Kyodo News reported yesterday that the launch has been re-scheduled for 2003 Sep 27. The launch time was not reported. I derived the following from the initial elements of IGS 1A and 1B, assuming launch on 2003 Sep 27 at 04:49 UTC: IGS 2A 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.7 v 1 70001U 03270.57263127 -.00000070 00000-0 -27388-5 0 19 2 70001 97.3059 30.9379 0005460 355.4383 4.6805 15.25857756 60 IGS 2B 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 v 1 70002U 03270.50727126 -.00000069 00000-0 -27998-5 0 12 2 70002 97.3011 30.8685 0002530 265.2585 94.8364 15.24649762 49 I chose the launch time on the basis that the initial orbital plane would have the same relationship to USA 161 that IGS 1A and 1B had to USA 129 - about 8.18 deg east. The real plane spacing is likely to be different, but these should be in the ballpark. I will revise these elements as soon as the scheduled launch time is available, Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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