RE: USA 129 SATOBS

Ted Molczan (molczan@home.com)
Tue, 30 Mar 1999 16:41:40 -0500

Here is a revised 96072A (USA 129) elset, which is in close agreement with
Alan Pickup's observations of a few hours ago:

USA 129         15.0  3.0  0.0  5.1 v
1 24680U 96072  A 99 88.88999664  .00020000  00000-0  25676-3 0    01
2 24680  97.9350 152.0000 0504003 349.8578  66.4000 14.78750000    07

I did not run a differential correction; instead I varied the mean motion to
produce a close fit to the observations. Also, I added a bstar decay term
for the benefit of SGP4 users; however, at this time both decay terms are
guesses.

Ted Molczan