USA 116 and 129 elements and observations

From: Ted Molczan (molczan@home.com)
Date: Sat Aug 05 2000 - 14:42:37 PDT

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I have updated the following elements, using observations by myself, David
Brierley, Russell Eberst and Paul Gabriel, from 29 July to 05 Aug UTC:

USA 116         15.0  3.0  0.0  5.1 v
1 23728U 95066A   00217.99062500  .00015819  00000-0  35934-3 0    03
2 23728  97.8840 328.1629 0447931  33.0258 329.8106 14.78498595    09

USA 129         15.0  3.0  0.0  5.1 v
1 24680U 96072A   00218.10051505  .00028539  00000-0  42061-3 0    08
2 24680  97.8784 280.0086 0492040 181.5963 178.3710 14.78584045    04

Mean residuals of both element sets are about 1 arc min; however, the USA 116
elements are based on few points, so may not be quite as accurate as implied by
the residuals, especially the mean motion and rate of decay.

I observed the following points last night:

24680 96 072A   2701 E 20000805023649660 17 25 1802408+193487 28 S
24680 96 072A   2701 E 20000805024247140 17 25 0807835+551755 97 S

Here is a previously unreported point from the previous night:

24680 96 072A   2701 F 20000804021603810 17 25 1949795+442146 18 S

Ted Molczan

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