[amsat-bb] Falling satellite's keps (USA 193 object 29651)
Ken Swaggart
k.swaggart at charter.net
Thu Feb 14 19:54:05 PST 2008
In case anyone was trying to find keps for USA-193, here is what Heavens
Above has at:
http://www.heavens-above.com/orbitdisplay.asp?satid=29651&lat=45&lng=-124&loc=Unspecified&alt=10&tz=PST
1 29651U 06057A 08042.43405801 0.00185000 00000-0 27300-3 0 02
2 29651 58.5097 69.5541 0000897 125.0164 234.9836 16.04407073 09
Epoch (UTC): 10:25:03 AM, Monday, February 11, 2008
Eccentricity: 0.0000897
Inclination: 58.5097°
Perigee Height: 261 km
Apogee Height: 263 km
Right Ascension of Ascending Node: 69.5541°
Argument of Perigee: 125.0164°
Revolutions per Day: 16.04407073
Mean Anomaly at Epoch: 234.9836°
Orbit Number at Epoch: 0
I couldn't find anything for object 29651 at either Celestrak or
Space-Track.org
Not sure how well these will work, since they are from Monday and would be
expected to change considerably as the altitude decays.
73,
Ken, W7KKE
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