elsets for Noss 2-3 Rk and TiPS

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These two objects are making evening passes in the northern
hemisphere.  The rocket has a tumble period of about 7 seconds.

NOSS 2-3 Rk   
1 23907U 96029  B 97187.93731658 0.00009100  00000-0  11018-3 0    08
2 23907  63.4334 233.9376 0158000 153.4123 206.5877 15.46560232    01

This TiPS elset has an epoch 24 days in the past.

TiPS
1 23937U 96029  F 97166.42725617 0.00000340  00000-0  42485-3 0    09
2 23937  63.4254 297.7924 0032001 345.7947  14.2053 13.63975533    05

Due to its increasing eccentricity, the drag is slightly higher now.

The Navy elset:

1 00006U 00000  A 97188.59722222 -.00000321  00000 0  -4003-2 0 0000
2 00006  63.4287 239.0384 0035548 358.5587 143.3252 13.63986668 5064

gives a prediction that is 4 seconds later than my elset.

(The Navy doesn't know how to compute checksums and that negative
"drag" term is really crazy.)

Valid format and checksums:

1 00006U 00000  A 97188.59722222 -.00000321  00000-0 -40071-3 0    05
2 00006  63.4287 239.0384 0035548 358.5587 143.3252 13.63986668    09

Mike McCants

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