possible DSP search orbit

Philip Chien (kc4yer@amsat.org)
Mon, 12 Apr 1999 14:12:17 -0400

Take this with a very large grain of salt.  It's a typical IUS transfer
orbit precessed to match the date and time of the DSP launch.  Certainly
not accurate, but should be roughly the correct mean motion, eccentricity,
and inclination.



USA 142??
1 25669  99017A   99 99.76041811  .00001582  00000 1  12848-2 0    13
2 25669  25.6628 275.5960 7210072   0.0000   0.0000  2.31095688    15




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