 591 X 39757 km 1 28384U 04034A 09073.52256299 .00000901 00000-0 14423-1 0 03 2 28384 63.5774 8.6217 7375211 273.0667 13.0733 2.00642097 07 Arc 2009 Feb 20.21 - Mar 14.83, WRMS residuals = 0.006 deg USA 179 r 339 X 15098 km 1 28385U 04034B 09071.71166787 .00001011 00000-0 31821-3 0 01 2 28385 57.3949 264.9103 5234861 6.9139 358.1666 5.18694590 09 Arc 2009 Feb 25.79 - Mar 12.80, WRMS residuals = 0.002 deg NOSS 3-3 (A) 1 28537U 05004A 09073.02802785 .00000036 00000-0 65421-4 0 09 2 28537 63.4344 307.9577 0004838 94.0288 266.1302 13.40537526 09 I found 05004A and C considerably off-track when I observed them on Mar 14 UTC; the above seems realistic; if so, then 05004C should have similar eccentricity and argument of perigee. I may post an approximate elset for it later. USA 186 259 X 1009 km 1 28888U 05042A 09073.87120412 .00008475 00000-0 80392-4 0 02 2 28888 97.8955 138.2362 0534910 109.9500 256.0176 14.77662759 01 Arc 2009 Feb 25.88 - Mar 14.88, WRMS residuals = 0.035 deg DSP F23 35750 X 35785 km 1 32287U 07054A 09071.18155070 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 05 2 32287 2.7404 265.7336 0004101 325.9356 33.4691 1.00342729 06 Arc 2009 Jan 13.78 - Mar 12.84, WRMS residuals = 0.005 deg On the epoch date, DSP 23 passed through 29.94E, drifting east 0.248 deg/d, and slowly accelerating. USA 200 1060 X 39296 km 1 70001U 09073.59834358 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 05 2 70001 63.8486 354.9275 7199521 269.6246 17.4135 2.00631346 05 1 70002U 09073.59834358 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 06 2 70002 63.8450 354.7452 7194046 269.8507 16.7908 2.00650385 05 I am bewildered by USA 200; the above are a couple of the solutions I found. USA 202 r 35940 X 38084 km 1 33491U 09001B 09071.42460692 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 03 2 33491 2.9499 334.4319 0247069 13.9551 346.7162 0.96057930 02 Arc 2009 Feb 01.17 - Mar 12.80, WRMS residuals = 0.009 deg 08731A 2700 X 37656 km 1 90082U 08731A 09073.78054426 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 06 2 90082 64.2390 68.3777 6581600 259.1588 25.7796 2.00601285 07 Arc 2009 Feb 25.82 - Mar 14.84, WRMS residuals = 0.016 deg Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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