[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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