Updated elements of USA 193

From: Ted Molczan (ssl2molcz@rogers.com)
Date: Thu Feb 07 2008 - 16:05:18 UTC

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Alberto Rango has reported a new observation.

USA 193          5.0  2.5  0.0  4.3 v                    262 X 271 km
1 29651U 06057A   08038.19496828  .00150450  00000-0  24090-3 0    03
2 29651  58.5027  88.7066 0006542  79.3621 280.8215 16.03002994    02
Arc 2008 Feb 04.28 - 07.22, WRMS residuals = 0.023 deg

Definition of 2-line elements format:

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/SSapplications/Post/JavaSSOP/SSOP
_Help/tle_def.html

Using the above elements and a 10.7 cm solar flux of 71, Satevo v0.51 estimates
decay from orbit on 2008 March 18, in reasonable agreement with earlier
estimates. The uncertainty is at least one week.

Ted Molczan

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