Iridium & GPS Launches

Ron Lee (ronlee@pcisys.net)
Wed, 2 Jul 1997 18:45:19 -0600 (MDT)

July 7: McDonnell Douglas Delta 2 with five Iridium communications
satellites from Space
          Launch Complex-2 West at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., during
a five-second launch
          window the opens at 9:17:19 a.m. EDT (1317:19 GMT). 

July 15: Air Force Delta 2 with the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System 2R-2
spacecraft from
          Launch Complex 17A at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., during a
launch window of 12:16 to
          12:45 a.m. EDT (0416-0445 GMT). 


Using the first elset from the 5 May 97 launch (at 14:55 UT), the elsets were
adjusted to the date and time noted above.  Original set for the 5 may launch 
is as follows:

1 24792U 97020A 97125.79828411 .00000026 00000-0 00000+0 0 17
2 24792 86.4013 149.2614 0012026 253.6347 106.3560 14.78320296 21

New set for the 7 jul date is as follows:

Iridium/7 Jul 97/13:17:19 UT launch
1 90000U 970xxA   97188.73044846  .00000026  00000-0  00000-0 0    16
2 90000  86.4013 186.8960 0012026 253.6347 106.3560 14.78320296    16

Ron Lee