Re: Titan 4 launched
Bjoern Gimle (bjorn@tt-tech.se)
Fri, 24 Oct 1997 10:28:49 +0100
If 7:34 means 02:32 UT as announced, and inclination is 57 degrees,
and parking orbit left at launch+02:30 as suggested by the ILAM in
http://www2.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de/sat/seesat/Oct-1997/0101.html
, this my guess:
Lacrosse 3-57 02:32 UT 971024 688 x 663
1 97147U 97099 A 97297.14812665 .00000200 00000-0 34292-4 0 22
2 97147 56.9994 156.1213 0017978 215.8743 144.1070 14.65411053 22
Note that MM turned out a bit low; try 16.68111053 22 ?
At the time of launch, Lacrosse 2 orbit plane was only 20 degrees east
of Vandenberg, so a 68 degree orbit is unlikely, Anyway, here it is:
Lacrosse 3-68 02:32 UT 971024 686 x 647
1 97147U 97099 A 97297.14758547 .00000200 00000-0 34292-4 0 20
2 97147 67.9993 145.8900 0027488 195.0295 165.0020 14.68346997 23
And here are the respective parking orbits:
Lacrosse 3-57 02:32 UT 971024 683 x 427
1 97147U 97099 A 97297.14991394 .00020200 00000-0 34292-4 0 18
2 97147 56.9990 156.1300 0184600 160.8266 199.9841 15.04000054 13
Lacrosse 3-68 02:32 UT 971024 683 x 427
1 97147U 97099 A 97297.14922857 .00020200 00000-0 34292-4 0 16
2 97147 67.9990 145.8956 0184600 164.5356 196.1541 15.04000052 12
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