Re: Updated TiPS elset for 98037
Brian Hunter (bkh@chem.QueensU.CA)
Tue, 10 Feb 1998 15:53:46 -0500
Using the 1998 02 04 elset from NRL, I observed TIPS crossing Theta Gemini
at 23:38:48 UT on 1998 02 05.
It was within 0.5s and, within the length of Tips, on track.
Craig's more recent set should be very good for several days at least.
BKH
-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Cholar <3432P@VM1.CC.NPS.NAVY.MIL>
To: SeeSat-L@cds.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de
<SeeSat-L@cds.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de>
Date: Tuesday, February 10, 1998 1:56 PM
Subject: Updated TiPS elset for 98037
>
>Here's a TiPS elset modified from the one published at
>http://hyperspace.nrl.navy.mil/TiPS/latest_tips.els
>
>TiPS 2.5 0.0 0.0 6.3 d 1063 x 979 km
>1 23937U 96029F 98037.51388889 0.00000269 00000 0 33292-3 0 00008
>2 23937 63.4349 32.2082 0056905 357.7124 128.7259 13.64161579 43594
>
>The epoch above is 4 days old. The elset in the Molczan file is about
>40 days old, and according to Skymap 6.1 has an along-track uncertainty
>of around 24 seconds. The above elset should be more accurate, but
>I'm unable to confirm because of the ugly El Nino weather here in Calif.
>
>Craig Cholar 3432P@VM1.CC.NPS.NAVY.MIL
>
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