re: OIG d(A)ta file

Philip Chien (kc4yer@amsat.org)
Wed, 17 Jan 1996 02:21:16 -0400

"Jeffrey C. Hunt" <jhunt@eagle1.eaglenet.com> said:


Based on the inclination and mean motion this is my best guess as to what
these objects are:

>96002A - either Panamsat or Measat
>1 23764U 96002A   96015.48067639  .00005382  00000-0  16898-2 0   109
>2 23764   6.9721 277.3794 7345727 179.3317 183.2424  2.20044453    57
>96002B - either Panamsat or Measat
>1 23765U 96002B   96014.51633850  .00042312  00000-0  53489-2 0    74
>2 23765   6.9864 276.3174 7297348 179.4808 182.6083  2.27896733    33
>96002C - the spleda adapter or the Ariane 3rd stage
>1 23766U 96002C   96014.70000000  .00012991  00000-0  25983-2 0    24
>2 23766   6.9480 277.8160 7353404 178.6340 284.7400  2.20049095    38
>96002D - the spleda adapter or the Ariane 3rd stage
>1 23767U 96002D   96015.82474184  .00000001  00000-0  38974-4 0    55
>2 23767   7.0058 276.0856 7294772 180.2203 179.1758  2.28160720    67

>96003A - Koreasat 2
>1 23768U 96003A   96014.56234259 -.00000160  00000-0  00000+0 0    33
>2 23768  21.0108 103.7176 6876399 358.6410  36.8061  2.22744509    09
>96003B - the Delta second stage
>1 23769U 96003B   96015.73526262  .00000504  00000-0  10000-4 0    28
>2 23769  25.3238  89.7405 0741341 270.8800  80.7025 13.90731737   160
>96003C - the Delta third stage
>1 23770U 96003C   96014.55763889 -.00000164  00000-0  00000+0 0    35
>2 23770  21.0009 103.7066 6900184 358.8675  32.5505  2.19687470    00

>95011J - one of the two SFU solar arrays
>1 23771U 95011J   96014.44960648  .00001566  00000-0  43417-4 0    89
>2 23771  28.4595  72.4702 0007458 178.8834  10.9545 15.30911223  6300
>95011K - an incredible glitch at NORAD - no way in heck is this SFU related
>1 23772U 95011K   96014.38677391 -.00000048  00000-0  10000-4 0    91
>2 23772  46.7152  67.2823 2033067 197.6741 154.1710 10.77092034  6235

>96004A - some Kosmos out of Pletestek?
>1 23773U 96004A   96016.70738643  .00004101  00000-0  42900-2 0    18
>2 23773  82.9867  17.0000 0050116 280.2815  79.2675 13.74366005    02


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