USA 144 elements

From: Ted Molczan (molczan@rogers.com)
Date: Mon Jan 13 2003 - 07:00:22 EST

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The SRP effects on the rate of decay are evolving about as expected.

The arc 2002 Dec 17 - 2003 Jan 11 UTC yields:

USA 144          0.0  0.0  0.0  3.6 v
1 25744U 99028A   03011.74557837 -.00000022  00000-0 -33469-2 0    07
2 25744  63.4574 305.2188 0235950 292.1161  65.4772  9.69793041    05

WRMS error = 0.009 deg

Shortening the arc to 2002 Dec 24 - 2003 Jan 11 UTC yields:

USA 144          0.0  0.0  0.0  3.6 v
1 25744U 99028A   03011.74559935 -.00000036  00000-0 -55639-2 0    06
2 25744  63.4560 305.2124 0241278 293.7223  63.8462  9.69792781    04

WRMS error = 0.012 deg

Ted Molczan


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