>>From a Kevin Fetter posting: >IKONOS 1 >1 28000U 99XXXX 99117.80454155 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0 >2 28000 98.1840 185.3400 0010520 69.9850 279.8240 14.62686263 04 this is incorrect. It's the orbit of a satellite launching to the North-Northwest from Vandenberg which would be a violation of the range rules. The Athena/Ikonos launch was to the South-Southwest. Philip Chien, KC4YER Earth News world (in)famous writer, science fiction fan, ham radio operator, all-around nice guy, etc.