I think we have overlooked the operational constraints : Using the day 265/271 elsets for USA 161/129 their separation would have increased to 2h 45m on, or soon after, Nov.14 The MM of USA 129 could have reached 14.842 (with given B*, 14.833 if reduced by 25% like USA116 (??) ) AOP was just about 350 degrees for USA 129, 190 for USA 116 (225 for USA 161), so the two former could easily be adjusted in inclination. I think "we" should look for USA 116 and 161 with MM near 14.73, some 20 minutes apart, and USA 129 2h 40m before USA 161 near MM=14.72 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Molczan" <molczan@rogers.com> To: "SeeSat-L" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 2:28 PM Subject: RE: USA 116 search elements > Adding Greg's corrected first point, I now obtain: > > 1 70000U 02316.97440972 .00004926 00000-0 25658-3 0 04 > 2 70000 97.9270 73.1121 0311700 198.4561 160.5608 14.82632837 04 > > WRMS error = 0.03 deg > > The first point generally agrees with my earlier solution, but it seems a bit off in R.A. I used it with a low weight. > > I continue to suspect that the actual orbit could be significantly different from this, so I am retaining the designation. > > Ted Molczan > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' > in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org > http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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