Re: Iridium, SeaStar and new object #24911
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 26 Aug 1997 18:11:37 +0100
OrbView 2 2.0 0.0 0.0 6.5 d 590 x 573 km
1 24883U 97037A 97238.58837476 -.00010272 00000-0 00000-0 0 497
2 24883 98.2142 336.0430 0012284 244.3326 115.6625 14.95304172 3851
Iridium SV026 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 d 560 x 544 km
1 24903U 97043A 97237.85500729 -.00045310 00000-0 00000-0 0 226
2 24903 86.6992 38.9465 0011625 219.5748 140.4640 15.04730778 726
Iridium SV025 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 d 559 x 545 km
1 24904U 97043B 97238.51956446 -.00003953 00000-0 00000-0 0 230
2 24904 86.6889 38.6580 0010327 217.1182 142.9347 15.04839573 826
Iridium SV024 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 d 561 x 544 km
1 24905U 97043C 97238.51944779 -.00117520 00000-0 00000-0 0 277
2 24905 86.6962 38.6618 0012483 214.7337 145.3137 15.04798298 823
Iridium SV023 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 d 560 x 543 km
1 24906U 97043D 97237.85425332 -.00051617 00000-0 00000-0 0 233
2 24906 86.6972 38.9452 0012283 217.6656 142.3721 15.04956067 723
Iridium SV022 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 d 561 x 542 km
1 24907U 97043E 97238.18631036 -.00050164 00000-0 00000-0 0 204
2 24907 86.6964 38.8014 0013399 215.6579 144.3772 15.05038638 767
Iridm Delta r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 533 x 209 km
1 24908U 97043F 97238.50454691 .00190805 -98779-6 35839-3 0 148
2 24908 82.6322 35.8749 0239509 330.1315 28.6362 15.65793101 856
Delta 1 deb 23251 x 561 km
1 24911U 81070M 97238.15487810 .00000186 00000-0 53547-3 0 23
2 24911 88.6282 119.7192 6204654 129.0289 304.9149 3.51179521 702
I found the initial elset for #24911 interesting:
Delta 1 deb 23252 x 560 km
1 24911S 81070M 97236.16092592 .00000162 00000-0 40108-3 0 13
2 24911 88.6407 119.7403 6205366 129.5827 304.0774 3.51179057 631
Does anyone know the significance of the "S" (rather than the normally
ubiquitous "U") suffix to the catalogue number 24911 on line 1?
Alan
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