[amsat-bb] Pre-launch TLE's for PSAT2

Robert Bruninga bruninga at usna.edu
Mon Jun 24 20:33:04 UTC 2019


PSAT2
1 99999U          19176.15625000  .00001426  00000-0  27052-4 0 00004
2 99999 028.4525 150.8888 0388671 088.0149 091.1931 14.93486277000010

But when we play that forward to launch time, the satellite is about 10
minutes ahead of the launch. So take it with a grain of salt.

Our best guess is as follows.  This is delta-time from launch (planned at
0330z) (USNA is our ground station here in Annapolis, MD on the USA East
coast).

time ∆t  location               direction
---------   -----------------     ------------
0:00        Launch (Fla)       E
0:49        Australia             W
1:13        Hawaii                  SW
1:31        California            SW
1:35        USNA                   SW
2:33        Australia             W
2:57        Hawaii                  SW
3:07        California            SW
3:21        USNA                   S
4:31        Japan                   SE
4:39        Hawaii                  W
4:51        California            SW
6:09        Japan                   SW
6:23        Hawaii                  NW
6:59        Argentina           NE
7:47        Japan                   SW
8:07        Hawaii                  NW
8:32        Argentina           NE
9:29        Japan                   SW
9:51        Hawaii                  W
10:19     Argentina           NW

Bob


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